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Frying wth olive oil

(36 Posts)
Mishap Thu 19-Feb-15 19:09:47

My DD tells me I should not do this as it creates dangerous toxins. The internet is divided in opinion.

Does anyone else fry with olive oil?

Riverwalk Thu 19-Feb-15 19:13:56

Yes, I use nothing else!

And have done so for the past 40 years.

loopylou Thu 19-Feb-15 19:16:39

Not usually because when heating olive oil the taste can change as well, and it has, I believe, a lower flashpoint.
I usually use rapeseed or a bland-tasting oil for frying and if using olive oil eg when cooking steak I rub the oil into the meat rather than pouring it into the pan.

Mishap Thu 19-Feb-15 19:16:57

Me too - but I have been rapped over the knuckles!

Mishap Thu 19-Feb-15 19:32:56

That was "me too" to riverwalk.

Grannyknot Thu 19-Feb-15 19:39:25

Isn't it a major part of the healthy Mediterranean diet? Or is that not in the context of cooking with it? I cook with it all the time - from recipes!

rosequartz Thu 19-Feb-15 19:40:48

I di use olive oil for high temperature cooking (and organic rapeseed oil) - just not the extra virgin oil which we keep for salad dressings or lower temperature cooking.

rosequartz Thu 19-Feb-15 19:41:05

do not di!

Anya Thu 19-Feb-15 19:48:17

There are types of lighter olive oils that can be used for higher temps but I use other oils for this normally.

Tegan Thu 19-Feb-15 19:55:20

I read that a while ago, but tried other oil for potato wedges and didn't like it. And I love eggs fried in olive oil sad.

rosequartz Thu 19-Feb-15 19:58:13

I would avoid olive oil (especially virgin) for roasting potatoes at a high temperature.
But eggs are cooked at a lower temperature so I still use it for that.

thatbags Thu 19-Feb-15 19:58:16

There's some good basic information here. In a nutshell, vegetable oils are less stable at the high temperatures one uses for frying than animal fats. That is the reason cold pressed olive oil is supposed to be better than heat treated oil. Heat destroys some of the benefits of olive oil so frying in it is pointless even if not actually harmful. I only use olive oil for salad dressings and the like. I cook with lard and beef fat and goose fat (not all at once!).

Wedged spuds roasted in proper beef fat are delish.

janerowena Thu 19-Feb-15 20:03:50

I use it all the time. Certainly agree with the wedged spuds - I have just had them for my dinner! They are slightly sweet. I use it because I prefer the taste, ever since on holiday in Greece as a teenager I discovered that greek chips are nicer than English ones. [ducksswiftly] If it's good enough for the greeks and Spaniards and Italians to fry in, and their diet is better than ours, then why would we not? Baby octopus fried in oil, anyone?

Anya Thu 19-Feb-15 20:13:36

this might help

merlotgran Thu 19-Feb-15 20:45:26

Rape seed oil is great for roast potatoes.

TriciaF Thu 19-Feb-15 21:22:38

I use sunflower oil for frying, and in bread dough. Also in some baking, eg biscuits.
I find the flavour of olive oil too strong for those things, but do use it in salad dressings.

feetlebaum Thu 19-Feb-15 22:05:58

Olive oil (not virgin) and Rapeseed - I fry with whichever comes to hand! I also use olive oil in bread making.

Gracesgran Thu 19-Feb-15 22:12:02

I have been talking about this change in "fashion" with my very aware DIL and as far as we both can see (in Australian and UK) we are being told to go back to the fats of old for cooking. I must admit I have never completely left them although I use olive oil in dressings, etc.

(I think salt is creeping back too).

janerowena Thu 19-Feb-15 22:45:16

That's a good link, Anya.

If I have other fats I use them, I'm not fussy, I just really like olive oil. I even make lardy cake on occasion, and Eccles' cakes, with real lard. But peppers and onions and garlic fried in olive oil is a completely different animal from the same ingredients fried in rapeseed oil.

JAVFRA Tue 15-Mar-16 17:34:08

Extra virgin olive oil is the oil which keeps better with high temperatura and it can be used even until 9 times, when it is a variety picual. If you want more information, you can visit www.aceitecsb.es

Cherrytree59 Tue 15-Mar-16 21:29:56

has been deleated by GN on another thread for olive oil.
Not sure how to report this one

janeainsworth Tue 15-Mar-16 22:41:39

cherrytree if you're on the mobile site, click on the 3 little red buttons in the bottom right of the post.
Various options then come up, one of which is 'report'.

Welshwife Tue 15-Mar-16 22:56:37

I find that any oil burns if used to 'grease' trays etc for baking/roasting - I have gone back to butter/lard/goose fat/coconut oil for this. I now do most of my frying using coconut oil - chips are great and I use it in my Actifry - just melt it before adding the chipped potatoes. Some brands now make a variety of Olive oil specifically for frying in a pan. I often use walnut oil in salad dressings as a change from olive oil .

overthehill Fri 09-Sept-16 23:03:44

I thought I'd try goose fat after all the hullabaloo about it.

What a disappointment, couldn't really taste any difference to usual olive oil that I use. Expensive to, as is coconut oil.

Eloethan Fri 09-Sept-16 23:31:18

I don't like the taste of food cooked in olive oil. I always use groundnut oil.