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From: reid@Glacier.ARPA
Newsgroups: net.cooks
Subject: Re: What is achiote? annato seeds
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Date: Wed, 13-Mar-85 09:55:48 EST
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> Does anyone in net.cooks land know what achiote otherwise
> known as annato seeds is used for?  We have a jar and don't 
> know how to use it.

Achiote (ah chee OH tay) is used for coloring things yellow.
It is the customary source of the yellow in "Natural" yellow Cheddar
cheese. It is cheaper than saffron. It has very little flavor of its own.
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	Brian Reid	decwrl!glacier!reid
	Stanford	reid@SU-Glacier.ARPA