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What Cooking Oils Do You Keep In Your Pantry?

Sooner — Wed, 29 Dec 2021 21:27:29 GMT

I am getting my grocery list together and thinking about what oils we keep on hand. I use mostly Organic Cold Pressed Oilve Oil (we don't use tons of oil), husband likes Canola Oil for some reason, and we also sometimes have grapeseed oil.

What do you use and brands? I sometimes buy California Ranch olive oil, sometimes 365 or another organic brand I can't think of the name, and La Tourangelle (in the can)

I am not a fan of coconut oil.

Anyway, I thought I'd find out what my friends here use! I am trying to be more careful with things like that this year. And not buy ones when I have them (more organized!).

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PickyPicky3 — Wed, 29 Dec 2021 21:34:46 GMT

I always have an extra virgin olive, an extra light olive for sauteing, and sesame to add a bit of different taste.

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catter70 — Wed, 29 Dec 2021 21:39:52 GMT

I don't really cook so the best I can do is a can of Pam.

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Sooner — Wed, 29 Dec 2021 21:45:36 GMT

Napa Valley Naturals is the other brand of olive oil I have used a lot! I finally remembered. I have used their vinegars too.

And we used to use Colavita olive oil a lot too.

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haddon9 — Wed, 29 Dec 2021 21:49:43 GMT

The only oils that we use are Coconut oil & olive oil. I buy my olive oil from a local shop that sells imported olive oil & vinegar out of big barrels. The shop owners buy directly from small farms in Europe, South America & Australia.

The olive oil is expensive but delicious and well worth it!

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Kachina624 — Wed, 29 Dec 2021 22:02:50 GMT

I use almost no oil, just a tablespoon now and then for browning meat. I used to keep olive oil on hand but it doesn't keep well and would spoil while the bottle was practically full. So now I just keep a small bottle of Canola oil which lasts a lot longer.

I think I've never fried anything in my adult life. Hate greasy food.

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PhilaLady1 — Wed, 29 Dec 2021 22:15:14 GMT

I do not care for the taste of olive oil. Maybe there is an olive oil out there that I would like but just haven't come across it yet. I prefer canola and vegetable oil, rather tasteless but that's what I usually have around. I do like sesame oil. I made a mistake on the last sesame oil that I bought because I went cheap. It is worth buying the good stuff. Mostly I am a Pam user, butter flavored.

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Sooner — Wed, 29 Dec 2021 22:13:29 GMT

@Kachina624 wrote:
I use almost no oil, just a tablespoon now and then for browning meat. I used to keep olive oil on hand but it doesn't keep well and would spoil while the bottle was practically full. So now I just keep a small bottle of Canola oil which lasts a lot longer.

I think I've never fried anything in my adult life. Hate greasy food.

@Kachina624 I am with you! So many casseroles I see are greasy. My mom never fried anything--she baked and steamed stuff back in the 60's. We threw out bacon grease! LOL!!

Now we do use quite a bit of olive oil because we eat a lot of grain and brown rice salads, roast veggies a lot, and make lots of stir frys that do use oil. My husband likes canola oil for making cornbread and things like that, but I think we can omit the canola oil now.

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Harpa — Wed, 29 Dec 2021 22:13:47 GMT

Basil EVOO & herb de provence from Seasons Taproom for salads; avacado oil, vegetable oil for baking (muffins), and plain old EVOO (Colavita). Peanut or the avacado when I do stir fry.

I have to replace the vegetable oil every now & then; I wish it would come in smaller sizes.

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Kachina624 — Wed, 29 Dec 2021 22:26:50 GMT

@Sooner My mom never fried anything either.

You'd better think twice before messing with hubby's Canola oil. Did you know the San Luis Valley in SW Colorado is a huge producer of Canola? I was born there many years ago.

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JeanLouiseFinch — Thu, 30 Dec 2021 12:09:50 GMT

EVOO, Avocado oil, Coconut oil, Ghee. I use MCT oil daily, but it's not a cooking oil.

I avoid vegetable, corn, canola, soybean, cotton seed, grape seed, sunflower, safflower, and peanut oils as much as possible, with only a few exceptions for soybean oil. Duke's Mayo and a little salad dressing, for instance.

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Carmie — Wed, 29 Dec 2021 22:59:06 GMT

I have extra virgin olive oil, light olive oil, peanut oil, garlic flavored extra virgin olive oil, Wok Oil & sesame oil.

Also, a can of GEM oil....love it on salads.

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Sooner — Wed, 29 Dec 2021 22:51:20 GMT

@Kachina624 wrote:
@Sooner My mom never fried anything either.

You'd better think twice before messing with hubby's Canola oil. Did you know the San Luis Valley in SW Colorado is a huge producer of Canola? I was born there many years ago.

@Kachina624 Duly noted! Thanks!

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RooRoo — Wed, 29 Dec 2021 22:59:12 GMT

We don't fry things but I do saute onions, garlic, etc. We have Extra Virgin Olive Oil and avocado oil. The avocado oil has no flavor and doesn't smoke when we lightly spray in the air fryer to broil or grill.

eta: forgot to mention sesame oil when making Asian dishes. So very tasty!

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wagirl — Wed, 29 Dec 2021 23:25:00 GMT

Mostly olive oil but have a neutral oil as well as a white and black truffle oil. OMG--used the truffle oil in my popcorn popper and then sprinkled with a touch of smoked truffle salt--wow---was so good!!

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On It — Thu, 30 Dec 2021 00:19:52 GMT

We fry stuff, but have cut back from our earlier days. I keep Crisco oil, a variety of olive oil from very light to moderate intensity, and I always have an open can of Crisco and an unopened can for backup. Cornbread is cooked in a piping hot iron skillet with a little melted Crisco to sear the batter as it is poured into the skillet and placed in the oven. My family's cooking style would not be ranked very high on the heart healthy list, but it is really tasty. We just don't have it as often as we once did.

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RedTop — Thu, 30 Dec 2021 01:17:01 GMT

I only use vegetable oil.

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pupwhipped — Thu, 30 Dec 2021 02:29:29 GMT

I don't have a lot of oils on hand but they're not kept in the pantry...all are in the refrigerator. I don't use them often enough so the fridge prolongs their life. I have olive oil, a garlic flavored olive oil, and canola oil. It works for me.

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Sooner — Thu, 30 Dec 2021 04:04:06 GMT

Thanks for your answers! I am for sure going to try avocado oil now! And almost all of us are using olive oil--and now it is rare to see some that isn't extra virgin! I remember when that was difficult to find.

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Queen of shop — Thu, 30 Dec 2021 04:19:20 GMT

@Sooner I'm never without extra virgin olive oil. I use it a lot on salads and to qick toss vegetables after I steam them in a frying pan. With fresh garlic of course.

I keep Wesson on hand, coconut oil, avocado oil, peanut oil for Chinese wok dishes and sesame oil.