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Sunday, August 14, 2011
FRYING FOOD
The boiling point of olive oil is higher than the melting point of tin. If Italian skillets are made of tinned copper, how can they be used to fry food in olive oil?
Frying food in a oil does not involve bringing the oil to its boiling point. Even if the pan could manage that heat, cooking at a temp that high would ruin the flavor of the oil and therefore the food. Even when deep frying oil, the oil itself is not brought to its boiling point- it's the water in the food that is boiling. Deep frying is usually done no hotter than 375 deg. F. The boiling point of olive oil is about 570 F and that is only about 30 deg. short of its flash point.
Frying food in a oil does not involve bringing the oil to its boiling point. Even if the pan could manage that heat, cooking at a temp that high would ruin the flavor of the oil and therefore the food. Even when deep frying oil, the oil itself is not brought to its boiling point- it's the water in the food that is boiling. Deep frying is usually done no hotter than 375 deg. F. The boiling point of olive oil is about 570 F and that is only about 30 deg. short of its flash point.
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