This is something I often eat as a snack. You pour some oil on a plate and dip some bread (preferably not the sweet fake bread common in the anglosphere, that stuff is vile, it should at least have a crust) in it and sprinkle some salt to taste on top.
It is extremly quick, very cheap, vegan and somewhat healthy. I also like it because i can get a lot of calories very quickly as i tend to eat too little.
This also works with salad dressings and all kinds of vegetable oils and sauces really, but i like the taste of olive oil and it is common everywhere and also healthier .
If you are pescetarian, add some tuna on it, and preferably put it in the oven for a few minutes
Congrats, you discovered Greek diet. It's literally dipping bread in olive oil and souvlaki.
I've legit read roman epics where they were eating this.
They eat it regularly on the TV series Rome, too (great show by the way, with sadly only two seasons).
A bit of balsamic vinegar brings it up a notch, and I'll sprinkle a bit of this stuff on top as well
It is nice because there are endless variations of this you can do.
I do balsamic vinegar and olive oil and I can eat a whole bloomer if I don't watch myself.
It's just so good.
add a little vinegar and it's amazing. Classic entree at restaurants.
It's weird seeing the original use of the word entree. Where are you from, globally?
Seems to be a solely North American thing that no one else does, as ever.
Do Italian Restaurants there do Antipasti, Primo, Secundo etc to define Starters, Pasta and Meat?
That said bread is probably closer to an Hors d'Oeuvres than an Entree, which would come slightly after.
No, in the states every restaurant has "appetizer, soup/salad, entree, desert." Italian placea have entrees, even in cultures places like NY and SF
I grew up in the black belt and sometimes our main entre was 48 cent a loaf clearance white bread with bbq sauce
The fat also softens up old bread and makes it eatable, so it's also nice for avoiding wasting stuff.
I mean healthy it ain't. Sodium, carb, fat.
Less than potato chips, sure, but let's not kid ourselves.
Those are all things that your body needs. If your whole snack-time consists of those and you eat light&balanced breakfast/lunch/dinner, it's fine.
With whole bread and light use of the olive oil and salt it’s not bad, but that’s probably not what’s going on here
In countries with good bread you can only buy whole bread, like what is the opposite of whole bread? That anglo cake masquerading as bread?
Isn't whole bread brown bread, like this ? if so, I guarantee you most bread in my country at least (France), including the classic baguette, is not whole bread - it's made with white flour.
You can throw in a pepper flake or two for some heat the oil sucks that up really well
absolutely, best with a home sourdough and a bit of salt on top imo. spices are also welcome if you wanna enhance, and then tomatoes to make it into a nice quick vegan breakfast
Probably one of the oldest meals still eaten today, like they eat bread with oil in the aenas.
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Just try it with a good loaf of bread. Put in black pepper, salt, cayanne, whichever spices into the oil. It's amazing.
