[Sca-cooks] Aloeswood substitution

[Terry Decker]

Sounds like you have it.  A. malaccensis is the most common of the Aquilaria 
to produce aloeswood.  The resin is mostly contained in the wood itself 
(Aquilaria wood is naturally light colored, the occlusive resin is what 
darkens the wood).  In nature the infected plants that produce aloeswood are 
roughly 7 per cent of the total population.  Cultivated A. malaccensis is 
usually infected to produce aloeswood.  You can find both wood and resin, 
but I have no information on relative availability and price.  Essential 
oils are extracted (as I understand the process) by heating the wood to cook 
off the volatiles in the resin and condensing the vapor.

I know of references to aloeswood in a medicinal context, but it's use in 
cooking is a new one on me.

Bear


> This is new to me. We carry an aloewood in the incense section but I 
> never
> thought to use it for
> cooking. Would have to check on the grade of the product.
>
> It is listed as : Aloeswood  AKA Agarwood (oud)  Aquilaria agallocha Roxb.
> (A. Malaccensis),
> fam. Thymelaeceae
>
> It looks like petrified wood and I have never seen any resins on it. It is
> fairly expensive.
>
> Is this the same family?  It is also available as Pure Essential Oil
> Aoud/Oud  but it is $600.00 ish
> per ounce !  Not affordable by me !
>
> Are they using it as a flavoring or as a thickener for other items?
> Somewhat like Galangale.
>
> Mora
> Dragonmarsh
>
>
>
>
>        (http://essentialoils.org/shop/cat/19)
>
>
> In a message dated 4/7/2011 2:30:39 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
> t.d.decker at att.net writes:
>
> Aloeswood is the dark heart wood of a tree of the genus Aquilaria  which
> has
> been infected by Phaeoacremonium parasitica.  The infection  produces a
> resin
> high in volatile oils as an occulsive reaction to the  infection.  The
> resin
> impregnates and creates the darkened  wood.  All of these conditions must
> occur to have aloeswood.   The active ingredients are the essential oils 
> in
> the resin.  The oils  can be extracted from either the resin or the wood.
> AKA, agar,  agarwood,Oud, jinko, gaharu, etc.
>
> Bear
>
>
>
>> Is Aloeswood  a bush, tree, berry or mold?
>> What is it?
>> Aelina the  Confused
>
>
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