Why we built a House for storage of the Cedar Cones?
In
2017, our own House for cones appeared on the territory of the Cedar House,
where is manufacturing a Cedar Nut Oil’s production. This is a spacious
two-story barn, the second floor of which requires strict storage of cones. It
is completely made of cedar – walls, floor and roof, due to the fact that the
air moves well in there, so the cones can breathe easily.
It
should be well ventilated. It is most preferable if the barn is made of cedar
wood, then the Cedar fruits remain in their native environment. We have it. It
is stored in special bags of flax.
Why
is it so important?
We
always understand that the process of oil production should be simple (now
almost forgotten rules).
We
do not take сones into the urban environment. In general, the less
transportation is better for it to be alive and it absorbs everything that the
natural environment gives.
The
cones can not be shelled as soon as it is collected, it needs to go about three
months, while you will get the maximum benefit and flavor, and the oil will
become as saturated as possible.
Cedar
nuts must be stored in a cone. A whole cedar cone can quietly lie for 3-5 years
without losing the germination of seeds, and the nutritional value as a result.
It is possible to keep nuts that have been crashed, but they persist for no
more than 12 months, and after 3 months they begin to lose quality. If you do
not provide comfortable conditions nuts quickly disappear, become covered with
mold. The best way to crash the cone – when you are ready to prepare the oil.
And
most important thing – you do not need to do anything with cones: dry with hot
air, or, even worse, dry with boiling water, boil or roast on the fire. It is
like losing almost all the valuable properties.
In
general, we have taken another step towards the very traditions which our
ancestors carefully kept in the Siberian taiga villages.