"dsi1" > wrote in message
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> On Saturday, June 25, 2016 at 4:28:09 AM UTC-10, sf wrote:
>> On Sat, 25 Jun 2016 04:26:20 -0700 (PDT), dsi1 <dsiom>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > I was never able to get a fruity taste out of olive oil.
>>
>> I think you get those nuances when you're tasting freshly milled oil.
>> I get "peppery" from fresh EVOO. Maybe they call oil that's not
>> peppery fruity. I dunno and frankly, I don't care. There are plenty
>> of other oils out there, so you have other choices if olive oil
>> doesn't rock your boat. For me, it's a cooking or salad dressing oil
>> - I only dip when I'm in a restaurant killing time waiting for my
>> order and there's a baguette on the table tempting me to eat it.
>> Other parts of the country put different types of bread on the table
>> and they are better with butter.
>>
>> > It always tastes like oil-based paint to me.
>>
>> Sounds like you're still getting stale olive oil - or maybe it's a
>> brand that is EVOO in name only. Whatever it is, don't waste your
>> money. I like and use olive oil enough to make worthwhile to buy in
>> the large Costco (Kirkland brand) containers.
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> sf
>
> It sure does taste like stale oil but in every Italian restaurant I go to,
> the oil pretty much tastes the same. I just think I have a genetic
> predisposition to this - after all, nobody in my family's history ever ate
> the stuff before.

Now that I think about it... I once ordered the hummus appetizer at Red
Robin. This was some years ago. They poured a bunch of oil over the top
which I think was olive oil. The odd thing was, the menu didn't mention the
oil on the top. But... The oil had such a very "off" taste to it that we
couldn't eat it. I know it was the oil because we asked for a spoon (they do
not normally supply you with silverware unless you order specific things)
and I scraped it all off plus any hummus that it was touching. The hummus
itself tasted fine.

I did mention the oil to the waitress. It was so many years ago now that I
can't remember what she said but based on her reaction, I gathered that they
wouldn't do anything. I do remember mentioning here and I caught flack for
mentioning how they also cut the cucumber into huge spears that were next to
impossible to eat, instead of the normal round slices that would normally be
served with hummus.

I have only ever been at one Italian place that served olive oil with the
bread. It was on Cape Cod and a new place at the time. And while I did enjoy
the bread and the oil, I did not enjoy the reaction of another diner. Two
elderly women were seated near us and one must have been hard of hearing or
something because she kept shouting. The other clearly was hard of hearing
as she had no clue what was being said. But it went something like this.

"Look! They're dipping the bread in the oil!"

"What?"

"I said... They're dipping the bread in the oil!"

"What?"

Repeat, repeat, repeat to the point where it actually got comical. Other
diners were then all looking at us waiting for us to dip again so the woman
would shout. My husband and I who both wanted more bread, could not bring
ourselves to eat any more of it as we couldn't stand the shouting. He did
try to sneak and do it but she shouted again. Thankfully our food came at
about this time and no more comments were made.

Apparently this oil dipping was a novel thing for the Cape. We did dine
there again but were given butter instead of oil.