[Sca-cooks] Reasonable substitution for musk question.

[Johnna Holloway]

There is a new book due out in May on Plant Resins that
will cover the subject of these various gums and resins. It
should provide more details on the various plant gums.

It's by Timber Press. See below for description:

http://www.timberpress.com/books/index.cfm?do=details&ID=625

Johnnae llyn Lewis   Johnna Holloway

Robyn.Hodgkin at affa.gov.au wrote:

> But here is something odd. I recently picked up some incense from my local Greek wholesaler.  It is labelled something like "Muscolivano".  It looks a bit like frankincense in that it is in lumps, although not as crystaline as frankincense. If soaked in hot water for a while it goes sort of gummy. The thing is, it is a kind of candy pink inside, and smells just like musk (sweet musk) and even tastes (in a not-sweet fashion) like musk.
>
> It looks like some sort of plant gum; maybe it is from the plant that I posted earlier or something... I really don't know. But I doubt very strongly that it is of animal origin.  Maybe THIS is the elusive not-animal-musk!
> Kiriel
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