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Wow that's really useful Realist, thanks for that

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I can confirm that the recipe of pasta swirled in some garlic, rosemary fried in olive oil and grated cheese (I used some gruyere that was in the fridge from some recipe), was yummy. Also added some sliced and fried portabello mushroom. You won't be hungry for the rest of the day. I was thinking of adding some grated zest of lemon next time.

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Yes I use it a lot. It’s used to cook with and to make vinegarettes for salads, plus for pasta dishes.
I also use coconut oil and avocado oil
Sometimes use it on my hair but prefer coconut oil.

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At home we have Olive Oil, Sesame, Sunflower, butter.

For roasting: Sunflower

Scrambled eggs, sauce roux: Sunflower mixed with butter.

Sesame & Olive generally get applied after the food's cooked.

However, about once/week we have a fresh fish steak, shallow fried in olive oil. It doesn't reach anywhere near smoke point.

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That's interesting. EV Olive oil is quite low on the list which explains why sometimes when I take my roasties out of the oven my kitchen resembles that film, The Fog.

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Have you seen The Towering Inferno?

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I don't use any oil for cooking.... and I only use olive oil for softening the wax in my ears.

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Drizzle it over tomatoes and mozzarella..... delicious!

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Yum ... salt & black pepper too.

and I think it may have been mentioned already .... O O & Balsamic vinegar makes delish dip for propper bread.