10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BENNE OIL»
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1
African Ethnobotany in the Americas
Chiefly attributed as benne-oil, -seed. Also bene, beni, benni, benny. [ad. Mende
(Sierra Leone) bene].” OED (1989) cites early examples, e.g., from 1769, in
Phillips and Lesley (1884: 44): “On cutting & gathering the Bene seed”; Romans ...
Robert Voeks, John Rashford, 2012
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The American Dispensatory, Containing the Natural, Chemical, ...
SESAMUM 0RIENTALE.'* Benne Oil. The Fixed Oil of the Seeds. This, originally
an African plant, has become well known by the name of benne in South
Carolina and Georgia, or the Vangloe of the West Indies. It is an annual plant,
rising with ...
3
The Larder: Food Studies Methods from the American South
... juice) and an oil. Melted lard would not do, nor would melted butter. It is no
anomaly that the story of Jefferson's discovery of the virtues of benne oil has him
eating it on a fresh salad. Jefferson was embracing two novelties simultaneously.
John T. Edge, Elizabeth S. D. Engelhardt, Ted Ownby, 2013
4
Outlines of Lectures on Materia Medica and Botany
The base of these, when good, is .the oil from the nuts of the Guilangia Moringa,
called Oil of Ben, or Benne Oil. The oil of hazel, is a good substitute, being
inodorous, and without colour, and not liable to rancidity. It can be made to
receive the ...
William Paul Crillon Barton, 1827
5
History of Tofu and Tofu Products (965 CE to 2013)
When preceded by the character for “fragrant” it refers to “sesamum, gingilie, or
benne oil,” made from the seeds of Sesamum orientale. Soybean oil is not
specifically mentioned. Note: This is the earliest English-language document
seen (Feb.
William Shurtleff, Akiko Aoyagi, 2013
6
Food Allergies: Enjoying Life with a Severe Food Allergy
Sesame can also be known as: • anjoli/anjonjoli • benne seeds/benne oil • gingili/
gingelly • oleum • Sesamum indicum • simsim • teel • til Sesamum indicum is the
Latin name for sesame. and has been used in labelling on cosmetics. toiletries ...
Tanya Wright, Joanne Clough, 2001
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Sketches towards a Hortus botanicus Americanus, or, Coloured ...
The benne oil is a gentle laxative and burns well in lamps The cultivation of this
plant deserves great attention. A decoction of the leaves and buds is good for
inflammations of the eyes and is used by the Egyptians as a cosmetic. An
infusion of ...
William Jowit Titford, 1811
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The Dispensatory of the United States of America
... 542 Brown sugar 567, 568, 571 Belladonna 128 Black oxide of iron 864
Brucea antidysenterica 89 Benne 609 Black oxide ofmanga- Brucia 443 Benne
oil 609, 610 nese 419 Bi-yonia alba 335 Benzoic acid 727 Black oxide of mercury
893 ...
Franklin Bache, Charles Herbert La Wall, George E. Farrar, 1833
9
Chemical Dictionary of Economic Plants
Benne oil; Teel oil 474 Oils and fats. 18-20% of oil is obtained from the seeds,
which consists of the glycerides of linoleic (45-62%), oleic (20-30%), palmitic (7-
15%), a-linolenic (5-10%) and stearic (1-5%) acids. Free fatty acids are about 1%
, ...
Jeffrey B. Harborne, Herbert Baxter, 2001
... poppy seed oil, rapeseed oil, rape oil, colza oil, soy-bean oil, soy oil, Soja oil,
sesame oil, gingilli oil, teel oil, benne oil, sunflower. TEA, COFFEE, AND CACAO
PRODUCTS Tea. Coffee, roasted coffee. Cacao Products. — Cacao beans.
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BENNE OIL»
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From Slow Food USA, Ark of Taste website: “Benne oil can be extracted from the seeds by boiling the seeds at a low temperature and then ... «The State, Mar 15»
Culinary creativity and craft butchery at Porcellino's.
Drizzled with benne oil — an aromatic, nutty oil derived from an heirloom ancestor of the sesame seed — they are interestingly tangy and ... «Memphis Flyer, Dec 14»
