[Sca-cooks] Linseed Oil

[Radei Drchevich]

Another use for boiled linseed oil.

Mix with sawdust and press and you have Linoleum.

joy

radei

  ----- Original Message -----
  From: "Volker Bach"
  To: "Cooks within the SCA"
  Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Linseed Oil
  Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2005 18:13:07 +0200


  Am Montag, 3. Oktober 2005 16:26 schrieb Pat:
  > From childhood memories of Daddy cleaning his brushes, I think it
  stinks
  > and taste bad, but:From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
  >
  > Linseed oil is a yellowish drying oil derived from the dried ripe
  seeds of
  > the flax plant (Linum usitatissimum, Linaceae). It is obtained by
  pressing,
  > followed by an optional stage of solvent extraction. Cold-pressed
  oil
  > obtained without solvent extraction is marketed as flaxseed oil. It
  is
  > suitable for human consumption (though not recommended for cooking)
  and is
  > used as a nutritional supplement which is high in omega-3 fatty
  acids,
  > especially alpha linolenic acid, and relatively low in omega-6
  fatty acids,
  > allowing it to be used to lower the ratio of omega-6 to omega-3
  oils in the
  > diet, which may have health benefits.
  >
  > Boiled linseed oil was used as a paint binder or as a wood finish
  on its
  > own. Heating the oil makes it polymerize or oxidise more readily.
  However,
  > today, metallic dryers are used instead of heat. The use of
  metallic dryers
  > makes boiled linseed oil inedible.

  That may explain things. I have linseed oil for paint making, and a
  very
  different kind of linseed oil for culinary purposes. I wouldn't eat
  the arts
  supply stuff.

  Giano



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