what cooking oil do you use?

Philippines
October 1, 2007 5:30am CST
i love olive oil but it is rather expensive... so at home, we use cheaper vegetable oil like corn... how about you?
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@tujibing (40)
• China
1 Oct 07
I usually use olive oil and peanut oil.Olive oil is good for health, it can against some disease, such as cancer?high blood pressure?heart disease... Its very good!
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• Philippines
2 Oct 07
hi..thanks for information. good day... have you tried coconut oil?
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• China
2 Oct 07
oh, I have never seen coconut oil...
@spoiled311 (5500)
• Philippines
2 Oct 07
i think we use canola at home. yeah, olive oil is reallllyyy expensive! but great for salads and tossed pasta.
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• Philippines
2 Oct 07
thanks for responding....
• United States
1 Oct 07
I prefer olive oil. But, there are times when you need canola oil for a recipe. It also is good for frying because it can take higher temps without burning.
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• Philippines
1 Oct 07
We use olive oil when cooking spaghetti sauce. Like u said, it is very expensive so we only use it for special dishes, or in doing salad dressings. With ordinary cooking like frying and veggie stir fries, we use vegetable, corn or palm oil.
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@wiccania (3360)
• United States
1 Oct 07
I usually use either vegetable or olive oil. It really depends on what it is I'm cooking. I actually keep 2 different olive oils in the house, extra virgin and light. I also keep a can of cooking spray in the pantry, canola usually. I've used safflower oil and liked it as well.
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@katkat (2378)
• Philippines
1 Oct 07
We used pure vegetable oil in cooking. Thats what our doctor suggest for my mom to use. She says that pure vegetable oil is low in cholesterol or no cholesterol at all so thats what we use.
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• India
1 Oct 07
i use coconut oil for cooking its very good and is available in plenty also it has many nutritive values
• Philippines
2 Oct 07
thanks for responding
• India
1 Oct 07
We use coconut oil.It is colostrol free oil compare to any vegetable oil.
• Philippines
2 Oct 07
hi... we never had tried using coconut oil in cooking... though we used coconut oil in several dishes and desserts...
@venshida (4836)
• United States
2 Oct 07
I use olive oil, plus canola oil. I sometimes use corn oil.
@sherrir101 (3670)
• Malinta, Ohio
2 Oct 07
I use vegetable oil. Or I use corn oil. I use olive oil for special dishes because of the taste it leaves in food. If it is Italian or Mexican food, I use olive oil. Anthing else, I use the other oils.
@krebstar5 (1266)
• United States
2 Oct 07
I use olive oil for most of my cooking. I know that it is expensive, but I really prefer the taste of extra virgin olive oil. For things that require a higher cooking temp or more mild taste, I will use vegetable oil. I also keep sesame seed oil and hot chili oil in my cabinet for flavoring dishes.
@lightningMD (5931)
• United States
1 Oct 07
We use both olive oil and vegetable oil. I save the olive oil for things like pasta and chicken that I want a lighter taste on. Olive oil is way to expensive to use on everything.
@ssf12ster (488)
• India
2 Oct 07
i use sunflower refined cooking oil.very good for the heart.slightly expensive
@jmohana (95)
• United States
3 Oct 07
I use vegetable oil to cook andsome times add ginger oil also for cooking tamrind rice
@sunshine4 (8703)
• United States
1 Oct 07
I use to always use veg oil, but then I heard that olive oil is better for your health so now I always buy olive oil. Sometimes the expense is worth it.
@jillhill (37354)
• United States
1 Oct 07
All of my children use olive oil. I however do very little cooking and use vegetable oil.
@terrych (1227)
• United States
1 Oct 07
I loke olive oil for salads, but I agree with you is expensive, do for cooking I use canola oil wich is good quality oil and no expensive...