I often hear, “You should never cheap out on a good office chair, shoes, underpants, backpack etc…” but what are some items that you would feel OK to cheap out on?

This can by anything from items such as: expensive clothing brands to general groceries.

  • Mir
    1·
    11 months ago

    Can you expand on that? Which to use when?

    • brygphilomena@lemmy.world
      83·
      11 months ago

      Olive oil is a low smoke point. It’s good in a salad dressing but bad to cook something like steak and terrible for frying foods. It burns at a temperature lower than you’d sear meats at. Low smoke point oils tend to be richer and more delicate in flavors.

      Canola is a mid-high smoke point oil, it’s good for searing meats and frying foods.

      Safflower and avocado are a high smoke point oil. You can cook at a much higher temperature without burning the oil.

      If you can find a place to watch it, there are a couple episodes of Good Eats where Alton Brown goes over the different types of oils and their usage. I find his show to be great at learning the whys behind a lot of the cooking choices and techniques.