Saturday Quiz: Which Oil?

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1. Samantha Asirifi-Otchere says

   August 22, 2015 at 10:57 AM

   A) vegetable oil

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2. Christy says

   August 22, 2015 at 1:18 PM

   A. Vegetable Oil and C. Sunflower Oil

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3. Ashama Funmilayo says

   August 22, 2015 at 12:02 PM

   A. Vegetable oil and G. Groundnut oil

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4. Victor Duru says

   August 22, 2015 at 12:54 PM

   Grandnut oil & sunflower oil

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5. maryam buhari says

   August 22, 2015 at 4:32 PM

   I use Eithe A or B

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6. Sally Nelson says

   August 23, 2015 at 9:08 AM

   Vegetable oil n groundnut oil

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7. vickky says

   August 23, 2015 at 11:37 AM

   vegetable oil

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8. kemi says

   August 23, 2015 at 11:55 AM

   Olive oil or sun flower oil

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9. Agatha James says

   August 23, 2015 at 12:27 PM

   Vegetable oil and turkey oil

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10. Omotolani says

    August 23, 2015 at 12:52 PM

    Vegetable oil and olive oil

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11. funmi says

    August 23, 2015 at 2:39 PM

    Canola oil or Olive oil

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12. Ngozi says

    August 23, 2015 at 3:19 PM

    Olive oil or canola oil

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13. ihuoma says

    August 23, 2015 at 3:56 PM

    Vegetable Oil

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14. Lukman says

    August 23, 2015 at 4:06 PM

    Vegetable oil.

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15. Musa Haliru Ahmad says

    August 23, 2015 at 4:06 PM

    Vegetable oil

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16. Mary Adeyemi says

    August 23, 2015 at 3:19 PM

    Vegetable oil and ground nut oil

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17. Adetoro says

    August 23, 2015 at 6:47 PM

    Vegetable oil

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18. New Dawn says

    August 24, 2015 at 6:06 PM

    Vegetable and groundnut oil.

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19. comfort says

    August 24, 2015 at 10:56 PM

    Vegetable oil
    olive oil

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20. Muhiba Shitta-bey says

    August 25, 2015 at 8:25 AM

    Vegetable, groundnut or soya oil

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21. Vivian Nwogu says

    August 26, 2015 at 11:22 AM

    vegetable oil and turkey oil.

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22. Aku Blessing says

    August 28, 2015 at 8:17 AM

    Turkey oil, Olive oil n Vegetable oil

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23. Blessing Idakwo Aku says

    August 28, 2015 at 6:19 AM

    Turkey oil, Olive oil, n Vegetable oil

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24. Nonye Ene says

    August 29, 2015 at 3:32 PM

    I prefer either (a) vegetable oil or (c) sunflower oil

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25. Flo says

    September 7, 2015 at 4:10 PM

    To get the classic taste of the Nigerian Tomato Stew, it is better to use tasteless and odourless clear oils. When preparing this stew for your guests, friends or a group of people with authentic Nigerian taste buds, it is recommended that you use clear oils that meet these 2 criteria.

    I use the vegetable oil sold in Nigeria and Sun Flower oil because they meet these 2 criteria. I am sure there are other oils in the list that meet these so go with the one available where you live. If I am in the States, I will use Canola Oil because having tasted a meal it was prepared with, I would say that it is tasteless and odourless.

    When preparing this stew for just you and your family, you can use any oil that you and your family have grown to love. Just make sure that the oil has a high smoke point. The smoke point of an oil is the temperature at which the oil starts to produce smoke when it is heated up. The higher this number is, the better suited for frying the oil will be.

    The Nigerian Tomato Stew is fried at about 190°C (375F) so ideally, it will be safe to use oils with a smoke point of at least 200°C (390F). Sunflower oil has a smoke point of 220°C, Vegetable Oils have a smoke point of at least 205°C (400F) while Extra Virgin Olive Oil has a smoke point of 160°C (320F) making it unsuitable for frying this stew. The good news is that the refined olive oil, the one that is light and does not have such a strong taste of olive oil has a smoke point of about 230°C (460F).

    This is the much I know about this, please do your own research to find out more about oils and smoke points.

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