During Passover, many Ashkenaz (European descended) Jews substitute palm oil for soy oil. I don't. We enjoy olive oil, which is much healthier. Palm oil is supposed to be one of the least healthy of all the vegetable oils.
And it's ugly, too. Isn't it?
Well, it is MUCH cheaper, but several years ago I informed DH that health was more important. I did buy one bottle of it this year- to be used soley for greasing baking tins and the like.....
ReplyDeleteI buy one block of no kitniyot margarine, which we never finish. It's just for frying the matzah brei.
ReplyDeleteActually, coconut oil is the healthiest oil of all to use, because even at high temperatures olive oil becomes rancid and thus toxic. Coconut oil doesn't change consistency at high temperature (ask a chemist for more info).
ReplyDeleteProblems with coconut oil: 1) price 2) your cookies taste like coconuts 3) never heard of it having a kosher l'pesach marking.
I rarely use it because of 2), though a friend made eggs with it, and I couldn't taste the coconut.
We use olive oil exclusively on Pesach (some butter with dairy).
Enjoy the rest of the holiday.
thanks, leora, we also use olive oil and some butter. I do buy the non-kitniyot margarine, but we never get close to finishing it. I use it for making matzah brei, since it's better for that sort of frying than olive oil. Yes, it does have palm oil.
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