#oil making

I made some acorn oil! I rendered it by simmering water oak acorn meats until oil floated to the top, and then skimmed it off. The acorns in the bowl on the right are the ones i boiled to get the oil; not super efficiently, honestly. Probably some oil left in them. It's definitely possible to get it by boiling, as has been done for thousands of years by Native Americans, but i have only the internet and trial & error to decode the method

Hours of cracking, shelling, boiling, skimming, and everything in between until i got the above; probably just over a tablespoon of oil! I tried to filter it using coffee filters, but they kept breaking. So i just accepted the debris in the end:

I added it to some squash, that also had some wild onions sauteed in canola oil and a pinch of sugar. The squash just had salt and the oil added to it, but nothing else I didn't want to obscure the taste with seasonings this time

I usually make squash browner than this, but i didn't want to scorch the acorn oil (it will burn at high heat like olive oil). It didn't taste bitter, since tannins are water-soluble and don't dissolve in oil. (although i also tried to sautee some boiled, new-growth smilax root in the remaining oil... that was the most bitter thing ive ever tasted x-x) But for the acorn oil specifically, it definitely tasted like acorns!! I would love to experiment with bigger amounts of it, since i still can't describe in detail how it tastes.

Tumblr doesn't seem to let me link offsite right now, but from what ive gathered, it's comparable in nutrition to "luxury" oils like olive/sunflower/safflower, and even exceeds it in some ways!

If you go to foragerchef. com/ acorn-oil, and scroll down to click on the info source link, it shows a study that has charts of nutrition info (as well as a story about a failed attempt to get acorn oil through boiling) provided by a guy who now presses acorns to get their oil!

I made some oil out of 15 gr' of Inbar flowers today. Here are some photos from the process. I use a modified Rick Simpson protocol, and dilute the extract in sesame oil.

My provider (BOL, "Breath of Life") didn't have the oils I needed, and when I received the delivery I discovered I was lied to, and the CBD oil was not 20% (like the operator told me), but 16.56 (at least, this is what I calculated from the packaging, because the concentration was actually written there,but not in the standard way). I ordered 20 gr of Inbar, the only strain of theirs that actually feels like cannabis. It sort of works for me, but it is nothing like what my previous provider had (Tikun Olam), damn,their products were actually good.

I am a medical cannabis patient, which means I am disabled, and I have best things to do with my time. I work part time in a lab, and invested in some lab gear, but I am privileged, to have my education and abilities- and most patients can't. I know what I am doing (yay for having science degree), so it is easier for me, but it is still several hours of work.

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Cursing/Binding oil recipe:

This oil is a very powerful mixture that can be used in both binding or curse magick.

I prefer to make my own oils when it is possible as I do not always know what is in bought ones.

What you will need to make this:

1/2 cup of oil (vegetable, olive, canola, mineral, etc)

Black pepper (ground up)

Ginger (ground or finely sliced)

Thorns(could be from a tree, rose, flower etc

Cactus thorns (can substitute for the thorns as well)

Place all on a low heat and mix until oil is ready. When finished place in containers and use as desired be it by itself, in spells, with charms, curse jars, bindings, etc.

Other herbs you can use in cursing/binding oil oil (for variation):