maresfield seagull
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- May 23, 2006
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[Food] MIDDLE CLASS THREAD ALERT! EXTRA-VIRGIN OLIVE OIL! WTF???
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Boroseagull
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It all depends on what variety of tree your olive(s) are. There are hundreds of varieties throughout the world (think apple trees) and about 150 are cultivated in a form or other. Some trees are for eating olives (like ours) others, smaller fruits, are for pressing for oil. A worrying and very concerning point on a lot of the new high intensity, close planted, bush type, grown for oil is that they take so much water. In the Jaen province that alone has an estimated 6 million olive trees, the old established, many years old trees are being ripped out and replaced this this type depleting the already scarce water supplies even more. There are rumours that some people are so concerned about this development that vigilante parties have been organised to cut down these trees to try to stop the spread of the practise. The water in the aquifers is so low in some parts that it is unfit for human consumption and that tanker water has to be supplied to some villages.
- Apr 13, 2015
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Rape seed oil...
NorthstandRacoon
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I have always thought it is expensive, either way though, I LOVE the stuff, but I am very Mediterranean in what I eat. A simple pasta, olive oil and parma cheese or clams,
cloud
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A combination of the olive tree caterpillar writing off entire crops, hot weather, and a younger generation that has no interest in farming.
Many olive oil companies have been adding rapeseed oil to make the oil go further, without including it on the label.
sussex_guy2k2
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- Jun 6, 2014
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My experience of being with virgins is long since past, and not particularly favourable, so I’m not sure I’d pay the supplement.For some things in life, you can expect to pay a supplement.
I don't know what people are getting worked up about
Nonetheless, I do like to use some virgin olive oil.
thedonkeycentrehalf
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- Jul 7, 2003
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Are you using it as lube?
In what world is that a replacement?
BrightonCottager
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We have friends who moved from Rotherfield to Provence. They exchanged an allotment in their back garden and being virtually self sufficient in salad and green veg for about 20 olive trees which produced over 300kg of olives, pressed into about 70l of olive oil that they sold to the local co-op for €20 / l. So I can only imagine prices are heading northwards.
EDIT. 17 trees, 400kg of olives and 113l of oil. The locals had been advising them to prune and pick earlier, but they got the best yield. They got a local processor to press and have been selling surplus at €20/l but this is cheap for the quality (& organic). We are the lucky recipients of 5l of this golden nectar.
EDIT. 17 trees, 400kg of olives and 113l of oil. The locals had been advising them to prune and pick earlier, but they got the best yield. They got a local processor to press and have been selling surplus at €20/l but this is cheap for the quality (& organic). We are the lucky recipients of 5l of this golden nectar.
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sussex_guy2k2
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My wife’s an adventurous woman. What can I say.
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I realised last night that the oil I put on my spaghetti cost more than the 500g packet of spaghetti.
- Aug 7, 2003
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Went to the Farmers Market in Farnham this morning. £18.95 for 500ml extra virgin olive oil.
