so the other day, my bf pulled out his dehydrator after over a month of not using it, and he found a single vanilla bean that had gotten left there after i ran my vanilla beans through the dehydrator.
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so the other day, my bf pulled out his dehydrator after over a month of not using it, and he found a single vanilla bean that had gotten left there after i ran my vanilla beans through the dehydrator.
this vanilla bean had just been sitting on a shelf in the dehydrator, in a corner of the garage, for maybe 2 months?
but! the most interesting part is that i'm pretty sure during that time period, it had developed vanillin on the outside! (see pic 1) i'm pretty sure that that crusty yellowish stuff is vanillin.
according to https://www.vanillapura.com/blogs/vanilla-extract-making-101/vanillin-crystals-the-sparkling-sign-of-perfectly-cured-vanilla-beans :
"Vanillin crystals, sometimes called "givre" (French for "frost") or "vanilla frost," are naturally occurring crystalline formations of vanillin—the primary flavor compound that gives vanilla its signature aroma and taste. These sparkling deposits appear on the surface of premium vanilla beans as a result of meticulous curing and aging processes.
When you see these white, needle-like crystals glistening on your beans, you're witnessing pure vanillin that has migrated to the surface and crystallized."
now, my own beans that i took home and kept in a plastic container have not developed vanillin (pic 2).
as i was trying to figure out whether this actually was vanillin, i came across this suggestion for drying vanilla beans after the initial cure:
"Indoors on dehydrator shelves placed on a laundry rack or wire shelf"
(from: https://vanillery.com/how-to-cure-vanilla-beans-part-2/ )
so i guess that's accidentally what happened.
now i'm wondering if i can simulate these conditions for the other beans and whether there's a chance they might still develop vanillin
#vanilla #plants #gardening #food #GrowYourOwn #hawaii
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so the other day, my bf pulled out his dehydrator after over a month of not using it, and he found a single vanilla bean that had gotten left there after i ran my vanilla beans through the dehydrator.
this vanilla bean had just been sitting on a shelf in the dehydrator, in a corner of the garage, for maybe 2 months?
but! the most interesting part is that i'm pretty sure during that time period, it had developed vanillin on the outside! (see pic 1) i'm pretty sure that that crusty yellowish stuff is vanillin.
according to https://www.vanillapura.com/blogs/vanilla-extract-making-101/vanillin-crystals-the-sparkling-sign-of-perfectly-cured-vanilla-beans :
"Vanillin crystals, sometimes called "givre" (French for "frost") or "vanilla frost," are naturally occurring crystalline formations of vanillin—the primary flavor compound that gives vanilla its signature aroma and taste. These sparkling deposits appear on the surface of premium vanilla beans as a result of meticulous curing and aging processes.
When you see these white, needle-like crystals glistening on your beans, you're witnessing pure vanillin that has migrated to the surface and crystallized."
now, my own beans that i took home and kept in a plastic container have not developed vanillin (pic 2).
as i was trying to figure out whether this actually was vanillin, i came across this suggestion for drying vanilla beans after the initial cure:
"Indoors on dehydrator shelves placed on a laundry rack or wire shelf"
(from: https://vanillery.com/how-to-cure-vanilla-beans-part-2/ )
so i guess that's accidentally what happened.
now i'm wondering if i can simulate these conditions for the other beans and whether there's a chance they might still develop vanillin
#vanilla #plants #gardening #food #GrowYourOwn #hawaii
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so the other day, my bf pulled out his dehydrator after over a month of not using it, and he found a single vanilla bean that had gotten left there after i ran my vanilla beans through the dehydrator.
this vanilla bean had just been sitting on a shelf in the dehydrator, in a corner of the garage, for maybe 2 months?
but! the most interesting part is that i'm pretty sure during that time period, it had developed vanillin on the outside! (see pic 1) i'm pretty sure that that crusty yellowish stuff is vanillin.
according to https://www.vanillapura.com/blogs/vanilla-extract-making-101/vanillin-crystals-the-sparkling-sign-of-perfectly-cured-vanilla-beans :
"Vanillin crystals, sometimes called "givre" (French for "frost") or "vanilla frost," are naturally occurring crystalline formations of vanillin—the primary flavor compound that gives vanilla its signature aroma and taste. These sparkling deposits appear on the surface of premium vanilla beans as a result of meticulous curing and aging processes.
When you see these white, needle-like crystals glistening on your beans, you're witnessing pure vanillin that has migrated to the surface and crystallized."
now, my own beans that i took home and kept in a plastic container have not developed vanillin (pic 2).
as i was trying to figure out whether this actually was vanillin, i came across this suggestion for drying vanilla beans after the initial cure:
"Indoors on dehydrator shelves placed on a laundry rack or wire shelf"
(from: https://vanillery.com/how-to-cure-vanilla-beans-part-2/ )
so i guess that's accidentally what happened.
now i'm wondering if i can simulate these conditions for the other beans and whether there's a chance they might still develop vanillin
#vanilla #plants #gardening #food #GrowYourOwn #hawaii
@mk30 That is a happy accident/discovery to make. Would be great if you can replicate it.
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so the other day, my bf pulled out his dehydrator after over a month of not using it, and he found a single vanilla bean that had gotten left there after i ran my vanilla beans through the dehydrator.
this vanilla bean had just been sitting on a shelf in the dehydrator, in a corner of the garage, for maybe 2 months?
but! the most interesting part is that i'm pretty sure during that time period, it had developed vanillin on the outside! (see pic 1) i'm pretty sure that that crusty yellowish stuff is vanillin.
according to https://www.vanillapura.com/blogs/vanilla-extract-making-101/vanillin-crystals-the-sparkling-sign-of-perfectly-cured-vanilla-beans :
"Vanillin crystals, sometimes called "givre" (French for "frost") or "vanilla frost," are naturally occurring crystalline formations of vanillin—the primary flavor compound that gives vanilla its signature aroma and taste. These sparkling deposits appear on the surface of premium vanilla beans as a result of meticulous curing and aging processes.
When you see these white, needle-like crystals glistening on your beans, you're witnessing pure vanillin that has migrated to the surface and crystallized."
now, my own beans that i took home and kept in a plastic container have not developed vanillin (pic 2).
as i was trying to figure out whether this actually was vanillin, i came across this suggestion for drying vanilla beans after the initial cure:
"Indoors on dehydrator shelves placed on a laundry rack or wire shelf"
(from: https://vanillery.com/how-to-cure-vanilla-beans-part-2/ )
so i guess that's accidentally what happened.
now i'm wondering if i can simulate these conditions for the other beans and whether there's a chance they might still develop vanillin
#vanilla #plants #gardening #food #GrowYourOwn #hawaii
I've set up the rest of my vanilla beans in an informal version of the "turned off dehydrator" that led to vanillin developing on the one forgotten pod described in the post above. It's just a rack on my desk. This spot is dry, out of the sun, gets natural variation in warm and cold during the diurnal cycle, has maximum airflow, and since it's on my desk, I can keep an eye on it.
The remarkable part is that even tho my house is basically outdoors, the area smells like vanilla. It's heavenly
Another interesting fact: the vanilla plant that produced the flowers that made these pods last year, well this year it has no flowers at all. If I recall correctly, the flowers were happening last April. I wonder why it hasn't made any this year. Maybe our long rainy season this year (it only just got dry a few weeks ago) delayed the start of flowers? I really don't know.
#vanilla #gardening #food #plants #hawaii
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I've set up the rest of my vanilla beans in an informal version of the "turned off dehydrator" that led to vanillin developing on the one forgotten pod described in the post above. It's just a rack on my desk. This spot is dry, out of the sun, gets natural variation in warm and cold during the diurnal cycle, has maximum airflow, and since it's on my desk, I can keep an eye on it.
The remarkable part is that even tho my house is basically outdoors, the area smells like vanilla. It's heavenly
Another interesting fact: the vanilla plant that produced the flowers that made these pods last year, well this year it has no flowers at all. If I recall correctly, the flowers were happening last April. I wonder why it hasn't made any this year. Maybe our long rainy season this year (it only just got dry a few weeks ago) delayed the start of flowers? I really don't know.
#vanilla #gardening #food #plants #hawaii
@mk30 @joybooster I only recently learned that some plants don't flower every year - they get exhausted by producing fruit, and need to recover. In my case, it was a kind of cherry tree. No idea about vanilla, though!
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