Re-cayenne pepper

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oleander soup , David mung <davidmungdol wrote:

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> I am wanting to make a cilantro tincture. I have never made a tincture

before. My question is do you HAVE to strain it when it's done?

 

You never have to strain any tincture. Straining is because some tinctures

are made with enough herb to get really thick and so hard to swallow. Just

about all my tinctures are left with the herb in for a year or more and I

just take the top clear liquid off as needed. When I've finally reached

down to where there's no more clear liquid on top, then I may strain out a

cup or two. Sometimes I will strain the whole batch, depending on how I

feel at the time. :-) But making a tincture of something like cilantro--you

d never " have " to strain, as the cilantro would be pretty well chopped up

from the blender to begin with. So spooning out some of the thick

cilantro/alcohol mix would kind of be like having an alcoholic pesto. Lol

 

But no--you certainly don't have to strain.

 

Of course, there are some herbs you wouldn't eat--the woody roots of certain

herbs, etc. But if you normally would eat it anyway--as you would in

cilantro, or hot peppers, or chickweed--you can " eat " a tincture.

 

Samala,

Renee

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Thanks Renee! I just bought some organic cilantro today and have some Absolute vodka so am going to run it through my Vitamix (I LOVE this thing!) and make my first ever tincture. I have wanted to try making tinctures for some time now, but always procrastinate so I am very excited to do this finally! Yesterday I was going through some old saved messages from the group and came across yours Renee and that's what is finally prompting me to do this. Thankyou for your help and also for everyone else who responded.Dave--- On Fri, 9/4/09, Renee <gaiacita wrote:Renee <gaiacita Re-cayenne pepperoleander soup Date: Friday, September

4, 2009, 5:47 AM

 

 

oleander soup, David mung <davidmungdol@ ...> wrote:

>

> I am wanting to make a cilantro tincture. I have never made a tincture

before. My question is do you HAVE to strain it when it's done?

 

You never have to strain any tincture. Straining is because some tinctures

are made with enough herb to get really thick and so hard to swallow. Just

about all my tinctures are left with the herb in for a year or more and I

just take the top clear liquid off as needed. When I've finally reached

down to where there's no more clear liquid on top, then I may strain out a

cup or two. Sometimes I will strain the whole batch, depending on how I

feel at the time. :-) But making a tincture of something like cilantro--you

d never "have" to strain, as the cilantro would be pretty well chopped up

from the blender to begin with. So spooning out some of the thick

cilantro/alcohol mix would kind of be like having an alcoholic pesto. Lol

 

But no--you certainly don't have to strain.

 

Of course, there are some herbs you wouldn't eat--the woody roots of certain

herbs, etc. But if you normally would eat it anyway--as you would in

cilantro, or hot peppers, or chickweed--you can "eat" a tincture.

 

Samala,

Renee