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From: phil@osiris.UUCP (Philip Kos)
Newsgroups: net.cooks
Subject: Re: What is achiote? annato seeds
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Date: Fri, 15-Mar-85 10:51:29 EST
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Posted: Fri Mar 15 10:51:29 1985
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> 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.
> -- 
> 	Brian Reid	decwrl!glacier!reid
> 	Stanford	reid@SU-Glacier.ARPA

No, no, no - the yellow coloring in Cheddar cheese and many other foods
is not achiote but carotene (or sometimes "keratin" - same stuff, I
believe).

				Phil Kos
				The Johns Hopkins Hospital
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