[Sca-cooks] Aloeswood substitution

[Moramarsh at aol.com]

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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