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Fat for deep fryer

  • 29 Sep 2012 4:54 AM
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    Deleted user

    David this is for you mainly but if anyone else can answer that would be great.  I just bought a deep fryer and when I read the book it said not to use animal fat, solid oil or ghee, lard etc as it could be a fire hazard - only use liquid oil.  I thought David had said he used Ghee butter or lard in bulk from Woolworths and I would ike to use ghee butter, but which one would be best please and will one of them be OK to use?

    Carol
  • 30 Sep 2012 3:19 AM
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    Anonymous
    If you want an answer from David I suggest you use the "Get In Touch" link on the Sweet Poison web page: http://sweetpoison.com.au/?page_id=29  He doesn't monitor these forum pages.

    From memory you need high smoking-point oils but I think some of them  are polyunsaturated fats so there could be a problem.  Details can be found here http://missvickie.com/howto/spices/oils.html . You might need to check against David's list of "bad" seed oils on Page 159 of Big Fat Lies.

    JohnN
  • 01 Oct 2012 7:09 PM
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    Deleted user

    If your on facebook post the question to him there.  You will definitely need an oil with a high smoking point.  My deep fryer goes up to 190 degrees so check your manual of the highest temp your deep fryer goes up to wikipedia has a list of oils and their smoking points http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoke_point
  • 02 Oct 2012 1:06 AM
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    Deleted user
    David uses lard in his deep fryer
    cheers
    Freda
  • 02 Oct 2012 2:30 AM
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    Anonymous
    Most of the "smoke point" oils are seed oils and therefore high in polyunsaturated fats which David advises against in Big Fat Lies

    JohnN
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