Where I live we use sunflower oil because sunflowers are growing here while, let’s say, olives – don’t. I suppose Italians would use olive oil as a default variant.
AFAIK based on my own myopic experience, they also use seed oils for frying and alike, except from few very specific oil-based sauces and dishes (e.g. cooking garlic).
Then there can easily be some random Italian Chef that will swear seed oil is the devil and it’s turning us gay.
Sunflower oil is just fine for frying, as long as it’s refined — otherwise you’ll get a shitton of smoke, and burnt particles in the dish. But unrefined oil tastes better in salads.
Idk even what the problem with garlic could be, except of course for the fact that chopped garlic fries very quickly.
nothing. many countries’ nutritional guidelines recommend consuming sunflower oil, because it’s high-oleic.
Where I live we use sunflower oil because sunflowers are growing here while, let’s say, olives – don’t. I suppose Italians would use olive oil as a default variant.
AFAIK based on my own myopic experience, they also use seed oils for frying and alike, except from few very specific oil-based sauces and dishes (e.g. cooking garlic).
Then there can easily be some random Italian Chef that will swear seed oil is the devil and it’s turning us gay.
Sunflower oil is just fine for frying, as long as it’s refined — otherwise you’ll get a shitton of smoke, and burnt particles in the dish. But unrefined oil tastes better in salads.
Idk even what the problem with garlic could be, except of course for the fact that chopped garlic fries very quickly.
Iirc it was just the taste. I was also told to never use virgin oil for cooking as it has a low smoke point. So I only use oil that’s been around.
Hmmm, guess I’ve just never tried garlic fried in anything else, except maybe butter.
Ignore nutritional “guidelines” - look at the nonsensical food pyramid, which even a diabetes doc from 1930 would call bullshit.
What’s largely important with oils is the Omega 3,9,6 balance.
There are other considerations after that (GLA/ALA), but it’s a good place to start.
My therapist gave me shit once for saying that the pyramid was bullshit.
Were they also a dietician?