cooking with coconut oil
Cheft Teton taught me how to cook with coconut oil. This stuff is amazing. From cooking to smoothy drinks, you can use this on everything. I cook my rice with coconut oil. Its so delicous! What are your thoughts in cooking with coconut oil?
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9 Comments:
I just bought some and wanted to use it but was wondering if it should only be used for certain types of dishes- do you use it for everything? Like meats, stir fries, eggs? Or can you taste it? It is supposed to be much much better for you than veg, canola or even olive oil...
shaofan at 4:37PM on 11/21/07
I used to use it to pop popcorn. It was heavenly and had a high flashpoint which meant you could use the really HIGH heat needed to make good, not tough, popcorn. I stopped because there was a big ruckus about coconut oil being bad for your heart.
Now look, I'm famished for a big bowl of that wonderful stuff topped with real butter and table salt. And I don't think the Thanksgiving sides I am prepping tonite will satisfy that craving. Oh well!
coffeefrappe at 4:48PM on 11/21/07
I heard it's really good for you, but it makes everything taste coconutty. Can anyone weigh in on this?
Potluckcraft at 4:54PM on 11/21/07
Coconut oil can be use for whatever, In the mornings I make my husband scrambe eggs with a touch of coconut oil and he loves it. Not to mention he can be very picky. If you are dieting you definitly use coconut oil.
xiomara at 7:19PM on 11/21/07
Coconut oil is supposedly really healthy. I read all about it awhile ago but can't find the sources right now.
Unlike Potluckcraft, I found that it tasted less coconutty than expected.
CanadianFoodieGirl at 10:52AM on 11/22/07
Coconut oil is almost entirely saturated fat. Many other vegetable oils are almost entirely unsaturated fat.
ccbweb at 9:39PM on 11/22/07
Potluckcraft said: I heard it's really good for you...
ccbweb said: Coconut oil is almost entirely saturated fat. Many other vegetable oils are almost entirely unsaturated fat...
My knee-jerk reaction was more like ccbweb's comment than Potluckcraft's so I did a little googling.
Naturally, the sites that sell or grow coconuts discussed it as though it were Lourdes water; but there were also naysayers. I eventually found
a site that was somewhat balanced.
A point of confusion may be when it was discovered that hydrogenating was bad for health and one of the most frequently used hydrogenated oils was coconut oil - another was palm kernel oil. Coconuts and Hearts of Palm became poison in the eyes of many. This was the case until it was determined that it was the hydrogenating and not necessarily the oil causing problems.
chiff0nade at 7:27AM on 11/23/07
Saturated Fat: A Vital Ingredient for a Healthy Body: Over many decades coconut oil received bad publicity due to its saturated fat content, but research has shown that not all saturated fats are alike and coconut oil is unique in its structural make-up. It is not only the highest source of saturated fats (92%) but included in this is the highest source of saturated medium chain triglycerides (62%) of any naturally occurring vegan food source. Furthermore around 50% of these MCT’s are made up of lauric acid, the most important essential fatty acid in building and maintaining the body’s immune system.
Apart from coconut oil, the only other source of lauric acid found in such high concentrations is in mother’s milk. Tropical oils and mother’s milk are by far the richest food sources of medium chain fatty acids available. The closest other source of these vital building blocks for our immune system would be milk fat and butter, comprising around 3% of its content. Any other vegetable oil is completely deficient in these MCFAs.
xiomara at 4:11PM on 11/23/07
My husband grew up in Kerala, India and there almost everything is cooked in coconut oil. It doesn't taste that coconuty and it actually has a very good aftertaste that seems to enhance and support vegetables, fish and meat. Since the Keralites have been using & eating coconuts and its oil for generations, I'm sure it is okay. In terms of health, everything is good in moderation.
arathi at 12:53AM on 11/28/07