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Fried egg butty anyone?
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been eating eggs fried in olive oil for years, not because it's healthy it just tastes sooo much nicer.
probably not the news Flora wanted to hear, kinda pisses all over their Cuisine product.
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I fry two meals a day in olive oil, have just bought some virgin coconut oil though to make things even healthier
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But Heinz ketchup gives you cancer....
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No! Ketchup counts as one of my 5 weekly portions of fruit and veg.
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result! only use sunflower or olive oil anyway.
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Fried egg butty anyone?
Yeah, you have the bread, I'll have the eggs
probably not the news Flora wanted to hear, kinda pisses all over their Cuisine product
I reckon you've got that right.
However, one ought to give that Flora cuisine sht a miss, as it has the gum in it.No! Ketchup counts as one of my 5 weekly portions of fruit and veg.
Posted like a true disciplne of Heinz.
Seriously though. I've no issue with Ketchup, but when I here the current radio adverts claming that a tin of their soup counts as one of your five a day
It does irritate me.
I feel that they are deliberately leading to confuse and thus exploit.My reading indicates that frying in Olive oil is ok, so long as you keep the temps low.
Heating, oxidizing Olive oil degrades the Omega 3 content, but apparently not the Omega 6 content.
Not withstanding that Omega 6 is a Pro-inflamatory....
Furthermore, perhaps aim to get the best Olive oil you can, first pressing, extra virgin, etc.
I avoid Sunflower oil.I'd say fry your eggs in unslated, organic butter.
But I guess I'll get flamed for that now. Posted 4 months ago # -
Poached eggs in English muffins is where it's at!
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Furthermore, perhaps aim to get the best Olive oil you can, first pressing, extra virgin, etc.
So that everything you've paid extra for can evaporate as it hits the pan. I buy good oil, and cook with it, but I know that I'm being daft when I do.
EDIT whats 'the gum'?
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Does anyone fry anything in lard or butter now anyway? Surely olive oil is the ONLY way to fry and egg? I eat poached anyway, much much healthier.
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Poached eggs in English muffins is where it's at!
I used to think that but then, inspired by a holiday in Barcelona, I invented what is now my favourite breakfast.
Fry eggs (not too hot) in decent, but not EV olive oil. When nearly done, drop in a handful of chopped chorizo. Cook until chorizo is warmed through, and the oil has turned reddish, then serve eggs (runny yolks) on toasted white muffins, with chorizo scattered over the top. Top with a few drops of tabasco.
Goes very well with crunchy orange juice.
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Does anyone fry anything in lard or butter now anyway?
Don't fry with butter - fry the butter
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I fry two meals a day in olive oil, have just bought some virgin coconut oil though to make things even healthier
Not sure if you're joking or not... I have my breakfast fried in olive oil every morning (and often dinner as well). I'd be worried I wasn't eating enough fat otherwise, owing to the particular diet I am on.Posted 4 months ago # -
Just watch out for those hype up olive oil as there are many fakes ones in the market. Could be lamp oil ...
My favourite is the Greek olive oil and very nice too.
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i had eggs on brown this morning.
drop of olive oil in the pan, crack in 2 eggs, the place a lid on the pan.
steams the eggs and makes them delish...............
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Those yellow fields that blight the countryside are where it's at in healthy oils..
Rapeseed oil is much better for you with half the saturated fats of Olive oil.
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Zilog no I do have an eggy dish most mornings and fish in the evening.
Regarding the coconut oil there's lots of research and evidence out there but here are the basics, despite being almost completely saturated fat it's very good for you - http://www.organicfacts.net/organic-oils/organic-coconut-oil/health-benefits-of-coconut-oil.html
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I use sunflower oil or groundnut oil. Sometimes use olive oil for cooking, but it depends what you're cooking - olive oil doesn't get hot enough.
Eggs should definitely not be fried in olive oil, that's just WRONG.
Sunflower oil, with a smidge of butter thrown in to give them a nice brown and crispy edge.
Horses for courses.Posted 4 months ago # -
Does anyone fry anything in lard or butter now anyway?
Yep. I fry everything in butter. Well, everything that i want fried and that doesn't already have it's own fatty goodness, like bacon.
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Rapeseed oil is much better for you with half the saturated fats of Olive oil.
I got some locally produced rapeseed oil at the farmers' market last weekend as I'd heard how healthy it was. It has a different & much stronger flavour than olive oil. Not unpleasant, but definitely an acquired taste that will take some acclimatising to!Posted 4 months ago # -
Fried egg butty is a food of the gods, I can only think that people who prefer their eggs cooked any other way have allergies and stuff.
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Those yellow fields that blight the countryside are where it's at in healthy oils..
Seriuosly, can you expand on this.
I am interested.
ie, the EFA content, etc.Regarding the coconut oil there's lots of research and evidence out there but here are the basics, despite being almost completely saturated fat it's very good for you
Yeap, I've read similar about Coconut oil.
Sadly, I tried it recently and had a reaction.
So I'm sticking with the best Olive oil I can get and butter.Theres a shop in my city centre which sells oils and vinegar.
Pity they appear not to know how to store the olive oil in the dark, ie, opaque containers.
Instead they store it in large glass containers with back-lighting.
I've read that light, again, degrades Omega 3.
(Omega 3 seems to be quite a fragile EFA)
Since learning this, I store my olive oil in the cupboard, in the dark.Horses for courses.
Definately.
I'm looking for stuff that, firstly, will provide the nutrients I beieve I require.
Then the task is to get it tasting good.
For me, just cos an oil may taste good, doesn't make it so from a nutrition perspective.
IMHO.
Maybe get over to MDA and see what he's posted about the different oils and how they withstand cooking temps, etc.
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I'm looking for stuff that, firstly, will provide the nutrients I beieve I require.
Then the task is to get it tasting good.you're doing it wrong.
EFA, MDA
WTF
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EFA = Essential Fatty Acid.
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Rorschach - Member
But Heinz ketchup gives you cancer....
...but ketchup is also very rich in lycopene, an excellent destroyer of cancer-causing free radicals.... does that mean 'heinz' and 'ketchup' cancel each other out?
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free radicals
Bad boys, they are......
And you get more of them when you heat up your oil.
So low temp oil frying is possibly a good idea.
Smoking oil, may not be so good.Posted 4 months ago # -
i love a good fried egg sarnie!
but dave lister knows where its at
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/The-Red-Dwarf-Sandwich/Detail.aspx
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Impressive.
Thats got me thinking about srambled eggs with chillies and diced ham, or salmon.
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Ah the fried-egg-chilli-chutney sandwich. A classic.
"I feel like I'm having a baby"Posted 4 months ago # -
Sunflower oil/Rapeseed oil
Clarified Butter - stops it burning
Lard and Dripping occasionally
Olive Oil -rarely not good at heat and using extra virgin is burning twenty pounds notes, madness.Posted 4 months ago # -
Sunflower oil/Rapeseed oil Clarified Butter - stops it burning Lard and Dripping occasionally Olive Oil -rarely not good at heat and using extra virgin is burning twenty pounds notes, madness.
Ok, but I've read that sunflower oil is generally not a good oil for cooking or dressing.
Ref the Olive Oil thing.
I'm not exactly dripping with cash, but I try not to let cost get in the way of buying oil.
I've got some Napolina organic EVOO, 500Ml, in my desk here.
Think it cost about 4 quid.
So not the end of the world as I know it.Horses for courses, innit.
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Horses for courses, innit.
Yes, use extra virgin for dressing and putting on food, use refined for frying if you must use olive oil, the omega 3 you lose out on will be minimal. That is what the Italians do.
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omega 3 you lose out on will be minimal
As there isn't exactly loads of Omega 3 in even the best Olive Oil, to begin with.
But you still keep your Omega 6.It is suggested that too high an Omega 6 to Omega 3 ratio is not good.
One reason why I now fry using butter, most of the time, as it is more temperature tolerant and as you suggest, keep the olive oil for dressings.
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