/ck/ - Food & Cooking

But it's the obscure and gay specialty oil that is produced by people who aren't in the mafia.

If you're fine with olive flavored vegetable oil then by all means, continue buying the mass produced mafia oil.

>>13311554
Just get some extra virgin oil, this way you can use it for cooking at higher temperature without the unsaturated fats being converted.

>>13311554
>Don't post something obscure you can only get at some gay specialty shop.
so you want diluted trash olive oil? anything you can buy in a grocery is going to be trash and cut with whatever shitty oil is cheapest.

>>13311573
Why do you think extra virgin oil is more tolerant to high temperatures? It's the opposite. The first cold press only extracts oil from the fruit which retains so you get strong aromatic compounds which are suitable for flavorings and dressings. Later presses have impurities from the pit which are bitter and unpleasant tasting so they are reserved for cooking. Those aromatic compounds are delicate and will break down under high temperature making virgin oil identical to regular then.

I thought most of the olive oil sold in the US was fake

>>13311554
local olive oil

If you buy any Portuguese brand you're safe. I guess the most commonly available outside Europe are Oliveira da Serra and Galo. They're not top tier but they are guaranteed to be better than Italian shit that is mixed with sunflower oil by the Mafia.

>>13311705
You thought wrong.

>>13311705
That is reddit tier meme bullshit spread by the trannie lovers of cracked.com

>>13311697
not him, but i only buy extra virgin because i can use it for both. i already have too much crap in my kitchen to have extra virgin AND virgin olive oils

>>13311883
What about spanish or greek brands?

>>13311895
I think Spanish brands also mix sunflower oil if they are shitty brands, but it's safer than Italian brands because there's no generally known illegal scheme to adulterate olive oil by criminal groups, like in Italy.

Greek, I have no idea.