eli5: why is cooking oil considered dry heating method

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my friend was talking about this and stated that water is wet and oil is dry. what does this mean?

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“Wet” means “water”, not just “liquid”.

Most cooking liquids (sauces, dips, stuff like that) are mostly made of water, so they still count as “wet”.

Oil has no water in it, and therefore isn’t wet.

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