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    Fancy olive oil: worth the money?


    I'm sure you've noticed that while some olive oil can be procured at the local supermarket for about five bucks a bottle, other options (often packaged in very pretty bottles suitable for flower arrangements) can cost more than a bunch of venti lattes and a good bottle of wine.

    Green Table Blogger, Alexandra Guarnaschelli, provides some pretty useful tips to consider next time you're out olive oil shopping. To wit: olive oils labeled "first cold pressing" or "extra virgin," are worth more money because they're difficult to make and taste the best. However, you don't need to douse everything you cook with EVO-just use it for raw food preparations and alongside ingredients that won't overpower it. Use cheaper stuff like canola oil when doing any high heat cooking because olive oil has a lower smoking point. And "light" olive oil, "pumace" olive oils and "pure" olive oil are all a crock-don't waste your money on them (instead why not blow it on a bottle of wine and/or a week's supply of lattes?).

    If you want to cut the cost of fancy flavored olive oil, then just DIY. Here's a recipe for rosemary and parsley flavored olive oil.

    Debunker's verdict: Some olive oils are better than others-spend accordingly.

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    14 comments

    • NicoW  •  4 years 2 months ago
      umm canola oil tastes really bad fyi

      use the good stuff
    • jane  •  4 years 1 month ago
      Thanks Nobbo, I´m a 45 year lesbian and feel the pain of all the other ugly unwanted women out there. When one reaches the age of 40, one realizes one may not receive the kind of attention one did in one´s 20´s. The suggestion of olive oil on a stiff dick seems quite repugnant to me but I will ignore that.

      What brand of oil did you use on your girlfriend and was she under any sort of alcohol / depressents? My partner is willing but not a willing slut (tips on that?).

      Natural food will always be superior to supermarket bought produce.

      Cutie
    • Gail F  •  4 years 2 months ago
      http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/canola.asp The best site to debunk urban legends.
    • NicoW  •  4 years 2 months ago
      umm canola oil tastes really bad fyi

      use the good stuff
    • A Yahoo! User  •  4 years 2 months ago
      thanks. The Greeks have always known that olive oil is good for you
      and they are right. I think they know what they are doing and
      I think you can't go wrong with Greek olive oil.
    • Dale Sly  •  4 years 2 months ago
      Some friends just brought me some olive oil from California with "california olive oil council" seal. They've been doing some tasteing. I must say this is the best olive oil I have ever tasted. Figueroa Farms extra virgin olive oil. I've been using it with balamic vinegar for bread dip. To die for! Dale
    • A Yahoo! User  •  4 years 2 months ago
      "Use cheaper stuff like canola oil when doing any high heat cooking because olive oil has a lower smoking point."

      Most cooking you're going to be doing in the average consumer kitchen isn't going to reach temperatures that would make olive oil's smoking point a problem, and it is so much healthier than canola. A good cheap bottle of grocery store olive oil is probably a better bet for anything other than deep frying.

      (Side note: if you have thyroid problems you may want to stay away from canola oil since some brands contain glucosinolates that can act as a goitrogen)
    • Stephanie G  •  4 years 2 months ago
      use carlos oill really good
    • the thinker  •  4 years 2 months ago
      I just looked at the oil in my kitchen and threw it away since it was canola oil. Have enough health problems without adding more by using the canola oil in my food. Dee
    • A Yahoo! User  •  4 years 2 months ago
      Previous comment re: dangers of canola oil is taken almost word for word from an internet/urban legend hoax email. I assume it was posted in good faith to warn others, but please research before you risk passing on false information. A quick online search for "canola oil" will show the hoax info in top results, along with valid health info.
    • Auntie Jane  •  4 years 2 months ago
      The canola oil legend is false (see the snopes addy posted by imdamom55@sbcglobal.net) This oil is widely known to have cholestrol-lowering properties, and really has less flavor than most vegetable oils, just cook at a lower temperature.
      Olive oils do have flavors, and some of the more expensive ones have richer flavors than the cheaper ones. Don't use extra virgin in your cooking, though, as it's wonderful flavors are ruined in the heat - use regular for the cooking and the extra virgin in your dressings and post-cooking basting. I buy moderately priced extra virgin for its richer flavor, but for everyday cooking I use less-expensive name brands (I don't buy store-brand olive oils after a bad experience with one going bad within a week of opening it). Usually I get one on sale or if I have a coupon (or both if I am really lucky!), and buy more than one to make sure I don't run out before I can get some again. I get my nicer extra virgin oils at specialty stores, usually, or the better brands at the grocery store if I have to. I brought some back with me from Greece the last time I went and it was like gold to me - so yummy.
      Don't be afraid of canola oil though. I use it in all of my Asian-style dishes rather than the olive oil and rather than just the higher fat and cholestrol peanut and sesame oils. I put enough of the peanut or sesame oils in my dishes to add flavor right at the end of cooking, but not as the basic oils. Canola oil doesn't interfere with the many spices I put in my Asian-style dishes like olive oil can.
    • Gail F  •  4 years 2 months ago
      Something I learned to look for (at a taste test in an olive oil grove in Sicily)- the younger the oil, the better the flavor. I now look for oil that's actally dated, and is less than 1 year old. It's a major taste difference. I also only use it drizzled on bread, on grilled veggies, and wherever the taste will be prominent. It's also way too much money, so I use it sparingly. It's called Olio Verde, and you can find it at Whole Foods or online. Yum!!!
    • jane  •  4 years 1 month ago
      My girlfriend´s twat tastes so good with a dribble of extra virgin olive oil. The naturally consistent texture and taste mean that I can enjoy the freshness of a garden salad and the suculent meatiness a true cuntivore dreams of.

      Have tried canola, light, cooking oil and shoving a Snikers bar into her, but nothing comes close to the kind of freshness I feel when the old friend XVO is brought out.

      Thank you the man who invented olives. My girlfriend has become a slut-galore because of natural foods.

      All you lebo´s out there try a healthy dosing of XVO on a stiff dick and you´ll be cured in a jiffy.

      Nobbo
    • A Yahoo! User  •  4 years 2 months ago
      Skip the lattes and splurge on a good bottle of wine, a good (small) bottle of cold-pressed olive oil, a small loaf of freshly baked bread, and a sliver of baked brie...mmmmmmmmmmm. Totally worth the caffeine withdrawal.

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