Pomace oil

[Gailza]

What is pomace oil and is there a substitution for it? I have a recipe for barbecue sauce that calls for it and I have never heard of it before.

[sushibones]

Here's what I found searching through google:
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pom·ace (pms, pm-) n.

1. The pulpy material remaining after the juice has been pressed from fruit, such as apples.
2. Pulpy material remaining after the extraction of oil from nuts, seeds, or fish.

[Middle English pomis, from Medieval Latin pmcium, cider, from Vulgar Latin *pma, apple, fruit; see pome.]


Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Third Edition
Copyright © 1996, 1992 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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And this from trade regulations:

2.2. Olive-Pomace oil is the oil obtained by treating olive pomace with solvents, to the exclusion of oils obtained by re-esterification processes and of any mixture with oils of other kinds. It is marketed in accordance with the following designations and definitions:

* 2.2.1. Crude olive-pomace oil is olive-pomace oil intended for refining with a view to its use in food for human consumption, or intended for technical purposes.

* 2.2.2. Refined olive-pomace oil is the oil obtained from crude olive-pomace oil by refining methods which do not lead to alterations in the initial glyceridic structure.

* 2.2.3.Olive-pomace oil is the oil comprising the blend of refined olive-pomace oil and virgin olive fit for consumption as it is. In no case shall this blend be called "olive oil".

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Most of the references to pomace had to do with grapes or apples, but it looks like pomace oil may be made from the olive pulp after the virgin and other pressings are made. I would think you could substitute any olive oil you wanted, but if you're really interested, I found a site that sells it (if, indeed, your pomace oil is really olive pomace oil). Here's the link to the site (crossing fingers and intoning magical incantations so the link will work) http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/smile.gif
http://corfu.forthnet.gr/ionian/pomase.htm

PS--all opinions are my own, and may actually have no basis in fact http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/rolleyes.gif




[This message has been edited by sushibones (edited 02-01-2001).]