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Maybe they were (bio)chemists at heart? That stuff under a mountain is mineral oil: more useful than edible oils in many ways but it has to go under the frying
by thombat 7y ago
Maybe they were (bio)chemists at heart? That stuff under a mountain is mineral oil: more useful than edible oils in many ways but it has to go under the frying pan, not in it.
- tempguy9999 7y agoIt was not used much as food. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whale_oil https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whale_oil only mentions margarine as an edible product. The rest are lubricants, lighting and soap. From reading the article, it seems some of the whale products were waxy esters which I guess weren't digestible anyway.