Cooking oil

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Cooking oil

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Is it me or cooking oil is expensive as heck here.... In the sticks i would pay 10 bucks for a 5 liter soy oil but now its like 13-15 bucks here in pp...

I swear back home it was like a buck for a liter....

Thank the heavens for the online shop apps
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Jcml19 wrote: Tue Jun 13, 2023 4:37 pm Is it me or cooking oil is expensive as heck here.... In the sticks i would pay 10 bucks for a 5 liter soy oil but now its like 13-15 bucks here in pp...

I swear back home it was like a buck for a liter....

Thank the heavens for the online shop apps
Soy oil is definitely around 2x the price of palm vegetable oil

It's probably at least twice less harmful, too
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There are many folks out there who care more for the engine oil they use (i.e. buying the "expensive" stuff) but dont care about the oil they use for feeding themselves (i.e. buying the cheapest stuff).

I am blessed to buy local olive oil from a friend and happy to pay 14$ for the good stuff.
work is for people who cant find truffles
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Jcml19 wrote: Tue Jun 13, 2023 4:37 pm Is it me or cooking oil is expensive as heck here.... In the sticks i would pay 10 bucks for a 5 liter soy oil but now its like 13-15 bucks here in pp...

I swear back home it was like a buck for a liter....

Thank the heavens for the online shop apps
Are you BR549. And about 10 other accounts that were banned. You have a very similar writing style
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I remember that guy BR549..He was a Yank and I do not think would use liters...and many other words in this comment...
Funny you mention some long ago banned chap...
He is probably long gone from this scene..
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Dont cook with seed oils if you value your health
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Jerry Atrick wrote: Tue Jun 13, 2023 4:40 pm
It's probably at least twice less harmful, too
Yeah ... Thought about using palm but never used it before. From what ive read similar to peanut oil and good for frying and less odor.

Ill give it a shot after i finish up my 5l oil.. need to find a promo for palm though, dont see it in the bug supermarkets or maybe they justt hid it away from the expensive stuff
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truffledog wrote: Tue Jun 13, 2023 6:13 pm There are many folks out there who care more for the engine oil they use (i.e. buying the "expensive" stuff) but dont care about the oil they use for feeding themselves (i.e. buying the cheapest stuff).

I am blessed to buy local olive oil from a friend and happy to pay 14$ for the good stuff.
I wonder where those trees would grow locally.
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Olive oil & butter all the way, groundnut oil at a push.
Meum est propositum in taberna mori,
ut sint Guinness proxima morientis ori.
tunc cantabunt letius angelorum chori:
"Sit Deus propitius huic potatori."
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Is this already in motion in Kow ?
Interesting alternative from the big brother up north, for those on a budget


Well of course one would need proper sewers, which i'm not sure about in PP, but maybe in SHV if functional ?
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