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the smell of fat that gave up on life and started chemically dissolving itself.
means Describing fat or oil that has gone bad and turned sour, stale, and foul-smelling through chemical decay.
from From Latin 'rancidus,' meaning stinking or rank, built on the verb 'rancere,' to be rotten or sour. English borrowed it in the 17th century, and it has smelled of spoiled butter ever since. It's likely a distant relative of 'rank,' that other word for an offensive, going-off odor.
- the chemistry
- oxygen breaks fat into stinking acids and aldehydes
- two flavors
- oxidative rancidity and hydrolytic rancidity differ entirely
- hidden everywhere
- stale nuts and old oil go rancid silently
- antioxidant defense
- vitamin E slows the fatty meltdown naturally
- word root
- from Latin rancidus, meaning stinking or rank
for instance
rancid band — punk rock band formed in oakland, california in 1991, known for ska-punk fusion
rancid butter — oxidized dairy fat that smells like goat and tastes sour, occurs naturally in aged or improperly stored butter