Senor Fred. My knowledge of oils is limited as well but recently while at Colombo airport, I heard on local radio about what oils one should use in different weather conditions and their properties as hot and cold oils: olive and coconut are cold oils while sesame is considered warm oil. I missed the latter part of the program. Apparently coconut oil is 90% saturated fat which likely explains why it turns to buttery paste and is considered unhealthy for consumption in large quantities (so is coconut).
One possibility is the extraction process: sesame seeds are roasted before the oil is extracted while coconut oil as we know it is commonly known as coconut butter. You should come visit warm and sunny Sawantwadi sometime. On 1/29/08, Frederick [FN] Noronha * फ्रेडरिक नोरोंया <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You might have heard that Goa has been facing some unusually cold > weather this season -- 15 degrees C minimum temperature -- while > Mumbai plunged down to 10 degrees C. (Global warming and weather > extremeties here we come? Heat waves in summer in South-Eastern > Europe, and cold waves in sunny Goa?) > > While makes me wonder... coconut oil is one of the few oils that > solidifies so soon, even at temperatures of 23 or 24. Excuse my > ignorance on this point, but what's the reason for the behaviour of > coconut oil, as against that of other oils? Tks, FN > -- > Frederick Noronha http://fn.goa-india.org Ph +91-832-2409490 >
