What type of oil do I use for a fryer?

[Santino]

When you get through ask them about people with nut allergies, and how come they're allergic to peas too

Texted them and they replied that they're too busy hunting down people who overuse winking smilies.

 

[Biddlybee]

Texted them and they replied that they're too busy hunting down people who overuse winking smilies.

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[THINK!]

A perfectly reasonable question, a load of stupid ansers.

 

[danny la rouge]

A perfectly reasonable question, a load of stupid ansers.

There are also helpful answers. Did you miss them?

 

[Biddlybee]

A perfectly reasonable question, a load of stupid ansers.

You didn't give much info

The size of the fryer, what you want to fry....

 

[Upchuck]

The fryer is 1kg capacity, is bench top, will be used for cooking chips and hash browns, needs to heat up and leave the cooked foods with a crisp finish.

 

[danny la rouge]

The fryer is 1kg capacity, is bench top, will be used for cooking chips and hash browns, needs to heat up and leave the cooked foods with a crisp finish.

Ground nut, rape seed, or sunflower. Ground nut has the least flavour, and would be best for chips.

You'll do the two temperature thing, yes?

 

[untethered]

Still a little unconventional but this kind of thing is increasingly popular for domestic cooking applications:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nano-thermite

Used with sufficient care it might eliminate the need for oil altogether.

 

[Biddlybee]

Then what people have suggested is what you need, veg, sunflower or ground/peanut oil - flavourless oils that get to a high temp.

You can reuse the oil a number of times too. And 1 kg capacity doesn't sound like you'd need a drum of oil.

Better?

 

[danny la rouge]

Then what people have suggested is what you need, veg, sunflower or ground/peanut oil - flavourless oils that get to a high temp.

You can reuse the oil a number of times too. And 1 kg capacity doesn't sound like you'd need a drum of oil.

Better?

Are Think! and Upchuck the same person?

 

[Biddlybee]

Are Think! and Upchuck the same person?

Think! started the thread, I swear.

I can't tell the difference

 

[danny la rouge]

Think! started the thread, I swear.

Nah, Upchuck did. Think! just came along to call us unhelpful types.

 

[fractionMan]

A perfectly reasonable question, a load of stupid ansers.

well biddlybee learned something even if you didn't.

 

[fractionMan]

Nah, Upchuck did. Think! just came along to call us unhelpful types.

how helpful of him.

 

[Brinxmat]

A perfectly reasonable question, a load of stupid ansers.

U75 in a nutshell.

 

[danny la rouge]

how helpful of him.

He only did it becoz he wants to be beautiful.

 

[Upchuck]

Yum heaven!

I am eating my first fried chips! They are delicious!!!! I might fry and eat chips all night I used sunflower oil

 

[handyman121]

Here in France a lot of people use Fuck Dat. Sorry I meant Duck Fat.

 

[DotCommunist]

I am eating my first fried chips! They are delicious!!!! I might fry and eat chips all night I used sunflower oil

You can also do them Donuts you get at the fair. The fried crispy ones that taste of win and hardening arteries

 

[danny la rouge]

I am eating my first fried chips! They are delicious!!!! I might fry and eat chips all night I used sunflower oil

Egg with them?

 

[D]

Coconut oil is good for you and resilient at high temps. It's expensive, but healthier than peanut and rapeseed oil.

 

[D]

But I don't know much about (deep) fryers.

I'm a wok/steam/sautee/broil/braise/bake kinda chef.

 

[danny la rouge]

Coconut oil is good for you and resilient at high temps. It's expensive, but healthier than peanut and rapeseed oil.

I thought it was high in saturated fats? In fact, I'm pretty sure it is.

 

[D]

I thought it was high in saturated fats? In fact, I'm pretty sure it is.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coconut_oil

Sorry, I should amend to say that I - not being a nutritional scientist - and the proverbial jury are out on the topic of rapeseed oil. I've read in Nourishing Traditions/Weston A Price literature that it's to be avoided, but I've also read in Loren Cordain's Paleo Diet that it's totally fine.

Regarding coconut oil, it's the medium chain fatty acid profile that in some studies has proven to be beneficial. It's also the high concentration of sat fat that allows it - as far as I understand - to be so heat resilient.

http://www.westonaprice.org/knowyourfats/coconut_oil.html#author

Many people dispute the legitimacy of Enig's writings, but regardless, there is a broader current discussion as far as I understand things about the role of saturated fats - depending on the SOURCES of those fats - in promoting atherosclerosis. I am sure there are other papers/sites/etc arguing similarly.

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Peanut oil has, I think, no omega 3s (which most people are deficient in) and high omega 6s, which in abundance can lead to an inflammatory response in the body.

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Really, what I should have said in my initial post is:

There is a lot of debate - the full scope of which I don't know - regarding the benefits of coconut oils and the potential drawbacks of some more popular oils.

I've also read in Cordain's books that walnut oil is really good for you, but I think that stuff is insanely expensive.

Cordain and the Weston Price people disagree on some of the fat issues.

I read a lot about nutrition from a 'paleo'/whole foods/traditional foods perspective ---> some of it seems like pseudo-science and deeply held skepticism, some of it makes a lot of sense to me.

I'm not sufficiently knowledgeable to hold forth, but I am very interested in the subject.


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Perhaps this was one where I shouldn't have chimed in, or should have just said:

coconut oil is another option

 

[D]

I forgot to say:

it has to be virgin coconut oil, not refined.

And here's another pro-coconut link:

http://www.marksdailyapple.com/coconut-oil-health-benefits/

 

[Rohen]

I use coconut oil for frying chips these days Nice and crispy when they come out Delicious