Alan S > wrote:
> Nicky > wrote:
>
> >>However, after reading Quentin and several other authors on
> >>the dangers of transfats, I no longer use "smoking peanut
> >>oil" or smoking any vegetable oil. As I understand it that
> >>is a wonderful way to create transfats.
> >
> >AGEs on the meat, probably - if you let it brown - but for a 2-min
> >frying time, I'm not too worried about trans fats. I don't know how
> >long the reaction takes, but when people have tested commercial chip
> >fryer oil where it's been reused over and over again, it was still a
> >comparatively low percentage of trans fats.
>
> Thanks. I'll do some deeper reading; but I'll still stay
> short of the smoke-point in the meantime.

As do we. It stinks up the house. I pan fry with EVOO, Jun deep fries with
vegetable oil, which she uses over and over again, but only for one
product.

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