Ask Adam: Why do we like extremely hot/cold food? Real vanilla vs imitation vanilla? What's up with your accent? (E20)
The Adam Ragusea Podcast
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Is Castorium a Real Vanilla Extract?
Vanilla extract tastes surprisingly different to me, at least the ones that i've tried. I would think that modern science could re produce the flavor of vanilla synthetically by now. They also used to get it from beaver butts. That's not an urban legend. castorium is a cocktail of paramons excreted by beavers to mark their territory. Comes out of these little castor sacks that are near beavers buttholes. It tastes a lot like vanilla and has therefore been used as a natural flavoring for many decades.
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