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firefleye · 05-07-2009, 12:52 PM

I would not recommend cooking with extra virgin olive oil. High heat destroys the flavors of extra virgin that you paid extra for. Cook with regular olive oil, it's cheaper with no loss of nutritional value.

For really high heat cooking, I would use a cooking oil with a higher "smoking point" such as soybean oil (but there are lots of other options).

And DON'T cook in Teflon at high heat. The high temps release toxic fumes that are dangerous to inhale. It has the potential to kill small animals in a home and is really bad for pregnant women.

The recipe looks tasty, just adding my $.02.

05-07-2009, 12:52 PM	#2 (permalink)
firefleye Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 13	I would not recommend cooking with extra virgin olive oil. High heat destroys the flavors of extra virgin that you paid extra for. Cook with regular olive oil, it's cheaper with no loss of nutritional value. For really high heat cooking, I would use a cooking oil with a higher "smoking point" such as soybean oil (but there are lots of other options). And DON'T cook in Teflon at high heat. The high temps release toxic fumes that are dangerous to inhale. It has the potential to kill small animals in a home and is really bad for pregnant women. The recipe looks tasty, just adding my $.02.