I finally found locally made vanilla. It is made in West Pubnico which isn't too far from here (Gavel brand, I believe). I was so excited! It was also only $2.05 for a big bottle. I scooped it up and planned to buy it but then thought to read the ingredients. Propylene glycol, one of the ingredients I wanted to avoid. Sigh!
So this morning, after at least a month of looking, I finally broke down and ordered vanilla beans off ebay. I decided on the ones in the link above mainly because I didn't want to commit to a big order of half a pound since finances are tight.
The hardest part will be going to the liquor store to buy either vodka or bourbon for the base for the vanilla extract I plan to make. I do not drink alcohol at all and have literally not touched the stuff in about 15 years (except, of course, in extracts).
I am also planning on making other extracts for ice cream making so I hope it turns out. Mint would be nice, as would orange. It will also be a lot cheaper than buying those tiny little bottles which also contain questionable ingredients.
I think I mentioned making ice cream a couple of times. Yes, I finally got an ice cream maker! I'm so excited about it :). So far we've only made old fashioned vanilla but today I'm making pumpkin pie ice cream and Saturday I am making egg nog ice cream. Mmmmm! This is the one I got, Hamilton Beach and it was $46 something Canadian on Amazon.ca. I had $40 in amazon.ca gift certificates from swagbucks so I didn't have to pay much at all! I really wanted a Cuisinart but when I put it in my cart, they jacked u the price. Then it went down when I ordered this. It seemed strange. Then they went on sale at Canadian Tire for $59 but I am not going to complain. I have what I want and I'm going to be happy with it!
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