Cooking oil

• Belly35

  

  I do a lot cooking and also experiment with different cooking methods. I've been cooking with coconut oil lately. It's supposed to be healthier and better in many different way.
  First I'm not a fan of coconut favor, but the oil has limited coconut taste and with a little salt can't tell it's any different from other oils.
  
  Side note: if you feet smells or has a fungus, coconut oil get rid of both. Just don't use that oil for cooking.
  
  
  was oils do you use or have used in cooking?
• believer

  

  prefer olive oil for most cooking
• HitsRus

  

  olive oil...but if I don't want that flavor(like making pancakes), I use canola.
• GoChiefs

  

  Peanut oil
• vball10set

  As Rachael would say, evoo.
• said_aouita

  

  Lucas oil products are really good.
• I Wear Pants

  Depends on what I'm doing. Most low heat things I'll use olive oil, frying I think peanut oil works really well.
• BRF

  

  vball10set;1568833 wrote:As Rachael would say, evoo.

  here also.
  
  Except for my breakfast foods......eggs and hash browns.......good old veggie oil.
• justincredible

  

  Coconut oil. Grapeseed oil. Olive oil.
• se-alum

  

  I've never cooked with grape seed oil, but it seems like a lot of top chefs like it. However, it's also said to not be very healthy.
• -Society-

  

  Belly35;1568808 wrote:I do a lot cooking and also experiment with different cooking methods. I've been cooking with coconut oil lately. It's supposed to be healthier and better in many different way.
  First I'm not a fan of coconut favor, but the oil has limited coconut taste and with a little salt can't tell it's any different from other oils.
  
  Side note: if you feet smells or has a fungus, coconut oil get rid of both. Just don't use that oil for cooking.
  
  
  was oils do you use or have used in cooking?

  With your history of posting, I'm sure this was meant to say, "cooking meth". It would explain a lot.
• OSH

  

  When cooking eggs, I always use "ghee" which is clarified butter. Much, much better than cooking with oil. I probably would do all of my breakfast with it (sausage, trail bologna, veggies, etc.).
  
  I typically use EVOO when cooking with oil though. If it weren't so expensive, I'd probably like macadamia oil. Wife is allergic to coconut, so I cannot use it.
• se-alum

  

  OSH;1568928 wrote:When cooking eggs, I always use "ghee" which is clarified butter. Much, much better than cooking with oil. I probably would do all of my breakfast with it (sausage, trail bologna, veggies, etc.).
  
  I typically use EVOO when cooking with oil though. If it weren't so expensive, I'd probably like macadamia oil. Wife is allergic to coconut, so I cannot use it.

  I agree, though most people aren't going to take the time to actually clarify the butter, but it's definitely worth it. Not to mention, the smoke point on clarified butter is close to 500 degrees F.
• cat_lover

  Dinner- Olive Oil
  Breakfast- Vegetable Oil
• HitsRus

  

  Here's a link to Cleveland clinics guide to oils, for the healthiest cooking/use.
  http://health.clevelandclinic.org/2012/05/heart-healthy-cooking-oils-101/
• OSH

  

  I'd like to try popcorn with bacon grease. Apparently it's the only way to do it -- says Chef Symon. He saves bacon grease every time and he'll only cook his popcorn with the bacon grease.
• sportchampps

  We use a lot of coconut oil while were cooking. I have started letting the oil heat up and seasoning it usually with some sage or red wine seasoning we got from the melting pot. After the oil is heated and seasoned then I start cooking. It makes everything better if you season the oil.
• vball10set

  OSH;1568981 wrote:I'd like to try popcorn with bacon grease. Apparently it's the only way to do it -- says Chef Symon. He saves bacon grease every time and he'll only cook his popcorn with the bacon grease.

  I've made it this way, and it's very good.
• OSH

  

  vball10set;1568996 wrote:I've made it this way, and it's very good.

  Well...that means I definitely have to try it sometime then. Thanks for the feedback on it. I mean...it's a bacon by-product...it surely cannot be bad!
• ernest_t_bass

  

  Olive
• Tiernan

  Asian sesame for spicy dishes
• like_that

  

  Olive oil 99% of the time. I am not quite sure what else I can use my coconut oil with, I did however make coconut bread this morning, and it was fantastic.
• vball10set

  ccrunner609;1569043 wrote:I like my olive oil "extra virgin"

  
• Belly35

  

  My mom and grandma used lard a lot for fryed foods and some baking
• se-alum

  

  Belly35;1569151 wrote:My mom and grandma used lard a lot for fryed foods and some baking

  That's old school, but honestly, I think it's better for you than a lot of people claim. My grandma cooked with nothing but lard, drank beer almost everyday, and has made it to 85 years old after breaking a shoulder and a hip in her old age. I truly believe that the best way to eat is anything that isn't processed, and stay away from preservatives.