Guest guest Posted March 21, 2003 Report Share Posted March 21, 2003 Hi Bobbye, > Butch, > > First, thank you for all your posts on the International Situation > as it stands now. I know you have a unique position from where you > live in the world (most of the time) and your past in the military. > I love reading your dissertations. Please keep us informed. Welcome you are .. thanks for the kind words .. and I will do that until the roar of protest gets so loud I can hear it across the pond. ;-p > Now - to EO's, etc. > > On another group the question was asked if hydrosols could be frozen. Yes .. almost anything can be frozen. > One lady responded that she had frozen one for 6 months and when she > defrosted it, she let it defrost in the refrigerator...then brought > it to room temperature. The fragrance was fine, not diminished. Probably true .. freezing protects vegetables, allows texture and flavor to remain .. and maintains the nutritional elements better than allowing them to lay in the refrigerator for 2-3 days after harvest. But .. this has been proven via scientific testing .. the bit on hydrosols is but an opinion .. might be true but still an opinion. > She didn't have it tested so did not know the chemical composition. She couldn't have done that anyway .. at least not easily and certainly not inexpensively. First, they would have had to extract the essential oil from the Hydrosol and test the oil. But prior to that, they would have had to test it before freezing. Gotta know where we were afore we can know where we are now. > Can you shed some light on this? Can hydrosols be frozen without > diminishing their chemical composition? I don't know for sure. Not sure anyone has really worked on learning the answer. As a simple matter of chemistry .. the most detrimental variables for any chemical are light and oxygen .. followed by extremes of temperature and rapid changes are more detrimental than slow change. But I'm puzzled as to why anyone would want to freeze a hydrosol. Its far better to just keep it in the refrigerator. > Thanks Butch, > Bobbye Yes'm .. welcome you are. Wish I had a definite answer but I think that there is none. I'm not going to freeze any hydrosols because my barrels are too large to get into the refrigerator. ;-p But we do use Nitrogen Flushing to preclude oxidation from exposure to oxygen and of course, they are not exposed to light while in the barrels. In the summer time, the area in which we store Hydrosols & Essential Oils is air conditioned to a point you need a sweater to enter it .. in the winter, Friendsville is cold as its in the Allegheny Range of the Appalachian Mountains so that storage area is mighty chilly. Y'all keep smiling, Butch http://www.AV-AT.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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