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liquid fruit that convinced humanity bread needed a chaperone.
means an oil pressed from crushed olives, ranging from grassy salad-topper to workhorse cooking fat.
from pressed in the Mediterranean since at least 6,000 years ago, first for lamps and skin, only later for eating; olive branches meant peace because the tree itself takes patience and doesn't quit.
extra virginmeans chemically unrefined, not just fancy
smoke point mythgood EVOO handles high heat fine
fraud problemmuch bottled olive oil is diluted or fake
tree lifespansome producing trees are over 1,000 years old