However, running vehicles on a mix of vegetable oil and diesel costs very little, he said.
Soylent is the latest – a drinkable mix of vegetable oil and nutrients devised by some busy, skinny, crowd-funded boys in LA.
Initially, he said, he used a kit from Greasecar.com, a manufacturer in Massachusetts, to convert one scooter, equipping it with separate tanks for pure vegetable oil and a mix of vegetable oil thinned with additives.
Traditionally used lipid emulsions are based solely upon soybean oil, which is rich in the n-6 fatty acid linoleic acid, or a 50 50 mix of vegetable oil rich in medium-chain saturated fatty acids and soybean oil (often termed MCT/LCT to indicate the mixture of medium chain and long chain triglycerides).
Getting the right mix of vegetables was a process of trial and error.
A few clunkers are offered — the vegetable casserole was a bland mix of vegetables in tomato sauce — but they are the minority.
Veal chop with mushrooms, served with the same mix of vegetables and excellent roasted slices of potato, was well-prepared, meaty and with expansive flavor.
Wild-caught sea bass, served with a chipotle-mango salsa, was sweet and flavorful, and was teamed with saffron rice and a sprightly mix of vegetables.
This was apparent in my first visit when I ordered dakshin din raat, a delicious starter consisting of tiny segments of a loose mix of vegetables centered with Indian white cheese in a fennel-spiked honey-tomato sauce.
Any adjustments would be minor, she said, like including fresh fruit and the salad bar on the listed menu items rather than offering them as extras, or altering the mix of vegetables over the course of the week.
