Download The Chemistry of Food and Nutrition By Duncan Pdf book free online – from The Chemistry of Food and Nutrition By Duncan Pdf book; The “cold-drawn” Arachis oil (pea-nut or earth-nut oil) has a pleasant flavour, resembling that of kidney beans.
The “cold-drawn” Sesamé oil has an agreeable taste, and is considered equal to Olive oil for edible purposes. The best qualities are rather difficult to obtain; those usually sold being much inferior to Peach-kernel and Olive oils. Cotton-seed oil is the cheapest of the edible ones. Salad oil, not sold under any descriptive name, is usually refined Cotton-seed oil, with perhaps a little Olive oil to impart a richer flavour.
The solid fats sold as butter and lard substitutes, consist of deodorised cocoanut oil, and they are excellent for cooking purposes. It is claimed that biscuits, &c., made from them may be kept for a much longer period, without showing any trace of rancidity, than if butter or lard had been used. They are also to be had agreeably flavoured by admixture with almond, walnut, &c., “cream.”