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Default Where's the peanut oil?



Janet Wilder wrote:
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> Arri London wrote:
> >
> > Janet Wilder wrote:
> >> George wrote:
> >>> Sqwertz wrote:
> >>>> Felice > wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> I've always used peanut oil and olive oil, and liked the peanut
> >>>>> because it is, well, innocuous. So if there's a shortage I haven't
> >>>>> heard about, or if it's suddenly been declared toxic, what do I do know?
> >>>> You can always find it at CostCo/Sam's, Home Depot, Lowe's, and most
> >>>> sporting goods stores. I rarely see containers smaller than a
> >>>> gallon at the grocery stores.
> >>>>
> >>>> -sw
> >>> Careful to read the smaller print on the box though. I have never found
> >>> anything except blended oil at the big box stores. The only place I have
> >>> found 100% peanut is at a local foodservice place.
> >> If you live in an area where people fry turkeys, it's quite easy to find
> >> gallon jugs of peanut oil. Even WalMart carries it. You might check the
> >> sporting goods section of one of the discount chains like WalMart or
> >> K-Mart. Academy Sporting Goods has it, too.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Janet Wilder
> >>

> > We buy three-gallon containers of Crisco (or is it Wesson LOL) pure
> > peanut oil in WMart. The large boxes of oil at the warehouse places are
> > indeed usually a blend. What's at the Asian shops can go either way.

>
> I buy large jugs of canola oil at Sam's Club. It is pure canola. I also
> found a brand of olive oil there that I like there and that, too isn't
> blended with any other type of oil. I looked for the fine print and
> didn't see any.
>
> The big brand around here is LuAnn.
>
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We've bought that too but it only seems to come in gallon jugs.