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. :)