Comments on: Re: Digest Number 539 http://diabetes.pocket-book.com/2003/12/25/re-digest-number-539/ Some tips for diabetic, recipes and products. Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:53:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Endy King http://diabetes.pocket-book.com/2003/12/25/re-digest-number-539/#comment-10671 Endy King Fri, 26 Dec 2003 13:29:40 +0000 http://diabetes.pocket-book.com/2003/12/25/re-digest-number-539/#comment-10671 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. <!--more--> >I'll show my ignorance ~~ what is rosin? > >Carol Jack Ferman, Type 2 Diagnosed 11/99 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

Jack Ferman, Type 2
Diagnosed 11/99

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