Hey guys,
I just found this very odd recipe for a supposedly very dense mixture of curcumin with glycerol.
Has anyone tried this?
1.) 4 ounces of glycerol in a paper cup. (No plastic, it melts. Use a paper coffee cup.)
2.) Add two heaping teaspoons of sodium carbonate and stir with a bread knife until creamy.3.) Microwave this until the first sign of smoke rises from the cup.
4.) Add two heaping teaspoons of curcumin powder. While still hot stir with the butter knife. (you can let it cool a little in the oven so it's not dangerous before adding)
Color should become super dark red verging on black and after cooling the consistency and color will be that of roofing tar or black honey. New: I'd cook for three hours just to be sure you're saturated. Stir every half hour. Add water as needed to boiler pan. Slow boil is fine.5.) Reheat this mixture in the microwave. Stop at the first sign of smoke vapor coming from the cup. This ensures thorough reaction.
*** You're done ***This is a very strange and interesting material. First of all it's highly water soluble. Rinse your coated butter knife by agitation in a small bowl of warm water. The water will turn deep ruby red. This is the first evidence that you have Curcumin in solution and that the limiting concentration is extremely high.
http://www.rntl.net/curcuminrecipe.htm
