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Title: Weight Loss and Maintenance
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Moderator:ASICS::LESLIE
Created:Tue Jul 10 1990
Last Modified:Tue Jun 03 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:933
Total number of notes:9931

716.0. "Who's hidden the PAM" by LARVAE::CORFIELD_M () Thu Jan 30 1992 15:45

    
    I have read wonderful things about 'PAM' the psuedo grease and the fact 
    that you can get it here in the UK.  There is just one small problem...
    ... NO ONE IS SAYING WHERE!!!
    
    Can someone please put me out of my misery and tell me where I can
    buy PAM from if at all.
    
    Many thanks
    Marie (UK)
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716.1ASICS::LESLIEAndy LeslieThu Jan 30 1992 16:271
    I'd be interested too. Have you tried Holland and Barretts? 
716.2PAM is oil like any otherTLE::DBANG::carrolla woman full of fireThu Jan 30 1992 19:487
As a sidenote, PAM and other spray on oils are not "pseudo-grease"
they are actual genuine fat.  The only advantage is that by
spraying it on instead of spreading it on like shortening or 
pouring it on like oil, you use less.  It is not calorie-free
by a long shot...

D!
716.3PAM vs MAZOLAMLCSSE::MAHONFri Jan 31 1992 01:195
    I was reading in a fitness magazine about dieting and they
    suggested buying mazola spray.  What is the difference between
    these two?
    
    B
716.4Make your ownGIAMEM::JLAMOTTEtwenty-eight and counting downFri Jan 31 1992 13:333
    When I finish this can of Pam I am going to put my oil in a pump spray
    can.  there are several brands of oil that have been modified or are
    better for us health wise.
716.5re .3: PAM vs MAZOLA, and a side comment on RESTAURANT PAMRANGER::PESENTIOnly messages can be draggedFri Jan 31 1992 15:2514
The difference is mostly the manufacturer.

By the way, my last trip to BJs (wholesale club) I bought the giant restaurant
sized can (shrink wrapped 2 to a package, so I'll have enough for my next 
incarnation, too) of PAM.

This stuff is MUCH different than the usual supermarket variety.  It has a
fragrance of coconuts (but no coconut oils), and some unusual additive that 
causes it to spray on as a white foam.  The can says that the additive is for
the purposes of portion control.  I.e., it lets you see how much you are 
spraying.  When you apply heat, the additive evaporates immediately (it is not
flamable, but maybe that's what the fragrance comes from), and the foam 
subsides.  Other than this, it tastes the same as regular PAM, which  is to 
say that I can't detect a flavor in the cooked food.
716.6oils are not all the sameTLE::TLE::D_CARROLLa woman full of fireFri Jan 31 1992 22:5213
    I don't know the difference between Pam and Mazola but I could venture
    a guess.  All fats have the same amount of calories, but some are
    higher in saturated fats.  Canola and Olive oil are the best, tropical
    oils are the words.  Perhaps Mazola is lower in saturated fats than
    Pam.
    
    I've seen spray-on Olive Oil, and when my current can of Pam runs out,
    I'm going to buy one of those.  Consumer Reports did a special report
    on oil (including spray oils) recently and apparantly the olive oil
    sprays don't do much in the way of flavor (like high quality ("extra
    virgin" OO would) but they are healthier.
    
    D!
716.7MILKWY::ZARLENGAheadless woman found in topless barMon Feb 03 1992 07:3213
    re:.3

    PAM has corn oil, grain alcohol, and lecithin.  I don't know why
    Mazola would be any better.


    re:.6

    Diana, olive oil is only mono-unsaturated, meaning it has more
    saturated fats than poly-unsaturated oils, like vegetable oils.

    Olive oil is a good oil because it works to lower cholesterol, not
    because it's low in saturated fats.
716.8LARVAE::CORFIELD_MThu Feb 06 1992 16:275
    
    I wish we had spray oil over here.  At the moment all we have is oil
    in bottles.  Would it work if I put oil in a water spray do you think?
    
    Marie (still looking for the PAM)
716.9Use a paper towelESCROW::ROBERTSThu Feb 06 1992 22:422
    If you'd be using it, say, to oil a frying pan, try this.  Put a tiny
    amount of oil on a paper towel, and just rub it onto the pan.  
716.10MEMORY::OSIERWed Feb 19 1992 00:3525
    
    MOTTS (applesauce etc) and PAM (cooking spray) have been advertising 
    lately that replacing the oil in a regular cake mix recipie with
    applesauce and using PAM on the pan instead of shortening and flour
    cuts 612 calories and 72 grams of fat out of the cake. Using this
    method 1/12 of cake will have only 51 calories and 6 grams of fat!
    
    I haven't tried this yet (can't quite trust myself with the other 11/12th's
    of the cake) but am wondering if anyone else has and weather or not 
    the cake tastes the same using this method as it does using the oil.
    
    In case anyone has not seen it and would like to try it here's the
    recipie:
    
    1(18 to 20 oz) packaged cake mix
    PAM cooking spray
    MOTTS regular, natural or cinnamon apple sauce
    
    Prepare cake mix according to package directions using PAM to grease
    baking pan(s). Substitute an equal amount of applesauce for the oil.
    Pour batter into prepared pan(s). Bake and cool according to package
    directions. 
    
    Suggested topping: Mott's applesauce and cinnamon.
    
716.11Great on PopcornDENVER::DAVISGBI'd rather be driving my JagFri Mar 06 1992 02:134
    I'm coming to london at the end of March....I can visit the price
    club and get it by the case...
    
    who needs a case of Pam?