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From: Blinky the Shark <no.s...@box.invalid>

Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:59:16 -0700

Local: Fri, Jul 25 2008 6:59 am

Subject: Re: Healthy cooking oils

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Dimitri wrote:

> "Al" <aebax...@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:d1117a15-14fd-4d50-99b0-b48e449a03f0@t12g2000prg.googlegroups.com...
>>I was just reading this article about healthy cooking oils:

>> http://www.livestrong.com/article/10028-top-cooking-oils/

>> I am familiar with all of these except Safflower Oil. What are the
>> best ways to cook with it? Can you recommend some great healthy dishes
>> that call for it? Thanks!

> The article is quite incomplete.

> it talks about cooking oils but does not give the proper information.

> Cooking with oils involves knowing the "smoke point"
> Look here:

> http://www.cookingforengineers.com/article/50/Smoke-Points-of-Various...

> If you burn the oil (surpass the smoke point) the oil will give the food an
> unpleasant taste - the exception of course being butter - where burning the
> butter lightly will give a very nice nutty flavor.

Is this the "nutty flavor" that I've seen referred to with various types
of cheeses that I've never encountered with those types? I'm not falling
for *that* again, when I'm in the cheese department. :)

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