Golden Cottolene

[noluck-boston.livejournal.com]

From the Boston Public Library.
Title: Golden Cottolene [back]
Created/Published: Chicago : Shober & Carqueville
Date issued: 1870 - 1900 (approximate)
Physical description: 1 print : chromolithograph ; 13 x 9 cm.

Comments

[ejia-arath03.livejournal.com]

Is this shortening made from cottonseed oil?

[jasonbeast.livejournal.com]

That does seem to be the gist of it.

[jocelmeow.livejournal.com]

A combination of beef tallow and cottonseed oil (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cottolene).

[batgurl10.livejournal.com]

I just LOVE how happy that little black girl is to be out in the heat picking cotton! She just looks so thankful to have a job*

C.

[ukashi-goshi.livejournal.com]

o_o

Does anyone actually still cook with cottonseed oil? I had never before thought of it as edible...

[write-light.livejournal.com]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cottonseed_oil

"Cottonseed oil has traditionally been used in foods such as potato chips and is a primary ingredient in Crisco, the shortening product.[15] But since it is significantly less expensive than olive oil or canola oil, cottonseed has started to creep into a much wider range of processed foods, including cereals, breads and snack foods. Products that say "may contain one or more of these oils" and list cottonseed, virtually always contain it.[16] Cottonseed oil resists rancidity, so offers a longer shelf life for food products in which it is an ingredient."