Why dont people use peanut oil?

Question

While shopping I noticed that peanut oil is lower in saturated fat than sunflower oil.
Yet no one seemed to be buying it, everyone was buying olive or sunflower?
Is it just as healthy as olive oil?
Is there anything that everyone else knows that I dont?

Answer 1

peanut oil is good for some things and frying is the one its best at,, the lighter oils cant go as high in temp before burning,, and that tastes bad so folks use sunflower for light oil for salad all though the olive is better for your health and the one i use for all is canola unless making italian dishes or salad dressings i cooked in the army for 6 years and was a dietician in the reserve army and worked in resturants ,,

Answer 2

I use peanut oil for deep frying, it doesn't impart a flavour to your cooking like some other oils, also it heats to a higher temp without smoking. The food fried in peanut seems to seal quickly and absorb less oil, which I figure is healthier than lard/supafry etc.
Unless you have an allergy risk, try it out - it is more expensive here than s/flower, vegetable and canola though!

Answer 3

I think maybe because the cooking shows use EVOO more than any other oil, we hear it everywhere and also maybe it has something to do with the temperature of what u/r cooking. I think peanut oil may be better used in deep frying????? Seems to me Paula Dean mentioned that on one of her shows. I will be watching this question for other reasons. I use EVOO for ALL my cooking ;)

Answer 4

Try flax-seed oil that is good for plus it makes a good salad oil with vinegar. But if you Cook with it all the health benefits are cooked right out.

So for cooking just use olive oil

Answer 5

There are so many people that have allergies to peanuts that it is not safe for them to use peanut oil. Different people react in different ways to products that are peanut based.

Answer 6

Peanut oil is more expensive than other oils, & some people could be allergic to it.

Answer 7

no idea but peanut oil taste and smell so good on fried chicken

Answer 8

It is becoming more and more common for people to have allergic reactions to peanuts and their products, sometimes severe enough to cause death.

Answer 9

It reminds us of the Jimmy Carter days. He was a DUMB A** peanut farmer from Georgia.

Answer 10

i think it started when everyone strated having peanut allergies to be on the safe side they dont use it i think it smells like burning platic when you use it and personally the taste to me is HORRIBLE