What are your best cooking tips that most people don't know?

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[–]1Icemonkey 6 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 2 fun -  (9 children)

Never vegetable oil (soybean oil), always lard.

[–]JasonCarswell 5 insightful - 4 fun5 insightful - 3 fun6 insightful - 4 fun -  (3 children)

Coconut oil.

[–]BISH 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Ghee

[–]1Icemonkey 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Yes. I’ve been using this as well. Not only in my curries, but also to cure my high-end layered stainless fry pans. Good shit!

[–]Airbus320 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Or cold pressed palm oil

[–]thatrightwinger 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

Butter. Lard is great, but butter.

[–]1Icemonkey 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Lots of butter. However, when frying breaded pork chops, def lard.

[–]thatrightwinger 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Lard may have an advantage with breaded foods.

[–]Airbus320 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Pork is not kosher

[–]Musky 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Soybean oil is bad for you, but it's friggin delicious.