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Peter A wrote:

>
> US olive oil can be excellent but it tends to be "botique" oil and
> therefore expensive.
>
> You can't judge an oil by its country of origin. The countries you list
> all make some great oils but also some that are not so great. I've also
> had wonderful olive oils from Morocco, Jordan, and Lebanon. CostCo's
> oil, from Italy I believe, is a great deal.
>
>

You are lucky, we don't have as many choices... I usually prefer the
Spanish or Italian produced olive oils over the Greek that we can get
here. With one exception.. something called "Aegean Gold" - which is
Greek. Good stuff (when I can find it).
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Chatty Cathy