The best oil to use is extra virgin olive oil.
coconut oil is pretty good too.
If Olive was a virgin, then explain Sweet Pea.
Grapeseed Oil is good for higher cooking temps, too
Not to be a Delbert Downer here Jack, but EVOO, is not at all a good cooking oil, or even close..
Not to get technical, unless you need me to, the burn/smoke, temperature of Extra Virgin Olive Oil, although much healthier, is very low, thus evaporation and scorch is highly prevalent..
Pomace Olive Oil, is much higher, but still lower than Extra light olive oil, and not the best yet..
Fat based oils (Lard) are far better for frying, but generally unhealthy, than many others available in grocers..
Hey Jack!
I have heard Grape seed and Rice bran oil are more stable at higher cooking temperatures and better for cooking. Olive oil is best unrefined and unheated and used within a year of being pressed. In Europe it is often mixed (adulterated) with other cheaper lesser quality oils and sold as 100% olive oil.
I don’t think canola is healthy, I won’t use it. People say its healthy and nutty, I think it tastes rancid. It used to be used as an industrial oil, they reduced the dangerous constituent, but only reduced. I’ll get my omega 3s from fish.