They are in almost every got damn thing! I can’t order anything out in restaurants without my food swimming in them. Take something healthy like broccoli. Order them in just about any restaurant and it is loaded with some kind of seed oil. Then, you have packaged and frozen foods at grocery stores. All kinds of crap in them too. Canola oil. Soybean oil. Safflower oil. Damn palm kernel oil. Often times just the second ingredient listed! I travel kind of often. It makes it really hard to eat healthy while I’m on the road.
Why do I hate them? Many reasons, but the most immediate is that I break out in cystic acne after a few days of heavy consumption.
Question is whyyyy are they added, in large amounts? And why not just butter or olive or avocado oil? Yeah, they’re more expensive but it is worth it. And more tasty!
Another question, where can I plug in a freaking George Forman grill? I thought it might be a good idea to take matters into my own hands and just cook my own food while on the road. I’m having setbacks with this also. I plugged one in to cook some aparagus and tofu, at a YMCA locker room. They have outlets used for blow dryers and razors. I thought it would be a good idea to plug in my grill there. But no, some “Karen” bro told on me. Staff walked into the locker room and made me leave. Hotels are also a no-no. Those damn smoke alarms.
Ok, I’m done complaining. I guess I just have to accept that I’ll be consuming this poison.
What frozen veggies are you buying? They never have oil in them that I have seen (usually the instructions suggest you put a little oil in but you have to provide it).
And, frankly, fresh veg is better anyway. Freeze what you do not need immediately and then cook as you like when you want some.
Oil is actually healthy for you in moderate amounts but, if the OP has specific health issues with oil (as mentioned) then all the more reason to buy fresh and cook as appropriate (or use an oil that is not a problem for you).
Eating out will always be a problem. Oil is important in restaurant cooking. I suppose you could find some places with dishes you’d tolerate (maybe some steamed dishes) but that could take some doing.
I’m guessing the canola oil is because of cost. It really is one of the more inexpensive ones for restaurants. I also know a lot of places buy a blend of canola and safflower for the deep fryer because it handles high temps pretty well.
I’ve been in restaurant operations for 30+ years and the restaurants I run currently use clarified butter in the deep fryer (!!!) for any fried items. The frites are delicious! So you can eat with us all the time without any cystic acne issues but you will likely die of heart disease. LOL.
We also use olive and sesame oil. Not sure if the latter one is okay or not. But none of the others you mention.
I cannot stop laughing at the thought of someone grilling up asparagus and tofu in a YMCA locker room while the old guy that who refuses to drape a towel across his hips stands there with one leg up on a bench and his junk hanging out trying to engage you in a discussion about lawn care. Bravo, good sir!
When in season that is. And I get why seed oil is used on cruciforms to get them nice and tasty although avocado or olive would be better if more expensive. See Kolak_of_Twilo’s reply.
That sounds very dangerous, although it would explain the anomalously high number of third degree genital burn complaints associated with the George Foreman grill (second only to The Cornballer).
I’d like to know why a guy who gambles so often and so much (as he has stated in other threads) that he gets comped everywhere he goes, has to try to cook a meal in the locker room of the YMCA.
