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Why can鈥檛 you use low-fat margarine for frying?

6 Aug 2021

Margarine is fat. It鈥檚 just a different kind of fat from butter. Whereas butter contains mostly saturated fats, margarine鈥檚 fats are unsaturated. This just refers to a slight variation in the...

Celebrating Hanukkah with Candles, Latkes, and a Bit of History

10 Dec 2020

Why are potato latkes a traditional food to celebrate the Jewish festival of Hanukkah? Frankly, it isn鈥檛 clear. But first, a quick recap of what Hanukkah is all about...

Frying and Cooking Fumes

20 Mar 2017

One wouldn鈥檛 expect that frying a steak exposes the cook to the same chemical that is used in mothballs, but it does. Researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology were...

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