"Ray S. & Nayda Katzaman" wrote in
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LucasG wrote:

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117...-13762,00.html

Damn!! Looks like I'll be paying more for my oil from now on :-/

Might have to swap to Italian, or Greek.


Lucas,
Sorry to hear you cannot find your favorite brand. Have you tried
Spanish olive oil?

Did you even click on the link and read the story???

SHEESH!!


My wife and I have been using olive oil in our
kitchen for way over 35 years and the quality, flavor and aroma - in
our
opinion - surpasses that of Italian or Greek oils.

Which is why I prefer Spanish olive oil.


Some of the brands we have used a Sensat, Betis, Vigo, Cazorla
and
Goya. I would suggest visiting your local supermarket and ask the
store
manager to import some if they do not carry Spanish olive oil.


One of our Aussie brands........

http://tinyurl.com/fhbvx

The brands you mention, I haven't seen them around here.


--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia

At this spectacle even the most gentle must feel savage, and the most
savage must weep.

Turkish Officer
400 Plateau
24May1915

I just looked on the Colavita website, what really is going
on, why am I having (minor, only checked 2 stores) trouble
finding it? Sure enough, they make no mention of why that
might be (harrr). But! I see they have recipes, a very good
looking recipe section. I'm always looking for inspiration.
Right off the bat, zucchini pancakes, I would love to make those!
Anyway, in case anyone is interested: http://www.colavita.com

nancy

LucasP wrote:

"Ray S. & Nayda Katzaman" wrote in
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LucasG wrote:

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117...-13762,00.html

Damn!! Looks like I'll be paying more for my oil from now on :-/

Might have to swap to Italian, or Greek.


Lucas,
Sorry to hear you cannot find your favorite brand. Have you tried
Spanish olive oil?

Did you even click on the link and read the story???

SHEESH!!

My wife and I have been using olive oil in our
kitchen for way over 35 years and the quality, flavor and aroma - in
our
opinion - surpasses that of Italian or Greek oils.

Which is why I prefer Spanish olive oil.


Some of the brands we have used a Sensat, Betis, Vigo, Cazorla
and
Goya. I would suggest visiting your local supermarket and ask the
store
manager to import some if they do not carry Spanish olive oil.


One of our Aussie brands........

http://tinyurl.com/fhbvx

The brands you mention, I haven't seen them around here.

--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia

At this spectacle even the most gentle must feel savage, and the most
savage must weep.

Turkish Officer
400 Plateau
24May1915

Lucas,
I did try the link, but here is what happened. I clicked on it, and after
about 45 seconds and it not coming up, I went to feed my granddaughter -
10 weeks old - I prepared her formula, got her ready and fed her, then
cleaned her up - about 15 minutes. Then I realized - by the smell - that
she had pooped, so I changed her pamper (similar to a diaper but made of
plastic and absorbent materials), promptly cleaned her and did a wash
towel clean up. Put on the new clean pamper walked out in the backyard
with her for about 5 minutes them brought her in and placed her back in
her crib. Feeding, changing and walk in the back yard took about 35
minutes.

I remembered that I had painted the wheels on a plastic model car I am
building and went to check up on it to see my handiwork. Very nice, so I
painted the other 3 wheels. The first one was sort of an experiment with
a new technique I read about on the net. This took about 30 more minutes.

On the way back to my study to see how the download was coming along,
something in the news on the TV caught my eye and sat there watching
President Bush give a speech on the economy of the US. About 15 more
minutes.

All in all, about 1 hour and 20 minutes. When I finally made it back to
the study, the document was still downloading. I clicked on the stop
downloading icon and decided to answer your post the best I could without
the benefit of seeing the link and with the limited information you gave.
You did not mention that you liked Spanish olive oil in your initial
post. If you think that the rest of us have ESP and can read your mind,
you are way off base on this one.

To sum it up, if my response offended you, I could really give a rat's
ass. If I respond honestly and think my advice could be useful and you do
not agree, that is your prerogative, not mine. The newsgroup is here to
provide assistance, advice and answer question posted by the users, if you
do not like the responses don't deride the poster.

Cordially,

Ray
Austin, Texas
===

On Wed, 3 May 2006 10:30:29 -0400, "Nancy Young"
wrote:

I just looked on the Colavita website, what really is going
on, why am I having (minor, only checked 2 stores) trouble
finding it? Sure enough, they make no mention of why that
might be (harrr). But! I see they have recipes, a very good
looking recipe section. I'm always looking for inspiration.
Right off the bat, zucchini pancakes, I would love to make those!
Anyway, in case anyone is interested: http://www.colavita.com

nancy


I just visited the site because I was curious about where their olives
come from. (Steve W mentioned that they might well be from Spain)
Here's what it says:

"Since the inception of the Colavita family brand, product quality
has been the company's top priority. The company's efforts to maintain
strict quality standards have been recognized by the International
Organization for Standardization (ISO) that has found Colavita to be
in compliance with the ISO 9002 quality system. Furthermore, the
Italian government, through the CERMET organization, granted Colavita
the much-coveted ability to declare "Certified Authentic Product of
Italy" on its extra virgin olive oil labels. This seal assures
consumers worldwide that Colavita Extra Virgin Olive Oil is obtained
exclusively from Italian olives, generally regarded as the source of
the finest olive oils in the world. "

http://www.colavita.com/oliveoil.htm

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"Ms.B Haven" wrote

On Wed, 3 May 2006 10:30:29 -0400, "Nancy Young"
wrote:

I just visited the site because I was curious about where their olives
come from. (Steve W mentioned that they might well be from Spain)

Yeah, but I assume the mafia started stealing closer to home
in Italy ... it was just a little joke.

nancy

On Wed, 3 May 2006 15:19:23 -0400, "Nancy Young"
wrote:

"Ms.B Haven" wrote

On Wed, 3 May 2006 10:30:29 -0400, "Nancy Young"
wrote:

I just visited the site because I was curious about where their olives
come from. (Steve W mentioned that they might well be from Spain)

Yeah, but I assume the mafia started stealing closer to home
in Italy ... it was just a little joke.

Nah, they'd never steal from their own

Weird that you're having trouble finding it, though. I'm going to
have a look and see if it's on the shelves when I go shopping
tomorrow.


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Kwyjibo. wrote:

"Old Mother Ashby" wrote in message




So what do you think of the local product?



Their wogs seem better at making it than our wogs.



Wogs? Which brands are we talking about?

Christine

"Dee Randall" wrote in
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I have been wondering why I cannot find my brand, Colavita.
Very strange.

I thought Colavita was Italian, not Spanish.

Almost all the olives come from Spain. Colavita is probably
grown in Spain, processed and blended in Italy.

-sw

I saw Colavita at BJ's the other day; didn't buy it because I thought
it was a lesser brand as I've seen it in most grocery stores on a
regular basis. Hmmm.


I usually buy the Colavita EVOO for salads and dipping, and the
Carbonell O/O for cooking and such. If I can't get Carbonell, I'll use
Moro.

But as all have been as expensive as all hell of late, I'm using the 'no
name' brand O/O which is Spanish anyway!!

--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia

At this spectacle even the most gentle must feel savage, and the most
savage must weep.

Turkish Officer
400 Plateau
24May1915

"Ray S. & Nayda Katzaman" wrote in
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All in all, about 1 hour and 20 minutes. When I finally made it back
to the study, the document was still downloading.


Time you got a new ISP then.
Or a new computer..



I clicked on the
stop downloading icon and decided to answer your post the best I could
without the benefit of seeing the link and with the limited
information you gave. You did not mention that you liked Spanish olive
oil in your initial post. If you think that the rest of us have ESP
and can read your mind, you are way off base on this one.

No, the rest of the people read what was in the link. Seems strange that
you were the *only* one not to be able to read it.

But here, I'll give you another one

http://tinyurl.com/powur

or maybe you can just Google "spanish olive oil stolen"....... if your
computer/ISP can handle it.

So basically, what you're saying is that without any information on what
the topic was about, you decided to comment on it anyway?
And you get your knickers in a twist when people come back at you??

Are you sure it was the baby that shat it's duds?



To sum it up, if my response offended you, I could really give a rat's
ass.


I'm glad that you *do* give a rats arse.

I certainly don't.


If I respond honestly and think my advice could be useful


It was about as useful as hip pockets on a singlet.

(Or for you non-Aussie members....... as useful as screendoors on a
submarine.... or as useful as an ashtray on a motorbike.)


and
you do not agree, that is your prerogative, not mine. The newsgroup
is here to provide assistance, advice and answer question posted by
the users, if you do not like the responses don't deride the poster.

Cordially,



Maybe you should lay off the red cordial for awhile, Ray in Texass.



--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia

At this spectacle even the most gentle must feel savage, and the most
savage must weep.

Turkish Officer
400 Plateau
24May1915

Old Mother Ashby wrote in news:4459230f$0$16971
:

Kwyjibo. wrote:

"Old Mother Ashby" wrote in message




So what do you think of the local product?



Their wogs seem better at making it than our wogs.



Wogs? Which brands are we talking about?

Christine



LOL!!
For all residents across the pond this will help you with us irreverant
'Colonials'!!

http://www.koalanet.com.au/australian-slang.html



--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia

At this spectacle even the most gentle must feel savage, and the most
savage must weep.

Turkish Officer
400 Plateau
24May1915

Steve Wertz wrote in
:

On Wed, 3 May 2006 14:16:26 +0000 (UTC), LucasP wrote:

Did you even click on the link and read the story???

SHEESH!!

I didn't. I don't open unsolicited links unless someone provides
some description of the story beforehand.


So you don't open *any* links in *any* newsgroups, hey?



You have to be an idiot to open all those "Hey - check out this
link" posts.


Funny........ I didn't put "Hey - check out this link" in the post.

The subject told the main story, the link tells the rest.


And then half the time someone puts the subject of the link in
the Subject line, it's not anything having to do with the actual
story.


One way to find out is to check the link. If it's a dud one, killfile
the poster. Or you could always wait till someone braver than you
actually opens the link to read what's there and makes an informative
comment on it.



You're not paranoid, are you? It's just that everyone's out to get you,
hey?


(Oh, and before you and Ray from Texass get on your hobby horses, please
note the smiley............ :-)


--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia

At this spectacle even the most gentle must feel savage, and the most
savage must weep.

Turkish Officer
400 Plateau
24May1915

Steve Wertz wrote in news:1chym14x5sqw6
:

On Thu, 4 May 2006 01:17:27 +0000 (UTC), LucasP wrote:

Steve Wertz wrote in
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On Wed, 3 May 2006 14:16:26 +0000 (UTC), LucasP wrote:

Did you even click on the link and read the story???

SHEESH!!

I didn't. I don't open unsolicited links unless someone provides
some description of the story beforehand.

So you don't open *any* links in *any* newsgroups, hey?

Not normally, no. I did the same thing Ray did. Clicked the
link, left the room, and when I got back, I closed down the
browser without reading the story.

Perhaps it's a "Texass" thing.


Looks like it is. Maybe the WWW is too damn *big* for your Texass ISP's
to handle?? :-)


Or maybe we just don't really
care.


I remember a rather good quote from a Drill SGT in the movie 'Full Metal
Jacket' (also used in 'An Officer and a gentleman')

"Texas? Only two things come out of Texas, boy - steers and queers.
Which one are you? I don't see no horns, boy, so you MUST be a queer!"

:-)

I betcha you Texans *hate* those movies, hey? :-)


--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia

At this spectacle even the most gentle must feel savage, and the most
savage must weep.

Turkish Officer
400 Plateau
24May1915

LucasP wrote:

Old Mother Ashby wrote in news:4459230f$0$16971
:



Kwyjibo. wrote:



"Old Mother Ashby" wrote in message






So what do you think of the local product?




Their wogs seem better at making it than our wogs.





Wogs? Which brands are we talking about?

Christine





LOL!!
For all residents across the pond this will help you with us irreverant
'Colonials'!!

http://www.koalanet.com.au/australian-slang.html





Oh ha, ha, very droll! I'm serious - you make olive oil production sound
like some sort of ethnic cottage industry, which is no more the case
than it is with wine. I think the local stuff, which varies considerably
in taste between brands, is very good. I wouldn't go out of my way to
buy foreign EVO - I have most of a bottle of Colavita which Derrick
bought by mistake, and it's too bitter for me. I'm gradually getting rid
of it cooking dishes where it will be buried in other flavours, would
never use it in a dressing.

I take it that you are of a different opinion and actually prefer
imported EVOs.

Christine

LucasP wrote:

Steve Wertz wrote in news:1chym14x5sqw6
:



On Thu, 4 May 2006 01:17:27 +0000 (UTC), LucasP wrote:



Steve Wertz wrote in
:



On Wed, 3 May 2006 14:16:26 +0000 (UTC), LucasP wrote:



Did you even click on the link and read the story???

SHEESH!!


I didn't. I don't open unsolicited links unless someone provides
some description of the story beforehand.


So you don't open *any* links in *any* newsgroups, hey?


Not normally, no. I did the same thing Ray did. Clicked the
link, left the room, and when I got back, I closed down the
browser without reading the story.

Perhaps it's a "Texass" thing.




Looks like it is. Maybe the WWW is too damn *big* for your Texass ISP's
to handle?? :-)




Or maybe we just don't really
care.




I remember a rather good quote from a Drill SGT in the movie 'Full Metal
Jacket' (also used in 'An Officer and a gentleman')

"Texas? Only two things come out of Texas, boy - steers and queers.
Which one are you? I don't see no horns, boy, so you MUST be a queer!"

:-)

I betcha you Texans *hate* those movies, hey? :-)




Oh mate, this is shaping up as a real dead-set donnybrook. I bags a seat
in the front row as soon as the tickets are on sale! ;-D

Christine

I dunno, have you tried Joseph EVOO:
http://www.primoestate.com.au/Oils/Default.htm?

It's not cheap at 40 bucks a 750, but there's a reason Ponytail Perry and a
lot of the top Aussie chefs use it. You could try napping it over a very
special bowl of 2 minute noodles.

"Kwyjibo." wrote in message
...
"Old Mother Ashby" wrote in message


So what do you think of the local product?

Their wogs seem better at making it than our wogs.