On Tue, 23 Oct 2018 11:51:38 -0700 (PDT), dsi1 >
wrote:

>On Tuesday, October 23, 2018 at 12:28:50 AM UTC-10, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>> On Monday, October 22, 2018 at 2:20:55 PM UTC-4, dsi1 wrote:
>> > On Monday, October 22, 2018 at 2:04:08 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
>> > > "dsi1" wrote in message
>> > > ...
>> > >
>> > > On Sunday, October 21, 2018 at 9:40:03 PM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
>> > > >
>> > > > I use 'light' olive oil. Works fine for me.
>> > >
>> > > The Chinese are starting to use olive oil in their cooking. I think it's
>> > > considered a gourmet/high-status/luxury item over there. I never thought I'd
>> > > see the day!
>> > >
>> > > Other than that, those pakes probably use the cheapest oil they can grab a
>> > > hold of. I usually get soybean oil because it's cheap stuff. Right now I'm
>> > > using canola oil - because it was the cheapest oil on the shelf. I use a lot
>> > > of oil when cooking so cheap is always good.
>> > >
>> > > ==
>> > >
>> > > I don't actually like regular olive oil. The flavour is too strong for me.
>> >
>> > Olive oil has the unpleasant smell of oil that's gone rancid so I'm not a big fan. OTOH, the fact that the Chinese people have gotten a taste for the stuff is wonderful news for people that produce olive oil.
>>
>> Perhaps it has that smell to you. Not everybody agrees. Last night I had
>> a salad dressed with 1 teaspoon balsamic vinegar, 1 teaspoon soy sauce
>> (Kikkoman), and 1 tablespoon of olive oil.
>>
>> Cindy Hamilton
>
>Of course it has that smell to me. It smells that way to a lot of people. People don't believe it because they're incapable of detecting that odor. I can easily detect it because I used to paint model cars when I was a kid. The smell is burnt into my brainpan.

Sounds like they only sell really cheap olive oil in Hawaii. A
by-product of the automoitive industry. Hawaiians don't mind. They're
really modest people.