notbob wrote:

> 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

Olive Oil is a MONO Saturate ( ergo its health aspect) Veggy Oils are
Poly-UN saturates and easily overheat. Butter as a poly saturate melts
even
faster and smokes like an army of cigars! (Always use LOW heat! ) Add
lemon
for flavor! FERGIT CANOLA as it is Garbage! It's still beng
Pushed...even
the cold pressed stuff. BARF! B-ob1

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