Extra virgin olive oil - AIBU not to use it for frying, sauteing etc?

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I love EVOO but (a) it's extremely expensive, (b) I have read that it has a low smoke point and (c) in so many cases where something I'm making starts with frying or sauteing there will be lots of other flavours in there and I can't see how you would taste the EVOO in the finished dish. I therefore use either cold pressed UK rapeseed oil or blended olive oil for cooking and reserve EVOO for salads, dipping bread in and occasionally drizzling over a completed dish. What do others do/think?

I have thought that too about South Europeans, and what they most likely cook with. And their amazing longevity etc.

I am happy with EVOO for everything too, from a health point of view. Non-EV olive oil isn't any cheaper. I used to use ghee for frying but unfortunately can't get hold of it anymore. EVOO tastes fine for frying onions etc so I'll carry on.

It has a distinct aroma which I find overpowering when using it for cooking. So I don't use it for that. Cold pressed rapeseed oil is what I use for the rare occasions I fry things.

I do use EVOO + balsamic as a dip for fresh baguettes or ciabbata. Hungry for that now.

Italian here - I use EVOO for everything: cooking, stir frying, dressing.... I never deep fried in my life, but I think my Italian mum/grandma/MIL use sunflower oil for that purpose.

I had heard the opposite - that Italians laugh at us for wasting EVOO by using it for frying etc. But obviously @Criteria16will be better informed than I am on this point!

Really? Ocado blended olive oil, 1l bottle, 65p per 100ml.

Cheapest EVOO from Ocado, 1l bottle, 94p per 100ml.

Im more inclined to listen to the Spanish, however there are dishes where you dont want the flavour, the French are quite particular about that, sometimes they will use sunflower oil depending on what they what as the end result

Horses for courses flavour wise but nothing unhealthy about cooking with it

I use sunflower oil for sautéing as olive oil just doesnt do it for me.

Yeah veg oil is best for frying

Roast spuds etc too

Ahh Ocado does not lower itself by setting foot in the Highlands 🤣 Co-op or Co-op here.

EVOO is not for cooking. Not at all. The smoke point is low and there are much better things out there. I use lard , coconut oil or ghee and stay away from all other oils for cooking . Evoo or for salads and drizzling.

Another Italian here. EVOO is used for everything. The only time I don’t use it is for Asian dishes, where I use peanut oil.

i very rarely deep fry but will use peanut oil for that too as not keen on seed oils.

everything else, including sautéing, shallow frying and roasting is EVOO. I even use it for roast potatoes and they come out very nicely thank you.

italians laugh at the Brit obsession for not using EVOO.

#TeamEVOOFAP (extra virgin olive oil for all purposes) here.

Amazed by all the multiple-oils faffing on this thread!

The only additional oil I very occasionally use is sesame, for its general loveliness in certain dishes, and walnut, for lubrication of my hand-whittled serving spoon.