Imposter olive oil

[shootingstar]

I think it's coconut water that is supposed to be the healthiest "liquid" from the coconut.

Probably won't take the chance of cooking with coconut oil regardless of what is said. Already I avoid using coconut cream for curries, etc. Not that I ever did use much of it in the first place.

[OakLeaf]

Granted this is from a trade group, but here's a compilation of peer-reviewed research on the health benefits of coconut oil. http://www.coconutoil.com/peer_reviewed.htm

Coconut water is a trendy electrolyte replacement drink, but actually I'm not aware of any real health claims for it?

[badger]

I once went to a Thai restaurant with my parents. They had on special fresh coconuts (i.e. cut open with a straw in it). I was excited to try it, but... blech!! I didn't like the taste at all.

But if you think about it, what a marvelous fruit coconut is, you can use everything about the fruit itself, from husk to flesh to water.

I'm kind of on the outs with canola oil as a vast majority of the crop now is genetically modified. what are the flowers/pollen doing to the bees?

[Blueberry]

I'm kind of on the outs with canola oil as a vast majority of the crop now is genetically modified. what are the flowers/pollen doing to the bees?

I really hope it's accurate, but my Whole Foods Canola oil says non-gmo....

The short answer is I have no idea - maybe nothing - but I don't want to find out...

[OakLeaf]

That's why I only buy organic canola oil (also corn and soy products of any kind).

Not that the GMO pollen isn't contaminating many fields that are trying to grow organic.

[shootingstar]

I once went to a Thai restaurant with my parents. They had on special fresh coconuts (i.e. cut open with a straw in it). I was excited to try it, but... blech!! I didn't like the taste at all.
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I have not tried this coconut water in this way yet.

Oak, I only meant coconut water from the fresh coconut as a harmless liquid..therefore it's "healthier". That's all. Nothing sophisticated.

I actually have not prepared any food for years with peanut oil nor sesame oil. I just don't want it creeping into home cooking on a regular basis since it's not good stuff regularily.

Of course, I'll have it at restaurant in a prepared dish. After all, I'm not quizzing the cooks/server much at all on how they prepare every single dish I order from the menu.

Speaking of oil, it makes me wince to see some tv chefs add bacon to different dishes more often for "taste".

I was raised in a household that drained the fat from the frying pan into garbage if we ever had bacon.

[moonfroggy]

hmmm. lots of times i avoid oil (i do use some i already said i like almond oil) i like to eat food that has been processed as little as possible so i get fat from nuts and seeds and avocado's and things like that. you can make really yummy creamy salad dressing pureeing vinegar with nuts and seeds and herbs and spices. yum. solves a lot of the problems with oil i guess. and since i use less oil i feel ok spending more money on it and getting really nice oil in pretty little glass bottles.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

That's why I only buy organic canola oil (also corn and soy products of any kind).

Not that the GMO pollen isn't contaminating many fields that are trying to grow organic.

Most commercial sunflower crops as well are now seed-treated with Monsanto's nicotinate pesticides (which pervade every cell of the plant)....and some commercial beekeepers are starting this year to refuse to truck their bees to sunflowers for pollination now because half their honeybees are dying after pollinating the sunflowers. (I read the honeybee forums where the beekeepers hang out) Same thing is now happening with commercial melon crops. When the large farmers find they can no longer get beekeepers to bring their bees in to pollinate their crops, something will have to change.
When will we stop these giant all-powerful corporations from poisoning our food and the planet's water, soil, and creatures? All for the sake of lining their pockets with gold.