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Cooking Oils and Fats
The use of fats in cooking serves many purposes, depending on the foods being cooked. This category is for questions and answers about the fats we use in cooking and how we use them.
866 Questions
How much crisco equals 2 tbsp butter?
2 tbsp of butter is approximately equal to 2 tbsp pf Crisco in every way except taste.
Can you substitute rice bran oil for vegetable oil in a cake mix?
Rice is a vegetable. In a cake mix, oil is oil. Some oils have a stronger flavor than others and this may come through in the finished cake, but as far as texture or performance, any oil will work.
Why does vinegar dissolve in water and not in cooking oil?
we dont know. the only answer is that vinegar is water-soluble, but not oil-soluble.
Water and vinegar are polar, making them hydrophilic therefore they can interact with each other giving the appearance of mixing.
Oil is non-polar and hyrdophobic therefore will not mix with water or vinegar
Where is the most of the world's oil reserves located?
in Saudia Arabia I believe that's in the oceans
Can you use vegetable oil instead of butter in making apple crisp?
Butter is basically a healtier vesion of vegetable oil. Apple crisps are usually fried and topped with powered sugar. When frying the apple crisps, you can use any type of oil you wish to use.
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Is olive or canola oil more dense?
Canola oil is denser than Olive Oil i do not know why and as i was searching the internet i found your question but i set up a science expiriment and those are the results. Sorry i cant help you more. :/
Is natral cooking oil better than vegetable cooking oil?
Since oil made from "first cold pressing" of naturally oily foods (such as olives) can be obtained without the use of chemical solvents and/or heat processes that break down the oils and accelerate rancidity, you can say they are healthier. They are also more expensive.
Since all oils go rancid through exposure to oxygen, light, and heat, and since going rancid makes them very unhealthy for you, the more fresh and local your source of oil, the better. If you want your oil as free of plasticizers as possible, buy it in glass bottles.
Refrigeration will slow further rancidification once you get it home, but most if not all oil you can buy in the supermarket is probably in one stage or another of rancidity, and eating rancid fats and oils is harmful to health.
Saturated fats like shortening and lard are more stable and do not go rancid as quickly, but it is difficult to obtain quality organic leaf lard, and shortening is hydrogenated chemically.
So your choices in the supermarket are liquid oils that are either extracted using solvents and heat, or cold-pressed oils that may be more healthy, but which have not been kept in cool dark storage, or else solid fats such as low-quality hydrogenated lard and artificially hydrogenated shortening.
If you have access to locally produced, cold-pressed oil, that would be a healthier option than the others listed above. Some surprising cold-pressed oils include oil of mustard seed (flavorful and not peppery as one might expect) and nut oils such as walnut oil, local peanut oil, almond oil, or if you live in the tropics, coconut oil.
Organic cold-pressed coconut oil is widely available in most places regardless of locality, and is very resistant to rancidity, and does not need chemical or heat extraction nor the addition of things to keep it from going rancid quickly, so would be a healthy choice if fresh local cold-pressed oils are not available or affordable. Coconut oil also contains many beneficial substances such as lauric acid, a fatty acid also found in human breastmilk, and medium chain triglycerides.
Can you substitute canola oil for vegan margarine in baked goods?
Yes.
You can also substitute margarine with nut butters.
When cooking what type of oil do you use?
Vegetable or Peanut oil.
Depends on the type of cooking you are doing.
Can you Substitute Oil for Applesause?
No.
but you could try chutney or jam.
If you mean the other way round, you can use applesauce to replace oil when making muffins and cakes to reduce the fat content.
Can we blend Furnace oil with waste vegetable oil?
Yes but the percentage should not exceed 25%. It may have to be less in the winter because of getting too thick with cold temperatures. An electric inline fuel heater can be used to pre heat before the pump on the furnace.
Can you use soybean oil for baking cakes?
Yes, it is used all the time. I read labels on packages since I have a soy allergy and just about everything has soybean oil in it.
Is it a good idea to flush cooking oil down the toilet?
If you are on city sewer they won't like it. but if you are on septic it won't really hurt anything unless your talking gallons of the stuff. If you have a floor drain that isn't being used much I prefer you dump it down there. That way the trap of the floor drain won't go dry and start making a smell.
Is butter flavor crisco corn free?
Yes. As per the Wikipedia article on Crisco: "As of 2012, Crisco consists of a blend of soybean oil, fully hydrogenated palm oil, and partially hydrogenated palm and soybean oils. According to the product information label, one 12 g serving of Crisco contains 3 g of saturated fat, 0 g of trans fat, 6 g of polyunsaturated fat, and 2.5 g of monounsaturated fat.[4] It is claimed that this reformulated Crisco has the same cooking properties and flavor as the original version of the product."
