the most common answer is temperature. if the oil is not hot enough, it will be absorbed into the product. if oil is hot enough, it will very quickly give a crispy coating on the food. there are some foods that will actually add oil to the vat instead of taking away, such as bacon or sausage.
Yes, cooking oil is made out of oil.
cooking oil
Jews use oil in cooking for the same reasons that anyone uses oil in cooking.
I've personally just tried to put sea salt in oil, and it does NOT absorb at all. So I guess you can tic that one off your list. (By the way, the oil was at room temp to dip bread into.)
The main advantage is to re-use (re-cycle) the cooking oil again, which saves having to buy new cooking oil. Though, eventually, new cooking oil will be needed to replace or top-up old cooking oil lost to evaporation, or cooking oil tainted with a strong smell, possibly from cooking a lot of smelly fish.
Mineral oil should NEVER be used for cooking. It is a petroleum byproduct, not a food-based cooking oil.
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Because margarine is a fat as is the cooking oil.
They used butter and vegetable oil for cooking.
Wesson cooking oil was created in 1899.
PAM - cooking oil - was created in 1961.
Canola cooking oil ........I am a regular user of Canola oil ...and its the perfect cooking oil for all my meals ...you can use it for baking as well for frying .