/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>16859264
the most expensive you can afford

>>16859274
unironically this combined with not paying for it

>>16859264
>Costco brand is watery and flavorless
Retard.

>>16859264
How could olive oil be watery?

>>16859264
Decent olive oil comes either in cans or in dark glass bottles.

>>16859264
In pittsburgh theres this big italian place in the market area where you can bring in your own container and fill up w olive oil from some barrels they buy. Pretty cheap and good quality. If you don't live there idk sucks for you.

>>16859264
Just remember you only need extra virgin if you're eating it like on a salad, if you're looking for cooking oil then you don't need to buy extra virgin just get ordinary good olive oil

>>16859668

Salim's on centre ave has superior lebanese olive oil

>>16859673
I use it for bread dipping so I want to get the best flavor

>>16859274
>>16859511
Confirming this advice

>>16859539
You do realize that the Italian mafias greatest source of income is through counterfeit olive oil right? Alot of Americans are using artificial olive oil rn and have no idea.

>>16859778
So don’t buy Italian olive oil.
Greece and Spain produce more than Italy.

>>16859264
I only buy Spanish olive oil. It's amazing.

>>16859778
No? How could I possibly know that fact?

>>16859778
California olive oil seems the best option then? also I heard Mafia makes a fair chunk of money from olive oil, just as cartels make money off avocado, but they pretty diversified. Recently I heard Mafia makes a lot of money off of fake social media accounts and then sells it to foreign sovereignties

>>16859778
How can I tell fake oil

>Americans will never wake up early to go with their bros to gather the olives at their friend's Granddad's farm and take them to the press and get a barrel of fresh olive oil to take home

Must suck. Ready for this year's harvest Med Anons?

>>16859778
>artificial olive oil
Most of the time they just dilute the higher quality olive oil with lower quality olive oil and say it's still extra virgin. It's just saying that lower quality olive oil is better than it really is and charging more, not diluting it with canola oil or something.

>>16860158
You can look up brands that failed to meet the standards for extra virgin, or which ones were tested and pass. Some bottles might have labels saying that they passed a third party test too. You can't really figure that out on your own as it's a little complicated to do.

>>16859539
Probably just means bland. Olive oil can't be watery since it's all fat. The Costco brand of olive oil is actually real extra virgin olive oil, but it's a blend and they probably use some oil that is still extra virgin but not super high quality to reduce the cost. Costco has some olive oil from California that is pretty decent though.

>>16859264
>>16859534
>>16862303
Read a consumer report a few years back and Kirkland organic is one of the few legit extra virgin olive oil out there, and the cheapest I'm willing to get. Most others are cut with sunflower oil or soybean oil and shit.

>>16862472
then im fucked. to me it just tasted bland.

>>16859264
You can buy Australian olive oil online. They have legit standards so if it says extra virgin it is

>>16859264
Picrel. Thry have different series/flavors that will cater to your preferences. They range from spicy to chugabley smooth.

>>16859264
Get this from Trader Joe's. They used to have an even better one but it's been discontinued. This one is still pretty great.

olive oil is a fresh product so you want to look for stuff that was pressed and bottled not long ago. go to a grocery store and start looking at dates on bottles. New oils start showing up in late November.

Look for terms like cold pressed, extra virgin and unfiltered. Look for olive oil that was processed where the olives were grown, legally you can grow one place and package in another

Trader Joe's will have nouvo or Novello labeled around Christmas that is good and inexpensive... Domestic oil can be great but usually demands a high price if it is.

>>16862808
this stuff is great. ive only tried the aberquina variety but its fantastic.

the season approaches for Olio Nuovo

inshallah supply chain issues don't prevent this

>>16862808
NO, NOT THAT ONE. God damn it, the "destinations" version is the same shitty international olive oil as every other brand, just with the california logo on it. You want the version that specifically does not have Destinations on the label, because that means it's exclusively the high quality Californian-grown olive oil.

>>16862808
this brand was one of the only brands found to not be cutting their olive oil

>>16859673
I put it inside sous vide bags and it still tastes fresh after cooking.

>>16859274
Just get duck fat if you are going for most expensive. Olive oil is overrated.

>>16862894
what about bertolli

>>16863699
They should call it "French fat"

>>16859778
>yurop still has mafias
lmfao

>>16863699
Just buy goose or duck fat in Eastern European stores. It's dirt cheap there.

>>16859778
>Italian mafias greatest source of income is through counterfeit olive oil

I somehow don't believe this.

Tenuta di Capezzana dabs on all your meme oils. but it is a eat me oil. not fry me one

>>16863707
>>16863984
https://spoonuniversity.com/lifestyle/mafia-reason-why-olive-oil-quality-is-bad

>>16862873
>God damn it, the "destinations" version is the same shitty international olive oil as every other brand
Interesting because there are multiple "destinations" varieties that taste wildly different from each other. Stop giving your opinions on things you've never experienced you massive fucking retard.

>>16864599
What are you fucking talking about? Read the label dipshit, it blatantly tells you the Destination version is a blend of international olive oil, aka all the shit that the Italian mafia is already diluting and fucking up all across Europe in Italy, Spain, Turkey etc. Just because they still sell different levels of robustness doesn't mean it's not the same shitty olive oil. God you're so fucking stupid, you should just use vegetable oil since clearly you can't tell the difference. Buy the version of California olive oil that doesn't have the Destinations added to it, because otherwise you're just a brainless consumer overpaying for the same shit olive oil. It's honestly fucking hilarious how arrogant you are about not knowing a damn thing.

>>16862808
I bought a bottle of California Olive Range extra virgin a few years ago and it’s flavor was STRONG it was too powerful for me to use

>>16863699
So if I want a salad with oil and vinegar I should do duck fat and vinegar instead?

>>16865594
hmm

>>16866711
Would taste good but I think the duck fat would coagulate in a bad way on a cold salad.