Olive oil also used to be employed in Italy (e.g. Livorno) to top off large jugs of wine.Olive oil. That might be because we have it produced here of the best quality.
When we use it fr frying to increase smoking point we add a nut of butter or lard.
We use mustard oil as all purpose oil due to its high smoke point.
Mustard oil is also good for health but you may not like its typical pungent odour.
Could it be that Canola oil and Mustard oil are the same oil, just a different name?
I had never heard of mustard oil before this. That's why I love this place.
Does it have a very strong mustard flavor? Is that what makes it pungent? I'm not a fan of mustard, but then again, I don't really like olives, either, soooo....
For the OP - my all-purpose oil is olive oil. Not extra-virgin. I buy it by the gallon at Costco. We don't deep-fat fry anything, so very high temps are not a huge issue here.
The other all-purpose is ghee (clarified butter), that I buy from my favorite Indian grocery in quart jars. Now, though, I might have to look for mustard oil!
Could it be that Canola oil and Mustard oil are the same oil, just a different name?
Canola oil is prepared from pressing the seeds of Brassica campestris, whereas mustard oil is prepared from Brassica nigra.
Brassica campestrisWOW! Say those names fast three times in a row!!!