The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-03-26
Cotton Seed Oil for Cooking.

Much is SAID ABOUT the danger tnaL congress
will pass the law forbidding the mixture OF
cotton seed with lard. This. II Is thought,
will greatly injure our Southern product. lily
own Judgment Is, that such action by Con-
gress will ultimately benefit cotton seed oil,
and at the same time injure lard. All that is
necessary is Tor the papers to discus the III IT.
ter fully In its practical bearing. and then cot
ton seed Gil will stand upon its merits
Some years ago read un article written in
New York and published in the Atlanta Con-
stitution, predicting that the production OF cot
ton seed oil would ultimately be Il source of
great wealth TO the South, and commencing
It fol, culinary purposes. The writer stated
ing by some OF the wealthlest people North.
over the purest olive oil that they could secure
from abroad. This struck me, and I soon got
quart for trail Possibly It was not the pest
oughly disguised, and the trial proved as u.s.
uaI with the first-no trial at all. After a
while 1t was aScertained that we used 1t too
freely. measuring somewhat by the rule Of
measuring lard. So about eight years ago
secured Il nicely refined article, with dircc-
tlons how TO cook with 1t. From that day to
this we have had it In our family, and my
will never go back TO lard. unless good arti-
Gle Of the oil cannot be secured.
Now why do not our Southern papers take
up this matter in Its proper light, not In de-
fensive. but an aggressive spirit? DO let Con-
greSs pass the law as u real protection to cot
ton seed oil. 1t should be kept nncontami-
mated by the stun made from animal lat, SUBJ
iect as it must be 10 impurity from every
Shade Of disease TO which the filthy hog Is sub
Iect. 1t is tho cotton seed oil, not OF the lard,
that should he protected. The testimony OF
experts, some of whom have been manuiac-
turers OF lard before the Congressional COM
mittee Il year or two back, WAS sufficient TO
convince any unbiased mind That hog grease
Is unclcan, and that the cotton seed oil decid-
edly Improves II, and Is itself pure article.
In my own family we employ 1t for every
thing cooked. lttakeS so very much less than
lard in quantity, that it is difficult to get old
cooks down to the right minimum. There Is
where the mistake Is oftcneSt made. IL is far
cheaper than lard, perhaps costing not much
IL any more than onc-thirG lis price. For
years ! have been buying il by the barrel from
the Kentucky Refining Company, In Louis
Vile, but just us good an article can now be
procured In Atlanta. Other families have fol.
lowed our example after much distruSt, and
now would not for Il great deal resume the use
of lard Suppose our southern Alliance peO-
pic take mp our side of the question. 1t will
require little determination to make cooks
use 1t, for their prcludccs are remarkably
strong In favor OF lard. In convenience,
cleanliness, sweetness, utility and cheapneSs,
our southern lauics will find II lncomparably
better Than lard, whilst our poor people will
soon realize that IL Is Il blessing In convent.
ence and economy, A purely vegetable pro,
duet, 1t must be much healthier than animal
fat can bc.-John C. Winter, in atlanta Consti-
tuition.