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[Relix]

So this is driving me crazy. I purchased some Kerygold Butter (so good), and also bought 100% Canola oil Margarine. I thought this was the healthiest way to go when cooking stuff but apparently all are bad. So butter has too much saturated fat, but Canola is overly complex not too natural stuff. I am so confused by so many sources that I went to a nutritionist... Who mentioned Canola oil is a better alternative,but then my doctor told me that natural butter is better.

So what the hell? Which one should I use?

 

[Kayhan]

Butter. Just don't overdo it. Like with everything else.

 

[OG Shaka Zulu]

I am old-school. Butter is best.

 

[Hispanic! At the Disco]

Butter, then oil, then margarine.

 

[God Dayumm]

Butter is the healthiest, no need to worry about the saturated fat. Olive oil that can withstand the heat is also ok. Either way, use sparingly

I think canola is fine too. I always confuse it with soybean oil. One of those is awful and the other is ok

 

[kirby_fox]

Butter.

I too thought margarine was better for you. I too was tricked by marketing. I then moved out of my parent's house and bought butter for the first time ever after hearing it was better for you.

Not going back now.

 

[Linkark07]

I would go with oil.

 

[brandywine]

They all have different cooking applications.

Any well stocked kitchen should have at the very least butter, canola oil, olive oil, a good evoo, etc....

 

[veryslowhand]

Olive oil

 

[Rawker]

Peanut oil

 

[The Albatross]

I cook with butter and olive oil.

I have never bought margerine, though my grandmother used to.

 

[Hoo-doo]

I cook with olive oil exclusively.

 

[Dragonite]

As far as I know butter is good for you, and canola oil is one of the worst oils to use. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

 

[KorrZ]

Out of those ones butter is the best for you. It burns quickly though, so if you're frying/searing something that's when you'll use the Canola Oil, I tend to prefer Peanut Oil though. Toss out the Margarine it's trash.

Olive Oil is healthier but again it has a low smoke point so not ideal for searing or frying things use this for for drizzling and low temperature cooking for flavor.

 

[SliceSabre]

I was always under the impression canola oil is fine too use.

 

[Dandy Lyin]

My parents used margerine when I was a kid(still do too, Becel I think). I use butter though... Only thing I dislike about it is having to remember to let it soften before it is spreadable.

 

[brandywine]

As far as I know butter is good for you, and canola oil is one of the worst oils to use. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

How you gonna make mayo using butter?

 

[SpinningBirdKick]

Butter or Olive oil

 

[Already Torn]

Butter. Margarine is basically a poison.

I like pouring olive oil on pasta instead tho

 

[Skellig Gra]

I use this. Pretty tasty

 

[HvySky]

Butter all the way.

 

[More Fun To Compute]

The health risks of saturated fat have been overstated by public health information. I guess that butter companies didn't pay as many bribes as sugar companies.

 

[Neptonic]

Never use margarine ever. There are better options.

 

[Katori]

Seed oils like canola oil are very bad for you. The reason why it is popular is because of marketing and lobbying. Margarine was never an option.

Butter is fantastic. It's a superfood. I cook everything with it. But the best kind to get is grass-fed, unsalted. They have Kerrygold (grass-fed Irish butter) just about everywhere in the US, I believe even Wal-Mart carries it.

 

[Already Torn]

The health risks of saturated fat have been overstated by public health information. I guess that butter companies didn't pay as many bribes as sugar companies.

And even then, OP is basically asking "Which is better, fruit, fruit snacks, or spoonfuls of powdered sugar?"

 

[sikkinixx]

Butter for spreading or adding texture/flavour or baking.

Grape seed oil for cooking if I need high heat with no added flavour.

Olive oil for most cooking.

Margarine is gross.

 

[triplestation]

Is I can't believe its not butter margarine because it's the most vile shit I done ever tasted

It's nothing like butter amd I'm so offended by the name.. make it look like butter and people will accept it, apparently it works

Anyway I use canola oil for cooking, olive oil for dressings and butter for baking and spreading on bread

 

[andthebeatgoeson]

Butter. I thought margarine had health risks.

 

[richiek]

Margarine is horrible for you. Butter all the way.

 

[Relix]

So say I want to cook some chicken breasts in the pan. It's better I use a bit if butter right?

 

[maximum360]

Butter, coconut oil, olive oil. Stay away from margarine.

 

[thespot84]

Seed oils like canola oil are very bad for you. The reason why it is popular is because of marketing and lobbying. Margarine was never an option.

Butter is fantastic. It's a superfood. I cook everything with it. But the best kind to get is grass-fed, unsalted. They have Kerrygold (grass-fed Irish butter) just about everywhere in the US, I believe even Wal-Mart carries it.

Source re all seed oils? I suppose a case could be made for canola givin the compounds present in rapeseed but I've not heard this for any other seed oils, such as grapeseed.

So say I want to cook some chicken breasts in the pan. It's better I use a bit if butter right?

I usually do half butter half extra light olive for pan fried chicken

 

[RMI]

butter. splash a little oil in there if I don't want it to burn.

 

[kami_sama]

Butter, coconut oil, olive oil. Stay away from margarine.

This right here. Olive oil for low temperature cooking, coconut for high temperatures, and butter for whatever you want.

 

[Phu]

I'd stay away from margarine on flavor merits alone. If you're cooking I say go with butter or olive oil.

 

[Generic Power Ranger]

Olive oil is the most healthy to my knowledge.

 

[Pops Maellard]

So say I want to cook some chicken breasts in the pan. It's better I use a bit if butter right?

Yes, definitely. Unless you prefer the flavor of Olive oil for that context.

Really, like someone else already said, you should have all of these tools in your kitchen. Cook with what works, not with what you perceive as most healthy.

 

[Skellig Gra]

So say I want to cook some chicken breasts in the pan. It's better I use a bit if butter right?

The rule of thumb with chefs is if its animal protein use animal protein (butter) if its vegetable use a vegetable (olive oil)

 

[Unit 33]

I grew up only having margarine.

I don't think there was any motivation behind my parents exclusively providing margarine other than it was usually on offer.

So I'm biased towards lovely olive-oil based margarine for everything now.

Butter seems weird to me. I lead a sick and twisted life.

 

[thespot84]

A resource: http://www.seriouseats.com/2014/05/cooking-fats-101-whats-a-smoke-point-and-why-does-it-matter.html

 

[johancruijff]

i cook only with Extra-virgin olive oil

 

[kswiston]

I grew up only having margarine.

I don't think there was any motivation behind my parents exclusively providing margarine other than it was usually on offer.

Margin is a lot cheaper, at least in Canada. Ignoring sales, 1lb of butter is typically about the same as 2lbs of margarine. I'm sure that influences a lot of people's purchasing choices.

 

[Drazgul]

Butter. Just don't overdo it. Like with everything else.

✓


Margarine is devilry.

 

[RMI]

i cook only with Extra-virgin olive oil

I think for cooking you want to use regular olive oil because it has a higher smoke point. put the extra-virgin stuff on your salad.

 

[mkenyon]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24027672

Partially Unsaturated Fatty Acid + high heat = massive carcinogens.

I'm not one that typically avoids foods with a correlative link to health issues. But this is directly causal, with a very real increased risk of cancer. And butter and coconut oil is fucking awesome anyway, so why not?

Avoid any seed based oil. Stick to butter, lard, and coconut oil.

 

[Deadly Cyclone]

Olive oil.

But it really depends on what you are making. I use butter or olive oil most of the time. Sometimes coconut oil.

 

[mkenyon]

The rule of thumb with chefs is if its animal protein use animal protein (butter) if its vegetable use a vegetable (olive oil)

Ya but veggies sauteed in butter taste amazing.

 

[andthebeatgoeson]

What happens to olive oil at high temps?

 

[Ripenen]

Ghee (clarified butter) is great for cooking because it won't burn like butter. Not sure how healthy it is because there's zero consensus on what that term means. However, some quick googling will turn up a bunch of sites listing the supposed health benefits of ghee.

 

[joelseph]

Grape seed oil is good for high temps.