MADE AT HOME

NZ Truth, Issue 1063, 8 April 1926, Page 18

MADE AT HOME

Candy Flavoring

VANILLA EXTRACT

All housekeepers know that much of the flavoring extract on the market is poor stuff boldly diluted. ' •■.-■..'■ Even at High prices one cannot be sure of. what one is using. Few women know, ■ however, that they can make the purest and strongest themselves at little expense. One vanilla bean, bought at a chemist's for a few pence, will make extract enough to last a year if it is cut up very fine and placed m a bottle containing alcohol. . . ; After standing a day or two and being shaken occasionally it is ready for use. The bottle can be, filled with alcohol many- time's before the bean loses its strength, and all the while one has a supply of the best extract of vanilla. .When purchased the bean should b^ soft and pliable to be fresh, but even' the dry. wooden kind will make good extract. ' For home-made candies no flavoring can be more delicious than a small piece of the bean boiled m the syrup. • Before the candy is ready the bean should be extracted and laid away to use next time. i A confectioner will use one piece many times over and candies thus flavored will taste just like flowers smell. / •