Eating healthy, yikes!

Skinny rooster · Post by **Skinny rooster** » Sun Feb 12, 2017 4:32 pm

TomK wrote:QR_BBPOST Hana...another nail in my coffin....i didnt know that about the mayo...we started using the Hellmans olive oil mayo a few years ago...and now?...damn damn damn...MJ just informed me it is the last one we buy...she will make mayo from now on...its not like we don't have eggs...its just so sad that our government does less and less to protect the citizen when that's exactly what they shoukd be doing not selling their souls to the 1%...the fact that canola oil is still on the market and available for human consumption is unbelievable...i am presently trying to source organic milk and cream...price is an issue but not a deal breaker...I've always wondered why organic is more cost...there are some producers local to me that do grass fed meat...the last pork we got at the store had an off flavour to it..not bad but not right...we refer to super market meat as 'misery meat'...so the search is on...if the price is high it will only mean we eat less meat..not such a bad thing...I think the underlyng issue has been money...trying to buy as much as possible for as little as possible..it has caused our society to roll into an unhealthy situation...huge resistance out there to change...oh well...

Uh oh! What's wrong with Canola oil, I thought it was supposed to be healthy?

Post by **Killerbunny** » Sun Feb 12, 2017 4:41 pm

OK so Canola has to be very heavily processed to make it edible. It has isothiocyanates that must be removed - ick. I use safflower oil, sesame, olive depending on the dish.
http://www.canolacouncil.org/oil-and-me ... rocessing/
Read the above link and then tell us if you want to eat it.

Skinny rooster · Post by **Skinny rooster** » Sun Feb 12, 2017 4:43 pm

Even though I joke, I am not bad at baking. At Christmas I often decide to make some of my mother's old recipes. However I stopped a few years ago because most of the treats I think are not only unhealthy, they are dangerous. Example, one treat with oatmeal and coconut should sound healthy but it calls for things like, sugar, brown sugar, icing sugar, corn syrup and on and on. I think the name should be changed to Chocolate Diabetes Treats!

On another note, anyone notice that some treats are too expensive to make now? If it calls for nuts and dried fruits the cost quickly climbs.

Skinny rooster · Post by **Skinny rooster** » Sun Feb 12, 2017 4:54 pm

Killerbunny wrote:QR_BBPOST OK so Canola has to be very heavily processed to make it edible. It has isothiocyanates that must be removed - ick. I use safflower oil, sesame, olive depending on the dish.
http://www.canolacouncil.org/oil-and-me ... rocessing/
Read the above link and then tell us if you want to eat it.

"Ok" says Skinny as he bangs his head on the wall! I use safflower too and sunflower oil. Is there anything wrong with sunflower oil?

Ontario Chick · Post by **Ontario Chick** » Sun Feb 12, 2017 5:14 pm

TomK wrote:QR_BBPOST Hana...another nail in my coffin....i didnt know that about the mayo...we started using the Hellmans olive oil mayo a few years ago...and now?...damn damn damn..

Sorry Tom, there seems to be no end to disappointment if you are in search of good food.

Skinny rooster wrote:QR_BBPOST Uh oh! What's wrong with Canola oil, I thought it was supposed to be healthy?

My main objections, is that it's GMO

Post by **Killerbunny** » Sun Feb 12, 2017 5:34 pm

Canola Oil is IMO The Great Canadian Lie!

muffin57 · Post by **muffin57** » Sun Feb 12, 2017 5:48 pm

If a recipe calls for butter I will use coconut oil, grapeseed oil, avocado oil or olive oil. I can't have dairy. If a recipe calls for sugar I will use coconut sugar, maple syrup, honey or agave syrup.

baronrenfrew · Post by **baronrenfrew** » Sun Feb 12, 2017 6:04 pm

muffin57 wrote:QR_BBPOST If a recipe calls for butter I will use coconut oil, grapeseed oil, avocado oil or olive oil. I can't have dairy. If a recipe calls for sugar I will use coconut sugar, maple syrup, honey or agave syrup.

Though that will work it will affect the texture of the finished product. We used olive oil once for a batch for chocolate cookies: they tasted good, but rose and dropped during baking. We giggled like little girls at the sight: we called them "four-skin cookies."

Shnookie · Post by **Shnookie** » Mon Feb 13, 2017 11:37 am

If they keep making more and more "fake" food it may cause people to look more seriously into using fresh products (if they can find them) to make their own salad dressings and things. The carbon tax will hit us hard, I think, because the companies that are taxed will all pass on the extra expense to us. We will pay for multiple carbon taxes with the things we buy, not just one. Sometimes I think our government has no idea how their decisions affect ordinary people.

Jaye · Post by **Jaye** » Mon Feb 13, 2017 12:54 pm

Skinny rooster wrote:QR_BBPOST
"Ok" says Skinny as he bangs his head on the wall! I use safflower too and sunflower oil. Is there anything wrong with sunflower oil?

Nothing wrong with it as far as I know. It's one of the good ones. I use it regularly, as well as olive oil in dishes that are cooked with low heat, or no heat (e.g. salad dressing).
I go to sunflower oil and coconut oil for dishes that call for higher heat cooking. And some things just aren't the same without butter, so I use that occasionally too (it can also take higher heat).