[USER=1406]@PsilocybeChild[/USER]: I'm not going to do that.  I tried essential oils for a while and they never had as good of an effect in me as using the whole spices.  Also, I think a lot of the reason that some spices have effects, like nutmeg as an example, is that there is an interplay between the essential/volatile oils and the fixed fraction, or possibly even a time release effect.  Nutmeg itself is quite granular, and would have a wide surface area of absorption in the gut and stomach; essential oils are in the stomach and then mostly deactivated by digestive enzymes.  The essential oils in nutmeg have pH's around 4-5 range, and the gut is highly acidic; I feel like that would probably bunk up just taking the oils.  I know the paste works, so I just use the paste.  Per batch it's pretty cheap to just use the whole spices.

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Ok, now research again.  I tried to make space paste but with no nuts (left out the almonds and pistaccios).  I didn't have much of an effect, and I felt VERY sick to my stomach for about 8 hours.  It wasn't fun.  But then I ate some nuts, and in about an hour I felt all better.  Something is in the nuts that makes this work.  I have no idea what.  Any ideas?  I'll look some things up this week and see if I can get some info on this.

What would get destroyed if you roast pistaccios?  Any food technologists here?