If you are cooking chinese, use peanut oil, for flavor and higher temps.
I was curious what the purposes and uses were for different oils and which ones to avoid.
I just read this yesterday: Adulterated olive oil: How to find out if your extra-virgin is really extra-virgin.Oils I avoid & oils I use.
I reach for palm oil the most, then coconut. I'm fussy about GMOs and Omega-3s so I just don't bother with most other types of oil. I also use organic butter - or imported if I'm feeling rich or making something special.
I invested in quality walnut, avocado, almond oils and a really good extra virgin olive oil that I use mostly for vinaigrettes over salads (since I can't handle the thick, bottled kind at all any more).
Oh and a toasted sesame for stir fries and such!
Thanks Andy. This is new and useful info. It seams the "Asian peanut oil" is made from roasted peanuts. I'm used to paying about $15 a gallon for Louann peanut oil. Loriva is a domestic roasted peanut oil selling online for $4.37 for 12.7 ounces. Is this the type of product you mean?Peanut oil has a very high smoke point. It may not be the highest but it's more than adequate.
There is a difference between "American" peanut oil and "Asian" peanut oil. The former is more refined and has little or no peanut flavor. The latter is less refined and has a pronounced flavor. You smell peanuts as soon as you open the bottle. I use the Asian peanut oil for Asian dishes and other high temp work.
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I hear ya. People ask what kind of foods I'm picky about. Well other than the estrogenic stuff I'm not supposed to eat, it's I want food made of food.Is Your "Olive Oil" Really Olive Oil?
Yeah. Taxlady. ~.~ It's amazingly frustrating to try and figure out what you're buying in the USA; our labeling "laws" favor the producer / importer / food corporations way more than the consumer
Obviously people are free to choose and buy whatever they want - and people seem to be oddly proud and protective of their right to choose unhealthy "foodlike stuff" - so more power to them. What ticks me off is that I want to choose the REAL oil (and real food ... etc.) but the reality is what is in the bottle, can or box is purposefully obfuscated because it's legal, and acceptable, for companies to mislead and outright lie.