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What Are the Best Substitutes for Vegetable Oil?
From avocado to safflower to our beloved extra-virgin olive, these are the best oils to cook with, bake with, and use raw.
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AMANDAzz100
April 30, 2020
NONE of the above . I cook with gool old fashioned TALLOW, LARD, SCHMALTZ OR BUTTER .
WALTER B.
May 2, 2020
Exactly, AMANDAzz100. I use all those as well as duck fat, virgin coconut oil.
Stephanie G.
April 30, 2020
Walter, you are correct; this has been known for years. Unfortunately the cooking community at large ignores this research.
Smaug
April 30, 2020
Safflower (Carthamus Tinctorius) is kind of a neat plant; it's in the daisy family (Asteraceae, formerly compositae) and I believe was once classified as a marigold (Tagetes spp.). It has been cultivated from ancient times for oil and for coloring clothing, and as a spice- I think there have also been medicinal uses. It's a tough, drought tolerant plant with a fairly attractive flower.
WALTER B.
April 29, 2020
Coral, please do further research on Canola oil. You'll discover a host of problems from excessive trans fats, to erucic acid content. https://perfectketo.com/canola-oil/
Canola and grapeseed oil contain high levels of Omega 6 fatty acids, which when heated, release way too many free radicals. All the highly processed oils to the same. This causes inflammation and a host of health problems. Finally, no one should be heating any oil to the temperatures you state, that is, up to 500 degrees. Broken down, these oils are dangerous to eat as well as a fire danger in the kitchen
Canola and grapeseed oil contain high levels of Omega 6 fatty acids, which when heated, release way too many free radicals. All the highly processed oils to the same. This causes inflammation and a host of health problems. Finally, no one should be heating any oil to the temperatures you state, that is, up to 500 degrees. Broken down, these oils are dangerous to eat as well as a fire danger in the kitchen
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