Vanillin discovery

[DarthVapor]

@Amy2

You n me both I still haven’t tried it lol but it gets rave reviews everytime I read about vanillas

Right!? The last thing I need is another vanilla, or another flavor for that matter, but I keep on hearing about it…

I have not tried straight vanilla X and probably never will to be honest. I was thinking of making my own extract using vanilla beans/seeds, but never got around to it unfortunately

[worm1]

was more concerned about the corn syrup in what i do have but it seems some flavors do contain that too.

[Chrispdx]

6 different vanilla pudding recipes. One from someone else and 5 from scratch. 3 with the touch of vanillin. It will be fun.

But I should unearth my vanilla milk recipe and add it to that as well

[BoDarc]

@DarthVapor

I have filled my tanks with older juices that only contained 1% EV or less and each and every one tastes nothing like they used to. All of them taste identical to each other now and that taste is a steeped mild EV taste.

At first I thought it was just the juice and the fact that it was 8 months old. But after tasting several different juices, I have now come to believe that it is the EV that is muting everything.

This is a good thread, nice to see it bumped. To look at the original question (?) …maybe Vanillin is just UberStable. Not that it’s a “muter” …maybe just a survivor. Some valuable insights in here (for me) Thanks Brofessors!

[jay210]

@DarthVapor

vanillin isn’t one of the most toxic food additives you’ll find and in fact usually won’t trigger much more than a headache or allergic reaction in sensitive folks

Just wanna quibble with this bit. Allergic reactions can be fatal. I don’t think it gets any worse than that? Interesting, infornative post, that bit aside.

Fot my own part ,it happenened a a few years ago , that “vanilla” flavoured foods suddenly started making me very ill (I won’t gross you out with a list of the symptoms) and I’ve avoided vanilla ever since. I did look into it, and figured that it was probably this artificial stuff, vanillin, but, you know? once bitter,. twice shy. and that artiificial stuff is everywhere, calling itself "vanilla flavour " (you have to take a magnifying glass to the small print to find out that it’s really vanillin)

Now, that said, how do we tell if the concentrate we’re buying is real vanilla or vanillin? I suppose the only way to be sure it’s real vanilla is to buy organic, like MF or NF’s organic range?

I dunno. I’ve taken a chance on RF SC . But I haven’t used it yet. Just cos it’s a real flavour, extract doesn’t follow that it’s the real flavour of the precise real thing it says it is does it? (I should ask Walt to be sure, I guess). Vanillin can be extracted from corn, I believe (and I do have a corn allegy, started around the same time, so it might be that).

Anyways, I don’t wanna limit myself any more than necessary. Any further thoughts appreciated.

[DarthVapor]

@jay210

Allergic reactions can be fatal.

Well, yes, allergic reactions can be fatal with just about anything

Minus that, compared to most of the junk they pack into foods, this one is not as bad

[anon28032772]

@DarthVapor

I keep seeing this Holy Vanilla being mentioned. Who has this?

I got it in this week. I haven’t vaped it yet but it’s really good in my coffee and it smells and finger tastes delicious. It isn’t like the regular vanilla though. Imagine a creme brule without the cream, a heavily caramelized vanilla flavor that I think will do well in a lot of desert type recipes. I’m not getting anything chemical off of it.
Very happy I got it and I’m anxious to cook something up with it this weekend.