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Default What's the deal with peanut oil?

> I like to get the roasted peanut oil that can be found at Asian
> markets. Lion &Globe is the brand I get. It is not odorless or
> tasteless, like many peanut oils, and to me that adds to the fun of
> cooking with it. It smells like freshly roasted peanuts.
>
> I have found many Asian markets to have this brand.
>
> Christine


That's a whole different creature entirely. As you mention, most
"supermarket" peanut oils are mostly tasteless (although also cheap). I
love roastsed nut oils in general, but use them more like olive oil than
frying oil.

-T