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Greetings,
When frying one has to consider the temperature of the situation. Most oils
have a break down point where they start to smoke and burn. In my
situation I render fat that I get from the butcher and make lard. That is
best for deep frying which is very hot. Others here have mentioned coconut
oil as an alternative. I have never tried that one. I might add that I
rarely, if ever, deep fry anything.
For my everyday sauté needs I simply use a good olive oil and reduce the
temperature a bit. It only adds a few minutes to the cooking and it tastes
great. I would think that sunflower oil would be OK since it comes from a
seed that we eat anyway ( sunflower seeds make such great munchies ). I use
sunflower oil in my homemade mayo because I find that the olive oil makes it
taste very harsh. That however is a personal flavor issue really.
In the case of your shrimp I would try olive oil. I often do stirfry with
olive oil and it works pretty good. One just has to keep moving! LOL
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Erryn Pollock" <[log in to unmask]>
> Greetings! I'm brand-new to the list, and believe it or not HAVE looked
through the archives for my answer. I didn't find a clear one.
>
> My question is what sort of oils are best for frying, and paleo? Olive oil
breaks down too easily...what about sunflower oil? Keep in mind that I don't
fry things very often, but I have a paleo-type of fried shrimp recipe I'm
dying to try out. :)
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