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Article: If you want extra virgin olive oil, consider getting a second job.(Food)
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- The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)
- Article date:
- May 10, 2006
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Byline: Lewis Taylor The Register-Guard
Food Dude has always loved the term extra virgin olive oil. It's like somebody wanted to prove that their olive oil was really, really pure. It's sort of like saying these apples are super-organic or this beef is 200 percent steroid free.
The funny thing is, extra virgin olive oil is one of the most abused purity standards there is. Sometimes, it seems like the more manufacturers go out of their way to advertise purity, the less true it is. It makes me wonder just how fair that fair-trade coffee is or whether that bottled glacier water didn't just come from some guy's garden hose.
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