Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-15
Cotton Seed ossiS: the Kitchen.

Mr.. Fred Gates8eE louisiana writes to
the Manufaoturers Record that for all
frying purposes sefhsd cotton seed oil is
better than the Batlsfd on the market;
then it has a spsoisk advantage in being
pure and clean, y It Sannot be adulter-
ated with a9fking from impure sources,
for the reasofshat it is cheaper by far
than the oheapesblard. Two-thirds of a
gallon of oil at thirty five cents viii do
more work than galf0Rpof lard ct sew.
enty cents; and then, strange to say
the same oil in which you fry fish is
strained off and used to fry Saratoga
chips and potatoes, then again strained
off and used to fry steak. or beef stew
or mutton stew, and yet leaves no taste
of one in the other.
Now the secret of using this oil is to
have it just as hot as fire can make it
without burning before you put anything
in it to fry, and if you wish to replenish !,
don't do SO until you have taken out of
the pan whatever you are cooking, then
put the fresh in and let 1t get hot. Never
put anything to cook in cold oil.
Mr.. Gates says the oil is extensively
used in making biscuits and cakes, and
that it imparts nutty flavor to the bis
cults, that some people like very much.
So it does. The preparer of these COL
umns for THE GAZETTE has been using
refined cotton seed oil in his family for
more than ten years. He has no fault
whatever to find with it, save In bis
cults. The flavor impaired to biscuits is
not at all unpleasant, but somehow or
other one Hwears out on it, - as we say;
that is you get so the biscuits set against
your appetite, though for the life of you
you can It tell why. But for all frying
purposes, and in cake, the oil is every
thing that could be desired. And If the
oil is mixed with good lard, half and
half, its Objectionable feature in biscuits
entirely disappears.
Mr.. Gates says his Jewish friends use
cotton seed oil very extensively as Gull
nary article. Their mode of preparing it
for cooking purposes and for salad oil is
TO put it on the fire, say gallon at q
time, let it get pretty hot, just simmer
ing, and then take raw onion about the
size of a pigeon IS egg, peel it and drop it
into the oil. Take the oil off the fire, let
it cool with the onion in It, then draw off
and bottle for use. This process gives
the oil very much the flavor of olive oil.
Mr.. Gates claims to be no fisherman,
ana yet ne tellS Story LnaL almost
leads one to believe that he has fshed
some. But he vouches for the truth OF
the story, and refers to living witness.
Here is what he tells: "a physician
friend of mine living in a town some
forty miles from here sent young man
to me With q note requesting that 1
would give him employment where he
could get as much oil as he wanted.
he stated that he had done all in his
line for the boy without avail, and as a
last resort sent him to me with instruc-
lions to live on cotton seed oil. The boy
was to my mind pretty far gone with lung
and throat disease. He was feeble, had
a bad cough, and expectorated freely.
In fact he was consumptive, and /
didn't think would live six months. l
put him in ths mill at some light work,
and told him to eat all the oil ne wanted.
In the course of few weeks 1 noticed a
great change in him. His cough had
left him. He had frightened up won
derfulIy, and gained strength enough to
begin to do heavier work. he had in