What is your favorite type of culinary oil?

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What is your favorite type of culinary oil? Why do you like it and what do you like to use it on?

olive Oil 23
palm/red palm oil 0
coconut oil 2
walnut oil 0
sesame oil 0
peanut oil 2
vegetable oil 1
canola (rapeseed) oil 3
sunflower oil 2
safflower oil 0
soybean oil 0
pumpkin seed oil 0
avocado oil 3
rice bran oil 0
grape seed oil 0
butter 4
lard 1
argan oil 2
palm kernel oil 0
cottonseed oil 1
mustard oil 0
cashew oil 0
ghee (clarified butter) 0
macadamia oil 0
hazelnut oil 0
tea seed oil 0
other 1
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  • Freedom_
    9 years ago

    Extra virgin olive oil usually because it's healthy and tastes good with most things I cook. I really like peanut oil but haven't used it in a while.

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    • shuggy-chan
      9 years ago

      Same, but if ur making asian stir fry a little sesame oil makes all the difference.

      And butter is great for ur grilled cheese

      But everything else i use olive oil

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      • Freedom_
        9 years ago

        I splurge on the butter occasionally, definitely with grilled cheese and french toast. Or I might just add a little to the olive oil.

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    • dynamohumm
      9 years ago

      Yeah I like extra virgin olive oil for the same reasons.

      I voted sesame oil which I do use when I cook Asian meals (which I do quite often)

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  • donteatstuffoffthesidewalk
    9 years ago

    mobil 1

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    • megadriver
      9 years ago

      Good choice.
      I use the same thing.

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  • manbearpigfcukedyourmom
    9 years ago

    This is one of the better poles I've seen on this site.

    Fish and Chips cooked in lard is the best.

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    • thr
      9 years ago

      Damn, lard! I overlooked that, because thought of culinary oils as plant-based. Oh, the smell of frying in lard.

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  • Dazed_dreamer
    9 years ago

    Finally something not negative/sex related.. Imma say olive oil/butter just cos thats what I use most of the time and what suits. Pends on what im cooking I guess..

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  • CountessDouche
    9 years ago

    On my...sorry to expound, but it depends on what I'm cooking. Some oils have a fairly low smoke point, so they're excellent for cooking slowly, at a low temperature. Some can get very hot, so they're great for searing or stir fry. Some are better for cold preparations like salad dressings. Some are better for frying or poaching (confit). Some have a very strong flavor; some are mild.

    It depends...

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  • chole
    9 years ago

    Canna oil.

    Makes the kitchen so much more tolerable.

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  • [Old Memory]
    9 years ago

    Defiantly Coconut Oil. I actually eat it with a spoon same with Ghee but I don't ghee much for cooking but on popcorn. I try to get both organic. They're bout very good for you, and many people don't use them as much as they should.

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  • zsdworknman
    9 years ago

    I prefer baby oil but it has to be fresh.

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    • VirgilManly
      9 years ago

      Its hard to extract.
      The babies wiggle so much when put into the press and it takes 4-5 babies just to get 1 ounce.

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  • charli.m
    9 years ago

    Extra virgin olive oil and sesame, mainly. I have sunflower and sweet almond in the pantry but rarely used. Flax for salads. Ghee sometimes.

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  • ArmusWasTheFirstTroll
    9 years ago

    Either ghee or bacon fat.

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  • RainbowDischarge
    9 years ago

    Olive oil for most cooking. Butter for my fried eggs. Lard for frying.

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  • thr
    9 years ago

    I like coconut oil for cooking, i.e., for frying and for covering potatoes that go in the oven.

    I should've answered butter though, but I think of that as different.

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    • RainbowDischarge
      9 years ago

      Does coconut oil make the potatoes crispy on the outside?

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      • thr
        9 years ago

        Yes, but maybe not the exact same kind of crispy as with french fries.

        I get a nice crispyness by melting the coconut oil, adding potatoes cut into a french fryish shape, letting the oil sink in for a little while, and then put them into the oven a 160 C/320 F with the fan on.

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  • chained_rage
    9 years ago

    Yeah... I don't know how to cook...

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    • iEatZombies_
      9 years ago

      (Just say vegetable oil. It's safe.)

      *Raises hand* Vegetable oil, OP!

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      • chained_rage
        9 years ago

        You are wise beyond your year, friend =)
        Vegetables.. what a weird word.
        Veg et able
        Vege table
        Vegeta ble

        That last one is apparently over 9,000, according to internet folk

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        • iEatZombies_
          9 years ago

          lol! =D
          I wonder how he'd feel if everyone started pronouncing his name 'Vejta'..?

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  • Cuntsiclestick
    9 years ago

    I use Extra Virgin Olive Oil whenever I attempt to cook. It's a lot healthier than what some of the people I know cook with. They store and re-use the Canola Oils and Corn Oils they already cooked with.

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    • slings_and_arrows
      9 years ago

      Yeh but I think virgin oil is supposed to be for salads and not good for you if you cook it (structure changes when it's heated). I think vegetable oil or something like goose fat is better suited to cook with.

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      • Cuntsiclestick
        9 years ago

        So it's bad? lol. I'm an idiot. :)

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        • slings_and_arrows
          9 years ago

          I read it was bad but I have just looked online and there are articles for and against using olive oil to fry with. So I don't know.

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          • Cuntsiclestick
            9 years ago

            It seems like every healthy food can kill these days. lol

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    • Freedom_
      9 years ago

      Reusing oil has always grossed me out quite a bit, but alas it seems to be the southern way.

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      • Cuntsiclestick
        9 years ago

        It's the ghetto Hispanic way in my parts. lol

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        • RainbowDischarge
          9 years ago

          My japanese mom reuses oil. Loves to save bacon oil too, it looks like lard when it settles. It adds flavor.

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          • GiveMeAFuckingNameAlready!
            9 years ago

            My half japanese grandmother does that. To fry rice and what not... She also doesn't believe in expiration dates.

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            • RainbowDischarge
              9 years ago

              Hahah my mom doesn't either.

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          • Cuntsiclestick
            9 years ago

            You're right. Saved oils and fats DO add a tasty flavor. Perhaps a little too tasty . lol :)

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  • thegypsysailor
    9 years ago

    I'm another for first cold pressed virgin Olive oil. Frying onions and garlic in it is almost as satisfying as the meal that follows.
    For meals such as curry, Chinese and Mexican where you don't want flavorful oil, we use canola oil for health reasons.

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  • kingofcarrotflowers
    9 years ago

    Sesame oil,

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