Cottonseed oil is an edible oil squeezed from the seeds of picked white cotton. It used to be common in rural areas. The edible oil of every household is not necessarily cottonseed oil, but there will definitely be some cottonseed oil. After squeezing oil, a family usually squeezes fried dough sticks and meatballs twice to celebrate the bumper harvest. Every household is basically like this. Cotton can be sold, seeds can be pressed for oil, and there are few pests and diseases. This is planted in the whole village, and there are cotton stations in towns and villages to collect cotton.

It can be controlled, so the cottonseed oil produced by regular enterprises can be safely eaten. Whether cottonseed oil contains gossypol can be judged from the taste, because gossypol will make you feel stiff and numb. That was one of the main edible oils I ate when I was a child. My hometown belongs to the cotton planting area in northwest Shandong. Before that, 80% or 90% people in my family ate cottonseed oil. Relatively speaking, it is the cheapest. In recent years, soybean oil and peanut oil have been gradually overexploited.

The oil smoke is thick, the color is black and the taste is a little bitter, but I felt the same way when I was a child. Maybe at that time, when I was growing up, I didn't have any requirements for food, as long as I was full. Because at that time, it was necessary to supply oil by ticket. I don't want to put oil in cooking because I don't have enough food and oil at home. The oil I supply should be reserved for Chinese New Year or when there are guests at home.

Cottonseed oil used to be red-brown like soybean oil and sesame oil. After purification, it is the same as barrel soybean oil. If soybean oil is adulterated, it can't be distinguished at all. In the past, cottonseed oil was highly toxic, and there were many pesticide residues, all of which were highly toxic and had a long residue period. Black oil is cottonseed oil, which is directly ground with a big mill, fried and steamed, and then artificially squeezed on the crib. Cottonseed oil, cottonseed oil tastes bad, not bitter because of gossypol, so it is very astringent. If you take a bite, your mouth won't open and your tongue will feel stiff. So the cottonseed oil that came back was the precious oil of farmers at that time!