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From: "Jamie Dolan" <[log in to unmask]>
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> Maybe this is stupid and completely unnecessary to put oil in the pan,

Jamie, I put an oil that can tolerate high heat, such as grape seed oil, in 
the pan first and turn it to a fairly high heat for a couple minutes until 
the oil will run over the pan when the pan is tilted.  Then I wipe out the 
pan with a paper towel, taking almost all the oil out of the pan, but the 
pan itself is cured and ready for frying.

I use a fairly heavy stainless steel pan to do this, and it usually works 
quite well.  Also, I believe that Lauren Cordain has a list of oils in his 
book and which ones are higher in omega sixes.  I buy my oils at the local 
health food store, and the glass bottles that they come in list which ones 
are able to tolerate high heat, medium heat etc..

I hope this helps,

Kath