Hello

Are corn oil and canola oil interchangable in cooking?

If not, with what or when should one use one over the other?
Is one better for you than the other?


Thank you!

sandi wrote:
> Hello
>
> Are corn oil and canola oil interchangable in cooking?
>
> If not, with what or when should one use one over the other?
> Is one better for you than the other?
>
>
> Thank you!

NYTimes.com has a good write up on this:

If canola oil has even less saturated fat in it than corn oil, should
you toss out the corn oil and go for the canola?

Canola oil, a new variety of rapeseed oil, is another mono-unsaturate.
It is less expensive than olive oil but more expensive than other
unsaturates. The only reason to use it instead of olive oil is price.

As the accompanying chart shows, canola oil has less saturated fat than
an equal amount of safflower or sunflower oil. But if you keep your
overall fat consumption within the recommended guidelines, whether you
use canola oil with 6 percent saturated fat or corn oil with 13 percent
fat is of little consequence.

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpag...h&pagewanted=2

as you can see olive oil can get a superb rating, got to find a good
one though, not the cheap kind that is tasteless, and is better at
sauteeing than the corn oil which is kind of so-so

Oil Saturated Sauteeing Dressing

fat content quality and taste
taste
Peanut 17 percent Acceptable; no taste No taste
Avocado 15 to 20% Acceptable; no taste No taste
Soy 14 percent Acceptable; no taste No taste
Roasted sesame
14 percent Smokes; use Use sparingly
with other oil for flavor
Olive 14 percent Depending on Superb
brand adds
excellent
flavor
Extra-light 14 percent Imparts no flavor Fair
Oil
Corn 13 percent Acceptable; no taste No taste
Sunflower 10 percent Acceptable; no taste No taste
Safflower 9 percent Acceptable; no taste No taste
Walnut 9 percent Smokes; inappropriate Excellent nutty
taste
Hazelnut 7 percent Smokes; inappropriate Lovely nutty
flavor
Canola 6 percent Acceptable; no taste No taste

i don't know if this will show up well, go to the url above for all

if the olive oil is high in a good monunsaturated fats.
the extra virgin is often good. very good.
the mafia or something drove up the price sky high for olive oil by
holding it hostage

i like italian blends of olive oil. even though they mix olive oils
from other countries.
colavita is a good brand.
the spanish is too strong for my buds.
go for the extra virgin organic perhaps olive oil
it's good enough to dunk bread in and eat with a few herbs thrown in

said...

> Canola oil, a new variety of rapeseed oil


Which in actuality means it is a genetically engineered cooking oil, if I'm
not mistaken.

Andy

Andy <q> wrote in :

> said...
>
>> Canola oil, a new variety of rapeseed oil

> Which in actuality means it is a genetically engineered
> cooking oil, if I'm not mistaken.
>
> Andy

So basically the same... for cooking?

Would they both be 'genetically engineered'?

(These 2 always confuse me.)

Thanks all

q writes:
said...
>
>> Canola oil, a new variety of rapeseed oil
>
>
>Which in actuality means it is a genetically engineered cooking oil, if I'm
>not mistaken.

genetic engineering is not a fancy name for crossbreeding

Andy wrote:
>
> said...
>
> > Canola oil, a new variety of rapeseed oil
>
> Which in actuality means it is a genetically engineered cooking oil,
> if I'm not mistaken.

If you call "selective breeding" a form of
genetic engineering, then yes it is genetically
engineered. In the same sense that all corn and
cattle and chickens are genetically engineered.

If you restrict the term to organisms that
have their DNA spliced or artificially modified,
then the low-erucic-acid rapeseed from which
canola oil is made is not GMO.

But even that makes no difference to safety.
It's not like irradiation or certain food additives
for which a reasonable case can be made that the
food could be harmful. Genetically modified
organisms are composed of the same biochemicals
as their unmodified counterparts. They don't
contain PCB's or PFOA or any other suspect
chemicals that their parent organisms did not
contain. (However, one incentive to making GMO
plants is to increase their resistence to
agricutural chemicals, so greater amounts of
these chemicals may be used -- those products
may contain higher levels of herbicides, etc.)

Lumping GMO together with synthetic chemicals
or irradiation is a grave injustice. It caters
to scientifically ignorant hypochondriacs.

Andy wrote:
> said...
>
> > Canola oil, a new variety of rapeseed oil
>
>
> Which in actuality means it is a genetically engineered cooking oil, if I'm
> not mistaken.
>
> Andy

you ain't kidding. looked it up, stands for canadian low acid oil.
the original rapeseed oil can be carcinogenic. and not nice.
it is used for industrial purposes mostly.

what a name, rape oil, so they renamed it and modified it genetically.

i would stick with olive oil.
or the corn oil.
and i don't like the taste of canola oil, reminds me of mineral oil
kind of.
it's not natural. i even bought it in health food store and it still
was never
used up by me.

wrote:
> Andy wrote:
>> said...
>>
>>> Canola oil, a new variety of rapeseed oil
>>
>> Which in actuality means it is a genetically engineered cooking oil, if I'm
>> not mistaken.
>>
>> Andy
>
> you ain't kidding. looked it up, stands for canadian low acid oil.
> the original rapeseed oil can be carcinogenic. and not nice.
> it is used for industrial purposes mostly.
>
> what a name, rape oil, so they renamed it and modified it genetically.
>
> i would stick with olive oil.
> or the corn oil.
> and i don't like the taste of canola oil, reminds me of mineral oil
> kind of.
> it's not natural. i even bought it in health food store and it still
> was never
> used up by me.
>

Yes, it would seem to go against common sense to eat a food derived from
a toxic plant such as rapeseed, especially when there are plenty of
other good oils available.

I might recommend Canola to those who are dirt poor, very cheap,
hyperthyroid, or seeking a possible subtle form of birth control.

The only thing clear about canola is that it is the cheapest oil.

Matt wrote:
> wrote:
> > Andy wrote:
> >> said...
> >>
> >>> Canola oil, a new variety of rapeseed oil
> >>
> >> Which in actuality means it is a genetically engineered cooking oil, if I'm
> >> not mistaken.
> >>
> >> Andy
> >
> > you ain't kidding. looked it up, stands for canadian low acid oil.
> > the original rapeseed oil can be carcinogenic. and not nice.
> > it is used for industrial purposes mostly.
> >
> > what a name, rape oil, so they renamed it and modified it genetically.
> >
> > i would stick with olive oil.
> > or the corn oil.
> > and i don't like the taste of canola oil, reminds me of mineral oil
> > kind of.
> > it's not natural. i even bought it in health food store and it still
> > was never
> > used up by me.
> >
>
> Yes, it would seem to go against common sense to eat a food derived from
> a toxic plant such as rapeseed, especially when there are plenty of
> other good oils available.

You need to broaden you culinary knowledge... lots of foods are derived
from plants and animals) that are poisonous, some even themselves
poisonous until properly treated... cashew nuts for instance.

" > wrote in
ups.com:

> sandi wrote:
>> Hello
>>
>> Are corn oil and canola oil interchangable in cooking?
>>
>> If not, with what or when should one use one over the other?
>> Is one better for you than the other?
>>
>>
>> Thank you!
>
> NYTimes.com has a good write up on this:

> http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpag...0DEFDD153AF93A
> A35751C1A961948260&sec=health&pagewanted=2

Thanks

sandi wrote:
> Hello
>
> Are corn oil and canola oil interchangable in cooking?
>
> If not, with what or when should one use one over the other?
> Is one better for you than the other?
>
Well, they're not identical. Which is better may depend on what you're
doing with them. Some factors to consider include smoke point, fat
composition, and flavor. Google will find you lots more authoritative
stuff than what follows.

Smoke point is the temperature at which the oil will smoke and break
down. It's generally considered to produce unhealthful results if it
breaks down. Corn oil has a higher smoke point than canola oil, but
both are high enough for normal purposes.

By composition, I mean saturated fat vs. unsaturated vs.
polyunsaturated vs. monounsaturated. The last category is thought to
help increase "good" cholesterol; the first is thought is increase
"bad" cholesterol. If this matters to you, there's lots of material
available about it. Corn oil has more monounsaturated fat than canola
oil. Olive oil and peanut oil have more than corn oil.

Corn oil tastes a little bit like corn. You may or may not find it
flavors food you cook in it. And you may or may not like the flavor.
Canola oil, originally called rapeseed oil because that's what it is,
has less taste, or else tastes like the rapeseed plant, a type of
mustard green, I think. Many people choose canola as "neutral" in
taste. Personally, I think it tastes musty and I don't like it.

I use safflower oil (for neutral) or olive oil (for flavor) for
sauteeing, peanut oil for stirfrying, peanut or peanut and safflower
for deepfrying. If I happen to have corn oil I'll use it for frying
tortilla chips and for making popcorn and for deepfrying. -aem

"aem" > wrote in
ps.com:

> sandi wrote:
>> Hello
>>
>> Are corn oil and canola oil interchangable in cooking?
>>
>> If not, with what or when should one use one over the other?
>> Is one better for you than the other?
>>
> Well, they're not identical. Which is better may depend on
> what you're doing with them. Some factors to consider include
> smoke point, fat composition, and flavor. Google will find
> you lots more authoritative stuff than what follows.
>
> Smoke point is the temperature at which the oil will smoke and
> break down. It's generally considered to produce unhealthful
> results if it breaks down. Corn oil has a higher smoke point
> than canola oil, but both are high enough for normal purposes.
>
> By composition, I mean saturated fat vs. unsaturated vs.
> polyunsaturated vs. monounsaturated. The last category is
> thought to help increase "good" cholesterol; the first is
> thought is increase "bad" cholesterol. If this matters to
> you, there's lots of material available about it. Corn oil
> has more monounsaturated fat than canola oil. Olive oil and
> peanut oil have more than corn oil.
>
> Corn oil tastes a little bit like corn. You may or may not
> find it flavors food you cook in it. And you may or may not
> like the flavor. Canola oil, originally called rapeseed oil
> because that's what it is, has less taste, or else tastes like
> the rapeseed plant, a type of mustard green, I think. Many
> people choose canola as "neutral" in taste. Personally, I
> think it tastes musty and I don't like it.
>
> I use safflower oil (for neutral) or olive oil (for flavor)
> for sauteeing, peanut oil for stirfrying, peanut or peanut and
> safflower for deepfrying. If I happen to have corn oil I'll
> use it for frying tortilla chips and for making popcorn and
> for deepfrying. -aem

Thank you. I did try and 'Google' the question but I didn't come
up with the information I wanted.

Thanks again!

aem wrote:


> By composition, I mean saturated fat vs. unsaturated vs.
> polyunsaturated vs. monounsaturated. The last category is thought to
> help increase "good" cholesterol; the first is thought is increase
> "bad" cholesterol. If this matters to you, there's lots of material
> available about it. Corn oil has more monounsaturated fat than canola
> oil.

That's not correct. Canola is over 60% monounsaturated, while corn is
around 30%.

> Olive oil and peanut oil have more than corn oil.

Correct. Peanut is around 50% monounsaturated, olive is the best at
over 75%.




Brian

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In article s.net>,
lid says...
> Hello
>
> Are corn oil and canola oil interchangable in cooking?
>
> If not, with what or when should one use one over the other?
> Is one better for you than the other?
>
>
> Thank you!
>

Yes, they are interchangeable. You mayy prefer one over the other due to
taste or cost, and canola is slightly lower in the kinds of fats you
want to avoid, but in terms of cooking they are the same.

--
Peter Aitken
Visit my recipe and kitchen myths pages at www.pgacon.com/cooking.htm

Peter A wrote:
> In article s.net>,
> lid says...
>> Hello
>>
>> Are corn oil and canola oil interchangable in cooking?
>>
>> If not, with what or when should one use one over the other?
>> Is one better for you than the other?
>>
>>
>> Thank you!
>>
>
> Yes, they are interchangeable. You mayy prefer one over the other due
> to taste or cost, and canola is slightly lower in the kinds of fats
> you want to avoid, but in terms of cooking they are the same.

I buy canola when it's on sale but I have no problem with the taste of corn
oil or other "vegetable oil". I do stop and read ingredients to compare the
lesser cost of store brands vs. name brands. If I find no difference, guess
which one I buy? It amazes me the people who will only buy the name brand
without bothering to check to see if there is a difference. Granted,
*sometimes* there is, but often times not. Learning to read those labels is
helpful.

Jill

"Peter A" > wrote in message
...
> In article s.net>,
> lid says...
> > Hello
> >
> > Are corn oil and canola oil interchangable in cooking?
> >
> > If not, with what or when should one use one over the other?
> > Is one better for you than the other?
> >
> >
> > Thank you!
> >
>
> Yes, they are interchangeable. You mayy prefer one over the other due to
> taste or cost, and canola is slightly lower in the kinds of fats you
> want to avoid, but in terms of cooking they are the same.
>

My husband was adamant about only buying canola oil, but I find the taste of
canola to be rancid. When I asked him to buy corn oil and do a taste test
between the two, he decided that he preferred the corn oil better, as well.
So, I asked, why have you *always* bought canola? His answer? Because his
mother always did. :~)

kili

kilikini wrote:
> "Peter A" > wrote in message
> ...
>> In article s.net>,
>> lid says...
>>> Hello
>>>
>>> Are corn oil and canola oil interchangable in cooking?
>>>
>>> If not, with what or when should one use one over the other?
>>> Is one better for you than the other?
>>>
>>>
>>> Thank you!
>>>
>>
>> Yes, they are interchangeable. You mayy prefer one over the other
>> due to taste or cost, and canola is slightly lower in the kinds of
>> fats you
>> want to avoid, but in terms of cooking they are the same.
>>
>
> My husband was adamant about only buying canola oil, but I find the
> taste of canola to be rancid. When I asked him to buy corn oil and
> do a taste test between the two, he decided that he preferred the
> corn oil better, as well. So, I asked, why have you *always* bought
> canola? His answer? Because his mother always did. :~)
>
> kili

MEN and their mothers. I swear! Thank God John hates his mother. He's
very open-minded

Jill

jmcquown wrote:
> kilikini wrote:
> > My husband was adamant about only buying canola oil, but I find the
> > taste of canola to be rancid. When I asked him to buy corn oil and
> > do a taste test between the two, he decided that he preferred the
> > corn oil better, as well. So, I asked, why have you *always* bought
> > canola? His answer? Because his mother always did. :~)
>
> MEN and their mothers. I swear! Thank God John hates his mother. He's
> very open-minded

If a male (hating his mom he's not a man) hates his mother I seriously
doubt he has much mind - John must be so open-minded that *all* his
brains fell out.

Sheldon {{{{{MOM}}}}}

jmcquown wrote:
> kilikini wrote:
> > "Peter A" wrote:
> >> lid says...
> >>> Hello
> >>>
> >>> Are corn oil and canola oil interchangable in cooking?
> >>>
> >>> If not, with what or when should one use one over the other?
> >>> Is one better for you than the other?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Thank you!
> >>>
> >>
> >> Yes, they are interchangeable. You mayy prefer one over the other
> >> due to taste or cost, and canola is slightly lower in the kinds of
> >> fats you
> >> want to avoid, but in terms of cooking they are the same.
> >>
> >
> > My husband was adamant about only buying canola oil, but I find the
> > taste of canola to be rancid. When I asked him to buy corn oil and
> > do a taste test between the two, he decided that he preferred the
> > corn oil better, as well. So, I asked, why have you *always* bought
> > canola? His answer? Because his mother always did. :~)
> >
> > kili
>
> MEN and their mothers. I swear! Thank God John hates his mother. He's
> very open-minded

John must be so open minded that all his brains fell out... if he hates
his mother then in no way is he a man... he's a juvenile chauvinistic
brat. How a son feels towards his mother is how he feels towards all
women.... how your John treats his mom is how he will treat you.

Sheldon

jmcquown wrote:
> kilikini wrote:
> > "Peter A" > wrote in message
> > ...
> >> In article s.net>,
> >> lid says...
> >>> Hello
> >>>
> >>> Are corn oil and canola oil interchangable in cooking?
> >>>
> >>> If not, with what or when should one use one over the other?
> >>> Is one better for you than the other?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Thank you!
> >>>
> >>
> >> Yes, they are interchangeable. You mayy prefer one over the other
> >> due to taste or cost, and canola is slightly lower in the kinds of
> >> fats you
> >> want to avoid, but in terms of cooking they are the same.
> >>
> >
> > My husband was adamant about only buying canola oil, but I find the
> > taste of canola to be rancid. When I asked him to buy corn oil and
> > do a taste test between the two, he decided that he preferred the
> > corn oil better, as well. So, I asked, why have you *always* bought
> > canola? His answer? Because his mother always did. :~)
> >
> > kili
>
> MEN and their mothers. I swear! Thank God John hates his mother. He's
> very open-minded

He open minded alright, all his brains fell out... any son who hates
his mom hates all women. And you're proud of this.

Sheldon

Sheldon wrote:
> jmcquown wrote:
>> kilikini wrote:
>>> "Peter A" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> In article
>>>> s.net>,
>>>> lid says...
>>>>> Hello
>>>>>
>>>>> Are corn oil and canola oil interchangable in cooking?
>>>>>
>>>>> If not, with what or when should one use one over the other?
>>>>> Is one better for you than the other?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you!
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Yes, they are interchangeable. You mayy prefer one over the other
>>>> due to taste or cost, and canola is slightly lower in the kinds of
>>>> fats you
>>>> want to avoid, but in terms of cooking they are the same.
>>>>
>>>
>>> My husband was adamant about only buying canola oil, but I find the
>>> taste of canola to be rancid. When I asked him to buy corn oil and
>>> do a taste test between the two, he decided that he preferred the
>>> corn oil better, as well. So, I asked, why have you *always* bought
>>> canola? His answer? Because his mother always did. :~)
>>>
>>> kili
>>
>> MEN and their mothers. I swear! Thank God John hates his mother.
>> He's very open-minded
>
> He open minded alright, all his brains fell out... any son who hates
> his mom hates all women. And you're proud of this.
>
> Sheldon

It's not my place to be proud; she's not my mother. But I have talked with
her on the phone and Gretchen is a miserable woman; has been for years.
Your mother obviously never told you you're an ugly piece of flesh she
wishes she'd never given birth to. If she had, you wouldn't be so hung up
on tits and MOMMY. He has every right to hate her, yet he's still caring
for her and paying her nursing home bills. So shut up.

Jill

"Peter A" > wrote

> Yes, they are interchangeable. You mayy prefer one over the other due to
> taste or cost, and canola is slightly lower in the kinds of fats you
> want to avoid, but in terms of cooking they are the same.
>

Canola TASTES funny to me.



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cybercat wrote:
> "Peter A" > wrote
>
>> Yes, they are interchangeable. You mayy prefer one over the other
>> due to taste or cost, and canola is slightly lower in the kinds of
>> fats you want to avoid, but in terms of cooking they are the same.
>>
>
> Canola TASTES funny to me.

ME TOOOO!!!!!! Does it taste "off" or rancid?

kili

"kilikini" > wrote in message
.. .
> cybercat wrote:
>> "Peter A" > wrote
>>
>>> Yes, they are interchangeable. You mayy prefer one over the other
>>> due to taste or cost, and canola is slightly lower in the kinds of
>>> fats you want to avoid, but in terms of cooking they are the same.
>>>
>>
>> Canola TASTES funny to me.
>
> ME TOOOO!!!!!! Does it taste "off" or rancid?
>

I don't think it's that, it just has an icky flavor. I first noticed
it when I used it for deep frying. (I only bought it because the
instructions that came with my deep fryer said I could not use
olive oil, which is all I usually use for cooking.) I was going
through this "I am going to learn how to fry chicken legs that
are better than KFC!" phase, hahaha!



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kilikini wrote:
> cybercat wrote:
> > "Peter A" > wrote
> >
> >> Yes, they are interchangeable. You mayy prefer one over the other
> >> due to taste or cost, and canola is slightly lower in the kinds of
> >> fats you want to avoid, but in terms of cooking they are the same.
> >>
> >
> > Canola TASTES funny to me.
>
> ME TOOOO!!!!!! Does it taste "off" or rancid?
>
> kili

i thought it tasted unnatural, kind of chemical when i looked into it
about 7 years ago.
i really did not like it.