If only this were true of US Citizens living abroad. I live in Italy, and pay my 5 star hotel/country tax rate (US Citizen) no matter where I am in the freakin' world. Forever. Without access to the services, just the passport.
Mind you, I'm not about to give up my passport, but the whole tax thing makes me think about it every once and a while.
Actually, if you know about olive oil you use it to deep fry anything that can stand up to the taste. I currently live in Italy, and around here every Italian home kitchen I know of fries only in Olive oil. If you're frying tempura, you would probably want to use a lighter tasting oil so that the delicate taste is not impaired.
When you fry food a certain percentage of moisture that is present in the food must evaporate out of the food before the oil can penetrate it. Each oil has a different percentage of moisture that must evaporate first before penetrating. Of the different oils olive oil has one of the highest percentages of moisture that first has to evaporate. This means that the food stays in the oil for longer without the oil penetrating the food and leads to the food feeling less oily after cooking. It's also a healthier type of oil to use than most other oils due to the fat type.
You would definitely want to fry with a filtered olive oil to make sure that the little bits of olive won't scorch and it wouldn't make sense to pick the most delicate tasting oil as much of the taste would be lost during the heating and frying process. But, filtered EVOO is very good for a home kitchen for frying because the antioxidants that are present in it will help keep the oil from degrading. Olive oil is NOT an appropriate choice for frying in a restaurant because it doesn't handle being heated up over and over again and kept at hot temperatures for long periods of time.
Also, EVOO is defined by acidity the world over, among other factors such as taste and having no processing other than filtering. From the IOOC website:
Virgin olive oils are the oils obtained from the fruit of the olive tree solely by mechanical or other physical means under conditions, particularly thermal conditions, that do not lead to alterations in the oil, and which have not undergone any treatment other than washing, decantation, centrifugation and filtration. Virgin olive oils fit for consumption as they are include:
Extra virgin olive oil: virgin olive oil which has a free acidity, expressed as oleic acid, of not more than 0.8 grams per 100 grams, and the other characteristics of which correspond to those fixed for this category in this standard If by
so you're not buying real EVOO at the stores you mean the normal brands in the clear glass containers on the supermarket shelves, you're right. You can tell that by looking at the label, but unfortunately most Americans aren't educated on what to look for.
Uh, so is Lung Cancer. Most of it caused by smoking, which is something people _choose_ to do.
I haven't looked at the specific statistics on obesity, but with the recent news reports of studies pointing to choice of diet being the leading cause of obesity, and the significant percentage of obese people who are in the middle and upper class in Western nations I would be inclined to believe that a significant percentage of obese people are that way because of the food that they choose to eat.
Whether simplistic or not, the parallels can be drawn between obesity and lung cancer. Both are a life threatening "medical condition" which can be prevented by a change in lifestyle.
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If only this were true of US Citizens living abroad. I live in Italy, and pay my 5 star hotel/country tax rate (US Citizen) no matter where I am in the freakin' world. Forever. Without access to the services, just the passport.
Mind you, I'm not about to give up my passport, but the whole tax thing makes me think about it every once and a while.
When you fry food a certain percentage of moisture that is present in the food must evaporate out of the food before the oil can penetrate it. Each oil has a different percentage of moisture that must evaporate first before penetrating. Of the different oils olive oil has one of the highest percentages of moisture that first has to evaporate. This means that the food stays in the oil for longer without the oil penetrating the food and leads to the food feeling less oily after cooking. It's also a healthier type of oil to use than most other oils due to the fat type.
You would definitely want to fry with a filtered olive oil to make sure that the little bits of olive won't scorch and it wouldn't make sense to pick the most delicate tasting oil as much of the taste would be lost during the heating and frying process. But, filtered EVOO is very good for a home kitchen for frying because the antioxidants that are present in it will help keep the oil from degrading. Olive oil is NOT an appropriate choice for frying in a restaurant because it doesn't handle being heated up over and over again and kept at hot temperatures for long periods of time.
Also, EVOO is defined by acidity the world over, among other factors such as taste and having no processing other than filtering. From the IOOC website: Virgin olive oils are the oils obtained from the fruit of the olive tree solely by mechanical or other physical means under conditions, particularly thermal conditions, that do not lead to alterations in the oil, and which have not undergone any treatment other than washing, decantation, centrifugation and filtration.
Virgin olive oils fit for consumption as they are include:
Extra virgin olive oil: virgin olive oil which has a free acidity, expressed as oleic acid, of not more than 0.8 grams per 100 grams, and the other characteristics of which correspond to those fixed for this category in this standard If by so you're not buying real EVOO at the stores you mean the normal brands in the clear glass containers on the supermarket shelves, you're right. You can tell that by looking at the label, but unfortunately most Americans aren't educated on what to look for.
Keith
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Uh, so is Lung Cancer. Most of it caused by smoking, which is something people _choose_ to do.
I haven't looked at the specific statistics on obesity, but with the recent news reports of studies pointing to choice of diet being the leading cause of obesity, and the significant percentage of obese people who are in the middle and upper class in Western nations I would be inclined to believe that a significant percentage of obese people are that way because of the food that they choose to eat.
Whether simplistic or not, the parallels can be drawn between obesity and lung cancer. Both are a life threatening "medical condition" which can be prevented by a change in lifestyle.
All these sacrifices... So many people giving, kinda brings a tear to my eye.