The Minority Report

Ok, I stole this from Lifehacker but it’s still a pretty cool idea. Make your own vanilla extract?? Couldn’t be simpler. Need: vanilla beans, liquor. If you
program
in Java
or ASP, you
should have
the liquor handy alreadyIf you program in Java or ASP, you should have the liquor handy already.

And really, as I found out when I looked into it with a little more attention, making your own extract could not be simpler: place vanilla beans in a jar, fill with liquor, close, shake, and wait. The process is even simpler than preserving your own lemons and you’ll likely wonder, as I did, what took you so long.

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