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Dee Randall wrote:
> "zxcvbob" > wrote in message
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>>Alex Rast wrote:
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>>>at Sun, 13 Feb 2005 04:36:40 GMT in <1108269400.278161.299140
>, (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.
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>>>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.
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>>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.
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>>Bob
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> 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.
>
You thought I was kidding:
http://money.cnn.com/2001/05/03/news/mcdonalds/
Best regards,
Bob
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