"Mark Thorson" > wrote in message
...
> Sammy wrote:
>
>> If cooking oil goes rancid in a container then would any oil poured
>> into that same (unwashed) container go rancid more quickly?
>
> Yes. Any remaining oil will act as an initiator for the
> free radical chain reaction.
>
> See:
> http://www.britanniafood.com/common/invite_17.htm
>
>
>

Did you bother to read your reference? Do you understand it? I did, and I
see no reference to trace quantities of rancid oil hastening the
deterioration of new oil.


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