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Shoofly1 05-08-2019 03:13 PM

Canola oil is made from genetically modified rapeseed plants to tolerate the herbicide Roundup and is very dangerous to your health. https://www.naturalnews.com/055191_c...ncer_risk.html

LavenderBlue 05-08-2019 05:40 PM

Like a lot of other nutritional info, new advise is that canola oil is now considered to be bad for us. So I have to agree with Shoofly1.

farmquilter 05-09-2019 11:19 AM


Originally Posted by Shoofly1 (Post 8250782)
I use bacon grease I save from Slankers Grassfed Meats for most things. "When cooked this bacon produces grease you will want to save. Bacon grease from Omega-3 pigs is priceless. Injected with a sea salt solution and hickory smoked to 140 degrees internal temperature. Smoked but not cured. No nitrates. No sugar. Omega-6 to Omega-3 ratio of 1.5:1 versus conventional pork at 20:1 on average."

Raw, extra-vigin coconut oil. Refined coconut oil is usually bleached or deodorized.

Extra-virgin oilive oil at low to medium-heat temperature.

Avocado oil has a very high smoke point, between 480 to 520 degrees. I use this when cooking stir-fry or other dishes that require high temperatures.

I also use the EV coconut oil and the EVOO, need to find the avocado oil but use lard (home processed) and bacon grease until then.

Shoofly1 05-09-2019 03:33 PM

If I remember correctly, I bought the avocado oil at Costco.

SusieQOH 05-09-2019 03:44 PM

Olive oil.

vschieve 05-09-2019 04:17 PM

Mainly use coconut oil, unrefined. Grapeseed Oil is another one for us. Olive Oil when it comes to lower heat dishes and also on salad dressings. Shoofly is 100% correct on canola oil, but yet it is used so widely. It deprives your body of absorbing Vitamin E, and it is actually for machinery, and not an oil our bodies really know how to assimilate. I have also read that bacon fat from organic pigs and hogs is actually good. Same for real butter, but not margarine. Avocado Oil is also a great oil.

Onebyone 05-09-2019 06:49 PM

Corn oil for general purpose. Corn oil is better for you then most other oils. I never got on the Canola bandwagon. I use Infused olive oils sparingly to add flavor to vegetables. All the new seed oils are not worth the money to me. I use ghee butter along corn oil or bacon fat for sauteing, sauces, and gravies.

cashs_mom 05-09-2019 07:04 PM

My favorites (and also recommended by my nutritionist) are avocado oil for general purpose use and walnut oil for eggs. It's pricey but gives them a nice flavor. I also use coconut oil for cooking kale and olive oil for some purposes.

maviskw 05-10-2019 07:53 AM

Nice to see all the users of good oils on here. I mean unrefined coconut oil, bacon grease from the "good" pigs and such. I rendered my own lard last fall and still have a little left. That makes the best pie crust.

Your brain is made of fat and needs fat to keep it healthy. Corn oil and other vegetables oils are not good for us, especially margarine. Any Keto person will attest to that.

tropit 05-10-2019 08:21 AM


Originally Posted by cashs_mom (Post 8251239)
My favorites (and also recommended by my nutritionist) are avocado oil for general purpose use and walnut oil for eggs. It's pricey but gives them a nice flavor. I also use coconut oil for cooking kale and olive oil for some purposes.

Oooohhh...walnut oil is sublime. It goes rancid quickly though. I suggest that you buy it in small quantities and keep in the refrigerator. I'm guessing that it's a healthy oil.

~ C


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