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Oleo-saccharum is Latin for 'oil-sugar' and is the name given to the syrup made by using sugar's hygroscopic property to extract the fragrant natural oils...
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John CARR’s Avatar John CARR
10th June at 11:36
Had a few goes, including with both shop and homegrown lemons, but I don’t seem to getting the suggested liquid coming off- though the lemony- sugary mix I did get smells wonderful. Tried both peels and microplane. Any suggestions?
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Simon Difford’s Avatar Simon Difford
10th June at 12:17
Dependent on lemon varieties and ripeness. You may just have to use more lemons.
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I D’s Avatar I D
4th February 2021 at 11:27
“On a microscopic level, sugar extracts oils from fruit rinds gradually though osmosis, however, oil extraction is greatly accelerated through muddling or mechanical abrasion of the mixture, which helps to rupture oil-rich vacuoles on the rinds' surface or flavedo.[5] A frequent misconception is that oil extraction occurs due to sugar's hygroscopic nature, though this unlikely as the essential oils being extracted are hydrophobic.“

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleo_saccharum
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Fiki Fan’s Avatar Fiki Fan
7th July 2020 at 10:33
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