Easy and inexpensive steam distillation of essence

I have this surprising dream of having an apothecary’s seek in my kitchen, or so it would appear. I want to find the best way of distilling commons down to its essence, then having it ready at a moment’s awareness to enhance a bit of food or drink.

It’s odd, absolutely, because I don’t use that many spices while I’m cooking precisely now, as I tend to try to focus on the base nature of the victuals rather than trying to gussy it up. Still, the dream persists, and I’ll monkey business with it as time goes on, and perhaps adjust my cooking trend to the number of extracts, essences, oils, and powders that I can amass.

In any case, Sean Michael Ragan has written a at piece about using a standard bit of cooking gear, the pot with integrated steam basket, plus a “schoolhouse” genre lamp, to make your own simple steam distillation system. It exceptionally is an Alton Brown style conglomeration of frank parts for a very good purpose.

[2008-05-05] Improvised radial alembic for DIY steam distillation: “I would add that this is not my dream, originally, although I may have been the first to recognize the unique shape of the so-called ’schoolhouse’ lamp globe as well amenable for impromptu condenser service, since it comes with a readymade ‘wet tip’ where condensate can accumulate. My version […] requires a stainless dirk pot with an integral strainer (constructed such that there is some distance between the pot bottom and the strainer bottom when the strainer is in advance), a ’schoolhouse’ style telescope lamp globe which is of greater diameter than the pot, and a stainless steel or binoculars receiving vessel.”

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