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• NightmareQueenJune@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Good that you mention it, I should have done that. Yes, virgin olive oil itself has a high breakdown temperature and is fine for cooking. It’s just not recommended for deep frying.
  As a comparison: unrefined sunflower or rapeseed oil for example are not suitable for heated foods (although both can be expected to be refined, if not stated otherwise). When they are refined, they are fine for even deep frying.
  One interesting thing I found: According to the wikipedia smoke point chart, unrefined rapeseed oil is fine for cooking. My german source says it’s not.

  My sources: English: en.wikipedia.org/…/Template:Smoke_point_of_cookin…
  German: www.alnatura.de/…/warenkunde-erhitzbare-oele/

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  • tyranny@crazypeople.online ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    i have no idea what to do when two sources contradict. i guess I’ll believe neither: it’s not okay for cooking and not unacceptabke for cooking. it is necessary for all cooki g and always has been

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    • NightmareQueenJune@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Keep in mind that basically all regular rapeseed oil (canola) is refined and thus good for cooking.

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