So it depends on what seed oil... For example, sesame oil has a smoke point lower than olive oil, but sunflower oil has a smoke point higher than olive oil. I usually use oil with higher smoke point only when I deep fry something. For all other recipes I use extravirgin olive oil (I live in Italy) - ThreadSky

peppergf.bsky.social • 95 days ago

So it depends on what seed oil... For example, sesame oil has a smoke point lower than olive oil, but sunflower oil has a smoke point higher than olive oil. I usually use oil with higher smoke point only when I deep fry something. For all other recipes I use extravirgin olive oil (I live in Italy)

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magdadelft.bsky.social•95 days ago

Same for me!

pseudocalypse.bsky.social•95 days ago

Using extra virgin olive oil for cooking is kinda pointless – heat denatures the stuff the "extra virgin" processing tries to keep.

peppergf.bsky.social•95 days ago

Could you explain better? 'cause I don't agree with what you're saying, but maybe I didn't understand. "Extra virgin" is when is obtained with mechanical extraction and has lower acidity than 0.8%.There are different types of cooking and for some recipes extravirgin olive oil is perfect.

pseudocalypse.bsky.social•95 days ago

Extra virgin doesn't use heat processes, that would increase the yield, but would destroy certain micronutrients. Arguing from this line of thinking.
In production, that first squeeze waste then undergoes secondary processing with heat to extract the remaining oils – the cheaper, non-virgin variety.

peppergf.bsky.social•94 days ago

Maybe you're right about nutrients, I have to inform myself better on this. In the practice I used to cook with olive oil, but then I found that some recipes resulted with a much better flavour if I use extra virgin: that the reason I tell it depends on the recipes.

pseudocalypse.bsky.social•94 days ago

Taste preference reason is as good one as any, to be honest. Just that health- and cost-wise, you get more bang for your buck using cold press oil as is, without frying it.

peppergf.bsky.social•94 days ago

Actually I never use extra virgin olive oil for deep frying, but I use it to cook some recipes like, for example, ragù or risotto. Slow cooking(I hope it's the correct term, cause english is not my native language).

ihaveajob.bsky.social•95 days ago

Always EVOO unless there’s a good reason not to!

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