[Sca-cooks] Anniversary of Amore

[CorwynWdwd at aol.com]

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In a message dated 2/9/2003 9:50:26 PM Eastern Standard Time,
kattratt at charter.net writes:

> So Ok folks that know,  which Sandalwood is used in the "Essential Oils"
> that are available at the Renne Faires and some SCA events?  Cause I
> know that the color is NOT Red.  I would be interested in playing with
> the red sometimes though just to see what happens when you make an
> extract of it.

The yellow (or white) is what's used to make things smell good.

Why you'd want to make an extract of Red Sandalwood (Adenanthbra pavonina) I
don't know... I have about a cup left, and trust me, it was never really
fragrant. It's mostly a food color. Check out this info on red sandalwood:
http://www.tropilab.com/adenan-pav.html

The Yellow or White Sandalwood (Santalum album) is the one with the scent,
and it's used mostly in incense, although some of the Ayurvedic texts talk
about using it as an antiseptic. Check out this info on yellow Sandalwood:
http://www2.fpl.fs.fed.us/TechSheets/Chudnoff/SEAsian&
Oceanic/htmlDocs%20seasian/Santalumalbum


> I assume that there is someone on the list that mucks around with oils
> etc... So is that oil safe to injest in minute amounts or not?
> Nichola

First, MOST essential oils are unsafe to ingest except in SMALL amounts,
mixed with stuff.

Personally, I wouldn't unless it was on the advice of an Ayurvedic Physician
that I really trusted, and it would be part of a mixture for specific
problems. I imagine I'd have to have a really bad case of the creeping crud
to go that far<G>.

In small amounts I don't know that it would hurt anything, but I've never
seen it offered without being part of a carrier oil, probably to keep it
cheap, and that's PROBABLY some petroleum distillate. I tend to keep those
FAR away, for what research is beginning to show about them.

>
> Side note...
> Corwyn let me know if you want to play in the kitchen on March 29th.
> Trying some rather fun recipes.... Tourtes Parmeriennes from Le Viandier
> de Taillevent.
> Let me know. Same event as last time we were in the kitchen together ;-)
> NB

I'll make a note on my calendar, love to <G>.

Corwyn

To be humble to superiors is duty,
   to equals courtesy,
   to inferiors nobleness.   __ Richard Saunders (Ben Franklin)