http://www.vanillareview.com/2008/use-stale-vanilla-beans/ Vanilla bean and extract tutorial. Spice gallery and reviews. Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:22:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.vanillareview.com/2008/use-stale-vanilla-beans/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Anonymous Mon, 04 Aug 2008 06:17:52 +0000 I'm assuming the "stale bean" still has the fragrance of vanilla, but is merely dried out. If this is the case, you can also put the vanilla bean into your homemade vanilla extract and wait for a day or so and the bean will plump up again. If the bean is pliable and does not look it is saturated with liquid, use it like you would a fresh vanilla bean. If the bean has been plumped up and feels saturated with liquid, cut the top off and squeeze the seeds out for your vanilla recipe. You can then put the bean back into your extract to get the most flavor out of it or dry it and then use it for vanilla sugar. I’m assuming the “stale bean” still has the fragrance of vanilla, but is merely dried out. If this is the case, you can also put the vanilla bean into your homemade vanilla extract and wait for a day or so and the bean will plump up again. If the bean is pliable and does not look it is saturated with liquid, use it like you would a fresh vanilla bean. If the bean has been plumped up and feels saturated with liquid, cut the top off and squeeze the seeds out for your vanilla recipe. You can then put the bean back into your extract to get the most flavor out of it or dry it and then use it for vanilla sugar.

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