Vanilla Time

I love the idea of using fresh vanilla beans, there seem to be a lot of lovers of the 'real deal' out there.  When I was at Provisions I picked up some vanilla beans (roughly 5 for 5 bucks!  Best deal I've seen around...)  I decided to try making my own vanilla, then I can use the pods to make vanilla sugar after.  I still have a few weeks to wait before it has 'simmered' enough, but it already looks adorable.

I started out with a little glass jar from the dollarama, you can use one with a thinner neck, but I like the idea of being able to scoop vanilla out rather than pour it as needed.
Insert the five vanilla beans, fill with 35% vodka (or stronger)  and seal 'er up!  Apparantly you can use other types of alcohols, but I figured I would try the classic first.
Crazy, I had no idea that vanilla was basically just booze!  I will keep you posted with the homemade goodness and how it turns out...