That's a perfectly normal smell and feeding it will make it happy. Check out this page.
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Acetone smell isn't bad or uncommon. Separation with the brownish "hooch" on top isn't bad either. Both signs usually mean the starter is hungry.
Mold is bad. Streaks of orange or pink are bad. Signs to start over.
My starter spends 90% of it's life in the fridge.
Excellent, thank you gents. I was worried it was stressed. Into the fridge it goes.
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When I first read acetone smell and brownish color, I guess I hadn't paid attention to the thread title. So when I read, don't worry about it, that's normal I was a little bit concerned. Then I realized bread thread. Nevermind.
Brownie Brittle.
I know it's not bread, but - OMG! - it makes a fantastic ice cream sandwich!
I know it's not bread, but - OMG! - it makes a fantastic ice cream sandwich!
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I am wanting on Bannetons before I dive into sourdough, but this recipe is stuck in my head. It looks delicious. I am not a fan of sweet (anything), I am considering making it with half the sugar. How did you find the sweetness balanced with all the rest?
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I’d use half the sugar they recommend for the dough and I didn’t read the whole recipe but,I’d leave out the canola oil from the dough too.
I'm going to stay away from my soapbox and only say research canola oil. I never buy it and I try to avoid it.
Just what oil do you use instead of canola and why?
I'll keep it as short as I can...
Canola is a blending of Canada and oil because it was developed here. Canola is derived from the rape seed plant which is toxic. The gmo version is very easy to grow and there is a LOT of financing developing studies advocating its use. The process that is required to extract the oil and make it 'edible' is not conducive to creating a healthy oil. The ratio of omega's matters very much in an oil, if they are not balanced an oil becomes unhealthy. There is also the fact that it contains trans fats which are banned in many countries, due to (mainly) heart congestion.
This applies to many of the refined oils, peanut, grapeseed, safflower, sunflower, etc. etc.
I use olive oil for dressing and avocado oil for cooking. Coconut oil is another good choice, but it tastes like coconut and I usually don't want added flavor in my dishes.
If I deep fry, which is rare, I use lard which I render myself from local farm stores and keep in the fridge after use. If you are ever in doubt of what to use, think back to what Mom or Grandma used to use. Butter, lard, bacon fat.
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The long version...
Canola oil has practically taken over as the food processing industry’s oil of choice. Whether it’s mayonnaise, chips, or salad dressings, canola oil is usually the first, second or third ingredient on the list. Unfortunately, the health dangers of canola oil are far beyond what we’ve been led to believe.
So if there aren’t any actual health reasons to use it, why would it be so widely used throughout the food industry? As with most reasons certain ingredients are used over others – the price. Canola oil is extremely inexpensive to grow and harvest. It is also very easy to grow, due to its genetic modifications and the fact that insects won’t go near it.
Canola oil was first created in the early 1970s as a natural oil. But in 1995, Monsanto created a genetically modified version of canola oil. By 2009, over 90 percent of the Canadian canola oil crop was genetically engineered (1).
What is Canola Oil?
Canola oil comes from a descendant of the rapeseed plant, a member of the Brassicagenus, along with some of our favourite vegetables like kale, broccoli, cauliflower and cabbage. Rapeseed oil was put on the market for human consumption in the 1950s, but not many people wanted to consume it due to its strong flavour and off-putting colour.
Scientists at the time began to discover that erucic acid, one of the major fatty acid components of the oil (over 50%), was damaging to heart tissue. Meanwhile, olive oil started being marketed as the next big thing in health. So what did marketers do for rapeseed oil? Give it a makeover of course! After some selective breeding and careful marketing, rapeseed oil was now low in erucic acid, high in oleic acid (just like heart-healthy olive oil), high in omega-3 fats and also neutral tasting. The name rapeseed was replaced with canola (the term can from canada, and ola for oil) (2).
While canola oil has been marketed as a health-food oil, low in saturated fats and a source of omega-3 fatty acids, it is very far from that. Canola oil is not only genetically modified, but it is highly processed and refined, both of which contribute to major health problems in the body.
8 Health Dangers of Canola Oil
Canola oil isn’t the healthy oil you’ve been led to believe. There are so many dangers of canola oil, that anyone in their right mind would stay away from it. Here are just a few reasons why canola oil should never set foot in your home again.
If you’re consuming any vegetable oils that are oxidized from heat and light in processing, you are also exposing your body tissues to oxidized or rancid products. This contributes to degenerative diseases and chronic inflammation.
Health concerns linked to oleic acid include:
– Retarded growth (banned in infant formulas)
– Abnormalities in blood platelets
– Damage from free radicals
– Increased risk of developing certain cancer types
Genetically engineered foods also pose some very serious health concerns like allergic reactions, immuno-suppression, toxicity, and loss of nutrition through the foods we eat (4).
Researchers have found that cancer cells feed on the oleic acid in canola oil. The acid causes the cancer cells to become stronger and maintain malignancy (5). Additional research has also shown that oleic acid promotes tumour progressions (6).
With the amount of free radicals released in canola oil after cooking, it’s no wonder this oil is a trigger for cancer growth. Free radicals are highly reactive chemicals that play a major role in cancerous cell mutation (7).
Canola oil is also capable of promoting high levels of inflammation in the body, as well as arterial calcification. Any oil that is partially hydrogenated has the capability to do so. As you might have guessed, systemic inflammation and calcification are major risk factors for coronary heart disease (9).
Canola oil, being an inflammatory food, contributes to poor brain function. Chronic inflammation, as you might already know, is detrimental to the body. It attacks healthy cells, blood vessels and tissues instead of protecting them. It can shut down energy production in brain cells and slow down the firing of neurons, contributing to ADHD, anxiety, brain fog, depression, memory loss and Alzheimer’s (11).
Canola oil has practically taken over as the food processing industry’s oil of choice. Whether it’s mayonnaise, chips, or salad dressings, canola oil is usually the first, second or third ingredient on the list. Unfortunately, the health dangers of canola oil are far beyond what we’ve been led to believe.
So if there aren’t any actual health reasons to use it, why would it be so widely used throughout the food industry? As with most reasons certain ingredients are used over others – the price. Canola oil is extremely inexpensive to grow and harvest. It is also very easy to grow, due to its genetic modifications and the fact that insects won’t go near it.
Canola oil was first created in the early 1970s as a natural oil. But in 1995, Monsanto created a genetically modified version of canola oil. By 2009, over 90 percent of the Canadian canola oil crop was genetically engineered (1).
What is Canola Oil?
Canola oil comes from a descendant of the rapeseed plant, a member of the Brassicagenus, along with some of our favourite vegetables like kale, broccoli, cauliflower and cabbage. Rapeseed oil was put on the market for human consumption in the 1950s, but not many people wanted to consume it due to its strong flavour and off-putting colour.
Scientists at the time began to discover that erucic acid, one of the major fatty acid components of the oil (over 50%), was damaging to heart tissue. Meanwhile, olive oil started being marketed as the next big thing in health. So what did marketers do for rapeseed oil? Give it a makeover of course! After some selective breeding and careful marketing, rapeseed oil was now low in erucic acid, high in oleic acid (just like heart-healthy olive oil), high in omega-3 fats and also neutral tasting. The name rapeseed was replaced with canola (the term can from canada, and ola for oil) (2).
While canola oil has been marketed as a health-food oil, low in saturated fats and a source of omega-3 fatty acids, it is very far from that. Canola oil is not only genetically modified, but it is highly processed and refined, both of which contribute to major health problems in the body.
8 Health Dangers of Canola Oil
Canola oil isn’t the healthy oil you’ve been led to believe. There are so many dangers of canola oil, that anyone in their right mind would stay away from it. Here are just a few reasons why canola oil should never set foot in your home again.
1. Canola Oil is Hydrogenated Oil
If they’re not “cold-pressed” or “extra-virgin,” the oil is considered refined. This process includes caustic refining, bleaching, and degumming – all which involve high temperatures or chemicals that are damaging to the human body. Last but not least comes the deodorization process. Because canola oil is high in omega-3 fatty acids, it becomes easily rancid and foul-smelling when subjected to oxygen and high temperatures. The standard deodorization process removes a large portion of the omega-3 fatty acids by turning them into trans-fatty acids (3).If you’re consuming any vegetable oils that are oxidized from heat and light in processing, you are also exposing your body tissues to oxidized or rancid products. This contributes to degenerative diseases and chronic inflammation.
2. Genetically Modified Product
Almost all canola oil is produced from genetically modified crops. More than 90% of all canola oil is produced from genetically engineered crops. While genetic modification was successful at lowering the erucic acid content, it also increased the amount of oleic acid.Health concerns linked to oleic acid include:
– Retarded growth (banned in infant formulas)
– Abnormalities in blood platelets
– Damage from free radicals
– Increased risk of developing certain cancer types
Genetically engineered foods also pose some very serious health concerns like allergic reactions, immuno-suppression, toxicity, and loss of nutrition through the foods we eat (4).
3. Increased Risk of Developing Cancer
Canola oil is extremely unstable under heat, light and pressure, which causes oxidation and releases free radicals inside the body. When canola oil is heated (aka. when we cook with it), it produces high levels of butadiene, benzene, acrolein, formaldehyde and other nasty compounds. These chemical compounds, combined with increased free radicals create the perfect environment for cancer growth.Researchers have found that cancer cells feed on the oleic acid in canola oil. The acid causes the cancer cells to become stronger and maintain malignancy (5). Additional research has also shown that oleic acid promotes tumour progressions (6).
With the amount of free radicals released in canola oil after cooking, it’s no wonder this oil is a trigger for cancer growth. Free radicals are highly reactive chemicals that play a major role in cancerous cell mutation (7).
4. Contributes To Heart Disease
While genetic modification has lowered erucic acid levels in canola oil, it is still a major source of the acid. Erucic acid is a monounsaturated fatty acid that has been linked with heart damage, specifically Keshan disease (a thickening and scarring of connective tissue within the heart). Studies have shown that in areas where people are prone to Keshan, erucic acid levels are higher, and selenium levels are lower (8).Canola oil is also capable of promoting high levels of inflammation in the body, as well as arterial calcification. Any oil that is partially hydrogenated has the capability to do so. As you might have guessed, systemic inflammation and calcification are major risk factors for coronary heart disease (9).
5. Interferes with Healthy Brain Function
A new study out of the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University and published in the journal Scientific Reports has linked canola oil with a decrease in memory and learning indicative of Alzheimer’s disease – the most common form of dementia (10). The study found that the brains of canola-oil treated mice had higher amounts of amyloid plaques as well as diminished contact between brain neurons.Canola oil, being an inflammatory food, contributes to poor brain function. Chronic inflammation, as you might already know, is detrimental to the body. It attacks healthy cells, blood vessels and tissues instead of protecting them. It can shut down energy production in brain cells and slow down the firing of neurons, contributing to ADHD, anxiety, brain fog, depression, memory loss and Alzheimer’s (11).
6. Hypertension and Strokes
As a major contributor to inflammation in the body, canola oil takes a toll on our cardiovascular system – particularly blood pressure. Studies have found that canola oil shortens the life span of stroke-prone and hypertensive animal subjects.One study explored the relationship between rats fed canola oil and rats fed non-canola oil diets. The catch? All rats were bred to have high blood pressure and proneness to stroke. Rats who were fed canola oil died sooner, and rats fed the non-canola oil-based diets lived longer (12).
Another study published in Toxicology Letters looked at the effects of canola and soybean oil on blood coagulation time and erythrocytes (type of red blood cell) in stroke-prone hypertensive rats. The study found that there was a “canola oil-induced shortening of blood coagulation time and increased fragility in [red blood cell membranes],” which may trigger strokes in animal subjects who are stroke-prone (13).
7. Compromises Our Detox Organs
Being a genetically modified food product, canola oil takes a toll on our liver and kidneys.A 2011 review of 19 different studies that involved mammals being fed genetically modified soy and corn for a period of 90 days, found that GMO foods can disrupt kidney and liver function. The review, published in Environmental Sciences Europe, stated that in the trials mentioned, kidney function was reduced by 43.5%, while liver function was reduced by 30.8%.
Vegetable oils also lack oxidative stability, so they quickly turn rancid if left untreated. Food manufacturers found their way around this problem by adding synthetic antioxidants like TBHQ, BHA and BHT. When consumed in large doses, these preservatives can cause liver tumours, as well as liver enlargement (15, 16).
While the preservatives in canola oil are not enough to cause adverse effects, the accumulation of such products is enough. We can easily surpass acceptable preservative limits if our diet subsists of lots of processed foots. The amounts build up over time, and as a result, our health suffers.
If you want your detox organs to work properly, avoid canola oil, processed foods with added vegetable oils, and other GM products.
8. May Hamper Normal Growth in Children
Erucic acid in canola oil was the main reason canola oil was banned from use in infant formula. The erucic acid in canola oil is harmful to infants, due to an inability to properly break it down. While the FDA previously made canola oil illegal for use in baby formula, that isn’t the case anymore. As of a few years ago, canola oil made it to the generally recognized as safe list (17), meaning that infant formula companies can use all the canola oil they want in their formula.
And! I would drink a cup of canola oil before I spread margarine on a single piece of toast, but that is a rant for another day.
From the Mayo Clinic:
"Health concerns about canola oil are unfounded. Canola oil, which is extracted from the seeds of the canola plant, is generally recognized as safe by the Food and Drug Administration.
Misinformation about canola oil may stem from the fact that the canola plant was developed through crossbreeding with the rapeseed plant. Rapeseed oil contains very high levels of erucic acid, a compound that in large amounts can be toxic to humans. Canola oil, however, contains very low levels of erucic acid.
Canola oil is also low in saturated fat and has a high proportion of monounsaturated fat, which makes it a healthy and safe choice when it comes to cooking oils."
Another tidbit:
Other vegetable oils, and even nut oils, have been found to contain levels of trans-fatty acids that are comparable to the levels in beef fat. The table below summarizes the content of trans-fatty acids found in a number of oils. [4] In both canola oil and soybean oil, trans-isomers of linoleic acid have been found to account for 0.2-1.0% of total fatty acids, while trans-isomers of linolenic acid may total as much as 3%. [5] Linolenic acid isomerizes with heat about 12-15 times faster than linoleic acid.
And .....
What oils are not hydrogenated?
Sunflower, corn, canola, soybean, and olive oils were defined as nonhydrogenated vegetable oils (non-HVOs).
And from WEB-MD:
Early research shows that using canola oil that contains docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) helps lower blood pressure in people with large waists and risk factors for heart disease.
"Health concerns about canola oil are unfounded. Canola oil, which is extracted from the seeds of the canola plant, is generally recognized as safe by the Food and Drug Administration.
Misinformation about canola oil may stem from the fact that the canola plant was developed through crossbreeding with the rapeseed plant. Rapeseed oil contains very high levels of erucic acid, a compound that in large amounts can be toxic to humans. Canola oil, however, contains very low levels of erucic acid.
Canola oil is also low in saturated fat and has a high proportion of monounsaturated fat, which makes it a healthy and safe choice when it comes to cooking oils."
Another tidbit:
Other vegetable oils, and even nut oils, have been found to contain levels of trans-fatty acids that are comparable to the levels in beef fat. The table below summarizes the content of trans-fatty acids found in a number of oils. [4] In both canola oil and soybean oil, trans-isomers of linoleic acid have been found to account for 0.2-1.0% of total fatty acids, while trans-isomers of linolenic acid may total as much as 3%. [5] Linolenic acid isomerizes with heat about 12-15 times faster than linoleic acid.
| Oil | Trans Content (%) |
| Soybean* | 0.4-2.1% |
| Walnut* | 2.0-3.9% |
| Sunflower | 1.1% |
| Canola* | 1.9-3.6% |
| Olive | 0.5% |
| PH soybean oil** | 43.6-50.2% |
And .....
What oils are not hydrogenated?
Sunflower, corn, canola, soybean, and olive oils were defined as nonhydrogenated vegetable oils (non-HVOs).
And from WEB-MD:
Early research shows that using canola oil that contains docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) helps lower blood pressure in people with large waists and risk factors for heart disease.
I am going to take a leap of faith that this is exactly why @BigDaveK left this one alone. 
I noted that there is a lot of funding behind the positive studies that are backing Canola. Many members of the FDA and are on the boards of the companies they are supposed to be regulating.
The information I posted noted dates, companies, specific reviews, but you choose to believe your sources. The statements are definitive, but what study proves it? What makes the Mayo clinic so authoritative that they need no backing to their statements?
I am not being disrespectful. If you want to eat Canola, by all means help yourself, but you asked why those of us that avoid it choose to do so.
I think for now we best leave it at that before ibglowin thinks ibgoin!
I noted that there is a lot of funding behind the positive studies that are backing Canola. Many members of the FDA and are on the boards of the companies they are supposed to be regulating.
The information I posted noted dates, companies, specific reviews, but you choose to believe your sources. The statements are definitive, but what study proves it? What makes the Mayo clinic so authoritative that they need no backing to their statements?
I am not being disrespectful. If you want to eat Canola, by all means help yourself, but you asked why those of us that avoid it choose to do so.
I think for now we best leave it at that before ibglowin thinks ibgoin!
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Testing out the new equipment. Gearing up for sourdough!
I have a smaller flip top stand mixer that bounces all over the counter. I've been looking at the Costco one for a couple of years and finally decided to upgrade. Today was the test drive.
No regrets, same name brand, but a completely different machine.
Finally filled in the microwave hole with a speed oven. Basically a microwave/convection oven. You can convection bake, broil, microwave, or all 3. Speed chef mode. So far I enjoy the fast heat ups more than anything. Banana bread is my first bake today.
I have a smaller flip top stand mixer that bounces all over the counter. I've been looking at the Costco one for a couple of years and finally decided to upgrade. Today was the test drive.
No regrets, same name brand, but a completely different machine.
Finally filled in the microwave hole with a speed oven. Basically a microwave/convection oven. You can convection bake, broil, microwave, or all 3. Speed chef mode. So far I enjoy the fast heat ups more than anything. Banana bread is my first bake today.
Boatboy24
No longer a newbie, but still clueless.
Looks just like the KA I got for Christmas, except mine's blue - which I understand comes with a much better motor.
Really? I thoroughly researched this one, too. I was sure the silver one had the turbo upgrade in it. Just my luck!Looks just like the KA I got for Christmas, except mine's blue - which I understand comes with a much better motor.
It was a joy to use. I couldn't turn my back on the other one, it would jump across the counter. The motor is a definite improvement, too.
Enjoy! I know I will.
