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From: figmo@tymix.UUCP (Lynn Gold)
Newsgroups: net.cooks
Subject: Re: Oil info: olive oil
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Date: Wed, 13-Mar-85 21:31:29 EST
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> > I'm looking for a good all-purpose healthy cooking oil, ...
> > [usable]...during Passover... parve
> 
> I don't know about the Jewish requirements, but olive oil is the
> universal fat around the Mediterranean.  These days in Boston, you can
> get good olive oil at $10/gal (Berio at Martignetti's); more for special
> ones; avoid the cheap ones.  You can use it to deep-fry (its smoking
> point is high), saute, and stew; make sauces (mayonnaise etc.); and
> dress salad, boiled greens, broiled fish.
> 
In addition to olive oil, the following oils also work:

corn oil
margarine (especially at a fleishadik meal when you want something for bread)
safflower oil
peanut oil
any other oils which come from plants

I use corn oil and margarine.

--Lynn Gold
Tymnet, Inc.

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