Trader Joe's Sunflower Oil

Bryan

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Dec 5, 2012, 5:30:37 PM12/5/12

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Pick up a bottle and look at the nutrition info.
Total Fat 14g
Saturated Fat 1.5g
Polyunsaturated Fat .5g
Monounsaturated Fat 12g

Praise be! TJ's sunflower oil is of the high oleic variety! AND,
it's only $3.99/liter, less than $16.50 a gallon, including local
sales tax. Throw out that canola and soybean garbage. We're fryin'
now, baby.

--Bryan

Bryan

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Dec 5, 2012, 6:57:30 PM12/5/12

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http://www.wegmans.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=10052&catalogId=10002&productId=400633#
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> --Bryan

--Bryan

sf

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Dec 5, 2012, 7:04:20 PM12/5/12

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How do they compare in price?

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Bryan

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Dec 5, 2012, 7:27:31 PM12/5/12

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On Dec 5, 6:04 pm, sf <s...@geemail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 5 Dec 2012 15:57:30 -0800 (PST), Bryan
>

> <bryangsimm...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Dec 5, 4:30 pm, Bryan <bryangsimm...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Pick up a bottle and look at the nutrition info.
> > > Total Fat 14g
> > > Saturated Fat 1.5g
> > > Polyunsaturated Fat .5g
> > > Monounsaturated Fat 12g
>
> > > Praise be! TJ's sunflower oil is of the high oleic variety! AND,
> > > it's only $3.99/liter, less than $16.50 a gallon, including local
> > > sales tax. Throw out that canola and soybean garbage. We're fryin'
> > > now, baby.
>

> >http://www.wegmans.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?langI...

>
> How do they compare in price?
>

TJ's $3.99/liter, Wegman's $4.99/liter. TJ's doesn't call theirs high
oleic, but you can tell from the nutrition info.

--Bryan

sf

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Dec 6, 2012, 12:51:55 AM12/6/12

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I've never tried sunflower oil, but I will buy a liter of TJ's and see
how I like it. I pretty much use EVOO for everything now (I don't
deep fry), but I like to keep a liter of something else on hand "just
in case"... old habits are hard to break.

Christine Dabney

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Dec 6, 2012, 12:54:17 AM12/6/12

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On Wed, 05 Dec 2012 21:51:55 -0800, sf <s...@geemail.com> wrote:

>I've never tried sunflower oil, but I will buy a liter of TJ's and see
>how I like it. I pretty much use EVOO for everything now (I don't
>deep fry), but I like to keep a liter of something else on hand "just
>in case"... old habits are hard to break.

I have been keeping grapeseed oil on hand lately. I like the high
smoke point and relatively neutral taste. I get mine at a mid-east
market.

Christine
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sf

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Dec 6, 2012, 1:22:50 AM12/6/12

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I have a small bottle of grape-seed oil that I use from time to time
when I think I need to crank up the heat a bit... but it was expensive
enough that I don't feel like I can "waste" it.

Christine Dabney

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Dec 6, 2012, 2:00:07 AM12/6/12

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On Wed, 05 Dec 2012 22:22:50 -0800, sf <s...@geemail.com> wrote:

>I have a small bottle of grape-seed oil that I use from time to time
>when I think I need to crank up the heat a bit... but it was expensive
>enough that I don't feel like I can "waste" it.

I got mine for a decent price, for the large bottle at the mid-east
market. It's cheaper there.

Christine
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sf

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Dec 6, 2012, 2:36:49 AM12/6/12

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On Thu, 06 Dec 2012 00:00:07 -0700, Christine Dabney
<arti...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:

> On Wed, 05 Dec 2012 22:22:50 -0800, sf <s...@geemail.com> wrote:
>
>
> >I have a small bottle of grape-seed oil that I use from time to time
> >when I think I need to crank up the heat a bit... but it was expensive
> >enough that I don't feel like I can "waste" it.
>
> I got mine for a decent price, for the large bottle at the mid-east
> market. It's cheaper there.
>

I think I'll just get some of that sunflower oil from Trader Joe's.
Any MidEast market is off the beaten track for me.

Bryan

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Dec 6, 2012, 7:12:27 AM12/6/12

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On Dec 6, 1:36 am, sf <s...@geemail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 06 Dec 2012 00:00:07 -0700, Christine Dabney
>

> <artis...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> > On Wed, 05 Dec 2012 22:22:50 -0800, sf <s...@geemail.com> wrote:
>
> > >I have a small bottle of grape-seed oil that I use from time to time
> > >when I think I need to crank up the heat a bit... but it was expensive
> > >enough that I don't feel like I can "waste" it.
>

Do you feel the same way about food that was expensive, but you think
might have spoiled? Grapeseed oil is bad oil. Any oil high in
linoleic acid should be assumed to be rancid.

>
> > I got mine for a decent price, for the large bottle at the mid-east
> > market. It's cheaper there.
>
> I think I'll just get some of that sunflower oil from Trader Joe's.
> Any MidEast market is off the beaten track for me.
>

And the stuff at the imports store is probably high linoleic sunflower
oil, which is bad. So far, TJ's and Wegman's are the only retailers I
know of that carry the good stuff.

--Bryan

sf

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Dec 6, 2012, 1:13:14 PM12/6/12

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On Thu, 6 Dec 2012 04:12:27 -0800 (PST), Bryan
<bryang...@gmail.com> wrote:

> And the stuff at the imports store is probably high linoleic sunflower
> oil, which is bad. So far, TJ's and Wegman's are the only retailers I
> know of that carry the good stuff.

We don't have Wegman's here, so I'll look at TJ's. Thanks for doing
the "footwork".

hgro...@gmail.com

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Apr 28, 2014, 9:57:21 PM4/28/14

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For the past week, TJ's has been out of stock of this, they even removed the shelf tag. Today, Amy Mac at Stonestown TJ checked their inventory sheet for me, and it showed "OWA" (order when available), i.e., out of stock at the warehouse also. Undoubtedly due to the fact that their sunflower oil is "Product of Ukraine"!

sf

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Apr 28, 2014, 10:36:23 PM4/28/14

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On Mon, 28 Apr 2014 18:57:21 -0700 (PDT), hgro...@gmail.com wrote:

> For the past week, TJ's has been out of stock of this, they even removed the shelf tag. Today, Amy Mac at Stonestown TJ checked their inventory sheet for me, and it showed "OWA" (order when available), i.e., out of stock at the warehouse also. Undoubtedly due to the fact that their sunflower oil is "Product of Ukraine"!

Dang it!

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Apr 29, 2014, 12:56:21 PM4/29/14

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I can recommend this brand:

Smude's Cold Pressed High Oleic Sunflower Oil

http://www.amazon.com/Cold-Pressed-High-Oleic-Sunflower/dp/B00AUTRD7Y/ref=aag_m_pw_dp?ie=UTF8&m=A3QJWNCB3ESUS7

It's locally grown and produced by farmers in central Minnesota. It is
very good.
I bought a half gallon to try and ended up going back for a two and a
half gallon jug.

Winters_Lackey

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Apr 29, 2014, 2:55:46 PM4/29/14

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sf <s...@geemail.com> wrote in
news:c04ul99dh70ud9j9q...@4ax.com:

> On Mon, 28 Apr 2014 18:57:21 -0700 (PDT), hgro...@gmail.com wrote:
>
>> For the past week, TJ's has been out of stock of this, they even
>> removed the shelf tag. Today, Amy Mac at Stonestown TJ checked their
>> inventory sheet for me, and it showed "OWA" (order when available),
>> i.e., out of stock at the warehouse also. Undoubtedly due to the fact
>> that their sunflower oil is "Product of Ukraine"!
>

Thanks for posting this, big time.
>
> Dang it!
>
I called my local store, and they were out, but a store about 20 minutes
away had a full shelf. I bought a dozen liters, and now they only have 5
left. The guy did say that the warehouse that serves St. Louis stores had
some left, so I just called my nephew, and he's probably on the phone
ordering himself a case while I type this.
>

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--Bryan
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Winters_Lackey

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Apr 29, 2014, 4:08:23 PM4/29/14

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Moe DeLoughan <m...@notmine.null> wrote in
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Even in half gallons, with the shipping it's well over three times the
price of the TJ's.