FIXED OILS. 



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Sesamum Sesamum orientate. 



kept for years. This oil is made in Persia*, and 

 exported thence in large quantities ; it is known 

 there by the name of Kuntschuk. The intelligent 

 authors of * Letters from the Caucasus' say, that 

 the oil procured from sesamum cultivated on the side 

 of that mountain is nearly equal to the best French 

 olive oil. 



When the seeds are used as food they are parched 

 over the fire, then mixed with water and prepared 

 with other ingredients, forming a pudding similar to 

 that of rice or millet. This culinary mixture is called 

 benny or bonny in Carolina. 



* In the north of Persia, the oil chiefly used is extracted from 

 walnuts and hazel-nuts. 



