On Jun 5, 8:23*am, A Moose In Love > wrote:
> On Jun 4, 10:11*pm, "Zeppo" > wrote:
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> > We had houseguests from Vienna a few weeks ago, who came bearing gifts. They
> > brought an very pleasant Gruner Ventliner, some Viennese chocolates, and a
> > tall can of Pumpkin seed oil. They said the oil was an Austrian specialty
> > that has many health benefits and is used on salads, on vegetables, and over
> > vanilla ice cream.
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> > I've tried in on salads and vegetables and it was OK, but not wonderful.. It
> > tasted OK on ice cream. but looked a bit strange as it is such a dark green
> > it's almost black. The best thing I've done with it is to float it on carrot
> > soup. That was pretty good. I'm skeptical about the health claims as I've
> > heard health claims about almost every kind of oil out there.
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> > Has anyone used this? Have you found anything that this really stands out
> > with? I've read you're not supposed to cook with it as it breaks down very
> > quickly.
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> > TIA,
> > Jon
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> I've used it. *My grandmother always had some on hand as it was sold
> at one of the local deli's. *It has a unique flavour when used on
> salad. *It's OK, but then I'm not a salad fanatic.- Hide quoted text -
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Oh yeah. One other thing. The deli where my Grandmother used to buy
pumpkin seed oil was Germanic; but run and owned by Austrians.