Rapeseed oil v Extra virgin olive oil £££
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It depends on if you want it for simple frying or adding flavour to something like a vinagerette.
Olive oil has more flavour generally I find.
There are different grades of olive oil though so you could go with basic oilve oil rather than extra virgin if your just frying with it. Keep a small bottle of extra virgin for vinagerettes.
Olive oil has more flavour generally I find.
There are different grades of olive oil though so you could go with basic oilve oil rather than extra virgin if your just frying with it. Keep a small bottle of extra virgin for vinagerettes.
Edited by sherman on Wednesday 10th April 13:41
C5_Steve said:
I've always bee surprised at the lack of availability of rapeseed oil in most places, perfectly acceptable for frying in as mentioned when the flavour of the oil isn't too much of a concern.
It’s in every single supermarket https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/254...
Cold-pressed rapeseed oil has a 'mustardiness' which makes it a winner in any Indian dish.
Some chefs - Mark Hix etc - champion the use of UK rapeseed oil as a direct substitute for extra virgin olive oil in salad dressings, but I don't see this working universally.
Anything leafy or tomato based needs to be EVOO in my opinion.
Some chefs - Mark Hix etc - champion the use of UK rapeseed oil as a direct substitute for extra virgin olive oil in salad dressings, but I don't see this working universally.
Anything leafy or tomato based needs to be EVOO in my opinion.
NaePasaran said:
£14 for a litre of Bertolli in my supermarket!
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£4.80 for a litre (2 x 500ml) of Scottish/UK cold pressed rapeseed oil.
Assuming bad harvests across southern Europe sprinkled with a little Brexit...
An acceptable substitute or just cough up for the real deal?
Or avoid the branded stuff. 1ltr of olive oil in Aldi is around £6.50 (recently increased by about a quid), and is well worth it.v
£4.80 for a litre (2 x 500ml) of Scottish/UK cold pressed rapeseed oil.
Assuming bad harvests across southern Europe sprinkled with a little Brexit...
An acceptable substitute or just cough up for the real deal?
There is a huge difference between rapeseed (vegetable) cooking oil and cold pressed rapeseed oil. Good quality cold pressed rapeseed is a very good oil and has great Herby mustard flavour. Really good in dressings, dips etc and a perfect substitute for extra virgin olive oil. Far superior to bland mild olive oils.
Mobile Chicane said:
Some chefs - Mark Hix etc - champion the use of UK rapeseed oil as a direct substitute for extra virgin olive oil in salad dressings, but I don't see this working universally.
It'll be interesting to see what happens to UK rapeseed oil prices this year - Farmers Weekly were reporting last month that there is an estimated 28% decrease in OSR area planted for this year, and that's before the effect the wet weather will have on what's left.NaePasaran said:
£14 for a litre of Bertolli in my supermarket!
v
£4.80 for a litre (2 x 500ml) of Scottish/UK cold pressed rapeseed oil.
Assuming bad harvests across southern Europe sprinkled with a little Brexit...
An acceptable substitute or just cough up for the real deal?
Wha?! And Bertolli is not even a good quality oil. v
£4.80 for a litre (2 x 500ml) of Scottish/UK cold pressed rapeseed oil.
Assuming bad harvests across southern Europe sprinkled with a little Brexit...
An acceptable substitute or just cough up for the real deal?
craig1912 said:
Just because you can find it on a website doesn't mean there's a lack of it on the shelves....(I'm sure you were trying to be helpful and not comment on my personal experience).
In my local Asda, there will be multiple shelves full of a variety of olive oil but they'll only sell one or two MAYBE brands of rapeseed oil which are usually sold out as they don't hold the stock levels. You'll find more possibly in the "Foods of World" section but often just in the massive containers.
My point was given the abundance we could produce locally over olive oil, I'm surprised it's not more prevalent.
ajap1979 said:
ChocolateFrog said:
I wouldn't fancy dipping my bread in a bowl of rapeseed oil.
Not normal Rapeseed Oil, but cold pressed is great in dressings. It’s basically the equivalent of EVOO. Just checked my cupboard and I've got 17 different types of oil
I've definitely had more types before, all for different thingsBuy rapeseed or other suitable oil for frying/cooking then go online and buy some good quality current harvest EVOO for other uses. You get higher quality oils for each task at the same price as that 1ltr bottle of Bertolli.
Bertolli is low quality mass produced trash. It would be like paying £15 for a bottle of Heinz ketchup.
Bertolli is low quality mass produced trash. It would be like paying £15 for a bottle of Heinz ketchup.
Edited by StupidDecisions on Thursday 11th April 09:50
C5_Steve said:
Just because you can find it on a website doesn't mean there's a lack of it on the shelves....
(I'm sure you were trying to be helpful and not comment on my personal experience).
In my local Asda, there will be multiple shelves full of a variety of olive oil but they'll only sell one or two MAYBE brands of rapeseed oil which are usually sold out as they don't hold the stock levels. You'll find more possibly in the "Foods of World" section but often just in the massive containers.
My point was given the abundance we could produce locally over olive oil, I'm surprised it's not more prevalent.
I think you probably missed my point, and I’m not sure you meant your first line to say what it does.(I'm sure you were trying to be helpful and not comment on my personal experience).
In my local Asda, there will be multiple shelves full of a variety of olive oil but they'll only sell one or two MAYBE brands of rapeseed oil which are usually sold out as they don't hold the stock levels. You'll find more possibly in the "Foods of World" section but often just in the massive containers.
My point was given the abundance we could produce locally over olive oil, I'm surprised it's not more prevalent.
My point was, that it is in every supermarket as most supermarket Vegetable oil is rapeseed oil which is where most of UK’s production goes. Not the cold pressed virgin variety but non the less rape seed oil.
Saying that most supermarkets also have the cold pressed virgin stuff too- even Aldi and Lidl!
Silvanus said:
ajap1979 said:
ChocolateFrog said:
I wouldn't fancy dipping my bread in a bowl of rapeseed oil.
Not normal Rapeseed Oil, but cold pressed is great in dressings. It’s basically the equivalent of EVOO. Just checked my cupboard and I've got 17 different types of oil
I've definitely had more types before, all for different thingsCPRO is often on the menu of better end restaurants as part of the bread 'option'.
craig1912 said:
C5_Steve said:
Just because you can find it on a website doesn't mean there's a lack of it on the shelves....
(I'm sure you were trying to be helpful and not comment on my personal experience).
In my local Asda, there will be multiple shelves full of a variety of olive oil but they'll only sell one or two MAYBE brands of rapeseed oil which are usually sold out as they don't hold the stock levels. You'll find more possibly in the "Foods of World" section but often just in the massive containers.
My point was given the abundance we could produce locally over olive oil, I'm surprised it's not more prevalent.
I think you probably missed my point, and I’m not sure you meant your first line to say what it does.(I'm sure you were trying to be helpful and not comment on my personal experience).
In my local Asda, there will be multiple shelves full of a variety of olive oil but they'll only sell one or two MAYBE brands of rapeseed oil which are usually sold out as they don't hold the stock levels. You'll find more possibly in the "Foods of World" section but often just in the massive containers.
My point was given the abundance we could produce locally over olive oil, I'm surprised it's not more prevalent.
My point was, that it is in every supermarket as most supermarket Vegetable oil is rapeseed oil which is where most of UK’s production goes. Not the cold pressed virgin variety but non the less rape seed oil.
Saying that most supermarkets also have the cold pressed virgin stuff too- even Aldi and Lidl!
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