Posted by ELLEN on October 30, 2001 at 17:28:47:
You'll need about 10 vanilla beans for each quart of vanilla.
Split the beans lengthwise and drop 10 of them into a 1 liter (about a quart)
bottle of bourbon (cheap kind will do). Put it away in a dark place (I put
mine in a little-used closet) and let stand for about 2-3 months. Voila!
Vanilla!
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