AROMATHERAPY - Chapter XI by Deborah Dolen
Cooking with Essential Oils
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Essentials in the Kitchen - Cooking with Essential Oils Most of our
use in cooking with essential oils, such as Rose and/or Lavender
Jelly, will simply be stirring them into salts, sugar, fats (such as
butter, ice cream) and jellies. I feel this is the prudent way to
become familiar with the use of essential oils in the kitchen as well
as the most delicate approach to enjoying them. Keep in mind you will
be using the amount on the end of a tooth pick for most. Using
essential oils 'clicked' in my head one day when I was looking at $20
a pound 'Gourmet' cooking salt that was from France, and another for
$32 a pound from Spain, wishing I could buy them all. (That is half a
kilo for our neighbors to the north and across the Atlantic.) I ended
up buying a $6 a pound 'Bolivian Rose' sea salt because it was a
pretty pink--and the only one I could afford. The pink in the Bolivian
salt comes from shrimp brine, and in Hawaii the pink originates from
volacnic ash. Gourmet salts such as these can be full of some
interesting nutrients. But they are expensive and "afford" is the
operative word here. I was thrilled the Rose salt did seem to make the
food 'taste' better, although we ARE funny creatures. The mind is a
VERY powerful thing indeed. For all I know the salt was scraped off a
camels ass with a Capital One credit card.
The salt from France called 'Fleur de Sell' proclaimed to have some
natural touch of 'lavender' or 'flower' and that's when the use of
Essential oils really went rampant in my head. Beyond stirring in
fleurs--we could probably stir in a drop of black pepper EO and call
it 'Peppercorn eau de Salt.' TRUST we will make some fascinating salt
blends, so the main thing you need is a quality sea salt and totally
cute containers to keep our Gourmet salt in sight! You can even use
small mason jars if you have them. Over time the salt may corrode them
though. We will use a forum to share recipes and consult when we are
cooking for the holidays.
*The recipes are in the book. They will not line up properly here
anyway.
SOURCES
http://www.amazon.com/Deborah-Dolen/e/B00457BI2S
http://deborahdolen.blogspot.com/2011/07/aromatherapy-chapter-xii-by-deborah.html
Deborah
Dolen is the
Editor in Chief for Mabel White DIY and author of
over 25 DIY books, 1,000 articles and several TV "how to" Films.
Deborah Dolen is also an environmental writer and has
her own content syndication. Deborah Dolen was widowed
when she was on her 30's and went on to raise three
great daughters in FL up against many obstacles. This
is the time period she generated her most fascinating DIY books.