The elusive roots of rosin potatoes (2022)
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It’s an American delicacy I would love to try, but here in New Zealand I can’t find a local manufacturer of pine rosin that will sell to consumers, and no idea if modern processing of rosin is more risky than it was back when it was on Cracker Barrel menus.
“There are other rosins made from paper mills, where they grind pulp and extract
it with sulphuric acid. That rosin, you don’t want to use for potatoes,”
explains Baker [...]
While I think New Zealand made rosin would come from pine wood not pulp, no commercial producer is going to tell me if the product uses any toxic chemicals if they get the slightest hint I plan on cooking with it.
The almost-lost art of rosin potatoes - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41991352 - Oct 2024 (168 comments)