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Steve Freides[_2_]

Taxed and Spent wrote:
> On 9/17/2016 7:02 AM, wrote:
>> For the last decade or so, we've bought exactly one oil to keep in
>> our kitchen, a non-EV olive from Trader Joe's. We're now considering
>> alternatives. I tried canola oil - seems fine. We mostly use it to
>> sautée but also use it wherever and whenever we need, e.g., baking,
>> on salads, frying. I'm considering keeping one oil for cooking and
>> getting some EV olive oil for salads. Your thoughts appreciated,
>> and thanks in advance.
>>
>> -S-
>>
>
>
> Real Italians always use what you have been using - "pure olive oil"
> (which is not EVOO) as their general purpose oil for everything
> including frying. These days there are also 25% EVOO blends with
> canola oil, grapeseed oil, etc, which would be pretty equivalent to
> the "pure olive oil".
>
> They may also have EVOO on hand for dressing and drizzling.

Well, I think this is what I will continue to do then, off to TJ's to
buy some more.

Anyone has a link to something, e.g., amazon, that might be in a larger
quantity than the liter-ish bottles I buy at TJ's? Whole Foods has
_only _ EV olive oil and no other kind of it.

-S-