On Jun 17, 2:17 am, Omelet > wrote:
> In article >, sf wrote:
> > On Sat, 16 Jun 2007 08:58:21 -0500, Omelet >
> > wrote:
>
> > >Ooh, I'll have to check I guess!
> > >I have a plentiful supply at the moment as I'd not been deep frying for
> > >awhile. I was paying around $7.00 per gallon.
>
> > >I'll look next time I go shopping and get back with you.
>
> > With a gallon on hand, don't you use it as your everyday oil too?
>
> No. I only use it for deep frying but I may eventually get around to
> trying it for skillet use. Right now I use mostly EV olive oil, and
> sometimes Grape seed oil.

I add peanut oil to peanut butter, because it's easier to re-
homogenize and spread that way. I don't buy the stuff with palm oil
to stabilize it because it's not as good tasting, and I sure as Hell
don't buy the hydrogenated crap.
>
> > I used it for everything you'd use a "bland" oil for. I don't do the
> > main grocery shopping anymore, so as long as it can withstand heat I
> > don't care what it is... we're using canola now.
>
> <shudder> Sorry, I can't STAND Canola!
> I'd use corn oil before I'd use that.

REALLY! Canola is not "bland." It tastes, and the taste is not
good. Corn oil tastes much better than canola or soybean.
People can knock the extra light (refined) olive oil all they want,
but it's a good bland oil too. I've gathered that it is healthier
than sunflower oil, and it has a higher smoking temperature.*
Clarified cow's butter is wonderful, but even I admit that it's not
the best thing for one's blood lipids.
> --
> Peace, Om

* I heard on "Zorba the Quack" today, a woman who talked about eating
sunflower seeds as part of a weight loss regimen. Zorba the Quack
called it "the Sunflower Seed Diet." It really can be quite
effective.

--Bryan