I was watching a tv show a couple of years ago. It is called Under the Sun on Veria tv. On Under the Sun, host and world traveler Nathan LeRoy takes you on an international adventure -- from the Indian Himalayas, to the Welsh countryside, to the vineyards of Italy, to the oases of Morocco in search of the most fascinating organic farming methods around the globe. (Their description http://www.veria.com/show/under-the-sun.html) The host, Nathan, visited families who farm their own olive trees for olive oil. I believe they were in Italy. But I noticed at the end of the show when the host was invited back to a lady's house to taste the olive oil that had been harvested that when she poured the oil that it was extremely cloudy and greenish. I tell this story because the olive oil that is for sell in the grocery stores is not the real deal. Not only that a couple of years back companies were found to be mixing olive oil with other oils to cut cost. :-( This website explains it all so check it out http://www.living-foods.com/articles/oliveoil.html. The only olive oil that I have found so far is Trader Giotto's Novello Reserve extra virgin olive oil. I found it at Trader Joe's in Newport New's Va. It is unfiltered, unrefined, and cold pressed. It was harvested and bottled Nov. 2011 and it is best consumed within the year. I am so excited to have found this. We sampled it last night over quinoa. It was so good!
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| See the sediment at the bottom! |
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| See the difference! |
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We love to mix olive oil with italian herbs, a little salt and
pour over a good whole grain bread.
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If you know of a good olive oil like this one please let me know by leaving a comment! I am always looking, well, because you never know when a company might decide to stop selling a product.
Blessings!!!
