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From: ed@mtxinu.UUCP (Ed Gould)
Newsgroups: net.cooks
Subject: Re: Lard
Message-ID: <473@mtxinu.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 2-Oct-85 19:39:02 EDT
Article-I.D.: mtxinu.473
Posted: Wed Oct  2 19:39:02 1985
Date-Received: Sun, 6-Oct-85 04:58:46 EDT
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Reply-To: ed@mtxinu.UUCP (Ed Gould)
Organization: mt Xinu, Berkeley, CA
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Summary: 

In article <96@drutx.UUCP> slb@drutx.UUCP (Sue Brezden) writes:
>   2.  Cottonseed oil is excellent oil, I believe.  Does anyone know
>       the saturated/unsaturated fat ratio?  Cottonseed oil is also
>       available in my supermarket.  It has been used in many countries
>       since cotton has been grown.

The problem with cottonseed oil is that, since cotton isn't classified
as a food, it can be sprayed with all sorts of chemicals that aren't
allowed on food crops.  Lots of the residuals of these chemicals can
get into the oil.  Otherwise, the oil is pretty good, although
I don't know its fat ratios.

On a related note, to fat ratios, that is, I heard recently that
polyunsaturated oil is probably not the best to eat, although it's
better than saturated.  Mono-unsaturated - like olive oil - seems
to be about the best.

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