Which Fat do you use most in cooking?

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Which Fat do you use most in cooking?
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Sat, 03-15-2008 - 1:02am

Which Fat do you use most in cooking?



  • Butter
  • Margarine
  • Lard
  • Crisco or similar hydrogenated fat
  • vegetable oil
  • Olive oil
  • other


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Mon, 03-17-2008 - 12:18pm
I voted Olive Oil.

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Mon, 03-17-2008 - 2:32pm
Real butter is my choice for cooking, but EVOO (as Rachel says) is used just about everywhere else.

2sweet02

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Registered: 04-03-2003
Tue, 03-18-2008 - 12:23pm

But that depends on what you mean by "cooking". Most stuff is olive oil (tossed with pasta for instance) but we also use canola (cheaper than olive oil when we use a lot of it) and when we stir fry we use peanut oil because it can handle the high temperature without breaking down or smoking. When we bake bread, we use olive oil instead of butter or shortening and we use agave syrup instead of sugar.

--Deb