Essential Oils used in Aroma: The Magic of Essential Oils in Food and Fragrance

Just got Aroma: The Magic of Essential Oils in Food and Fragrance by Mandy Afel and Daniel Patterson.  I was interested in it because Heston Blumenthal, so he writes, works with a perfumer in Switzerland.

The book has receipts and sources for the oils.  But there is no shopping list one can just go out and buy them and work their way through the cookbook.

Until now!  Here is the list and on what page the essential oil is used. Everything listed is an essential oil unless otherwise noted.

First is a list by page in order.  Then an alphabetized list for ordering.

1. Coriander essential oil 39
2. Basil 39
3. Spearmint 39 42 43
4. Bergamot 39
5. Cucumber Hydrosoil 45 46 47 48
6. Rosemary Hydrosoil 45
7. Fir  50
8. Lime 50
9. Lavender 50
10. Geranium 55
11. Sweet orange 55 57
12. YLang YLang 55
13. Blood orange 56
14. Bitter orange 58
15. Tarragon 76 78 79
16. Perilla 82
17. Lavender 89
18. Litsea cubeba 95
19. Chamomile 100 101
20. Orange flower water 107 108
21. Neroli 109
22. Jasmine pearls 111 112 113
23. Rosewater 116 117
24. Moroccan rose absolute 118
25. Cepe absolute 130
26. Cinnamon bark 151 152
27. Black pepper 155 156 57
28. Ginger 160
29. Cumin 165 168
30. Coriander 170 171
31. Saffron threads 193

Alphabetized 

Basil 39Bergamot 39Bitter orange 58Black pepper 155 156 57Blood orange 56Cepe absolute 130Chamomile 100 101Cinnamon bark 151 152 Coriander 170 171Coriander essential oil 39Cucumber Hydrosoil 45 46 47 48Cumin 165 168Fir  50Geranium 55Ginger 160Jasmine pearls 111 112 113Lavender 50Lavender 89 Lime 50Litsea cubeba 95Moroccan rose absolute 118Neroli 109Orange flower water 107 108Perilla 82Rosemary Hydrosoil 45 Rosewater 116 117 Saffron threads 193Spearmint 39 42 43Sweet orange 55 57Tarragon 76 78 79YLang YLang 55

Temper Chocolate Sous Vide

Seal in bag and place in water bat at 115 degrees F.  Should melt in about 5 minutes.

Reduct temperature to 81 degrees and add ice to cool.

Increase temperature to 90 degrees F.  Every minute lift the bag up and squeeze to mix it up.

Hold at 90 for use.

Cut off end of bag to dispense and reseal to keep.

Taco Seasoning Ingredients

Taco Seasoning Ingredients

I want to make the kind of seasoning flavors one gets when one buys a Taco at Taco Bell.  But I don't want to buy their seasoning (I use to) because I have no clue as to what their food engineers put into it especially to increase shelf life.

For all I know those little, potentially unnatural, ingredients might have a longer shelf life in my body too!  The FDA generally do not research those things.

So I have started to develop my list here first by looking at what Lawry's puts in theirs:

• Paprika
• Cumin
• Oregano
• Chili peppers 
• Onions
• Sugar 
• Garlic
• Salt
• Cocoa powder

Perfect Eggs

Boiling water: three minutes
shock: 1 minute in ice water bath.
143°F water bath: 45 minutes

what do cats eat and drink

baked carrots, steamed asparagus or broccoli, green beans, winter squash, or chopped greens

cod, halibut and flounder

cooked eggs, such as scrambled or hard-boiled 
Cooked poultry

uncooked bones

a little: 
cheese, Cantaloupe, honeydew and watermelon, SPINACH deli meats such as turkey, ham and chicken 

BEEF

Frozen bannas

NO!

adult cats, any cheese, milk or other dairy will cause diarrhea.

might be able to safely handle small portions of cottage cheese, or even yogurt and sour cream. You can also try giving your cat low-lactose varieties of cheese and milk.

dairy to your cat occasionally as a special treat, you'll be able to use it to get a finicky cat to take its medicine. Some sneaky cat owners actually grind up pills for their feline and put the powder on cheese or butter to get them to ingest the medicine.

fat trimmings

onion, garlic, kelp, grapes or raisins, sugary treats, chocolate, and alcoholic or caffeinated drinks, even in small doses.

Understanding flour

Gluten comes from protein and enables it to stretch.

High gluten flour is good for  yeast raised products like pizza dough, bread and bagles.  This is called bread flour and has up to 15% protein.
Low gluten flour good for piecrust, cookies, pastry. This called pastry or cake flour and has 7% protein levels.

keep drains flowing

kitchen

• hot water 
• liquid dish detergent and a large volume of boiling water
• Once a month, pour a cup of baking soda down each drain in your home, followed by a cup of white vinegar. Let the solution sit for about an hour, and then flush with warm water. The baking soda reacts with the vinegar to create a foam that will remove most residue from tubs, showers, and sinks.
• First, pour about ¾ of a cup of baking soda into the drain.
• Follow this up with about ½ cup of vinegar poured down the drain; immediately cover the drain with either a plug or a plate- whatever you need to do to keep everything inside the drain.
• Allow this mixture to sit inside the drain for approximately 30 minutes; don’t use the drain while you wait for the mixture to work its magic.
• When 30 minutes is up, remove the cover (or plug) and let hot water run through the pipes for a few minutes.
  
  
• bathroom

• hot water 
• 1 tablespoon table salt 1⁄4 cup of plain white vinegar, and let it sit for an hour. Then, run HOT water to clear out the all of the loosened substances from the drain. For best results do this a second time
• bleach 
• drain stick
• Once a month, pour a cup of baking soda down each drain in your home, followed by a cup of white vinegar. Let the solution sit for about an hour, and then flush with warm water. The baking soda reacts with the vinegar to create a foam that will remove most residue from tubs, showers, and sinks.
• First, pour about ¾ of a cup of baking soda into the drain.
• Follow this up with about ½ cup of vinegar poured down the drain; immediately cover the drain with either a plug or a plate- whatever you need to do to keep everything inside the drain.
• Allow this mixture to sit inside the drain for approximately 30 minutes; don’t use the drain while you wait for the mixture to work its magic.
• When 30 minutes is up, remove the cover (or plug) and let hot water run through the pipes for a few minutes.