A substitute ...I did NOT know THAT!

RRP

Tonight I was just reading the May-June issue of Cook’s Illustrated and near the end was a 2 page article on baking ingredient substitutes. The very last one surprised me! If you are out of vanilla extract...just heat bourbon until reduced by half!

johnmitchell

🤔

RRP

Guess it is better use of some old cheap bourbon you had rather than pouring it out! 

alaskanassasin

your will find unused vanilla extract in my cabinet before you find unused bourbon.

RRP

alaskanassasin said:

your will find unused vanilla extract in my cabinet before you find unused bourbon.

LOL...actually I still have nearly a pint...yes I said A PINT of Watkins brand vanilla extract that I bought on sale 20 years ago and it still is terrific! Using less than 1 “whole whopping tablespoon” per year might mean I will never have to test that bourbon substitution suggestion! 

Gulfcoastguy

Try real Mexican vanilla extract sometime. Much better than the run of the mill grocery store types.

JohnInCarolina

@lousubcap - you think Blanton’s will work ok for this?

GrateEggspectations

JohnInCarolina said:

@lousubcap - you think Blanton’s will work ok for this?

This might be one of the first times I’ve seen you flagged where it makes sense. 

JohnInCarolina

GrateEggspectations said:

JohnInCarolina said:

@lousubcap - you think Blanton’s will work ok for this?

This might be one of the first times I’ve seen you flagged where it makes sense. 

I actually flagged myself on that one.

SciAggie

JohnInCarolina said:

GrateEggspectations said:

JohnInCarolina said:

@lousubcap - you think Blanton’s will work ok for this?

This might be one of the first times I’ve seen you flagged where it makes sense. 

I actually flagged myself on that one.

Self flaggelation is merited for that comment. Is that the same as flagging one's self?

nolaegghead

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