[Sca-cooks] OOP - Green Beans with Garlrc Sauce

Sue Clemenger mooncat at in-tch.com
Sun Dec 29 15:14:01 PST 2002


Sooo.....
If one wanted to do some high-heat cooking (for which peanut oil would
be ideal), but *didn't* want the peanut flavor, what would be the next
best choice in oils?
--sue

"Phil Troy/ G. Tacitus Adamantius" wrote:
>
> Peanut oil does usually taste like peanuts, but at least peanuts are
> eaten in the South of China (and, I assume, grown there), and I
> guess, apart from its value as an unsaturated fat with a high smoke
> point, it's not necessarily an incompatible flavor to a lot of
> southern Chinese stir-fried dishes, any more than olive oil poses a
> distracting element in a good ragu.



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