Re: Happy Thanksgiving

Jacob Andersen wrote:

> > The secret lies in what you deep fry it in.  Stuff with lots of trans
> > fats are the current no no.  Veggie oils and some naturally occurring
> > fats are the "not as bad" stuff.
> 
> Umm, yeah. I don't know. Many vegetable oils are fairly fragile, so they
> might not be the best choice.

That's one of the latest things to worry, yeah.


> The most stable fats are the saturates, which
> incidently aren't good for you.

Funny how it turns out, huh?  It also seems that *Butter* may be among
the best.

Whoda thunk it?  Can you imagine deep frying everything in pure butter? 
mmmmm....

 
> And trans-fats as far as I know exist only in vegetable fat sources.

Only certain ones.


> If you
> look at the ingredients of something (really it's everywhere) you'll see
> "partly hydrogenated oils). This is not good for you.

That's what they're saying now, yeah.


> The problem with
> deep-frying is mainly that many tend to re-use the oil.

Everyone reuses oil, particularly food institutions.  Oil will get
reused X number of times.  It will be filtered and cleaned with each
reuse and then replaced after a given number of uses.


> That, and covering
> everything in fat has GOT to be bad for you.

That's the part that *really* being questioned right now.

The most recent research is tending more toward the presense or absense
of certain chemicals in the body as to what deliterious effects a high
fat diet will have.

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