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[-] jackpot@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

isnt olive oil much more pricey

[-] Barley_Man@sopuli.xyz 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It wasn't too bad before in my opinion but this year there was a big drought in the Mediterranean and now it's extremely expensive. Even butter is cheaper than olive oil now I'm afraid... I just try to use less of it. Speaking of butter there are now a few big studies out there showing that milk fat is not as bad as the saturated fats found in meat. But they are all funded by dairy companies so I don't know if I can really trust them. It's hard navigating the world of fats and health. Fats are good for you but it's hard to know which ones are the good ones.

[-] socsa@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Butter has always been an order of magnitude cheaper than actual olive oil in most places I think. Maybe that's different in OO producing regions idk

[-] Thisfox@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

We make our own olive oil here in Australia, and it's pretty cheap by the can. I decant it into snaller bottles to use. Butter and ghee is thought to be better than most fats, yes. But (unburned) animal fat is still not a terrible thing. It's artificial sweeteners and even plain sugar that seem far more dangerous to me.

[-] Oisteink@feddit.nl 5 points 1 year ago

True, staying healthy isn’t for the poor :(

[-] jet@hackertalks.com 3 points 1 year ago

It is. Just don't use oil. Use lard, cooking fat. Buy a cheap fatty cut of meat, the fat you can use over and over again to cook with.

Many Asian markets sell fat for pennies per pound.

[-] TheWoozy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Poverty ain't for the weak.

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