Extracts

Essences

Extracts are flavourings used for cooking. The flavour is extracted from an item, such as a vanilla pod or a nut, by soaking the item in alcohol and then distilling the alcohol. Some extracts can also be made by evaporation.

Extracts can also now be made artificially. Foodies love to poo-poo these, but ignore them. Use what you can afford. Besides, if everyone wanted only real vanilla extract, the price would go so sky-high that foodies wouldn't be able to afford it, either.

Some extracts are also used in folk medicine.

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Also called:

Essence (French); Esencia (Spanish); Essência (Portuguese)

See Also: Food Colourings

Other entries for: Extracts
Almond Extract, Anchovy Extract, Brandy Extract, Lemon Extract, Orange Extract, Screw Pine Essence, Screw Pine Water

Other entries for: Flavourings
Ambergris, Baker's Caramel, Bisto, Bovril, Kitchen Bouquet, Lemon Oil, Liquid Smoke, Liquorice, Monosodium Glutamate, Neroli, Orange Flower Water, Osmanthus, OXO, Quassia Wood, Rose Water, Screw Pine, Vanilla