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<pre>From: "Dave" <flink@btinternet.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 22:57:18 -0000

For deep frying I mix the cheaper olive oils with rape
seed oil and get good results. Are there any comments upon this practice?

Neither olive oil or canola is particularly suited to deep frying. Even if
the final product tastes and smells okay to you, the oils are damaged by
the high heat and that's not particularly good for you.

Coconut is an excellent deep frying oil for those of us who don't eat
animal oils. Ignore all the myths about it being bad for you, it's
actually quite healthy.

There are other good vegetable oils too. Deep frying is a difficult
practice to find oils for because most do not hold up to the heat. It's
also quite hard to know if you've damaged your oil with heat, but your body
knows.

Cyndi
who uses nothing but extra-virgin olive oil for 95% of her cooking

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