Cooking & Baking

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1. It's your kitchen, you get to cook what you want how you

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Mon Feb 20, 2023, 02:00 PM

Feb 2023

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Your opinion about use of Olive Oil, do we really need to use it?" [View all] Paper Roses Feb 2023 OP

It's your kitchen, you get to cook what you want how you comradebillyboy Feb 2023 #1

Exactly! Rebl2 Feb 2023 #36

I don't bake or fry with olive oil, and it should be extra virgin olive oil bucolic_frolic Feb 2023 #2

+1 2naSalit Feb 2023 #8

Since I don't use cooking oil up that fast, I just use canola oil for everything, and it's fine! 50 Shades Of Blue Feb 2023 #3

Thanks, I needed a little encouragement. I just bought Canola oil. Paper Roses Feb 2023 #10

Being healthier is one of the reasons I use Canola, too. And it's just so much cheaper. 50 Shades Of Blue Feb 2023 #13

I happen to love olive oil. And butter. And garlic, so I don't think I can help. niyad Feb 2023 #4

Me too. I sometimes double the garlic in a recipe. sinkingfeeling Feb 2023 #5

My thoughts on cooking with garlic... Probatim Feb 2023 #22

Chicken with 40 cloves if garlic, one of my favourites. niyad Feb 2023 #28

It's super simple... Probatim Feb 2023 #31

mmmmm. Thank you for both recipes. niyad Feb 2023 #32

I made that once Marthe48 Feb 2023 #39

Exactly. niyad Feb 2023 #40

I like making chicken vegetable soup Marthe48 Feb 2023 #42

As do I. Making some in a bit, for this cold and snowy day. With some habenero niyad Feb 2023 #44

You are my kind of cook! Marthe48 Feb 2023 #45

Yummmmm on the curried soup. I have some Penzey's hot curry powder. Have not niyad Feb 2023 #47

The three essential ingredients... 2naSalit Feb 2023 #9

I fry potato pancakes with safflower oil gab13by13 Feb 2023 #6

For me... 2naSalit Feb 2023 #7

mmmm mmmm garlic soup! Anti microbial as well. niyad Feb 2023 #29

A constant in my diet! 2naSalit Feb 2023 #43

Mom, is that you? Marthe48 Feb 2023 #38

I forgot to ask for the garlic soup that tastes like tomato recipe, please? niyad Feb 2023 #46

I named it... 2naSalit Feb 2023 #48

Oh, wow!! Thank you, sounds yummmmy. Tomatoes and garlic, sighhhh. niyad Feb 2023 #49

The flavor... 2naSalit Feb 2023 #50

Safflower oil is neutral and probably closest. But I'm tempted to shout: Blasphemy! LOL hlthe2b Feb 2023 #11

Italian cooks don't load up recipes with garlic. hippywife Feb 2023 #14

Maybe American-Italians--at least my extended family members. hlthe2b Feb 2023 #15

It's not a monolithic thing hippywife Feb 2023 #16

Fine. It was not nor do I intend to argue with you. I made an observation. YMMV. ENOUGH! hlthe2b Feb 2023 #17

Sorry, but you made an assertion that was patently incorrect. hippywife Feb 2023 #18

That is exactly what you are doing. And it is very inappropriate here. Take it elsewhere. This is hlthe2b Feb 2023 #19

Ignore. nt hippywife Feb 2023 #20

Thank you, Goddess. Back at ya. hlthe2b Feb 2023 #21

Olive oil is usually recommended as a replacement for fats... hippywife Feb 2023 #12

there are olive oils which are nearly tasteless yellowdogintexas Feb 2023 #23

I love our store! Darn!! Forgot the olio nuovo last year! niyad Feb 2023 #30

I started adding olive oil to baklava Marthe48 Feb 2023 #41

I use canola oil and also don't care for the taste of olive oil happybird Feb 2023 #24

I use mostly peanut oil. Mr.Bill Feb 2023 #25

I love olive oil IbogaProject Feb 2023 #26

Here is one study. SheltieLover Feb 2023 #27

My best advice is suit yourself. I like the flavor of olive oil Warpy Feb 2023 #33

No, you don't need to use olive oil. Or garlic. chowmama Feb 2023 #34

I have been using sesame oil for a long time now, for all kinds of dishes :) Penelope Joyce Feb 2023 #35

I gained weight using corn oil Marthe48 Feb 2023 #37