"dsi1" > wrote in message
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> 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.

I'm glad that it doesn't taste fruity to me. I don't like fruit. I do like
olive oil and I don't think I've ever met any that I didn't like.