FAST BUY: Madagascar Bourbon Vanilla Beans @ 7 long, FRESH!

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FAST BUY: Madagascar Bourbon Vanilla Beans @ 7 " long, FRESH!

 

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responsible in the outcome of this sale. Please direct all questions

offlist to bloomkj @msn.com (remove gap). Thank you for looking.

 

This buy is set up on my shopping cart located at:

http://www.southernsoapers.com/store/index.php?

main_page=index & cPath=1

This Vanilla Bean buy begins today Sept 2, and ends on Sept 15. I

expect to be shipping to you no later than Sept 29, but beans have

been paid for and are enroute to me now. If paying with money order

or check when going thru the checkout, please remember that your

order will not ship until your payment is received and in the case

of personal check, cleared. Prices below INCLUDE shipping costs to

you.

 

Payments accepted by PayPal (any funding method), Visa/Master card

call in, or Money Orders. Personal check ok, but must clear first.

http://www.southernsoapers.com/store/index.php?

main_page=index & cPath=1

 

PRICES (these prices will increase after Sept 15, so grab them now!):

 

8 beans - Try It size $8.00 + $1.00 shipping = $9.00

 

1/4 lb (approx 30 - 33 beans) Madagascar Bourbon Vanilla Beans

(Vanilla plantifolia) $15 + 2.69 shipping = $17.69

 

1/2 lb (approx 60 - 66 beans) Madagascar Bourbon Vanilla Beans

(Vanilla plantifolia) $30 + 3.41 shipping = $33.41

 

1 lb (approx 120 - 125 beans) Madagascar Bourbon Vanilla Beans

(Vanilla plantifolia) $60 + 4.55 shipping = $64.55

 

HOW TO ORDER:

Go to either www.southernsoapers.com and click on the CURRENT FAST

BUYS category, or go directly to this link:

http://www.southernsoapers.com/store/index.php?

main_page=index & cPath=1

You will be able to select one of the FOUR size options, and then

proceed thru the checkout, selecting V/MC, PayPal, or Check/Money

Order. Please remember, shipping is included in the price listed.

 

HOW TO USE THESE BEANS:

Fall & Winter is around the corner. Time to plan product lines,

Gifts, etc for the Winter. These Vanilla Beans are long, dark, and

pliable, fresh crop from the Madagascar Vanilla plantations. This is

the same source I have used since 1998 when I ran my spice business,

and they are top quality. These can be used for making vanilla

extract, Kaluha liquer, you can grind them up and add them to sugar

scrubs, or you can just use them for your holiday baking! One

customer puts one in a sock and pops it in her clothes dryer to

create wonderfully vanilla scented laundry! I put one in my

Tupperware canister of sugar, and have Vanilla Sugar year round. You

can add a piece of vanilla bean to your coffee grinder and have

vanilla Coffee.

 

To get the MOST 'caviar' from your vanilla bean, carefully slice it

end to end with a sharp knife. Gently scrape the mealy/tiny seeds

of 'caviar' from the inside of the bean. Add this to your recipe

instead of Vanilla extract. DO NOT discard those scrapped bean

casings! Use them in your lingerie drawer as sachet, grind them up

with coffee beans, add them to sugar canisters! You can dry them and

grind them, adding them to sugar scrubs. The food industry uses

these ground vanilla leftovers for Vanilla Ice Cream. That is what

those TINY little dark brown flecks are in your Vanilla ice cream.

 

STORAGE:

Your vanilla beans will keep fresh for a full year or more if you

store them in a airtight glass jar in a dark cupboard. If they get

too dry for easy baking use, just add a teaspoon of water to the jar

and return the jar to the cupboard. NEVER FREEZE OR REFRIGERATE

VANILLA BEANS, as it destroys their flavor. Vanilla beans can be

easily stored up to a year by putting them in an empty Mason jar,

screwing the lid tight, and placing in a dark cupboard.

 

ABOUT BOURBON VANILLA

Bourbon Vanilla grown in Madagascar is considered some of the very

very best Vanilla beans in the world, with more pronounced 'vanilla'

flavor than Tahitian vanilla. Madagascar vanilla plantations are

finally recovering from decimating hurricanes from a few years ago,

and the new crops are spectacular! Grade A, dark, large, and pliable!

 

Planifolia or Bourbon vanilla beans come from the fruit of an orchid

variety called Vanilla planifolia. This variety is rich in the

natural organic compound called vanillin, which, along with more

than a hundred other organic compounds, contributes to its unique

flavor profile. Bourbon beans have a creamy, sweet, smooth and

mellow flavor with a long finish but with a subdued nose. Therefore,

Bourbon is preferred by makers of ice cream and desserts and

applications requiring a classic lingering vanilla accent.

 

Kaluha w/ Vanilla Beans

6 cups sugar

6 cups water

18 tsp instant coffee

1/2 gallon vodka

9 SPLIT Vanilla beans

 

Mix sugar, water, coffee together and bring to slow boil. Turn heat

down and simmer 1 hour. Remove heat, cover liquid with plastic wrap.

Let sit for 12 hours, then remove wrap (it will pick up film from

the top). Add vodka stir well. Bottle in three quart dark bottles,

putting 3 split vanilla beans in each.

 

Notes:, Yield 3 quarts. Drinkable after 2 weeks. You can reduce this

in half or by thirds.

 

Vanilla EXTRACT

1 pint Vodka

3 -6 beans, depending on how STRONG you like it.

Split beans down the entire length so the vodka can get in and

extract flavor. Put the vanilla beans in the pint of vodka, pity...

you might have to actually swig a few sips of that pint to make them

all fit too, lol! Recap, and shake up every day or so for 8

weeks... It is often ready to use at 8 weeks, but 12 is even better!

 

I will include a few other nice vanilla recipes with orders also!

 

If you have any problems, you can email or call me! 757-595-3739

 

Kelly Bloom

bloomkj @msn.com