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I have also got some vanilla oil for use in oil burner. It is very tempting to dilute and try the taste, but it carries a warning not to do so! ie not to taste, consume or add to foodstuffs.

I really love vanilla so do not mind the specs. They are very apparent in my favourite chocolate.

My mother always kept a tub of sugar with vanilla pods in, and used the vanilla sugar in baking and the like. Unfortunately not an option for me as I do not add sugar to owt. Only buy it for visitors, as told in recent sugar bowl saga.