I have a big, sealed plastic bottle of olive oil in my pantry. It's
slightly cloudy, and it's never been opened.

I was wondering if there was a way for me to confirm if it's bad or just
cloudy. Like if it smelled rancid or something. Any ideas?

--
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that we are to stand by the president, right or wrong, is not only
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Siobhan Perricone > wrote in
:

> I have a big, sealed plastic bottle of olive oil in my pantry. It's
> slightly cloudy, and it's never been opened.
>
> I was wondering if there was a way for me to confirm if it's bad or
> just cloudy. Like if it smelled rancid or something. Any ideas?
>
> --
> Siobhan Perricone

The sniff test is probably the best. I've had OO sometimes go cloudy, but
it seems to have no connection with rancidity. It smelled and tasted fine.

Wayne

Siobhan Perricone > wrote in
:

> I have a big, sealed plastic bottle of olive oil in my pantry. It's
> slightly cloudy, and it's never been opened.
>
> I was wondering if there was a way for me to confirm if it's bad or
> just cloudy. Like if it smelled rancid or something. Any ideas?
>
> --
> Siobhan Perricone
> "To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or
> that we are to stand by the president, right or wrong, is not only
> unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American
> public." -- Theodore Roosevelt, 1918
>
> You have a choice: www.deanforamerica.com
> Feel free to contact me about him, he was my governor and "boss" for
> 10 years.
>
> "If the percent of minorities in your state has anything to do with
> how you can connect with African American voters, then Trent Lott
> would be Martin Luther King, Jr." - Howard Dean
>

How cool is it in your pantry? Perhaps it is just the result of too cold
olive oil? A Test: put some in a glass container somewhere where the
temperature is slightly warmer and check it say 1/2 hr later. Say close to
a heat vent or on top of the fridge.

--
And the beet goes on! (or under)
-me just a while ago

It's probably fine. The best olive oils are not fined or filtered so you have
solid particles from the olive skins that accumulate at the bottom of the
bottle.
"Clear" cloudiness could be a result of the oil being kept in a place that was
too cold at one time.
Olive oils rarely go rancid and if they do it is because they were exposed to
constant light or a heat source. So just keep your olive oil in a cool dark
cabinet. All you have to do is smell the oil and your nose will tell you right
away if it's rancid.

-Suzin



>I have a big, sealed plastic bottle of olive oil in my pantry. It's
>slightly cloudy, and it's never been opened.
>
>I was wondering if there was a way for me to confirm if it's bad or just
>cloudy. Like if it smelled rancid or something. Any ideas?
>
> --
>Siobhan Perricone
>"To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or
>that we are to stand by the president, right or wrong, is not only
>unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American
>public." -- Theodore Roosevelt, 1918
>
>You have a choice: www.deanforamerica.com
>Feel free to contact me about him, he was my governor and "boss" for 10
>years.
>
>"If the percent of minorities in your state has anything to do with how you
>can connect with African American voters, then Trent Lott would be Martin
>Luther King, Jr." - Howard Dean
>
>

Unfiltered olive oil can be cloudy. The smell test is the best

Even in an unopened container, olive oil can go rancid if its really old.
So if you've had it around for a very long time, it might be over the hill.

Christine
"Siobhan Perricone" > wrote in message
...
> I have a big, sealed plastic bottle of olive oil in my pantry. It's
> slightly cloudy, and it's never been opened.
>
> I was wondering if there was a way for me to confirm if it's bad or just
> cloudy. Like if it smelled rancid or something. Any ideas?
>
> --
> Siobhan Perricone
> "To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or
> that we are to stand by the president, right or wrong, is not only
> unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American
> public." -- Theodore Roosevelt, 1918
>
> You have a choice: www.deanforamerica.com
> Feel free to contact me about him, he was my governor and "boss" for 10
years.
>
> "If the percent of minorities in your state has anything to do with how
you
> can connect with African American voters, then Trent Lott would be Martin
> Luther King, Jr." - Howard Dean

On Thu, 01 Jan 2004 15:00:28 -0500, Siobhan Perricone
> wrote:

>I have a big, sealed plastic bottle of olive oil in my pantry. It's
>slightly cloudy, and it's never been opened.
>
>I was wondering if there was a way for me to confirm if it's bad or just
>cloudy. Like if it smelled rancid or something. Any ideas?
>
> --
>Siobhan Perricone

I've never heard of olive oil going rancid, but it will cloud over
when the temperature gets cool enough..

Harry

Harry Demidavicius wrote:

> I've never heard of olive oil going rancid, but it will cloud over
> when the temperature gets cool enough..

I have never had a problem with it, but I recall a new item from a number of
years ago when a lot of people (in Portugal or Spain?) got extremely ill
after a batch of rancid olive oil went on the market.

Dave Smith wrote:

> Harry Demidavicius wrote:
>
> I have never had a problem with it, but I recall a new item from a number of
> years ago when a lot of people (in Portugal or Spain?) got extremely ill
> after a batch of rancid olive oil went on the market.

It wasn't rancid. It was adulterated. In a 1981 incident,
20,000 people were sickened and 400 died from Spanish olive oil:

http://www.researchinformation.co.uk...php#chemcontam

Although that was the most famous incident, there have been
others involving Spanish olive oil. For example, in 2001:

http://www.elenigourmet.com/archiv01.htm#dangerous

In rec.food.cooking, Siobhan Perricone > wrote:
> I have a big, sealed plastic bottle of olive oil in my pantry. It's
> slightly cloudy, and it's never been opened.

> I was wondering if there was a way for me to confirm if it's bad or just
> cloudy. Like if it smelled rancid or something. Any ideas?

Taste it?

--
....I'm an air-conditioned gypsy...

- The Who

Dave Smith > wrote in message >...
> Harry Demidavicius wrote:
>
> > I've never heard of olive oil going rancid, but it will cloud over
> > when the temperature gets cool enough..
>
> I have never had a problem with it, but I recall a new item from a number of
> years ago when a lot of people (in Portugal or Spain?) got extremely ill
> after a batch of rancid olive oil went on the market.

If it's the case I'm thinking of, it was in 1981, and 402 people died.
The culprit was not rancid olive oil but a distributor who adulterated
olive oil with industrial rapeseed oil.

--
Chris Green

On Fri, 02 Jan 2004 18:15:15 -0500, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>Harry Demidavicius wrote:
>
>> I've never heard of olive oil going rancid, but it will cloud over
>> when the temperature gets cool enough..
>
>I have never had a problem with it, but I recall a new item from a number of
>years ago when a lot of people (in Portugal or Spain?) got extremely ill
>after a batch of rancid olive oil went on the market.

Was that not Botulism contaminated oil?

Harry

On Sun, 04 Jan 2004 01:07:58 GMT, Harry Demidavicius
> wrote:

>On Fri, 02 Jan 2004 18:15:15 -0500, Dave Smith
> wrote:
>
>>Harry Demidavicius wrote:
>>
>>> I've never heard of olive oil going rancid, but it will cloud over
>>> when the temperature gets cool enough..
>>
>>I have never had a problem with it, but I recall a new item from a number of
>>years ago when a lot of people (in Portugal or Spain?) got extremely ill
>>after a batch of rancid olive oil went on the market.
>
>Was that not Botulism contaminated oil?

Don't think so. If I recall correctly, it was a scandel involving an
unscrupulous company substituting some other sort (not edible - I
forget what kind - rape seed maybe?) of oil and passing it off as
olive oil.

Regards,
Tracy R.

Siobhan Perricone > wrote:
> I have a big, sealed plastic bottle of olive oil in my pantry. It's
> slightly cloudy, and it's never been opened.

Cloudiness in olive oil is not a big deal.

> I was wondering if there was a way for me to confirm if it's bad or just
> cloudy. Like if it smelled rancid or something. Any ideas?

Open the olive oil and smell it. If the olive oil has gone bad,
it will definitely smell rancid. I doubt a sealed bottle that
has never been opened would go bad though, but it can't hurt to
give it the smell check.

>Siobhan Perricone wrote:
>> I have a big, sealed plastic bottle of olive oil in my pantry.

Are you sure it's olive oil... olive oil is packaged in glass or metal
containers... it would be odd for olive oil to be packaged in plastic.

>It's
>> slightly cloudy, and it's never been opened.
>> I was wondering if there was a way for me to confirm if it's bad or just
>> cloudy. Like if it smelled rancid or something. Any ideas?

Provided it is kept in a cool, dark place, unopened olive oil has a shelf life
of about two years... once opened and exposed to light figure on one year
life... do not buy more olive oil than you can use within one year.

One simple way to determine if your oil has spoiled is to give it the sniff and
taste test... now why didn't I think of that.


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On 06 Jan 2004 20:19:19 GMT, PENMART01 > wrote:
>>Siobhan Perricone wrote:
>>> I have a big, sealed plastic bottle of olive oil in my pantry.
>
> Are you sure it's olive oil... olive oil is packaged in glass or metal
> containers... it would be odd for olive oil to be packaged in plastic.
[snip]

Odd maybe, but it certainly happens. Pompeian brand olive oil
is sold in 2 liter plastic jugs at our local grocery store. They may
not be the only brand packaged that way, but this is the one I
remember off the top of my head.

Ariane

Ariane Jenkins > typed:
> On 06 Jan 2004 20:19:19 GMT, PENMART01 > wrote:
>>> Siobhan Perricone wrote:
>>>> I have a big, sealed plastic bottle of olive oil in my pantry.
>>
>> Are you sure it's olive oil... olive oil is packaged in glass or metal
>> containers... it would be odd for olive oil to be packaged in plastic.
[snip]
>
> Odd maybe, but it certainly happens. Pompeian brand olive oil
> is sold in 2 liter plastic jugs at our local grocery store. They may
> not be the only brand packaged that way, but this is the one I
> remember off the top of my head.
>
> Ariane

Many brands of olive oil are being packaged in plastic. In the smaller
sizes, too.

BOB