The Garden Fence - proper Old Style support and chat!

ivyleaf

I use rapeseed oil for stir-frying and what little shallow-frying I do (e.g. fried eggs). My roasties are done in beef dripping

I remember one of Jamie Oliver's programmes where he was doing a roast and his Nan was protesting "Not olive oil, Jamie! Not for roast potatoes!"

mardatha

I use oilive oil and dripping and butter. I dont listen to experts because every few months they change their minds and everything that was bad for you is then good. lol.

monnagran

Funds, I do as kittie does when roasting veg. With chips or potato wedges, I scrub them well, cut into whatever you are making, put them into a bowl, pour on about half a teaspoon of rapeseed oil the in with your hands and mix them round until they are oily. Scatter round the edge of a baking tray, leaving the middle of the tray empty. Bake in a hot oven for about 20 minutes.

No, they are not like chip shop chips but they are delicious in their own right. Very little oil used so if there are nasties they are kept to a minute amount AND they are not nearly as fattening. Win win.

ETA.Fuds, I see you are now Funds. Oh well, it makes a change from cuddle, muddle and puddle.

camelot1001

Interesting chat about different oils. I do tend to use olive oil for everything, anything else smells and makes the house smell for days. I'm not using any oil or fats at the moment as I'm trying to lose a few pounds.

Now the ice cream maker has caught my attention! Some lovely flavours suggested, ginger in particular but no alcohol in mine thanks, I don't like any food flavoured with alcohol.

Great news on the housing fronts monna and Thriftwizard, you must both be very excited. Good luck.

I have a serious case of can't be ar.... bothered. A busy weekend means recovering all week these days!

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Aren't we lucky to live in an age when we can have the great debate over which of the plethora of available ingredients is less dangerous to use? Three generations ago we were at war and on rationing and the only thought in most housewives minds was actually getting enough of anything they could to feed a hungry family, no matter how good bad or indifferent it was, I guess if it stopped for long enough you ate it! I wonder what our Grandma's and Great grandma's would make of food today?

nursemaggie

They would all think we were idiots. I expect for those of us over 70 it will add 5 minutes to our lives and the rest a few hours to days.

Witless

Yes indeed.

Lard for roasties.

Butter for frying eggs / making omelettes.

It's a bit like stopping smoking - you won't live any longer, it'll just seem like it.

(Mother W never smoked, drank or ate a bought vegetable or processed food in her life. She was 52 when she died.)

Softstuff

Flippin eck, I mention ice cream and you lot give me another 50 flavours to try! :rotfl: I fancy ginger, elderflower and I reckon the baileys would be a mix of the coffee and the whisky, so easy. I'm adding a touch of alcohol (vodka most likely, when I don't want to taste it, a tsp or 2) to keep it smooth, because the coconut cream I'll be using sets icier than cream (hubby's lactose intolerant). And MMF007 I'll be making sugar free too.

Fuddle, I'd roast with olive oil, a good extra virgin:
https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/health-and-wellness/cooking-with-olive-oil-some-like-it-hot-20150514-gh1wxw.html
If it was just potatoes, I'd grab duck fat, but the potatoes are off my menu right now.

But I do also use coconut oil (I prefer this to other veg oils because it doesn't leave a sticky residue), I use this more for baking than for roasting (can't use butter cos of hubby, if I could I would). I use butter (if it's just for me) and leftover dripping (if anything has left some) if there's an egg to be fried. But for frying veg, mince or stir fried mix, I don't use oil at all, just keep a small mug of water at the side and periodically splash a bit in. I get through very little oil here at all, just because I like to grill oil free and stir fry. I don't deep fry anything, primarily for the reason that we're open plan and I have to live with the smell of it for days!

I'm planning to pick up a small bottle of walnut oil at the weekend, apparently delicious on salads. We'll see. I think the key for me is not much oil on anything, and a lot of variety.

Nargleblast

Olive oil - a mere drizzle for frying. Butter - a small teaspoonful to fry an omelette. Coconut oil - a couple of teaspoonful to start off a curry. Roast potatoes are partially cooked in the microwave then tossed in olive oil and semolina before putting in the oven to roast. Chips are done in an air fryer, no oil at all needed. I think the natural, least processed oils and fats used in small amounts are fine, food swimming in grease is not pleasant.

fuddle

My grandma wouldn't think I was an idiot. She would support me in doing whatever I can to get healthy and try to prevent any further damage.

I'm 38 and worrying myself silly I'm going to die young like my dad.