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Rosin is a resin obtained from the sap of some pine trees. It is used to
increase sliding friction on things like stringed instrument bows.
Baseball pitchers usually have a rosin bag to help the pitching hand get
a good grip in the ball. When a pitcher went for the rosin bag everyone
would watch the next pitch closely, expecting a ball with lots of stuff
on it. Rosin has also been used in varnishes, inks, linoleum, and
soldering compounds. When rosin is fractionally distilled it is called
rosin oil and is used in lubricants, electrical insulation, etc. Rosin
can be heated to much higher temperatures than water, so one can cook at
oven temperatures. One of the advantages of cooking in rosin is that the
potato is in direct contact with the hot rosin so the heating is more
even and the finishing time is shorter. Of course, rosin cooking is not
a picnic as you do have a very hot oil on your stove top, so the process
has died out in popularity. I am told people are highly impressed by the
fluffiness of the potato. Hope this helps.
>I’ll show my ignorance ~~ what is rosin?
>
>Carol
December 26th, 2003 at 4:29 pm
Rosin is a resin obtained from the sap of some pine trees. It is used to
increase sliding friction on things like stringed instrument bows.
Baseball pitchers usually have a rosin bag to help the pitching hand get
a good grip in the ball. When a pitcher went for the rosin bag everyone
would watch the next pitch closely, expecting a ball with lots of stuff
on it. Rosin has also been used in varnishes, inks, linoleum, and
soldering compounds. When rosin is fractionally distilled it is called
rosin oil and is used in lubricants, electrical insulation, etc. Rosin
can be heated to much higher temperatures than water, so one can cook at
oven temperatures. One of the advantages of cooking in rosin is that the
potato is in direct contact with the hot rosin so the heating is more
even and the finishing time is shorter. Of course, rosin cooking is not
a picnic as you do have a very hot oil on your stove top, so the process
has died out in popularity. I am told people are highly impressed by the
fluffiness of the potato. Hope this helps.
>I’ll show my ignorance ~~ what is rosin?
>
>Carol
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