SC - Re: Refrying fritters

[ChannonM at aol.com]

In a message dated 9/6/00 7:44:18 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
owner-sca-cooks at ansteorra.org writes:

> If the temp is too low
>  they get really grease soaked and heavy. Another
>  thing, use peanut oil for frying if using a vegetable
>  oil. Stuff doesn't burn as fast because it has a
>  higher smoke/burn temp. 

If you are trying to maintain a period dish, using canola oil would be a 
better substitute. Canola is known in period as rape seed oil (or the 
vegetable rape), hence the name change to a  more PC term. The etymology has 
something to do with the latin I believe (notes are not at hand).

Hauviette