7:31am Nothing. No effect. At first this made me angry, but then it got me thinking. If the oils in the nutmeg had been properly extracting, I should have tasted Nutmeg in the olive oil, but I didn't. I decided to try something. I long ago learned that nuts have shells. I figured the Mace was the shell of the nutmeg. I was wrong. I removed one of the nuts from the oil and cut it in half. Much to my surprise, the meat of the nut was completely dry. It seemed no oil had penetrated the outer layer of the nutmeg. I then proceeded to remove all of the nuts from the oil and using my dagger, drill a hole halfway through each of them. I have now placed them back in the oil and the oil is already darker and has a noticable red tint to oil. I also added more Meyer Lemon Olive oil to both replace the oil I had consumed and add more limonene to the mix. Gonna give it another 24 hours and try it again. Lets hope I have solved the problem and it will now infuse properly. I'm starting to think that ethnobotanicals are like computers in that often times the most obvious thing that could cause a major problem is the source of the problem and not the dozen other things you think are causing it. Fingers crossed this works.
EDIT:8:41am After almost an hour of near constant shaking and swirling, the oil is a dark reddish brown color. I'm going to take a nap for an hour or 2 and let it settle and soak. The scent has changed as well, it's not quite as olive oil scented as it was before. Haven't taste tested it yet, but plan to later, after more time has passed. Also, while carving the holes in the nuts, I did it over the jar so the shavings fell into the oil so as to waste as little as possible. Don't know if this sped up the color change or had any real effect, but figured I should mention it in case it did.
