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Thanks for this Jim. It set me googling Tom Mueller back to his article in the New Yorker. He's done a good job educating us.I've made an insert in my blog as a result of searching this http://democracystreet.blogspot.com/2012/02/normal-0-false-false-false-en-gb-ja-x.html The good stuff leaves a peppery taste in the throat. right? Or can that be faked?
For olive oil extracted where EU rules apply you can use the term 'cold pressed' so long as the the temperature during extraction remains under 27 °C. This involved using more modern grinding equipment of the kind they have in the two olive oil factories I've visited on Corfu - not mill stones. This film shows the kit I saw from 01.23 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-y_lQiLokI The reference to 'high heat' is confusing. High heat is used for lower quality oil - but removes aroma and other elements. Blimey I'm learning all the time.
Thanks for this Jim. It set me googling Tom Mueller back to his article in the New Yorker. He's done a good job educating us.I've made an insert in my blog as a result of searching this http://democracystreet.blogspot.com/2012/02/normal-0-false-false-false-en-gb-ja-x.html
ReplyDeleteThe good stuff leaves a peppery taste in the throat. right? Or can that be faked?
"Further eye-opening tips included ignoring terms like 'cold-pressed' which apparently is redundant seeing as olives can only be pressed in high heat"
ReplyDeleteOh yes? And I suppose the ancient Greeks didn't produce their olive oil "cold-pressed".
For olive oil extracted where EU rules apply you can use the term 'cold pressed' so long as the the temperature during extraction remains under 27 °C. This involved using more modern grinding equipment of the kind they have in the two olive oil factories I've visited on Corfu - not mill stones. This film shows the kit I saw from 01.23
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-y_lQiLokI
The reference to 'high heat' is confusing. High heat is used for lower quality oil - but removes aroma and other elements. Blimey I'm learning all the time.
By the way - this is available on BBC iPlayer until 7 April '12
ReplyDeletehttp://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01dtdcb/Archive_on_4_Greece_An_Unquiet_History/