Is there a difference in regular vanilla and french vanilla?

Answer 1

The difference is eggs. I know that sounds strange, but its true. Vanilla, comes from the vanilla bean, French vanilla usually refers to ice cream, flavored with vanilla, and the ice cream base is enriched with egg yolks...even more so than regular vanilla ice cream...which is why it has that rich yellow color. When you find ice cream w/o the lil black specs in it, it is merely because vanilla extract was used, not the bean. There is no french vanilla bean. It simply refers to the custard base that has been enriched with more egg yolk than whole egg. Vanilla is a bean pod grown from the vanilla orchid, which grows in tropical climates. Hope this helps

Answer 2

The French Vanilla is not available on weekends and about 50 weekdays a year and takes a 3 hour lunch. Regular vanilla is available 24/7.

Answer 3

Regular vanilla or just vanilla is a bean like fruit that is used as a flavor enhancer, especially in sweet foods.

French vanilla on the other hand is a whiny, little coward with a rather foul attitude that smokes too much and calls other people stupid!

Answer 4

the only difference between french vanilla and normal vanilla in some styles of cooking is the french vanilla has a cream base, dont know if that helps or not

Answer 5

If you're talking about actual vanilla, then no. It's actually ridiculous to call ANY vanilla "french", since none of it comes from France.
However, if you're talking about vanilla-flavoured other things, then I suppose it could mean a french-style preparation, likely including lots of cream and/or butter.
None of this explains the coffee though....

Answer 6

Yes French vanilla uses egg yolks unlike regular vanilla. Hence the color differences.

Answer 7

Oh, yes, absolutely! French vanilla is much creamier, richer and rides on the back of your tongue more. Regular vanilla is brighter and sits more on the front of the tongue. Here is why:
"Q. What is French Vanilla?
A. French vanilla is not a type of vanilla. It is a term used to describe an egg-custard base for ice cream. However, because it sounds exotic or romantic - especially in the perfume industry - it's often used to describe perfumes, candles and other specialty products."
http://www.vanilla.com/html/facts-faq.html

Answer 8

French vanilla originally refers to ice cream, and traditionally the difference is eggs. A lot of them. In commercial Ice cream they probably use some sort of substitute and the term gets tossed around a lot these days, most likely because marketing companies use it to make things sound more gourmet or richer tasting.
As for vanilla itself, it refers to the pod from an orchid plant that is grown in Tahiti, Mexico or Madagascar.

Answer 9

Yes, regular vanilla is white and french vanilla is off-white, almost beige

Answer 10

French vanilla is used to describe ice cream made with an egg custard.