Re: Canola mayonnaise

"Omelet" <omp_omelet@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I don't dislike Canola due to the "fear monger" posts.

I dislike Canola because it tastes nasty...

and there are far better oils that are just as healthy and taste better!

I know different people taste things differently. But to me, canola oil tastes and smells virtually the same as corn oil and generic vegetable oil (which is often based on soybeans). The common peanut oils might have a slight taste, as do the more refined ("light") olive oils. To me, only the less refined (extra virgin, for example) olive oils have a pronounced taste, the rest of the common oils are not distinctive. They all smell and taste like "cooking oil" to me.

Mostly I use olive oil, unless I am using larqe quantities and/or don't want any taste from the oil. Then I use canola oil. I don't want my pancakes and waffles tasting of olive oil, for example.

So what is a far better oil (than canola) that is just as healthy and tastes better? To me, olive oil is the only one that is commonly available and reasonably priced.

Regarding "tasting nasty", that is a relative thing. Comparatively few things "taste nasty" to me. They surely taste different, and I have a strong preference for some things, but not a strong dislike for very many. An example of something that I have a strong dislike for from the smell perspective is fish sauce. But when incorporated into something, I like the taste and the foul odor disappears. I just have to remember to "hold my nose" while making something with it.



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