Posted on 11/15/2015 11:19:04 AM PST by WhiskeyX
According to the book Extra Virginity: The Sublime and Scandalous World of Olive Oil, illicit manufacturers slap an Italian flag and the name of an imaginary producer on the label and dump this stuff on the US market, where consumers are easy pickings.
But consumers in the US arenât the only victims. Studies done in Australia and New Zealand found that half of their Mediterranean imports were fake, too. Anywhere olive oil is in demand is a possible target.
How do you fake olive oil? Olive oil can be diluted with poor quality oils or sometimes there is no real olive oil at all. Cheap and unhealthy soy or canola oils are colored with industrial chlorophyll and flavored with artificial flavorings. Yum. [....]
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Sense is a bit out of your range, isn’t it?
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Iguess, nevermind as others say it’s not reliable. Worked for me.
They have real tasting olive oil and bacon infused. If you are ever here and have time, they have containers full of the different infusted oil to taste test (with bread) which is free. I had never been there until last year.
On the flip side, olive trees as landscaping are a pain in the rear.
Oh, well.
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Not into ‘infused’ oils.
I want the oil that we had 30 years ago that really tasted like olives. Back in 1948, when my mother would open a bottle of olive oil in the kitchen I could smell it in my bedroom. That is what I want back. :o)
Thanks!!
I promise to not laugh until you're finished.
Thanks!!
good oil does taste wonderful on bread!
pour some good olive oil in a saucer, add a little garlic salt and a sprig of rosemary. Mash the sprig with a fork and stir it around.
Then, dip some fresh, warm Italian bread.
Recipe courtesy of Rosa's in, of all places, Warren, AZ -- the best Italian restaurant I've ever dined in.
Nice spot for lunch too. I like that place, need to get out there.
Had to think about that for a few, funny.
Oh nooooooes! Not Carapelli! ;(
only went once last year, but yummy
Sounds good. I have never been to bisbee even thought I’m a native. Lots of places I want to see in my beaufitful home state. If I only had a job, car, gas... that recipe sounds divine. I’ll try it.
I always trust the products of the Genco Olive Oil Co. of Brooklyn, NY.
Whenever testing calls the quality of their product into question, a visit to the testing company by V.P. for Quality Control Luca Brasi always results in a retest that certifies their product is 100% Extra Virgin Olive Oil, even if it was not labeled as such.
It IS!
It's not the cheapest, but it is the best general purpose and most assuredly pure Extra Virgin Olive Oil.
Well, yeah...
Until you taste it and realize you have never had real olive oil before.
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