OLIVE OIL French Fries are the best #shorts

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[giannispets]

My grandfather is 100 years old now. My grandma would always fry fries in olive oil. Fries have been fried in Greece where I come from for generations in olive oil.
What he says is correct you just have to use it fewer times than some other oils.
As for those who laugh about the word extra virgin or Virgin, its the categorization of quality in olive oil.
The reality is that good olive oil needs to be low acidity, cold pressed, not mixed, not refined, this year's crop, from a good place of origin. Even inside a country qualities differ. Usually on Mountain they produce less quantity per tree, harder to harvest, but higher quality/taste which is extra fine for cooking and salads. Its sad but many times in your supermarkets you might be getting from some big companies lower grades of olive oil and even mixed. Example mixed with a percentage of cheaper oil, mixing of low qualities with high to generate a mediocre result etc. That's why in Greece most people buy directly for producers usually in bulk.
My family has been producing olive oil for more than a century. Sorry for my rant but i am annoyed from the food industry. In the end they might be selling you snacks with motor oil inside and say you and a fairytail of how good the motor oil is for you, and they might rename it machined used oil in order to make it less clear what it is lol

[notimportant]

The funny thing is that olive oil is probably better for you than using seed oils

[jeffpro]

In my opinion extra virgin olive oil or avocado oil are the best oils to use for cooking! Coconut oil is also good but only in moderation.

[nikosstamatiou]

I'm a Greek, so I'm used to having only olive oil. I am not eating any carbs anymore, but up to some years ago I had a permanent pan for potatoes with olive oil in it. I was replacing the oil every about 50 times because I was cooking in a very low temperature (takes time, but gives extremely more taste and cranch). Indeed after 50 uses, the oil had the same taste, but I would replace it anyway. The taste is unmatched, but I have never tried tallow.

[punintended]

I usually bake them but deep-fried hits different.

[harpershaw]

I would do some research on the effects of heating olive oil to a high temp. It may not be good to reuse it

[hikerinpam]

You can just use olive oil.... Once extra virgin olive oil is heated it becomes plain old olive oil

[Vespa-ws]

FACTS, I JUST TRIED THIS AND LOOK IT UP, ITS THE BEST FRIES I'VE EVER MADE

[emoore]

Another good oil for frying is coconut oil

[bodyofhope]

100% agree.
I never stopped using EVOO in cooking. Ppl who live the longest with the best hair and skin are in regions known for eating and exporting tons of olives and olive oil. They eat it raw and cook with it.
A shot of EVOO a day keeps the Dr away!

[emmettwilson]

Beef tallow and schmultz are both better options for making fries

[Ttan]

"Extra unvirgin olive oil"

Immediately opens the comment section

[juliangerber]

Extra Virgin means its coldpressed just j’use olive oil.
After fry its just Olive oil.

[DynamicalisBlue]

Best part is reusing olive oil is better than reusing seed oils due to less unsaturated to transfat conversion.

[DaemonNoctis]

Here in Spain we use EV Olive Oil all the time for our fries, you would rarely see people using other oils, perhaps sunflower oil in bars

[hammersam]

I love either pork lard or beef tallow fries anytime we get a large cut from the butcher or we just cooked enough bacon in a month we'll make it

[Manuel-qutc]

In Greece, that's how most people used to fry their potatoes, in olive oil (we probably still do). I personally like them that way but I also understand why people might want a more neutral-tasting oil like canola or sunflower.

[vladodobleja]

Extravirgin olive oil has that strong aroma that I wouldn't want on my food, I tried it on my food and didn't like the taste !

[andrewjay]

Beef Tallow and Peanut Oil are the best by far

[Canbutcant]

I love frying food with olive oil, It always comes out great. My wallet is bottomless on the subject of food.