Which cooking oils do you use? - Page 2

laserlight · 12-29-2011, 04:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Dalmatiansoap

For frying we use sunflower oil, if its for frying fish than I mix it with Olive oil. Some dishes here nothing can replace homemade lard and for ALL other food there is only Olive oil. We add it while cooking and on the plates after the meal is done. Im proud that our Oil travelled all arround the World

and I hope that after New Year post will again return to old shipping politics.
BTW, pruning season starts in a few days

Thats when the fun stops

Your thread on olives is way cool. =D If you ever export your oil to our country please let me know. we mostly use soybean oil for frying but im going to try the sunflower oil. we have a bottle of that. thanks for sharing.

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Originally Posted by The Hollyberry Lady

Hi, Kevin!
I admit to using butter occasionally to fry eggs in...even with a little bacon fat left in the pan!

Thats what ive been watching for (bold)! =D No epic worries for health because im totally healthy. I had a headache last summer from allergy (our neighbors cat) but i never even had a cold this year. basically i just want to know what oils make foods taste really good!

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Originally Posted by The Hollyberry Lady

I'm going to try some guy's olive oil who's a member on this site. I think he's from Greece but his screenname slips me. Bob's going to share some with me. He says it's the best he's ever had! I can't wait to try.

Yeah inorite? Lol! i googled "Ante's olive oil" last night and i only got 2 results and they were both bananas.org. That really rocks that theres an olive tree grower at this forum!

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Originally Posted by The Hollyberry Lady

Note: Please be careful with oils, especially when you're a new cook...and never leave oily pans on the stove unattended! A friend of mine burned his family's house to the ground when he was 20, while cooking with oil and leaving the room! It was horrible and he lived out in the country so the fire trucks took awhile to get there. Don't wanna scare ya Kevin but just be careful.

: )

No worries for that. one of my parents is always with me when i use the stove or the oven. they totally freaked when my first crepe pancake landed on the stove, lol! They have to be flipped in the skillet without using a spatula and im a pro now! =D i can even make my own vanilla sugar and thats almost 3 months till its ready to use.

scottu · 12-29-2011, 08:08 PM

Amazing! You guys are always on top of it, I have researched all over for what the best oils are for cooking different things and I have to say this is better info than I have found elsewhere.
So what is the best for french fries?

momoese · 12-29-2011, 08:14 PM

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Originally Posted by scottu

Amazing! You guys are always on top of it, I have researched all over for what the best oils are for cooking different things and I have to say this is better info than I have found elsewhere.
So what is the best for french fries?

I use peanut oil in my little deep fryer. For oven fries I melt butter and coat them completely then bake them on a cookie sheet. They come out nice and crispy with great butter flavor!

bananimal · 12-29-2011, 08:27 PM

I have been trying to find out what oil, and processing, is used for the steak fries served at the Red Robin restaurnt chain. They are the best commercial fries I have ever tasted so far.

Any info guys?

And talking about using lard --- that's what makes midwestern fried chicken great!

Hey, years ago, the fast food chains of today used beef suet - arguably the best of the best for deep frying!!! I know a diner on the Pennsylvania Tpk that still uses it today.

scottu · 12-29-2011, 08:40 PM

I think I like peanut oil the best so far for french fries but you have to take them out half way through and dry them off and cool them before the final boil to finish them for a crispy perfection inside and out. I don't get to eat them often but, when i do I still look for even better ways to enjoy them.
How about Popcorn? Coconut oil is amazing?

scottu · 12-29-2011, 08:48 PM

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Originally Posted by laserlight

Thanks for the link. =D mostly i just want to learn more about cooking but yeah we dont use canola oil for cooking but we have a lot of other oils but not rice bran oil. I'll try that too. This was on my dads PC and its why we dont use canola oil.
The Dangers of Canola Oil

The wiki article says to use tea seed oil for stir fry but i want to try rice bran oil too. i want to learn how to saute mushrooms and stuff too so i will need to get a bottle of Trader Joe's olive oil. they have a store on Shelbyville road.

just for another side of the canola story try
snopes.com: Canola Oil and Rape Seed

turtile · 12-29-2011, 10:22 PM

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Originally Posted by scottu

just for another side of the canola story try
snopes.com: Canola Oil and Rape Seed

...or the truth! It's amazing how far false information can spread! If you used the same logic, eating cherries, apples, pears... will all harm you because they contain cyanide(similar compound)!

sunfish · 12-29-2011, 10:33 PM

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j...1oWiEg&cad=rja

laserlight · 12-29-2011, 10:52 PM

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Originally Posted by scottu

just for another side of the canola story try
snopes.com: Canola Oil and Rape Seed

Thanks for the link. =) I'll give it to dad and let him read it. If canola oil only has 0.5 to 1.0% of that acid then its probably safe.

Thanks everybody for contributing. =D Epic thread is getting epic!

sunfish · 12-30-2011, 12:33 AM

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j...ebza1Q&cad=rja

momoese · 12-30-2011, 11:53 AM

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Originally Posted by laserlight

Thanks for the link. =) I'll give it to dad and let him read it. If canola oil only has 0.5 to 1.0% of that acid then its probably safe.

Thanks everybody for contributing. =D Epic thread is getting epic!

Just keep in mind that Canola is made from genetically modified rapeseed plants (Monsanto) Most corn oil is GMO too. I try my best to avoid GMO products.

Dalmatiansoap · 12-30-2011, 12:46 PM

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Originally Posted by sunfish

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j...ebza1Q&cad=rja

here it costs about 17-24$

sunfish · 12-30-2011, 01:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Dalmatiansoap

here it costs about 17-24$

Ante have you ever entered your Olive Oil in a taste test ? You need to put it in 3oz. bottles and sell it at $20.

Dalmatiansoap · 12-30-2011, 01:34 PM

did the tests few years ago and got good results. that was one of the reasons we didnt give up on production. i hope to do another test after New Year.

momoese · 12-30-2011, 07:21 PM

Everything you ever wanted to know about Canola oil

http://www.sdadefend.com/MINDEX-C/Canola.pdf

scottu · 12-30-2011, 08:43 PM

And a little more.
Canola - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Canola Facts and Information
Canola oil: Does it contain toxins? - MayoClinic.com

Seems a little bit of a quandry, all things in moderation I say, even water, air and cupcakes can kill if you take in too much too fast.

harveyc · 12-30-2011, 08:51 PM

Mitchel, to the best of my knowledge, no GMO corn is used for human consumption, including corn oil. There was a famous case of GMO corn ending up in Taco Bell taco shells 10 years ago or so but that was because of some mix-up. There have been proposals for GMO sweet corn but that's not actually taken place yet. As far as I know, corn oil is "okay".

momoese · 12-30-2011, 09:09 PM

Thanks Harvey, according to wiki over 80 percent of US corn is GMO.

momoese · 12-30-2011, 09:19 PM

So we don't eat any of this 86% of corn grown in the US?

Genetically modified maize - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

harveyc · 12-30-2011, 11:46 PM

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Originally Posted by momoese

So we don't eat any of this 86% of corn grown in the US?

Genetically modified maize - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I don't believe so, unless you're bovine, swine, fowl, or an ethanol plant.

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