Comments on Profile Post by bixby

Never heard of that.

Maybe it is an acquired taste? People eat all sorts of things that make me cringe, but I can never be sure if that is just me or not...

What Cottonseed Oil? Industrial waste and one of the cheapest oils on the planet. Pringles, Utz Chips, In and Out fries, Ore Ida fries, tots, etc. and tons of fast food use it.

I mean, it is from a plant instead of dinosaurs. Now linseed oil, nope...and that is from flax.

Just because it is from a plant does not make it good. I'll use a modern dinosaur, duck fat, but not cottonseed. Just an awareness thing that's all, people can choose for themselves.

Mmmmm, Valvoline.... ahhhhh.
(Best Home Simpson voice)

I remember when they started using cottonseed oil. My first bag of chips was like, "ugh, these taste disgusting. what have they done?"

I think it's a cost-saving measure is all, but admit to not knowing any real reason.

Yes $ is the reason, use waste instead of a good oil, like 50+ years ago when they convinced Grandma to use Crisco in her baking. Cottonseed oil that has been hydrogenated. She should have kept using Lard, probably healthier.

About the same time, they switched pig breeds so pork chops stopped being as tasty…but they could advertise it as "lean". That was during the fat-free craze of the mid-late 80s.

So we dropped the fat and loaded everything up on sugar to make up for it. Now we know that sugar is a toxin and fat is crucial in brain development.

Meanwhile corn subsidies have also contributed to the decline in Americans' health, IMO.

The switch to lard to Crisco was because of the horrible health conditions at the meat packing plants in places like Chicago. Crisco was advertised as a clean and healthier alternative. If you want some tasty biscuits, cut them with lard, not vegetable shorting.