Category "oil"

Given that fat has a lower specific heat than water, why do meats with higher fat content take longer to cook?

Meats with a low fat content, like shrimp and chicken breast are often suggested to be cooked at a high temperature for a short period of time. However meats w

An effective process to extract coconut oil

I have tried to extract coconut oil. Below is the process I have followed. Ground the coconut flesh with some added water. Milked the ground coconut flesh by co

Why do most people in USA use Soyabean cooking oil even when it is refined? [closed]

I checked on this article that most used oil is Soyabean oil, in USA. why the number of Soyabean oil still very high as compared to other oils

Almond extract: oil- or alcohol-based?

Almond extracts can apparently be based on a base oil or on alcohol - what's the functional difference? I was making some almond biscuits (cookies) the other da

Roasting nuts with versus without oil. Is there any significant difference?

What is the difference? Does the oil protect the nuts from oxidation? Does it make it taste better? Does the type of oil / nuts matter?

Why does my deep fryer say not to use peanut oil?

I got a Tefal deep fryer for Christmas (yay!) which has an automatic filtering system so you can re-use oil multiple times. When reading through the manual it s

Can I cook with the olive oil from canned sardines?

The olive oil from canned sardine is delicious to eat with the sardines themselves on toast. However the olive oil doesn't seem to pair with any other food. In

How much (sunflower) lecithin should be used to emulsify each gram of fat in water?

I read around and haven't found a clear answer. Is there a minimum ratio of lecithin (preferably powder) to fat required to fully emulsify it in water? Does the

Frying Oil Reuse

What are some guidelines or rules with regard to filtering and reusing (vegetable/canola/sunflower) oil that has been used for deep frying? Is it safe and acce

Is it obvious when an oil reaches its smoking point?

I like fried eggs dropped into very hot coconut oil so that the white crisps up (seriously, try it). However, I worry sometimes that I might be getting the oil

Why do North American Chinese restaurants advertise "We use 100% Vegetable oil"?

I was reading my local Chinese take-out's menu that somehow ended up stuck to my fridge door and I noticed under their logo a marketing bullet-point advertising

Exploding leaf lard

The title says it all...almost. I was preparing a warm (90-100F) mixture of tap water, EV olive oil, and leaf lard (each about 50-60g). At first, the oil and wa