On 2004-01-02, Siobhan Perricone > wrote:

> You deep fry in olive oil? And it doesn't smoke? Hmmmm...

Mario Batali does! ...and he says it's common practice in Italy.

Do an 'olive oil smoke point' search on google. Lot's of info. Looks
like it's OK if you stay under 375 deg F and use the right o/o.

nb