The Alphabet Game: Dishes using Za'atar

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Sunflower (seed) oil

 

[cookieee]

Truffle Oil

 

[Morning Glory]

Truffle Oil

Good one! I love it.

 

[Morning Glory]

Unsaturated oil - best I can do

 

[cookieee]

Good one! I love it.

Thanks, what? The Truffle Oil or the post? lol

 

[Morning Glory]

Thanks, what? The Truffle Oil or the post? lol

I have a good sounding recipe for "Creamy Truffle-Scented White Bean Soup" if anyone is rich enough to have Truffle Oil. lol

Thanks?

Don't understand...

I always have truffle oil in the store cupboard. Its not very expensive here although the best ones can be. This white truffle oil is the one I have - costs £2.55 ($3)

 

[cookieee]

I thought all Truffle Oil was expensive, so on rereading the recipe, I didn' t think it was good enough to use the oil.

 

[Morning Glory]

I thought all Truffle Oil was expensive, so on rereading the recipe, I didn' t think it was good enough to use the oil.

Some of the oils are - there is one from the same supermarket which sells the one I pictured above which sells for £22 ($27) for 100ml!

 

[cookieee]

Some of the oils are - there is one from the same supermarket which sells the one I pictured above which sells for £22 ($27) for 100ml!

Wow, that, I certainly would not use on that soup recipe. lol

 

[cookieee]

Vegetable Oil

 

[Backbay]

Watermelon seed oil

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Ok this has pushed me and is really pushing the boundaries of the definition of "oil" and how it's being used here. However, there really does not appear to be anything out there. Even trying for Chinese or scientific names has failed.

But, this oil does exist in nature in the Brazilian pepper and is being scientifically studied... but the downside is that it is an essential oil, not any other variation...

xylopia aromatica (lam.) mart. leaf oil

"Xylopia aromatica (Lam.) Mart. (CEXA) showed positive effects in the lower dose on oral glucose tolerance, hepatic steatosis and liver inflammation. The higher dose of CEXA also showed improvement on insulin sensitivity and release of anti-inflammatory cytokines IL-13 and IL-4 on adipose tissue and liver"

 

[Morning Glory]

Ok this has pushed me and is really pushing the boundaries of the definition of "oil" and how it's being used here. However, there really does not appear to be anything out there. Even trying for Chinese or scientific names has failed.

I found this:

Xanthium oil

The seed yields a semi-drying edible oil (30-35%) which resembles sunflower oil.

Source: https://hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/CropFactSheets/xanthium.html

 

[Morning Glory]

Y next then!

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

I found this:

Xanthium oil



Source: https://hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/CropFactSheets/xanthium.html

I had no idea xanthium gum also produced an oil.

At least Y is easy.