So much for E.V.O.O.O.O.Oh.

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2...a_fact_mueller

"stark" > wrote in message
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> So much for E.V.O.O.O.O.Oh.
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> http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2...a_fact_mueller
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Great article. I stopped buying Italian EVOO some years back after tasting
locally made New Zealand EVOO's and comparing it to a $40 bottle of Pons
Italian that my Gourmet shop told me was "The best in the world". It was
crap when you compared it to almost any locally made oil.

Frenchy

Frenchy wrote:
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> "stark" > wrote in message
> ps.com...
> > So much for E.V.O.O.O.O.Oh.
> >
> > http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2...a_fact_mueller
>
> Great article. I stopped buying Italian EVOO some years back after
> tasting locally made New Zealand EVOO's and comparing it to a $40 bottle
> of Pons Italian that my Gourmet shop told me was "The best in the world".
> It was crap when you compared it to almost any locally made oil.

I buy California olive oil not because it is good
(which it is), but because I have higher confidence
that it really comes from olives, as opposed to
any olive oil from that snake-pit commonly known
as the "EU". The EU is to olive oil what China
is to wheat gluten.

Although recently I've seen a Chinese brand of
olive oil. Olive trees in China? Maybe they're
importing the oil from Italy, and you know what
that means.

That said, the best olive oil in my memory was
Pompeian brand, at least over 30 years ago when
I started buying olive oil. One large drop of
that stuff in my brown rice or bulgar wheat would
infuse it with an almost intolerably strong olive
oil flavor. I haven't bought that stuff in decades,
so I don't know if current production is so good.

This appears to be the same brand, judging by the
label and shape of the bottles:

http://www.pompeian.com/Olive_Oil_varieties.html

I should buy another bottle next time I see it,
just to see whether it's still the same as it was
30 years ago.

Mark Thorson wrote:


> That said, the best olive oil in my memory was
> Pompeian brand, at least over 30 years ago when
> I started buying olive oil.

Really? That's super cheap stuff at the stores here.



Brian

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In article >,
"Default User" > wrote:

> Mark Thorson wrote:
>
>
> > That said, the best olive oil in my memory was
> > Pompeian brand, at least over 30 years ago when
> > I started buying olive oil.
>
> Really? That's super cheap stuff at the stores here.


How much is super cheap? I got sticker shock when I went over to the
local food coop to pick up my usual $17 3 litre can of Sagra evoo.
Within 3 months the price had gone up to $33. So, off to the big city
of Sacramento. Got the same bad news at Italian Imports. Then, down the
street to Corti Bros. who had 3 l. cans at $21. (The label said "packed
in Italy".) Then back up the street to T.J.'s. I ended up grabbing a
liter of their evoo which was satisfactory at $7. Then just last week a
new market chain hit town and I found a 3 l. can of Star "packed in
Spain, oils from Spain, Italy, Greece, Tunisia" for $20. Unfortunately
that was a sale price. but I guess one shouldn't expect evoo to be
inflation proof.

D.M.

"Mark Thorson" > wrote in message
>
> That said, the best olive oil in my memory was
> Pompeian brand, at least over 30 years ago when
> I started buying olive oil. One large drop of
> that stuff in my brown rice or bulgar wheat would
> infuse it with an almost intolerably strong olive
> oil flavor. I haven't bought that stuff in decades,
> so I don't know if current production is so good.

I remember it also. So well that I did not use olive oil for 30 years after
tasting it. Still wont touch a bottle of the stuff. That was many years
ago and my tastes have change and maybe the oil was bad or something, but
the memory lingers.

Mark Thorson wrote:

> Although recently I've seen a Chinese brand of
> olive oil. Olive trees in China? Maybe they're
> importing the oil from Italy, and you know what
> that means.

Bullshit: Italy is importing oil/olives from half the mediterranean.
BTW, didn't you know China had both grapes and olives?
--
Vilco
Think pink, drink rose'

On Aug 16, 12:54 pm, "Frenchy" > wrote:
> "stark" > wrote in message
>
> ps.com...
>
> > So much for E.V.O.O.O.O.Oh.
>
> >http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2...a_fact_mueller
>
> Great article. I stopped buying Italian EVOO some years back after tasting
> locally made New Zealand EVOO's and comparing it to a $40 bottle of Pons
> Italian that my Gourmet shop told me was "The best in the world". It was
> crap when you compared it to almost any locally made oil.
>
> Frenchy


Even though the article makes it sound like things cleared up after
'98, I'm not buying Bertolli oil any more. If I have even a
microscopic bit of hazelnut-anything, I go into shock. Apparently,
I've been lucky so far.

N.

On Aug 16, 4:09 pm, Nancy2 > wrote:
> On Aug 16, 12:54 pm, "Frenchy" > wrote:
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> > "stark" > wrote in message
>
> ups.com...
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> > > So much for E.V.O.O.O.O.Oh.
>
> > >http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2...a_fact_mueller

> Even though the article makes it sound like things cleared up after
> '98, I'm not buying Bertolli oil any more. If I have even a
> microscopic bit of hazelnut-anything, I go into shock. Apparently,
> I've been lucky so far.
>

It's a typical New Yorker article. It sounds thorough, but it sort of
grinds around in circles. Didn't mention any brand names. And I
wondered about the nut allergy thing too. With so much tainted oil
there should have been some wide-spread reactions, unless none of it
made it to the US. Hard to believe since that's where the gourmet
market is, selling small bottles for $20 and $30 bucks a pop.