"zxcvbob" > wrote in message
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> Alex Rast wrote:
>> at Sun, 13 Feb 2005 04:36:40 GMT in <1108269400.278161.299140
>> @l41g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>, (MrPepper11) wrote :
>>
>> ...
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>>>Bob Pitts knows doughnuts. He fried his first one in 1961 at the
>>>original Dunkin' Donuts shop in Quincy, Mass. Just by looking at the
>>>lumps and cracks on a misshapen doughnut, he can tell if the frying oil
>>>is too cool or the batter too warm. But Mr. Pitts, the company's
>>>doughnut specialist, cannot find a way to make one that tastes good
>>>without using partially hydrogenated oil, now considered the worst fat
>>>in the American diet.
>>
>>
>> What baffles me is, why is it that these companies don't think of the
>> obvious - using the traditional fats that were used before hydrogenation
>> came along: lard, beef tallow, and coconut oil? All of these are solid at
>> room temperature, the necessary property to indicate that they will be
>> good for the kind of baking and frying applications that the hydrogenated
>> fats are commonly used for. Of course all 3 of these fats are saturated,
>> but even if one were to subscribe to the view that saturated fats are
>> "bad" for you, if trans fats are the worst, the old-fashioned saturated
>> fats are at least a better option. I think the bottom line is that
>> donuts, pie, etc. aren't, and were never intended to be, foods in the
>> stereotypical category of "health food". You can't have your cake and eat
>> it too, in the form of avoiding all solid fats whatsoever and yet
>> expecting to get good pies, cakes, etc. and deep-fried foods. These foods
>> depend for their results on the properties of saturated fats. Thus if
>> these kinds of fats must be used, better to use natural saturated fats
>> than maximally-unhealthy trans fats.
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> They don't wanna **** off donut-eating Jews, Muslims, Hindus, and
> vegetarians.
>
> I don't know why they don't use *fully* hydrogenated vegetable oil. It
> does not contain any trans- fats, just saturated fats and maybe a little
> monounsaturateds.
>
> Bob
I don't think using coconut oil would p... off anyone, would it? I wonder
just how many of those ethnic groups you mention (at least the doughnut
eating groups in the US) actually are aware of what particular oil is being
used in their doughnuts. One would have to really be dedicated to their
diet restrictions.
As for me -- and I wonder how many others - I "try" to never purchase
anything with trans-fat; of course, I do sometimes; but I am only p...ed off
because I don't have much choice.
Dee