"sf" > wrote in message
...
> Someone here (I forget who, sorry) has asked several times if people
> have forgotten about "Pure Olive Oil" whenever EVOO is mentioned... I
> never forgot about it because I didn't know about it existed. I knew
> about regular, refined OO, but not anything called "pure". Well, I
> happened to go to Costco two days in a row this week and looked at
> oils each time. Yep, they sell "Pure Olive Oil". I looked it up and
> apparently it's a mixture of refined olive oil and EVOO... if there's
> a specific percentage of each, I missed that part. In any case, I
> worked the math and buying Kirkland brand EVOO or Kirkland brand Pure
> Olive Oil works out to be ± $6 for either one. A deciding factor, for
> me, is the amount I can buy it in. Kirkland brand EVOO comes in one 2
> liter jug, but I have to buy two 2 liter jugs of Kirkland's Pure OO
> and I prefer buying one at a time because I do not want to store that
> amount of oil.
>
> So, I have this question for you: I use EVOO as my everyday cooking
> oil. I use it for salad dressing and I saute with it. Since cost is
> not a factor, can you think of any compelling reason why I should
> switch?
>


hey, that was me! I wonder if anyone reads my posts.

If the cost is the same, the EVOO is not very good stuff.

Theoretically, there is more "bad chemistry" formed when EVOO heats up, so
it should not be used for high temp cooking. But who knows with the EVOO
you are buying at that price.