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Cooking & Baking

RockRaven

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4. Need? Most common oils would be fine, except olive.

Reply to Botany (Original post)

Sat Aug 23, 2025, 01:16 PM

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Corn, canola (or other rapeseed), vegetable (soybean) are all fine.

Sure, you could use peanut or avocado -- or animal fat (tallow or lard) -- but that isn't necessary.

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