# An ingredient question for UK Dopers

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 23, 2011, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-ingredient-question-for-uk-dopers/568653 "2011-01-23T15:04:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2011, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-ingredient-question-for-uk-dopers/568653/21 "2011-01-24T22:23:13Z")

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> [@Floater](#):
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> I heard Nigella Lawson use the term yesterday.

> [@Jennyrosity](#):
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> Delia mentions “groundnut oil” in a number of her recipes, it’s her default cooking oil as she reckons the flavour of it doesn’t overpower whatever you cook in it, unlike other oils. Hence I’ve been using it for years.

Huh. I never use recipe books, so I guess I just wouldn’t have across it there; I’ve never heard anyone use the term in real life.

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