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    All About Oils

    Jun 08, 2021 4 minutes
    BY KATHLEEN BRENNAN

    VEGITABLE OIL

    Best For: Baking, sautéing, and frying. “Vegetable oil” is a generic term that encompasses any edible oil made from plant sources, including nuts, seeds, grains, beans, and olives. Cooking oils labeled “vegetable oil” are usually made from soybeans, but they can also be made from other substances or a blend of several. Most commercially available vegetable oils have been refined, bleached, and deodorized so that they have a neutral flavor and high smoking point.

    CORN OIL

    Frying and baking. Compounds in corn oil can taste sour at room temperature, as when used in mayonnaise or dressings. When heated, these same compounds change for the better, so food fried in corn oil

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