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Tuesday, December 8. 2015

Argan

Women know about Argan Oil. It is made from the nut (seed) of the Argan fruit. It is in many beauty and hair products nowadays, often termed "Moroccan Oil."


In pure form, it is quite expensive and desirable (we brought some of the pure stuff home for the family gals). In Morocco, it is used like olive oil too. Nice, nutty flavor. The tree seems to be the main tree in dry southern Morocco. From our November hike in the Atlas Mountain foothills, these are all Argan trees (except the donkeys).


Goats like to climb into the Argan trees.





Posted by Bird Dog in Travelogues and Travel Ideas at 22:11 | Comments (6) | Trackbacks (0)

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You do know that the Argon oil is not made from the nut itself, but from the goat droppings after they eat the leaves and nuts?

Argon oil is made in the same way kopi luwak coffee is made after monkeys eat the beans. Those little goat droppings are pressed to obtain the oil. Which is why Argon oil is so expensive.

Bon appetit!
#1 Karl Horst on 2015-12-09 02:36 (Reply)
Really????
#1.1 Bird Dog on 2015-12-09 07:25 (Reply)
Civet. Not monkey.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_palm_civet

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viverridae
#1.2 fjord on 2015-12-09 09:48 (Reply)
Yes, really! I discovered that during my holiday in Agadir back in the 1980's. Needless to say, I will stick with Italian olive oil for my salads.

But if you say it's delicious, I'll take your word for it! :-)

Here's a quick Google search for how it's made to verify my previous comment...

http://www.popsugar.com/beauty/How-Goats-Climb-Trees-Help-Produce-Argan-Oil-9845988
#2 Karl Horst on 2015-12-09 09:27 (Reply)
That picture of the donkeys grazing on what looks like nothing, is testament to their resilience and ability to thrive in poor grazing habitats.

And they probably come in handy hauling the nuts.
#3 fjord on 2015-12-09 09:49 (Reply)
Ah, okay. Civet...thank you for clarifying. :-)

Back to the process of making Argan oil. The traditional method of extraction is probably not so popular now since increase in demand would warrant machine processing, rather than goat processing. So odds are good your Argan oil came out of a machine, rather than the back end of a goat.
#4 Karl Horst (Germany) on 2015-12-09 10:56 (Reply)

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