Chapter 7 vegetable oils

Question 1

What are 2 types of lipids?

Answer 1

Oils and waxes

Question 2

What part of the plant stores oil?

Answer 2

Leaves and petal

Question 3

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

Answer 3

The flavor of food, distributes heat evenly when cooking, adds calories.

Question 4

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

Answer 4

Saturated acids do NOT have double bonds, Unsaturated acids have double bonds

Question 5

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

Answer 5

Essential fatty acids

Question 6

How do humans obtain unsaturated fat?

Answer 6

You must eat it

Question 7

What type of fat will increase your cholesterol?

Answer 7

Trans fatty acids

Question 8

What is cold pressing?

Answer 8

Mechanical extraction

Question 9

What plant makes the canola seed?

Answer 9

Rape plant makes rapeseed

Question 10

What family is the canola seed from?

Answer 10

Brassicaceae

Question 11

Can you use canola oil from deep frying?

Answer 11

Yes

Question 12

What plant family of corn in?

Answer 12

Poaceae

Question 13

What is another name for corn?

Answer 13

Maize

Question 14

What is one industrial use for corn oil?

Answer 14

Corn milling

Question 15

What plant is Crisco made from?

Answer 15

Cotton plant

Question 16

Is an olive a fruit or a vegetable?

Answer 16

Fruit

Question 17

What is “Nectar of the gods?”

Answer 17

Olive oil

Question 18

What is the difference between EVOO and VOO?

Answer 18

EVOO is the 1st press, VOO is 2nd press.

Question 19

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

Answer 19

Olive oil

Question 20

Can olive oil be used in deep frying?

Answer 20

No

Question 21

`Would you use olive oil from baking cakes and cookies?

Answer 21

No

Question 22

When did the French begin making peanut oil?

Answer 22

Late 1800s

Question 23

What is another name for peanut oil?

Answer 23

Ground nut oil

Question 24

What is a “Bran Beauty” ?

Answer 24

A Japanese or Chinese women that uses bran oil to moisturize skin.

Question 25

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

Answer 25

Sesame oil

Question 26

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

Answer 26

Light is just raw seeds pressed and Dark is toasted and pressed.

Question 27

Which oil is a natural preservative?

Answer 27

Sesame oil

Question 28

What plant family is the soy bean in?

Answer 28

Fabaceae

Question 29

Who is the leading producer of soy beans?

Answer 29

U.S.

Question 30

Vegetable oil is technically what oil?

Answer 30

Soy bean oil

Question 31

What oil was used for red and yellow dyes?

Answer 31

Safflower oil

Question 32

What are the 2 types of sunflower seeds?

Answer 32

There are large gray striped and small black seeds.

Question 33

How much saturated fat is in coconut oil?

Answer 33

92%

Question 34

What temperature does coconut oil solidify?

Answer 34

75*F

Question 35

Is it healthy to consume a lot of coconut oil?

Answer 35

No

Question 36

What poison can be extracted from the castor bean?

Answer 36

Ricin

Question 37

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

Answer 37

Yes

Question 38

What is one use for castor oil?

Answer 38

Used for skin, Laxative and antinflammatory

Question 39

Name one additional oil what we discussed in class.

Answer 39

Avocado, Almond, Walnut

Question 40

What is steam distillation?

Answer 40

Steam is passed through the flower petals, the oil evaporates into a chamber.