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I'm disappointed that this article did not evaluate avocado oil or peanut oil. The latter is increasingly used in frying in the US due to its very high smoke po

I'm disappointed that this article did not evaluate avocado oil or peanut oil. The latter is increasingly used in frying in the US due to its very high smoke point, and I've been personally using the former for that purpose.

baldfat 11y ago
Peanut Oil is used by many burger joints for everything. It is also almost exclusively used in Chinese Restaurants for cooking. Personally I don't like Peanut Oil because I can't get my pan hot enough efficiently to make use of it i.e. the huge propane touches you see under woks.
gilrain 11y ago
The conclusion of the article was that you should avoid cooking at high temperatures (365F was the studied temperature) with oils which are composed of more than 20% polyunsaturated fats, as a guideline. Avocado is 14%, so it should satisfy the article. Peanut is 33%, which is better than, say, corn, but worse than what the article recommends. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooking_oil#Types_of_oils_and_their_characteristics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooking_oil#Types_of_oils_and_...
logicallee 11y ago
how would you describe the taste? I googled and saw that it's kind of like olive oil - if so it's interesting because I can't normally cook with olive oil. (precisely because of its low smoke point - i like the flavor though.)
- stdbrouw 11y ago
  Peanut oil can be somewhat nutty, but it's a very, very mild tasting oil. Precisely on that account, peanut oil is actually great on salads too, because it's not as overpowering as olive oil can be. No idea about avocado oil.
  - logicallee 11y ago
    thanks, but of course I was asking about admiral's avocado oil preference! :) I've never tasted avocado oil.
- AdmiralAsshat 11y ago
  Its flavor is more neutral than olive oil, which makes it useful in some applications. Olive oil is my go-to oil for pretty much everything that's NOT deep frying (I blame my Mediterranean upbringing), but avocado works well when I need to deep fry (burned oil is an unpleasant ingredient), or if I don't necessarily want the flavor that olive oil imparts on the food. So, useful for Asian cuisine, I suppose--although they might tell you to go for sesame oil if you're the kind who uses your wok more than once a week. I do recommend trying to re-use the stuff if you're planning to deep fry, though, as avocado oil is pricey compared to olive and vegetable oil. Even at Costco the stuff runs like $15/liter. Let it cool and strain it to get any food particles that are floating in it, and you should be able to use the oil at least once more before tossing it.
fnordfnordfnord 11y ago
Peanut oil is used a lot for frying fish in the south. Another popular southern pastime is dunking a frozen turkey into a few gallons of boiling peanut oil, but it can be pretty bad for your health (ie: skin burns, house fire, etc.). Most people do this only once, and thereafter thaw the turkey before frying.

baldfat 11y ago

Peanut Oil is used by many burger joints for everything. It is also almost exclusively used in Chinese Restaurants for cooking. Personally I don't like Peanut Oil because I can't get my pan hot enough efficiently to make use of it i.e. the huge propane touches you see under woks.

gilrain 11y ago

The conclusion of the article was that you should avoid cooking at high temperatures (365F was the studied temperature) with oils which are composed of more than 20% polyunsaturated fats, as a guideline. Avocado is 14%, so it should satisfy the article. Peanut is 33%, which is better than, say, corn, but worse than what the article recommends. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooking_oil#Types_of_oils_and_their_characteristics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooking_oil#Types_of_oils_and_...

logicallee 11y ago

how would you describe the taste? I googled and saw that it's kind of like olive oil - if so it's interesting because I can't normally cook with olive oil. (precisely because of its low smoke point - i like the flavor though.)

stdbrouw 11y ago
Peanut oil can be somewhat nutty, but it's a very, very mild tasting oil. Precisely on that account, peanut oil is actually great on salads too, because it's not as overpowering as olive oil can be. No idea about avocado oil.
- logicallee 11y ago
  thanks, but of course I was asking about admiral's avocado oil preference! :) I've never tasted avocado oil.
AdmiralAsshat 11y ago
Its flavor is more neutral than olive oil, which makes it useful in some applications. Olive oil is my go-to oil for pretty much everything that's NOT deep frying (I blame my Mediterranean upbringing), but avocado works well when I need to deep fry (burned oil is an unpleasant ingredient), or if I don't necessarily want the flavor that olive oil imparts on the food. So, useful for Asian cuisine, I suppose--although they might tell you to go for sesame oil if you're the kind who uses your wok more than once a week. I do recommend trying to re-use the stuff if you're planning to deep fry, though, as avocado oil is pricey compared to olive and vegetable oil. Even at Costco the stuff runs like $15/liter. Let it cool and strain it to get any food particles that are floating in it, and you should be able to use the oil at least once more before tossing it.

fnordfnordfnord 11y ago

Peanut oil is used a lot for frying fish in the south. Another popular southern pastime is dunking a frozen turkey into a few gallons of boiling peanut oil, but it can be pretty bad for your health (ie: skin burns, house fire, etc.). Most people do this only once, and thereafter thaw the turkey before frying.