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Default Best oil for fried potatoes?

On Mar 4, 12:52*am, sf > wrote:
> On Thu, 03 Mar 2011 22:02:51 -0600, Janet Wilder
>
> > wrote:
> > On 3/3/2011 9:37 PM, wrote:
> > > "Ed > *wrote:

>
> > >> For regular slice and fry, I use whatever vegetable oil we have.

>
> > > I've heard peanut oil since it has high smoke temp

>
> > > But how healthy IS peanut oil?

>
> > It's one of the good ones, I think.

>
> I think the three to use are peanut, canola and corn oil, because
> they're monounsaturated or something like that.
>

Corn is way too high in polyunsaturates. Canola and olive are the
healthiest, but I dislike the taste of canola, and don't want the
taste of olive in fried stuff, so it's peanut. A little chicken (or
other fowl), or bacon fat added is nice.

--Bryan