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BOBOBOnoBO(R) > wrote:

> > Not tried coconut oil.
> > I do add butter to olive oil for some things, mostly seafood.
> >
> I'm not flirting with you, as I'm a happily married man, but you are
> my favorite person on r.f.cooking because your posts--IMO--tend to
> suggest real improvements in people's cooking, and you do it w/o being
> an asshole, which is one of my weaknesses.

Thank you! Nicest thing anyone has said to me for awhile!

I must admit I usually make an effort to NOT be an asshole.
The recent gun thread (I would hope) would demonstrate that.

Everyone is entitled to an opinion and I often learn things from those
that disagree with me, especially if they state why.

As for food, everybody's tastes vary and I'm ok with that. :-)

> >
> > > I've had grape seed oil in my refrigerator for that "special use that
> > > calls for it" and since I bought it, that specialty has never come
> > > up.
> >
> > Steaksteaksteaksteaksteak! ;-D
> > It has a nice clean flavor and a higher smoke point than Olive oil so
> > you can really get a good sear.
> >
> Not the healthiest fat, but great for searing. Even better than lard.

You have tried it then?
I have not actually tried Lard except for the bacon fat that may end up
mixed with peanut oil in the deep fryer. <G>

> I've got my wife and son so spoiled that they can't accept steak done
> "right in the skillet." The only steak that's "right" is steak cooked
> over flames, which most often means hickory wood, but also sometimes
> partly the purified "anthracite" that is so reviled by certain folks
> here. I always use wood, as I get it free from my sister's yard.

I get all the wood free that I want as well. Right now I have a lot of
Oak and Elm as I had a lot of large branches come down in a recent storm.

> >
> > It's also very nice as a salad oil.
>
> Even I have never done THAT. I like salad with only a tiny bit of
> oil, EVOO, and fresh squeezed lemon juice, with some grated Parmesan,
> and Kraft is OK. See, I'm not a total food snob. Kraft Parmesan,
> OK. Kraft Velveeta, not OK. I'm fine with no oil on salad.

It's rare. ;-)

Dad likes Ranch and I like lime base mayo on my salads.
I've only ever tried it if I made a fresh oil and vinegar Italian style.
I tend to use bottled dressings a lot as they are inexpensive.

But it does work.

I use more Olive oil than anything else tho'. I have to go to Austin for
Grape Seed oil so I tend to save it for beef. It's priced slightly under
Olive oil if I get it at Phonecia Greek market.

>
> Note to regulars, if I seem unusually nice right now, I've had a
> couple of Sierra Nevada pale ales, and I seldom drink at all these
> days, and alcohol has always tempered my snottiness.
>
>
> --Bryan

I'm not sober either... It's Sunday and dad decided to give the chinese
buffet a miss.

He wanted ME to cook instead and I had a pair of King Crab legs in the
freezer.

They are thawing along with a pair of Catfish fillet's.
--
Peace, Om

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