Very Vanilla

Y VERY VANILLA INFO

• A few drops of vanilla in a can of paint will help eliminate unpleasant odors!
• A vanilla bean under your car seat gives a fresh aroma and helps eliminate musty odors.
• A teaspoon or so of vanilla in Italian tomato sauces or Mexican chili helps cut the acidity of the tomatoes!
• In baking, cream the vanilla with the shortening or butter portion of the ingredients. The fat encapsulates the vanilla, preventing it from volatilizing in the baking process.
• Vanilla beans are hand-pollinated, on family plantations.
• The entire vanilla cultivation process, from planting to market, can take from five to six years!
• Vanilla extract is used by veteran fishermen to mask the smell of their hands so the fish won't detect them!

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