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By: 6 Weird (Food) Facts About Me — Lifespan of a Chennette

6 Weird (Food) Facts About Me — Lifespan of a Chennette — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 02:12:16 +0000

[...] sensitivity to vanilla essence. And while I have curbed my utter dislike and rejection of it, I can still sniff it out and taste it. This is also from a prior cooking episode gone awry, where I “estimated” the amount of [...]

By: Lilandra

Lilandra — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 05:06:48 +0000

where’s your weird food facts?

By: Lilandra

Lilandra — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 01:33:28 +0000

Someone on that muslim site we’ve gone to said they had one but it was hard to cure it…they failed miserably at it

By: Mani

Mani — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 19:19:02 +0000

lol, wow we think alike. It’s illegal to own a vanilla bean orchid? and you have plant quarantine contacts? Well if you ever find them being sold be sure to tell me where. The only turn-off is that I hear you have to pollinate the orchids yourself, which I guess may not be too bad.

By: chennette

chennette — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 17:35:58 +0000

Just before Christmas, Lilandra and I called almost every single major nursery and asked “Do you sell vanilla bean orchids?”. Some laughed and said “what? no” in a mocking tone. We will never call them again as they clearly didn’t know such a thing existed. One said they used to have a loooong time ago, but not now. One said they used to have but they didn’t survive. And one said that vanilla bean orchids are illegal - I don’t know if they just meant we need a permit to import them, or what. I need to talk to my Plant Quarantine contacts. Or backup plan was lying in wait for the Orchid Society after one of their meetings on Lady Chancellor…

There was an ad just around that time in the papers, about someone selling the tubes of vanilla bean pods - maybe Lilandra recalls the details.

By: Mani

Mani — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 17:26:23 +0000

ahhhh i see. I’m tempted to ask why you sniffed vanilla essence, but I think that may be a topic for a whole post.

Thanks for the fried crix recipe, I can feel my arteries clogging already.

By the way I plan on starting my own kitchen garden this year. I even wanted to grow my own vanilla bean. I just wish I knew where to get a plant.

By: chennette

chennette — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 17:09:00 +0000

I actually like vanilla BEAN flavouring, it’s just the essence I can’t tolerate.

Sigh. Males. Melt a ton of butter in a pot. When it starts to bubble, put in as many crix, one by one, as the butter can take. When it’s all absorbed and “frying” or getting browned, take it out. And I suppose, eat.

By: Mani

Mani — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 16:58:18 +0000

lol, u used to sniff vanilla essence?

Well until vanilla bean is found to be a dangerous drug, I don’t hold much hope for you. But from the way you’ve sniffed vanilla essence in the past, that may not be a long ways away, lol.

ummm, what’s the crix in butter recipe?

By: chennette

chennette — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 15:36:53 +0000

Mani, I thought I had explained, but maybe only in my head. I am a human being who has ruined my own experience. Once, long ago, I made brownies. Long long ago. The recipe called for a teaspoon or so of vanilla essence. Thinking I was a pro, I decided to average it and pour it directly into the batter. Sigh. I threw in way too much, but I thought, “it’s vanilla essence, how bad can it be?” I tasted that vanilla essence, smelled it, in every single bite. I don’t know if the rest of the family tasted it that overpoweringly, but I did. And it has ruined me for vanilla essence ever since. Once I get a whiff of it, it overpowers all other flavours. I once bought a triple chocolate muffin and all I could taste was vanilla.

But being a vanilla essence sniffer may be a skill that comes in handy at some point.

By: Mani

Mani — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 11:08:58 +0000

mmm…crix fried in butter…now THAT sounds like a meal.

Chennette, you don’t like vanilla essence? What kind of human being are you?