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How long is oil good for?
I'm using canola oil in a deep fry machine to make french fries... how long
should I keep/reuse the oil? Is it more a function of use or time? Is there an easy way to tell when the oil needs to be changed? |
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How long is oil good for?
Default > wrote in
: > I'm using canola oil in a deep fry machine to make french fries... how > long should I keep/reuse the oil? Is it more a function of use or > time? Is there an easy way to tell when the oil needs to be changed? > If the oil smells off. If the oil smokes excessivly. If the oil is way darker than when it frirst went in the deep fryer and if the oil has absorbed a flavour from the foods cooked (ie fish). Canola oil is normally good for about a year. But frying at temps near it's smoking point lowers it's smoking point. -- Once during Prohibition I was forced to live for days on nothing but food and water. -------- FIELDS, W. C. |
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How long is oil good for?
hahabogus wrote:
> If the oil smells off. If the oil smokes excessivly. If the oil is way > darker than when it frirst went in the deep fryer and if the oil has > absorbed a flavour from the foods cooked (ie fish). Canola oil is normally > good for about a year. But frying at temps near it's smoking point lowers > it's smoking point. Does the oil have to be refrigerated? ~john |
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Levelwave© > wrote in
: > hahabogus wrote: > >> If the oil smells off. If the oil smokes excessivly. If the oil is >> way darker than when it frirst went in the deep fryer and if the oil >> has absorbed a flavour from the foods cooked (ie fish). Canola oil >> is normally good for about a year. But frying at temps near it's >> smoking point lowers it's smoking point. > > > Does the oil have to be refrigerated? > > ~john > > No, just store the oil in a cool place out of direct sunlight. -- Once during Prohibition I was forced to live for days on nothing but food and water. -------- FIELDS, W. C. |
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Default wrote:
> > I'm using canola oil in a deep fry machine to make french fries... > how long should I keep/reuse the oil? Those are two VERY different questions. Canola oil in the original sealed container will last years. After opening unused canola oil still in the container will last a few years. The best length of time to use oil in a deep frier is once. Every time oil is heated it has more transfats. So ideally use as little as you can and change it daily. As a practical matter consider changing some of it daily. The more you change the better the fries. |
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Default > wrote: > I'm using canola oil in a deep fry machine to make french fries... how long > should I keep/reuse the oil? Is it more a function of use or time? Is > there an easy way to tell when the oil needs to be changed? Summary of info from "How to Read a French Fry": avoid oxygen, light, and moisture--store in the smallest container it'll fit in, and in a cool, dark place. Discard when the smoke point drops to close to the frying temperature, or when it develops off-odors, or becomes noticeably darker than unused oil. The book also recommends adding a tablespoon of old (not rancid) oil to each cup of new--saying that brand-new oil doesn't cook as well as oil that's broken in a little. -- to respond, change "spamless.invalid" with "optonline.net" please mail OT responses only |
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