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BEECHNUT OIL [1 record]

Record 1 2010-07-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fatty Substances (Food)
  • Oilseed Crops
CONT

Production of beechnut oil involves grinding the nuts into a paste from which the oil is extracted. The oil ages well if stored in clay jars and buried in sand in a cellar. It will keep for up to ten years, and oil over six years is considered to be the best.

OBS

Beechnut oil is used in cooking and also as a salad oil. Sometimes it is used as a butter substitute.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Corps gras (Ind. de l'aliment.)
  • Culture des plantes oléagineuses
CONT

L'huile de faine, de première pression à froid, est assez fluide, de couleur jaune clair, de saveur agréable et d'odeur faible.

OBS

faîne : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Substancias grasas (Industria alimentaria)
  • Cultivo de oleaginosas
CONT

El aceite de hayuco, una de las muchas riquezas olvidadas de Asturias dado que se extrae del fruto del haya. Es un lujo gastronómico de hermoso color dorado, aromático y sabroso que puede realzar, siempre crudo y adecuadamente refinado, cualquier plato.

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