dex_in_brooklynin Learning to Smell · New York ·
MemorySplitting my first real vanilla pod
ok so first week on the line the pastry cook made me split a real vanilla pod and smell it next to a bottle of imitation vanilla from the baking aisle. the pod was boozy and smoky, the bottle was just sweet. your never the same after
4 comments
nell.wattle
The Wikipedia page on vanillin says it's the main flavour compound of vanilla, and that most synthetic vanillin today is made from guaiacol, a petrochemical. The pod has everything else on top.
jess.in.philly
That's why vanillin has its own page in the Notes, separate from vanilla. Took me a while to get that.
dex_in_brooklyn
the bottle is mostly petrochemistry and the pod is a whole bean. you're ruining cookies for me
aroha.rain
Kia ora, it's the same with my nan's vanilla essence next to a pod. Not even close