On Friday, June 24, 2016 at 4:52:18 PM UTC-10, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 6/24/2016 8:17 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> > On Thursday, June 23, 2016 at 6:38:56 PM UTC-10, wrote:
> >> What does "Extra Virgin" mean in olive oil?
> >> I always thought that was a bizarre expression....
> >
> > Rest assured that it is a bizarre expression. I never liked it myself - the phrase or the oil.
> >
>
> Growing up, my mother had a small bottle of Pompeii brand olive oil. It
> was probably old and past its prime and I thought it was nasty stuff.
> Years later I tasted some really good fruity oil and since then have it
> on hand all the time. We have a store in town that has about a dozen
> different oils and you can taste before you buy.

I was never able to get a fruity taste out of olive oil. It always tastes like oil-based paint to me. I'll have a little when I get a chance but I'm not a big fan. It might be a peculiarity of my taste buds but there's a lot of folks like me out there.