Wintergreen Extract from Birch
Both sweet birch and yellow birch produce methyl salicylate, also called oil of wintergreen. Learn to identify these trees and use them to make an alcohol extract of wintergreen.
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Wintergreen: how to harvest it and make an alcohol extract
How to identify, locate, and harvest wintergreen leaves and berries, and use it to make an alcohol extract to give your culinary creations a wonderful minty flavor.
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