So you're ready to fry! You have a stove, a pan and some delicious bok choi, but wait... no oil! So you run down to your local market and go into the oil section only to be bombarded with choice. Which one is the right one? I spoke to my organic vegan friend today and I got a lot of things cleared up. I'll make a list so it's easier.
Canola Oil: Canola oil seems like a good choice. Not too fat, and always spoken positively about. Indeed! Canola oil is great for making salad dressings and keeping pasta from sticking if you've made a large batch. What's I'm trying to say is that canola is great for COLD situations. Heating canola oil transforms it into a near-toxin that causes cardiovascular diseases.
Coco Oil: Expensive in small doses, but available at some COSCO stores in bulk for a reduced price, coco oil is one of the best oil for heating, because it does not transform and has a delicious taste. For HEAT, and health, go for coco!
Olive Oil: Delicious in pasta salads and even on bread, Olive oil has that tang and actual taste that some really love. If you've cooked with it, however, you realize that it fizzles, a lot. That's because olive oil also should not be heated to a strong degree, such as it frying. You can heat olive oil, but it is better COLD.
Peanut Oil: Have you seen the calories on that? The fat content? Yeah, have you seen the fat content on a bag of regular, unsalted peanuts? Peanuts in general have a high fat content, but like all good things, they have to come in small doses. Peanut oil is one of the best oils to HEAT up, because the kind of fat is all-natural and easily digestable. It does not clog arteries as quickly as the 'plant' oils do. However, one should not be frying every day.
Butter: Butter is sometimes scary to some people, but butter is made from animal fat, which is natural. Butter does not modify as if heats, and you can even reuse butter even if it transforms, from liquid back to solid. Butter is easily preserved in a fridge or outside of it if. Don't be scared of butter, but also, don't use too much. Good for HEAT AND COLD.
Margarine: Margarine is solid oil, if you didn't know. You can check what type of oil they're using, I know Becel has the 'Olive Oil' margarine that's supposed to be all healthy with the green label and all. Personally, I use the Vegan Margarine because I think it tastes really good and the olive oil one like becomes liquid and gross. Margarine is not a good product because it's very processed and it transforms with heat. You're not really doing yourself a favour by injesting margarine in heat or cold foods.
Character of the Day:
Yan Jonker aka Joker
Appearances: Shambles, Santa Forgives.
Bio: Yan and his brother, Redrick (Reddy) used be a part of the Moss in the time of 1890's to 2073, in Romania, under the rule of Rachmaninov IX. The Moss is more like a frat house than an organization, though they are under the Jericho Republic. They live together in a large castle and prey on their quota of humans, playing with them with creepy, gothic scenarios. It's said that the Moss has done it on purpose to expose themselves during the years and that is why the Dracula rumours were spoken to be true around Transylvania. Romanian Vampires have extensive fire control, but no fire creation, and are not very prone to the sunlight. They're weakness is garlic because it cleanses their blood and attacks the Vampirism within them, however this only affects Romanian type, who are one of the only types who can bite a human into a Vampire. Yan ends up leaving the Moss and joining Allen's infamous following, and undercover working for Claudio Mancini (in his living days) and the Italian Mafia, exporting goods from Romania and overlooking the importation to Venice Port at night. Yan, unlike Reddy, has very little emotion concerning humans and little respect of the private space of human women.
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