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["Stephen Sadler" <Docshiva@Docshiva.org>]

Nice technique, Lon.

 

When I was trying to produce everything from my minifarm, oils were a tough challenge.  I used to have plans, I think they were from Rodale, for a homemade oil press using a hydraulic jack.  I used a fine-mesh bag of ground nuts in a cheese press, and a lot of leveraged weight.  Walnuts and pumpkin seeds were good producers; but my easiest home-produced oil-like thing was butter…

 

~ Stephen

 

From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Lon J. Rombough
Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 4:52 PM
To: North American Fruit Explorers
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] How to press oil from nuts and seeds?

 

One way is to grind the seeds, put them in a cloth bag and boil the bag. Punch it down repeatedly. The oil cooks out and rises to the top to be skimmed off. Or if it will harden at low temps, put it in the refrigerator and take the cold block of oil off the water.
-Lon Rombough
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On Sep 23, 2008, at 4:47 PM, Naomi Counides wrote:

This is a question from my sister.  She grew some of those naked seeded pumpkins and was wondering if there was a small scale way to press out pumpkin seed oil.  Anyone have thoughts?
Naomi


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