A lot of people ask me why do you use peanut oil to deep fry a turkey.  The answer is simple.  It’s a great frying oil.  Peanut oil frying is a much better choice than some of the alternatives.

First, peanut oil has a great nutty flavor.  When you fry your turkey in peanut oil it picks up a hint of that nutty flavor and it compliments the turkey’s natural flavor very nicely.  Now don’t worry about Thanksgiving dinner tasting like peanut butter or something because it’s a subtle flavor and your guests wouldn’t even know it came from the peanut oil if you didn’t tell them.

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Know your cooking oil flash point and smoke point

Here’s some deep frying information that I hope you’ll never have any first hand experience with.  If you get to know the meanings of the terms smoke point, flash point and fire point you should have a better chance of avoiding them.

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