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Default Dinner 2/23/2021

On Tue, 23 Feb 2021 19:58:59 -0600, BryanGSimmons
> wrote:

>In the USA, anything labeled "vegetable oil" is soybean oil.


I'd have to check here. We never buy vegetable oil.

>The other cheap oil is Canola, which also has an off taste.


It's also often GM. Don't trust those Canadians!

>Peanut oil is fine. It's what I use in my fryers. The best neutral oil is
>high oleic sunflower. In Europe, pretty much all the sunflower oil
>is of the high oleic type, which is extremely low in polyunsaturated
>fat.


Are you sure? It's very common in the Netherlands and common doesn't
always mean good.

>In the USA, they still grow mostly the higher polyunsaturated
>type, which tastes fine, but is far less healthful.
>>

>When I make vegetarian stir fries, tamari provides that umami
>kick, and the addition of egg, especially egg cooked where 100%
>of the white is sold, and most of the yolk is still runny, is
>stick-to-your-ribs enough to feel like a meal that included meat.


Which is exactly what's so great about tempeh. All you're eating is
dumb chickpeas, for instance, but it's as satisfying as meat.