[el chupacabra]

Well would they? If they made with olive oil instead of trans fats.

[Mastrap]

Olive oil has a relatively low burn temperature and isn't ideal for deep frying. You can shallow fry potatoes in olive oil.

[Agent69]

Freedom fries??? What ********.

[wdlove]

Yes, it sounds delicious. Yummy

[Doofy]

They do an olive oil mayo here. Goes well on chips.

[moonmonkey]

olive oil is not good for you.
Cod liver oil would be heather.

[Dark Helmet]

Originally Posted by Agent69

Freedom fries??? What ********.

Tell me about it. Redneck

[tooki]

Olive oil is good for you. You don't have to eat gallons of it...

Anyway, you could certainly fry french fries* in olive oil, but you'd want to use the less-strong "pure" kind, not extra-virgin or virgin, which both have more flavor compounds that lower the smoke point.

tooki

*Remember that french fries are Belgian, not French. The name comes from the verb "frenching", which means to cut in long, thin strips.

[Salty]

Originally Posted by tooki

Olive oil is good for you. You don't have to eat gallons of it...

Anyway, you could certainly fry french fries* in olive oil, but you'd want to use the less-strong "pure" kind, not extra-virgin or virgin, which both have more flavor compounds that lower the smoke point.

tooki

*Remember that french fries are Belgian, not French. The name comes from the verb "frenching", which means to cut in long, thin strips.

Was kissing also invented in Belgium?

[tooki]

That I do not know!

tooki

[Doofy]

Originally Posted by moonmonkey

Cod liver oil would be heather.

Unless you're a vegetarian, in which case you'll die*.





* after the SWAT team assigned to quell your rage shoots you.

[ghporter]

The French call tongue kissing "English kissing."

And using olive oil instead of most other oils has health benefits because it contains monounsaturated fats, as does peanut oil and avacado oil. Monounsaturated fats are high in the constituients of HDLP, the "good cholesterol," and they help reduce LDLPs, the "bad cholesterol." You just can't live on it exclusively because it's still FAT.

Cod liver oil is made less and less from cod these days; cod eating seems to be depleting the cod population. Olive trees, on the other hand, are pretty hearty and grow where you put them, so they're a manageable and easily renewed resource.

[Agent69]

Originally Posted by Dark Helmet

Tell me about it. Redneck

I don't know where you get off calling me a redneck.

[Ratm]

Freedom fries..... pendejo. They're called french fries. French Fries!

Idaho potatoes have too much moister in them for frying.You can but I don't like them.
Try the small golden ones with peanut oil. Most people don't know this but it's what the
pros use. Excellent for that color you're looking for and they remain really crispy.

http://www.vitacost.com/science/hn/F...rated_Fats.htm

[scaught]

i like to make popcorn in olive oil. in a small pot. you can still make it that way (and not in the damned microwave). its delicious.

[Face Ache]

Originally Posted by el chupacabra

Would freedom fries with olive oil be good for you?

According to this you should preferably use Italian olive oil.

[el chupacabra]

hmmm good to know. I wonder why more restaurants don't capitalize on "healthy" french fries. I just talked with a sort of chef and he said olive oil is just too expensive. Oh well I'd try and market it...

[Cubeoid]

I like hamburgers and fries.

[Person Man]

Originally Posted by Face Ache

According to this you should preferably use Italian olive oil.

What's wrong with Greek olive oil?

[Stradlater]

Originally Posted by tooki

Olive oil is good for you.

Depends on where you buy your olive oil. The big-name stuff—those from Italy, especially, like Bertolli—is diluted with up to 20% hazelnut oil, and is over-processed to such an extent that most of the healthy qualities are negated.

Real, cold-pressed, unfiltered olive oil is going to be very healthy. The stuff you're more apt to find in stores won't be nearly as much.

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by Cubeoid

I like hamburgers and fries.

Come on Cube, no need to post such inane drivel. You're smarter than that.

[tooki]

Originally Posted by Ratm

Idaho potatoes have too much moister in them for frying.You can but I don't like them. Try the small golden ones with peanut oil. Most people don't know this but it's what the
pros use.

Is that so?

Then how come McDonald's (only the biggest seller of french fries in the world) uses Russet Burbank potatoes, grown in Idaho?

Never mind that "Idaho" isn't a potato variety, it's a place. They grow lots of potato varieties there. For fries, the Russet Burbank (the quintessential baking potato: large and mealy) is ideal.

Originally Posted by Stradlater

Depends on where you buy your olive oil. The big-name stuff—those from Italy, especially, like Bertolli—is diluted with up to 20% hazelnut oil, and is over-processed to such an extent that most of the healthy qualities are negated.

Real, cold-pressed, unfiltered olive oil is going to be very healthy. The stuff you're more apt to find in stores won't be nearly as much.

I'd love to see a source for these claims. For one thing, hazelnut oil is expensive -- more so than olive oil. Second, if it were blended, it'd have to say so (and believe me, I'd notice!). If olive oil says "extra virgin", it by definition is cold-pressed and minimally processed.

And while I do like unfiltered olive oil for the flavor, the flavor compounds aren't what make it healthy.

tooki

[Kevin]

tooki is the master of useless facts.

[SuvsareRetarded]

I slice up potatoes into thin strips, then put them into a bowl. Add olive oil, rosemary, pepper, and any other spices that sound good at the moment. Stir around to evenly coat them. Then throw them onto a cookie sheet and bake at 375 for a while until they get crunchy. You might have to stir them up a bit.

[Stradlater]

Originally Posted by tooki

I'd love to see a source for these claims. For one thing, hazelnut oil is expensive -- more so than olive oil. Second, if it were blended, it'd have to say so (and believe me, I'd notice!). If olive oil says "extra virgin", it by definition is cold-pressed and minimally processed.

And while I do like unfiltered olive oil for the flavor, the flavor compounds aren't what make it healthy.

tooki

The hazelnut oil is basically dregs, ultra-refined and ultra-cheap from Turkey, according to a few sites Google pulled up.

And true, the flavor alone doesn't account for healthy properties, but filtering done with any heat WILL kill nutrients, and when you look at the two oils, side-by-side, and you see that one is cloudy and one is not, wouldn't you think that some of the cloudiness comprises healthy qualities? (I realize this is a fallacy, I'm very willing to concede this point.)

As far as the "blended" stuff goes, according to this article Google found, the majority of olive oils tested by the FDA in 1996 were blended:
http://www.thetuscansun.com/oil_article.htm

Almost a decade has passed, so maybe things are better, but who knows?

Anyways here are some links that I pulled up:
http://www.saltonstallestate.com/html/fraud_.html
http://www.naturodoc.com/library/New...il_scandal.htm (kind of propagandistic)

Don't get me wrong, any EVOO (Rachel Ray...*cringe*) is better for you than many other fats, and olive oil is used for cooking most of the time (so some nutrients will be killed by heat anyway), but things are, apparently, deceptive. It seems easier to get quality avocado oils, etc.

[SuvsareRetarded]

I get my olive oil from a natural/organic grocery store, it's imported from italy.

[Stradlater]

Originally Posted by SuvsareRetarded

I get my olive oil from a natural/organic grocery store, it's imported from italy.

But does it use olives from Italy?

I use Whole Foods' 365 brand olive oil for most things. It's cheap enough and tastier than any other in the price range.

[tooki]

Originally Posted by Stradlater

The hazelnut oil is basically dregs, ultra-refined and ultra-cheap from Turkey, according to a few sites Google pulled up
...
Almost a decade has passed, so maybe things are better, but who knows?
...
Don't get me wrong, any EVOO (Rachel Ray...*cringe*) is better for you than many other fats, and olive oil is used for cooking most of the time (so some nutrients will be killed by heat anyway), but things are, apparently, deceptive. It seems easier to get quality avocado oils, etc.

Interesting, thanks for the info. I guess it's back to whole foods for olive oil!

And yes, Rachel Ray's word for olive oil makes my brain hurt, too...

tooki

[scaught]

Originally Posted by Kevin

tooki is the master of useless facts.