Do you ever stand there staring like a deer in headlights when looking at the vast displays of olive oil to choose from? I know how to tell if it’s from Italy, but beyond that I am clueless. Well, I admit I was until I came across this great article that explains what to look for! Feliceper la cottura! (Happy cooking!)
When it comes to quality olive oil, Italy certainly holds the world’s firstplace. Yet, do we really know how to recognize a truly good olive oil from a mediocre one?
Here are some simple rules to recognize a quality extra virgin olive oil.
That is really good information. I use olive oil for cooking and salad dressing every day, and I usually find myself standing in front of the array of bottles of oil in the store trying to figure out which to choose. Now I know! Thanks for sharing .
I never dreamt that there was such a big story on olive oil. I always looked for extra olive oil but didn’t look for Italian oil. That is what I have been doing Janet standing in from of the bottles & wondering what to get. This site always gives us loads of information on everything. Thanks Jane.
So do I Rose Marie. I even bake with it. Sometime I get the light olive oil for baking.
I make cakes, brownies, etc with olive oil–wherever the recipe calls for oil. I fry with it too.
Peninahonig, I bake with it too. Years ago I fortunate to have relatives send it to me from Greece, the aroma was amazing.
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And there is good olive oil from Israel too. I guess all around the Mediterranean there are olives!
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Thank you for the comments! Yes, Spain, Greece, Argentina, California…there are good olive oils from many places! I had never tasted such delicious olive oil before being in Italy. Nothing I ever found here could compare, but now that I know more what to look for I hope to find a good one! 🙂 (Jane)
Jane, when I first read the headline of this article I thought you were talking about the guys, not olive oil!
Of course we already know Ignazio is taken( by Marie)
I always pick an olive oil made in Italy, and then which ever is on sale. Thank you for the education.
I also thought the article was about the guys. Lol
I knew none of this. I will now go armed into Wal-Mart.
Ok, Daniela I am willing to try that spaghetti with olive oil again.
Thanks, Jane.
Thank you so much for sharing this, Jane.
i really like extra virgin olive oil and always have some in stock.
Grazie
btw, what about the Spanish Olive Oil? they also have very good olives….
and california too.
That is really good information. I use olive oil for cooking and salad dressing every day, and I usually find myself standing in front of the array of bottles of oil in the store trying to figure out which to choose. Now I know! Thanks for sharing .
I live near a place that grows their olives in northern California and makes the oil here in so Cal It,s called Graber Olives. It, very good.
I never dreamt that there was such a big story on olive oil. I always looked for extra olive oil but didn’t look for Italian oil. That is what I have been doing Janet standing in from of the bottles & wondering what to get. This site always gives us loads of information on everything. Thanks Jane.
Don’t forget Greek olive oil. I use olive oil for almost everything I cook.
So do I Rose Marie. I even bake with it. Sometime I get the light olive oil for baking.
I make cakes, brownies, etc with olive oil–wherever the recipe calls for oil. I fry with it too.
Peninahonig, I bake with it too. Years ago I fortunate to have relatives send it to me from Greece, the aroma was amazing.
And there is good olive oil from Israel too. I guess all around the Mediterranean there are olives!
Thank you for the comments! Yes, Spain, Greece, Argentina, California…there are good olive oils from many places! I had never tasted such delicious olive oil before being in Italy. Nothing I ever found here could compare, but now that I know more what to look for I hope to find a good one! 🙂 (Jane)
Jane, when I first read the headline of this article I thought you were talking about the guys, not olive oil!
Of course we already know Ignazio is taken( by Marie)
I always pick an olive oil made in Italy, and then which ever is on sale. Thank you for the education.
I also thought the article was about the guys. Lol
I knew none of this. I will now go armed into Wal-Mart.
Ok, Daniela I am willing to try that spaghetti with olive oil again.
Thanks, Jane.