I had a little time so I did a bit more research on vanilla beans. I came up with another really good website that you need to check out if you make your own vanilla extract. I added the link to the website right under my last link on making your own extract in the “Useful Links” section of this website and, yes, I burrowed another picture.
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This article is very interesting. I had no clue that there was so much to know about vanilla beans, or so many areas of the world that they grew in. No wonder the beans are so expensive!
The whole vanilla bean thing caught me way off guard too.. Glad I bothered to look…. 🙂