Kate Connally > wrote in news:f36un8$sj$1
@usenet01.srv.cis.pitt.edu:

> I've never heard of "stale" oil, although I would
> imagine if that were a possible condition of oil it
> would mean the oil was less flavorful and flatter tasting
> than "fresh" oil.
>

Stale oil might be oil used too much...where it has been used to too high a
heat...repeatedly in a french fryer or been submitted to over use cooking
too many differing food items so the basic taste isn't of just nuetral oil
anymore.

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The house of the burning beet-Alan

It'll be a sunny day in August, when the Moon will shine that night-
Elbonian Folklore