Olive oil/Rape Seed oil

[ColinJ]

I always thought that too much fuss is made about reducing/eliminating fats. Lots of nations with lower rates of heart disease consume much more than we do. This article suggests that I was right.

Olive oil is great for salad dressings but don't cook with it!

 

[Blue Hills]

Be quick, I may be leaving soon.

it's true what they say about the notorious Sundays then?

 

[Blue Hills]

Olive oil is great for salad dressings but don't cook with it!

Ta for this Colin.

i think it's going to be Norfolk's finest from here on, with the odd miniature of olive oil.

 

[Blue Hills]

If you really want to feck your Italian chums over ....

How to annoy/puncture the delusions of an Italian is a mega subject of its own marmion as you possibly know. Some American stuff on youtube I think. A year ago an Italian American was sounding off about this in my local but I resisted the temptation to enter the conversation.

 

[iandg]

it's true what they say about the notorious Sundays then?

The notorious Sundays are correct, but I've been here for more than 20 years now and things are slowly becoming more normal. Unfortunately my empoyers have fallen out with me and don't agree with my POV. It's going to be a settlement or tribunal - when it's all over I'm moving.

 

[tyred]

Oh, I thought this would be a discussion on chain lubrication!

 

[Blue Hills]

Oh, I thought this would be a discussion on chain lubrication!

you've wandered into the health bit....

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

How to annoy/puncture the delusions of an Italian is a mega subject of its own marmion as you possibly know. Some American stuff on youtube I think. A year ago an Italian American was sounding off about this in my local but I resisted the temptation to enter the conversation.

I have Italian/Scottish family, it's a hoot when we get together to see the delusion/self-deprecation angst

 

[ColinJ]

In case anybody is interested, I put the olive oil in my DIY thick salad dressings ... (they have the consistency of mayo.) Obviously, experiment and make your own mind up!

Extra virgin olive oil. (A British Standard Glug.)
Balsamic vinegar. (A slightly smaller Glug!)
Freshly squeezed lemon juice. (Half a lemon.)
Tamari. (5 splashes.)
Freshly ground black pepper. (15-20 twists of the mill.)
Multigrain mustard. (One teaspoonful)
Natural yoghurt/Greek yoghurt. (2 dessert spoonfuls of each.)
Honey. (I teaspoonful.)
Crushed garlic. (2-3 cloves.)

Whisk it all up and see what you think. I must have given that to about 20 different people over the years and so far everybody has really liked it.

PS If I am not sharing it with 'normal' people, I often chop a hot chilli into the dressing to give it a bit of a kick!

 

[Blue Hills]

do feel free to start that as a separate thread

lots of Italian scots of course.

edit - reply to marmion's last post - colin barged in

 

[raleighnut]

Rapeseed oil is very yellow though, I tried frying Mushrooms in it once (I'd run out of Olive Oil )

They looked bleargh.

 

[Bonefish Blues]

On my second bottle of rapeseed oil - first came from Aldi, this latest one from Lidl - proudly proclaims that it's from Norfolk so brings back happy memories of recent cycling there as well

Note that the regular 1ltr oils (in Aldi, Lidl et al) are usually 100% rapeseed oil, so don't buy the ickle bottles of rapeseed oil being sold at stupid prices - it's the same stuff!

 

[Heltor Chasca]

I use rapeseed oil for cooking for the reasons you say in your OP @Blue Hills . I use olive oil cold in salad, couscous and alongside balsamic vinegar to dip homegrown, organic globe artichokes in. This year I have propogated some seed that I got from Sicily.

 

[Randomnerd]

Cold pressed rapeseed oil is best. The other extraction methods remove much of the goodness of the oil, and, I believe, much of the taste. You'll have a local farmer making it. Here's mine. Eat the view etc. https://www.yorkshirerapeseedoil.co.uk/home

 

[Blue Hills]

Cold pressed rapeseed oil is best. The other extraction methods remove much of the goodness of the oil, and, I believe, much of the taste.

Yes, same with olive oil. Has to be mechanical cold extraction. The lidl stuff is cold pressed.