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If when cooking with, say, coconut oil, you were to melt 2 tablespoons to brush on a flank steak and you manage to use all of it to coat the meat. Approximately how much do you lose when cooking? I am assuming that using two tablespoons to coat is nowhere near eating two tablespoons straight up, and how does one account for the loss when factoring the fat/oil used into their daily %?

flag	asked Aug 25 2011 at 16:26 dubpluris 1,237●4●13

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We need to perpetuate a ridiculous assumption, so the Mythbusters will take upon themselves to actually test it out. I can now imagine the slow mo video of fat dripping off a rotisserie chicken rotating on the spit...into a miniature collection cup. – familygrokumentarian Aug 25 2011 at 16:41

Are you going to get that together, or should I? – dubpluris Aug 25 2011 at 16:58

I don't know, but I do get annoyed when I'm cooking anything with coconut oil and after it's done, I pour lots of it into the trash. I always think, Hey, I should be eating that! Sometimes I just drizzle it on the rest of the food, but it doesn't always work. – sunshinestarr Aug 25 2011 at 17:08

I think Alton Brown explains this here: youtube.com/watch?v=CY49Xxol_WY in his episode on deep frying. Just imagine he's using coconut and coconut oil. – smartcookie Aug 25 2011 at 17:38

Cool! Thanks a lot. – dubpluris Aug 25 2011 at 17:39

MtnEvan · Answer 1 · 2011-08-25 17:41:17Z UTC

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I would just pour the oil+juices back onto the meat, eat it all, then count it all.

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MtnEvan
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Not a bad thought. – dubpluris Aug 25 2011 at 17:45

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