[Sca-cooks] Aloeswood substitution
yaini0625 at yahoo.com
yaini0625 at yahoo.com
Thu Apr 7 13:41:04 PDT 2011
Is Aloeswood a bush, tree, berry or mold?
What is it?
Aelina the Confused
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From: "Terry Decker" <t.d.decker at att.net>
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Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Aloeswood substitution
>>I've been looking up aloeswood and find that it's a resin from an
>>evergreen. Does anyone have suggestions for substitutions? My initial
>>though is juniper berries or gin.
>
> Mastic perhaps? I sometimes describe the flavor as dehydrated turpentine.
>
> Is this from a recipe? What cuisine?
> --
> David/Cariadoc
Mastic probably won't do. Aloeswood is a member of genus Aquilaria that has
been infected by a parasitic mold, Phaeoacremonium parasitica. The resin is
produced to counter the parasite.
Bear
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