Where's the cooking oil darling?.......

[AyG]

Come on people! We're supposed to be boycotting palm oil. Poor old orangutans are suffering because of it.

Not with Thai palm oil. No orangutans in Thailand.

[1Ping1]

This just may be the best light hearted yet useful, (meaning great info exchange) topic I have read in some time. I gotta say, some of you guys, or gals, have a quick wit and great sense of humor. Busted my gut on the initial post of 365 liters a year as there is of course 365 weeks a year all the way to the current "take the horse to water and hope it drinks" comment. Good luck with that by the way.

Great Stuff and not a bit of bashing towards anyone, well, not serious bashing anyway. Great bit of humor though.

As for me, I am not a big fan of deep fat frying for anything. Looooove the taste, just lived enough hard years to try and do a better job of taking care of this old dent up body. I also dislike palm oil in general as it flat out is not a real healthy oil.

I honest to God have applied very little to my wife's outlook on life other than this one topic. Meaning, as I have noted before, I have much more to learn from her than she does from me.

The one thing I have asked, and she has complied with is the zero tolerance rule on oils. I bought us two 1 liter jugs of extra virgin olive oil, one full strength, and one light. This was close to three years ago, and we have used nothing but this, no, not the same bottles, ever since. I asked that she simply replace the palm oil with this. No, it does not taste as good in some things as other oils but my Issan country wife puts the Thai Pepper heat to everything she cooks, and she is a good cook, to the point that I cannot taste the oil anyway....................................

Back to the Banter Boys

[laislica]

mate, have you ever watched thais fry eggs, they deep fry them, couldnt work out how my wife got the top to go all crispy on the fried eggs and omlettes(scambled eggs) so I watched her cook them, I now only eat poached eggs

Canola oil is good too(lower saturated fats) and peanut oil is great for frying/deep frying as well

Where does Canola oil come from?

Sunflowers make sunflower oil

peanuts = peanut oil

olive = olive oil

coconut = coconut oil

but Canola? = CANadian Oil Low Acid

It is made from Rape seed and was originally designed to be a fuel but then it was decided it is a healthy oil to eat.

Personally, I'd rather not eat it but suggest you do what you think is healthy for your own body and I'll try not to be cruel to others.

Tis the power of the advertiser no doubt!

[laislica]

mate, have you ever watched thais fry eggs, they deep fry them, couldnt work out how my wife got the top to go all crispy on the fried eggs and omlettes(scambled eggs) so I watched her cook them, I now only eat poached eggs

Canola oil is good too(lower saturated fats) and peanut oil is great for frying/deep frying as well

Would have to be a specialist shop here though - supermarkets only tend to do palm, soya or sunflower (plus olive oil of course - which should not be used for frying as it is bad when burned and it burns easily). Never seen any other type.

Coconut oil is available in Big-C and Lotus for starters.

[misterphil]

Theres 52 weeks in a year, so thats 52 litres a year not 365.

[belg]

math is not your strong point, is it... 1 liter per week, becomes 365 liters per year?

365 weeks in a year ?

[wolf5370]

mate, have you ever watched thais fry eggs, they deep fry them, couldnt work out how my wife got the top to go all crispy on the fried eggs and omlettes(scambled eggs) so I watched her cook them, I now only eat poached eggs

Canola oil is good too(lower saturated fats) and peanut oil is great for frying/deep frying as well

Would have to be a specialist shop here though - supermarkets only tend to do palm, soya or sunflower (plus olive oil of course - which should not be used for frying as it is bad when burned and it burns easily). Never seen any other type.

Coconut oil is available in Big-C and Lotus for starters.

OK, I only think of coconut oil for skin products, but just did a little research. Apparently it CAN stand high temps like deep fat frying - but may cook unevenly if overfilled. Might give a weird taste though - will check out prices too when doing next shop.

[NanLaew]

You know they sell that water based stuff in seven that has different aromas - much easier to wash off as well.

Yeah, but it buggers up the taste of the chips something awful!

Who's talking about chips?!

[NanLaew]

My wife buys whatever brand she prefers and cooks a lot and doesn't come anywhere near to the OP's better-half's consumption. Maybe she deep fries a lot of stuff?

For my kitchen episodes, I use rice bran oil as I read that despite being a bit more expensive, it has less of the 'bad' qualities of the usual alternatives. To me, that translates as I can double up on the bacon and bangers on Sundays and be even more healthy.

[AyG]

Sunflowers make sunflower oil

peanuts = peanut oil

olive = olive oil

coconut = coconut oil

I worry to think what baby oil is made from.

[laolover88]

We have taken to using Camelia Oil..for some reason available in Lotus. Supposed to be a good anti-oxidant and a high

temperature tolerance: 250+. I would prefer Olive Oil but after reading 'Tom Mueller's 'Extra Virginity' I guess one is being sold adulterated crap most of the time!

[NoshowJones]

I'm going to insist on a new house rule.....cooking with no oil for a trial week and boil everything and see how we get on.

If she hit's me with the wok then it's business as usual.

I am going to buy a fat fryer as suggested above, one of those new cooks anything with a table spoon of oil jobs.

I will take the horse to the water and hope it drinks the water.

What exactly is a fat frier? I thought you fried things in frying pans. It seems interesting if you can fry with a tablespoonful of cooking oil. I now use Olive oil but it is very expensive.

[thailiketoo]

I'm going to insist on a new house rule.....cooking with no oil for a trial week and boil everything and see how we get on.

If she hit's me with the wok then it's business as usual.

I am going to buy a fat fryer as suggested above, one of those new cooks anything with a table spoon of oil jobs.

I will take the horse to the water and hope it drinks the water.

What exactly is a fat frier? I thought you fried things in frying pans. It seems interesting if you can fry with a tablespoonful of cooking oil. I now use Olive oil but it is very expensive.

Takada Air Fryer ISB-AF11

[notmyself]

I'm going to insist on a new house rule.....cooking with no oil for a trial week and boil everything and see how we get on.

If she hit's me with the wok then it's business as usual.

I am going to buy a fat fryer as suggested above, one of those new cooks anything with a table spoon of oil jobs.

I will take the horse to the water and hope it drinks the water.

What exactly is a fat frier? I thought you fried things in frying pans. It seems interesting if you can fry with a tablespoonful of cooking oil. I now use Olive oil but it is very expensive.

Someone mentioned a shallow deep fat fryer of some sort.

I totally fry very little food but rather seal in a little oil and finish in the oven.

[notmyself]

http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2011/05/can-the-philips-airfryer-actually-fry-stuff/

[wolf5370]

I'm going to insist on a new house rule.....cooking with no oil for a trial week and boil everything and see how we get on.

If she hit's me with the wok then it's business as usual.

I am going to buy a fat fryer as suggested above, one of those new cooks anything with a table spoon of oil jobs.

I will take the horse to the water and hope it drinks the water.

What exactly is a fat frier? I thought you fried things in frying pans. It seems interesting if you can fry with a tablespoonful of cooking oil. I now use Olive oil but it is very expensive.

Someone mentioned a shallow deep fat fryer of some sort.

I totally fry very little food but rather seal in a little oil and finish in the oven.

Yes, we are talking about deep fat frying with respect to the fryer. Traditional Thai way is to fill a wok with oil and cook on the gas. Most machines here work on the same premise, but use a element to heat it (more accurate but still oil saturation). Some machines can be got that use just a tablespoon or oil as it sprays the hot oil and moves the food around (at an angle) so no saturation with same fried effect. Shallow frying is a whole different kettle of fish as not much oil should be used anyway (although many Thais here seem to semi-deep fat fry when shallow frying too).

[notmyself]

I'm going to insist on a new house rule.....cooking with no oil for a trial week and boil everything and see how we get on.

If she hit's me with the wok then it's business as usual.

I am going to buy a fat fryer as suggested above, one of those new cooks anything with a table spoon of oil jobs.

I will take the horse to the water and hope it drinks the water.

What exactly is a fat frier? I thought you fried things in frying pans. It seems interesting if you can fry with a tablespoonful of cooking oil. I now use Olive oil but it is very expensive.

Someone mentioned a shallow deep fat fryer of some sort.

I totally fry very little food but rather seal in a little oil and finish in the oven.

Yes, we are talking about deep fat frying with respect to the fryer. Traditional Thai way is to fill a wok with oil and cook on the gas. Most machines here work on the same premise, but use a element to heat it (more accurate but still oil saturation). Some machines can be got that use just a tablespoon or oil as it sprays the hot oil and moves the food around (at an angle) so no saturation with same fried effect. Shallow frying is a whole different kettle of fish as not much oil should be used anyway (although many Thais here seem to semi-deep fat fry when shallow frying too).

It's a good idea and would pay for itself in a couple of years by not having to buy so much oil.

[sirchai]

Topic made me asleep immediately.

[notmyself]

Topic made me asleep immediately.

Some people like to talk about cars or sport, others about food. There is a huge reservoir of knowledge in the food section of the forum which this thread is likely to end up in. Much of it is to do with the practicalities of western food in Thailand due to availability or not of certain items. It's good to talk and exchange idea, knowledge and experience.

[Woodsie888]

Christ all mighty, when did we move to a 365 week year ?

Yesterday @ 16.43 apparently.

[Mark T]

Sunflowers make sunflower oil

peanuts = peanut oil

olive = olive oil

coconut = coconut oil

I worry to think what baby oil is made from.

LoL

Sent from my GT-P6200

[sirchai]

Come on people! We're supposed to be boycotting palm oil. Poor old orangutans are suffering because of it.

Not with Thai palm oil. No orangutans in Thailand.

Are you really sure about that? Saw some in Pattaya......

[sirchai]

Sunflowers make sunflower oil

peanuts = peanut oil

olive = olive oil

coconut = coconut oil

I worry to think what baby oil is made from.

Virgin olive oil might do the trick as well.But only made out of the innocent ones.

Edited March 29, 2014 by sirchai

[wym]

As opposed to all those crafty world-weary cynical virgins out there 8-)

[bbbbooboo]

I get what the poor man probably means....so much cooking oil is being used by his thai wife it feels like 365 litres are being used every 52 weeks.i'm in the same boat....food swimming in oil....is she trying to kill me off?.....5555

[shaurene]

I use virgin olive oil all the time I get 2-3 months out of a litre.

[elgenon]

I always stir fry with olive oil. It's delicious!

[monkey4u]

Christ all mighty, when did we move to a 365 week year ?

No doubt this is why I look so old

[Naam]

Check your math, one liter a week ain't all that bad, much better than 365 liters a year....

Mac

there are not 365 weeks in a calendar year?

[sirchai]

How is it possible to use 1litre of cooking oil a week?

That is 365 litre's a year disappearing in our home every year!

And I thought my students were bad in math.