topic Re: Olive oil in Kitchen

Olive oil

goldensrbest — Thu, 21 Feb 2019 18:59:08 GMT

What brand do you like best?

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blackhole99 — Thu, 21 Feb 2019 19:02:36 GMT

Trader Joe's Unfiltered Organic Greek Extra Virgin

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Mz iMac — Thu, 21 Feb 2019 19:17:35 GMT

The ones on sale - extra virgin

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SharkE — Thu, 21 Feb 2019 19:47:54 GMT

I just bought today at walmart 'Smart Balance' because in big letters

"NO Cholesterol" and low in sat. fat. Oil to deep fry in.

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goldensrbest — Thu, 21 Feb 2019 19:57:28 GMT

I really like California olive oil.

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tucsongal — Fri, 22 Feb 2019 02:56:21 GMT

Kirkland organic EVOO, Costco brand. I frequently see this as a highly rated olive oil in articles.

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judy0330 — Thu, 21 Feb 2019 20:49:44 GMT

I use Colavita for cooking and Monini for bread dipping. We really liked the olive oil that was served with our bread at a restaurant and I asked what brand it was. We have been using it ever since.

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x Hedge — Thu, 21 Feb 2019 21:00:15 GMT

@goldensrbest wrote:
What brand do you like best?

For adding to cold foods, such as a salad, or for adding to already cooked food that's been taken off the heat:

Goya brand, first cold pressed extra virgin olive oil.

This was selected by a Consumer Reports taste test several years ago. I like it very much and have bought this since then.

Due to it's relative intolerance to high temps I rarely use an olive oil if it's going to be exposed to cooking heat. There are better choices.

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queendiva — Thu, 21 Feb 2019 21:18:40 GMT

A dizzying number of choices. I also buy the highly rated Kirkland brand from Costco or Riscossa.

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aubnwa01 — Thu, 21 Feb 2019 22:10:49 GMT

I've been using Trader Joe's Extra Virgin California Estate Olive Oil for several years now & like it a lot.

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kelsey17 — Thu, 21 Feb 2019 22:36:48 GMT

I use Bertolli "Extra Light" Olive Oil...................

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lavendar — Thu, 21 Feb 2019 22:46:28 GMT

Hedge@ I had a frying pan burst into flame with o/o. What do you use for frying? I've been starting with canola and adding o/o/.

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lovemybichonfrise — Thu, 21 Feb 2019 23:42:07 GMT

California Olive Ranch Extra Virgin Every Day Olive Oil.

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Mindy D — Thu, 21 Feb 2019 23:44:38 GMT

@lavendar wrote:
Hedge@ I had a frying pan burst into flame with o/o. What do you use for frying? I've been starting with canola and adding o/o/.

Check out this chart on the smokepoint of cooking oils. By the way, EVO has a lower smoke point than lite colored olive oil.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Templatemoke_point_of_cooking_oils

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x Hedge — Fri, 22 Feb 2019 00:14:59 GMT

@lavendar

I keep a little canola oil on hand. It usually gets old before it gets used.

I don't deep fry anything.

I might gently fry some sweet onion and egg white in butter.

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LilLadyNJ — Fri, 22 Feb 2019 03:13:58 GMT

California Olive Ranch Extra Virgin Olive Oil or Trader Joe's.

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rrpell — Fri, 22 Feb 2019 04:01:44 GMT

Right now, I’m using a bottle of Goya EVOO that I picked up at Winn Dixie. I am totally surprised by how much I like it.

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Boehm Collector — Fri, 22 Feb 2019 13:51:58 GMT

@goldensrbest , I use California Olive Ranch Extra Virgin Olive Oil which is recommended by America's Test Kitchen.

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Yahooey — Fri, 22 Feb 2019 15:30:26 GMT

I too like the California Olive Ranch after seeing the comparisons on ATK

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lovemybichonfrise — Fri, 22 Feb 2019 20:03:09 GMT

From 2016:

https://www.aboutoliveoil.org/21-olive-oil-brands-certified-for-authenticity