Traditional moon cakes are made with melted lard, but today vegetable oil is more often used in the interests of health.
Frying in vegetable oil results in carcinogenic substances due to burned oil.
These subsistence-level households sell the coconut kernels, from which the oil is extracted and used as vegetable oil and in the soap and cosmetic industries, for cash.
Butter, bacon, beef, whole milk, virtually any food of animal origin is high in saturated fat; so are two vegetable oils: coconut and palm.
To keep your cardiovascular system young, consume unsaturated and non-hydrogenated (trans) vegetable oils, such as olive oil (monounsaturated), walnut oil (polyunsaturated) and flax seeds.
Chopped rosemary mixed with vegetable oil, garlic, and white wine makes a tasty marinade for meats.
Nuts, seeds, flax oil, and vegetable oils, such as olive and safflower oils, contain healthy fats.
Certain ingredients in a marinade - vinegar, citrus juice, vegetable oil or spices - may also prevent carcinogen formation.
Hard fats such as lard, margarine and butter are not good as they are high in saturated fats, as are many blended vegetable oils which contain coconut or palm oil.
Shaved paper-thin, fried in vegetable oil, and then sprinkled with kosher salt, "they're light, airy, and crisp, like a chip, " says one server. "Only one person has ever not liked them."
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