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Default Australian olive oil

On Tue, 11 Dec 2012 14:10:38 GMT, "l not -l" > wrote:

>
> On 10-Dec-2012, Jeßus > wrote:
>
> > >
> > >In Australia we are told that European countries dump their lowest
> > >quality oil
> > >here because we don't have strict enough labelling standards, so it's
> > >safest to
> > >use only Australian olive oil, which is good quality. However, in the
> > >big
> > >supermarkets I can see no Australian olive oil that's not extra
> > >virgin, and
> > >therefore I assume not suitable for cooking. So, what olive oil to
> > >cook with?

> >
> > There are Aussie brands of EVOO in Aussie supermarkets- Cobram Estate
> > and Red Island are just two that come to mind.
> > Find a better supermarket

>
> You missed one of the negatives; DavidW said he can find Australian EVOO
> but can't find Australian OO that isn't EV.


Some of us use EVOO exclusively and that's what we think of first when
anyone says olive oil.

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