Olive oil is a liquid fat obtained from olives (the fruit of Olea europaea; family Oleaceae), a traditional tree crop of the Mediterranean Basin, produced by pressing whole olives and extracting the oil. It is commonly used in cooking: for frying foods or as a salad dressing. It can be found in some cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, soaps, and fuels for traditional oil lamps. It also has additional uses in some religions. The olive is one of three core food plants in Mediterranean cuisine; the other two are wheat and grapes.
Spain accounts for almost half of global olive oil production; other major producers are Portugal, Italy, Tunisia, Greece, Morocco and Turkey. Per capita consumption is highest in Greece, followed by Italy and Spain. Olive oil has long been a common ingredient in Mediterranean cuisine, including ancient Greek and Roman cuisine.
In countries that adhere to the standards of the International Olive Council :
Extra virgin olive oil is the highest grade of virgin olive oil derived by cold mechanical extraction without use of solvents or refining methods.It contains no more than 0.8% free acidity, and is judged to have a superior taste, having some fruitiness and no defined sensory defects.
Virgin olive oil is a lesser grade of virgin oil, with free acidity of up to 2.0%, and is judged to have a good taste, but may include some sensory defects.
Refined olive oil is virgin oil that has been refined using charcoal and other chemical and physical filters, methods which do not alter the glyceridic structure. It has a free acidity, expressed as oleic acid, of not more than 0.3 grams per 100 grams (0.3%) . Oils labeled as Pure olive oil or Olive oil are primarily refined olive oil, with a small addition of virgin for taste.
Olive pomace oil is refined pomace olive oil, often blended with some virgin oil. It is fit for consumption, but may not be described simply as olive oil. It also has a high smoke point, and thus is widely used in restaurants as well as home cooking in some countries.
In the summer of 1941 Italians and Italian Americans interned in Fort Missoula Montana were said to have rioted when officials switched their provided cooking fat from olive oil to beef suet (rightly so)
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Total myth that you can't cook with EVOO at high heat, the Turks/Greeks/Italians have been frying with olive oil forever.
Someone from many hundreds of miles away added me on a dating app purely because of the commie dog whistles on my profile. I guess we are friends now.
Installed TikTok at 11pm because I heard there were tonnes of cute guys on there. It's now 1am and I have not looked anything up I've just been captured by the "for you page". What fucking demonic contraption is this
Let me reiterate, i have not looked up aforementioned cute guys. Gay conversion therapy is real and works, it's just TikTok instead of christian camps
bruh someone born in 2008 is moderating a forum im in somehow :shinji-screm: :chomsky-yes-honey:
I genuinely do not understand the fact that some people get violent and aggressive when they drink. When I’m drunk I’m jolly. I’ll talk to strangers like we’re lifelong best friends. A few weeks ago as my friends were dragging me home I told a girl I liked her boots and suddenly we were best friends for 30 seconds until my friends dragged me off.
Am I annoying when drunk? Absolutely. But it’s because I’m overly friendly and want to help people and just want everyone to get along and be helpful.
:reddit-logo: I'm not a communist, I'm a socialist! Yes, I want to remain in a transitional state forever and don't want to actually work towards a better world because I'm not a tankie. I definitely know what words mean and I'm not just repeating something I heard an American politician or activist say once.
Chapitos and Chapitas
Welcome to the Jungle starts playing
The covid test came back negative
You add vegetables to unhealthy meals so you can pretend they are healthy. I add vegetables to unhealthy meals because I like unhealthy food AND I like vegetables. We are not the same
Mascara implies the existence of femara and androgynousara
Why am I, a man, consistently and near exclusively attracted to lesbians? My lesbian friends are all so hot and wonderful. Maybe we share similar opinions on other men
By todays standard Rambo would be considered SJW trash. It is about a soldier who got PTSD. Has no access to mental health, had a black friend that killed himself due to rascism, then it is about corrupt cops and killing them and how that is good.
It is based as hell.
Thought today was payday, but it's tomorrow. What is today though, is my autopay phone bill that's just enough to knock me $5 into overdraft, giving me another $50 overdraft fee :what-the-hell:
I'm fine I have food and a pending paycheck tomorrow but this sucks dude.