There are all sorts of cooking oil. But, I see some that say "extra virgin". What does it mean?

Answer 1

when you see this in reference to coconut oil it means that the oil has bee extracted in different ways
Extra virgin - Centrifuge extracted Extra Virgin Coconut Oils are a clear liquid like water just above room temperature and pure white as a solid at room temperature and colder.
Virgin - This oil is mechanically expressed without the use of solvents or chemicals of any kind. It is an excellent quality food-grade coconut oil that is NOT hydrogenated and contains NO trans fatty acids.
Other coconut oils may or may not be hydrogenated and may be expressed with the use of solvents or chemicals.

Answer 2

Extra virgin olive oil means the oil came from the first press of olives and should mean that it has a more pleasant taste and mouth feel. Because of the cost, I would recommend extra virgin olive oil should only be used in salads where you actually taste the oil.,i.,e., oil and vinegar or italian dressings; some people like to cut the taste with a little added canola oil in the dressings.
I personally don't believe there's any benefit in cooking with olive oil, considering the cost, when there's canola oil available for cooking.

Answer 3

You're confusing Olive Oil with other cooking oils...
Olive Oil being the one graded according to it's pressing...
(first pressing = Extra Virgin Olive Oil (EVOO).
While Olive Oil is a great oil for cooking, with a high smoke point of 410 degrees F, it can get rather expensive when required in large quantity. Choose a Canola oil instead.

Answer 4

olive oil
Pressing tree-ripened olives extracts a flavorful, monounsaturated oil that is prized throughout the world both for cooking (particularly in Mediterranean countries) and for salads. Today's marketplace provides a wide selection of domestic olive oil (most of which comes from California) and imported oils from France, Greece, Italy and Spain. The flavor, color and fragrance of olive oils can vary dramatically depending on distinctions such as growing region and the crop's condition. All olive oils are graded in accordance with the degree of acidity they contain. The best are cold-pressed, a chemical-free process that involves only pressure, which produces a natural level of low acidity. Extra virgin olive oil, the cold-pressed result of the first pressing of the olives, is only 1 percent acid. It's considered the finest and fruitiest of the olive oils and is therefore also the most expensive. Extra virgin olive oil can range from a crystalline champagne color to greenish-golden to bright green. In general, the deeper the color, the more intense the olive flavor. After extra virgin, olive oils are classified in order of ascending acidity. Virgin olive oil is also a first-press oil, with a slightly higher level of acidity of between 1 and 3 percent. Fino olive oil is a blend of extra virgin and virgin oils (fino is Italian for "fine"). Products labeled simply olive oil (once called pure olive oil ) contain a combination of refined olive oil and virgin or extra virgin oil.

Answer 5

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Wikipedia answers are supplied by the public and can be edited by the public. About as reliable as some of the answers I've seen on yahoo. "Buyer beware"

First pressing of olive oil yeilds extra virgin.

Answer 6

Contrary to popular belief this usage is not lazy or indecent nor is it as recent as many of you seem to think. At least as far back as the time of the American Revolution pls or plz was used in place of please in correspondence , again after the introduction of the telegraph, and most recently with the advent of text messaging, and all for the same reason, cost. During the early days of our country both paper and ink were expensive, so there were accepted methods of abbreviation to cram as much information into a letter as possible pls (or plz) was one example of this. When sending telegrams you were charged by the word (as in typing every 5 characters not actual words) so once again pls was used (among many other shortcuts u for you and so on) to make the sending of a message as cost effective as possible. As for text messaging, when first introduced, you may recall, we were charged per message we sent, so cutting letters out of messages meant a single text could be sent instead of two. It became a habit that carried over onto the internet, even though the need for the abbreviation no long exists,,,,to be fair though I am fairly sure you type OK or okay instead of Orl Korrekt which is the widely accepted original phrase the abbreviation came from, so can you really cast stones?

Answer 7

Extra Virgin is the highest quality olive oil -- characterized by perfect flavor and odor, max acidity (oleic acid) of 1g/100g - 1% with maximum peroxide value mequiv 02/kg of 20.In some regions, extra virgin oil is judged by a panel of experts for taste, mouth feel, and aroma. This oil tends to be most delicate in flavor, and is preferred for salads or served at the table with bread for dipping, or added to soups and stews.

Answer 8

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Answer 9

I prefer both fruits and fresh vegetables better, however they look and taste. You desire a little of both.

Answer 10

In the event that it's a fruit they have seeds, otherwise it's a vegetable. And vegetables are usually grown in the ground while fruits are grown in trees.