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Article: Comparing the tastes of imported olive oils
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- March 9, 1989
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Two hundred years ago Thomas Jefferson tried valiantly to grow
olive trees in the United States.
As an ambassador to France, Jefferson fell in love with the
taste of olive oil and shipped hundreds of trees to South Carolina,
hoping that ultimately a similarly delicious product could be made
here.
Jefferson failed in his efforts after the climate proved too
harsh. But if he were alive today, he would certainly be pleased at
the wide variety of imported olive oil now available to Americans.
To test the assortment of different brands now on store shelves,
The Washington Post invited eight olive-oil experts to a blind taste
test.
The experts - Italian chefs and olive-oil importers - ...