[Sca-cooks] Aloeswood substitution
Terry Decker
t.d.decker at att.net
Thu Apr 7 12:57:35 PDT 2011
>>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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