vowing to not eat like white trash

[hunter s.durden]

Olive oil.

It's monounsaturated.

This is my option. The fats are actually good for heart and brain, so the only concern is calories.

Another option is none of this. When's the last time anyone just ate a piece of bread or a potato with nothing on it? Like it's 1400?

It get's old but it's fun to play pretend.

[Thurnez Isa]

You guys wouldn't survive living with me
I was raised in a french Canadian environment
IE put butter on absolutely everything
or at least cook with it

When I cook potatoes I slice them into thin slices. Lightly fry them in butter, then saturate them in salt and white vinegar. MMM Just typing this makes my calorie intake go up

[Richter]

Olive oil.

It's monounsaturated.

How about Canola?  It SEEMS to be about on par with Olive Oil, but I know a few oils can convert to saturated / BAD when cooked.

[LMNO]

Canola oil has a higher smoke point, but it just doesn't taste very good.

[AFK]

I'll agree with that. 

[Dysfunctional Cunt]

Canola oil has a higher smoke point, but it just doesn't taste very good.

I will second that.  I grabbed 2 bottles of what I thought was peanut oil only to get home and have a bottle of canola instead.  I used it when I made eggrolls and I ended up tossing half of them in the trash. 

I always thought for oil the first choice was olive and peanut was the second. 

I just know for frying anything I will not use anything but peanut oil.  It doesn't make the food taste gross!

[Sir Squid Diddimus]

canola is yuck.

stick to olive.
you don't have to use 1/2c of it when you cook something.
i think a lot of food probs is portion control.
you want enough to taste but not to saturate your food.

[BADGE OF HONOR]

My dad keeps trying to use margarine because it's in all his mom's recipes.  I won't let him.

[BADGE OF HONOR]

canola is yuck.

stick to olive.
you don't have to use 1/2c of it when you cook something.
i think a lot of food probs is portion control.
you want enough to taste but not to saturate your food.

Olive oil isn't useful for every application, though.  It burns at a much lower temperature and has a distinct flavor which isn't necessarily desirable.  Canola tastes neutral to me. 

[nostalgicBadger]

I use olive oil as the base for every pasta sauce I ever make. Olive oil + garlic + anything = SAUCE. I also like it on salad with vinegar, or for general use with anything not fried. Peanut oil for frying, though, since it has almost no taste of its own and a more convenient boiling point if you'd rather not get oil burned.

As for avoiding eating like white trash.. I know fast food has already been mentioned, but stay away from the Wendy's value menu. It's so tempting when you're broke, but I can't think of a more immediate cause of obesity either.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Margarine is disgusting and should be illegal.

Canola oil is pretty good for a neutral-tasting oil with a reasonably high burning point, but lately I've been really liking grapeseed oil. It's a good massage oil, too.

[Richter]

canola is yuck.

stick to olive.
you don't have to use 1/2c of it when you cook something.
i think a lot of food probs is portion control.
you want enough to taste but not to saturate your food.

Olive oil isn't useful for every application, though.  It burns at a much lower temperature and has a distinct flavor which isn't necessarily desirable.  Canola tastes neutral to me. 

Very Yes.  I accidentally used extra-  virgin olive oil in rice once, it tasted awful.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Today my son extracted from me a promise to never feed him anything that wasn't once alive. It reminded me of this thread.

And then I remembered salt. I haven't told him yet.

[Triple Zero]

better not. with an attitude like that he might try to extract salt from the tears of his little sister or something.

[LMNO]

Today my son extracted from me a promise to never feed him anything that wasn't once alive. It reminded me of this thread.

And then I remembered salt. I haven't told him yet.

Lemon juice or vinegar is an adequate salt substitute, sometimes.


LMNO
-Is intrigued with the possibility of an all-corpse meal.