Chapter 7

Question 1

What are 2 types of lipids?

Answer 1

oils and waxes

Question 2

What part of the plant stores oil?

Answer 2

seeds and fruits

Question 3

What is one-way oil enhances food? (there are 3)

Answer 3

Flavor, distributes heat evenly when cooking, adds calories to food

Question 4

What is the difference between saturated fatty acids and unsaturated fatty acids?

Answer 4

Saturated fatty acids do NOT have double bonds, unsatured fatty acids have double bonds

Question 5

What do we call a fats that are necessary for life?

Answer 5

EFAs essentail fatty acids

Question 6

How do humans obtain unsaturated fat?

Answer 6

the eat is

Question 7

What type of fat will increase your cholesterol?

Answer 7

trans fatty acids

Question 8

What is cold pressing?

Answer 8

When a fruit, vegetable or plant is just squeezed with a machine and the oil is collected.

Question 9

What is steam distillation?

Answer 9

Hot steam is passed throught the petals and leaves and the oil is collected

Question 10

What plant makes the canola seed?

Answer 10

Rape plant makes the rapeseed

Question 11

What family is the canola seed from?

Answer 11

Brassicaseae

Question 12

Can you use canola oil from deep frying?

Answer 12

yes

Question 13

What plant family of corn in?

Answer 13

Poaceae

Question 14

What is another name for corn?

Answer 14

maize

Question 15

What is one industrial use for corn oil?

Answer 15

biofuel for cars

Question 16

What plant is Crisco made from?

Answer 16

cotton plant

Question 17

Is an olive a fruit or a vegetable?

Answer 17

fruit

Question 18

What is “Nectar of the gods?”

Answer 18

olive oil

Question 19

What is the difference between EVOO and VOO?

Answer 19

EVOO is the first press of the olive and VOO is the 2nd press of the olive.

Question 20

What is the lowest grade olive oil we talked about in class?

Answer 20

olive oil

Question 21

Can olive oil be used in deep frying?

Answer 21

no

Question 22

Would you use olive oil from baking cakes and cookies?

Answer 22

no

Question 23

When did the French begin making peanut oil?

Answer 23

the late 1800s

Question 24

What is another name for peanut oil?

Answer 24

ground nut oli

Question 25

What is a “Bran Beauty” ?

Answer 25

a women that uses rice bran oil to moisturize her skin

Question 26

What type of oil is great for Asian stir-fry?

Answer 26

sesame oil

Question 27

What is the difference between light brown sesame oil and dark brown sesame oil?

Answer 27

Light brown is cold pressed seseame seeds, dark brown is toasted then cold pressed sesame seeds.

Question 28

Which oil is a natural preservative?

Answer 28

sesame oil

Question 29

What plant family is the soy bean in?

Answer 29

fabaceae

Question 30

Who is the leading producer of soy beans?

Answer 30

USA

Question 31

Vegetable oil is technically what oil?

Answer 31

soy bean oil

Question 32

What oil was used for red and yellow dyes?

Answer 32

safflower

Question 33

What are the 2 types of sunflower seeds?

Answer 33

Large gray striped ones that you eat as a snack and small black ones that are used to make oil.

Question 34

How much saturated fat is in coconut oil?

Answer 34

92%

Question 35

What temperature does coconut oil solidify?

Answer 35

75 degrees F

Question 36

Is it healthy to consume a lot of coconut oil?

Answer 36

no

Question 37

What poison can be extracted from the castor bean?

Answer 37

ricin

Question 38

Once ricin is extracted from the castor bean is the oil safe to use and consume?

Answer 38

yes

Question 39

What is one use for castor oil?

Answer 39

laxative or antinflammatory

Question 40

Name one additional oil what we discussed in class.

Answer 40

almond, walnut, avocado