"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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>
> "Pixmaker" > wrote in message
> ...
>> I'll try this he
>>
>> I've always thought that PAM and similar products are nothing
>> more
>> than vegetable oil in a spray can-sold at an outrageous
>> price.
>>
>> Is there really any more to it than that?
>
> That's what it is. Many have chemicals added as flavoring and
> most all use soybean oil and some kind of propellant. Even
> the ones that say they are pure olive oil have the soybean oil
> in them.
>
> Many years ago, I used to buy the butter flavored one to put
> on my popcorn. I was popping it in the air popper or microwave
> and I thought I was saving calories by doing this. I wasn't!
> Because I was using so much of the spray at one time. Real
> butter is cheaper and it tastes better, IMO.
>
> You can buy a pressurized sprayer that you can fill with your
> own olive oil (or the oil of your choice). I had one for a
> while but didn't particularly care for it. No matter how
> careful you are with it, it seems some oil gets to the outside
> of the container, making it gunky and dirty in a hurry. And
> mine was so tall it wouldn't fit in my cupboard.
>
> I find it's just as easy to put down a little olive oil and
> then spread it with a paper towel.

I've used olive oil in a Misto sprayer for years. They are not
overlarge and don't get greasy quickly. Even then, a paper towel
or soapy sponge will work.



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Jim Silverton
Potomac, Maryland