Ermagerd -- Erliv Erl!

[Catseye3]

In my day I have bumbled into some bad olive oils. This isn't helped by my ignunt taste buds. Mostly I wait til I get the EVOO home from the store and broken open to learn what it's like.

My latest is a giant bottle of Costco brand (I think; too lazy to go look) that is so awful it ruins whatever I add it to. It is relegated to the back (waay back) shelf for emergency use if I run out of the better stuff.

What do you use? Can you recco one that is easy to find and won't break the bank? I don't need the exquisite of the world -- just something decent and workmanlike.

Many thanks.

[Mik]

I use Kirkland EVO all the time. Just bought a new jug of it yesterday. Used it for years Decades even.

What did you not like about it?

[Mik]

Does it look like this?

[Axtremus]

My local grocery stores beat Costco’s EVO prices quite frequently when they run discounts. I just wait for the right discounts to come along and I stock up. Sometimes they discount the same brands as sold in Costco (not “Kirkland” brand, of course, but their prices do beat even “Kirkland” brand EVO), sometimes not. But I can rarely taste the difference of EVO between brands, so I am pretty agnostic when it comes to EVO brand. :man-shrugging:

[Axtremus]

@Catseye3 , recently I have been using the “Botticelli” brand, and before that the “California Olive Ranch” brand, of EVO. They taste fine to me, feel free to give either a shot if you are looking for different brands to try.

[89th]

We use Kirkland too. We don't use it very often, though, and I'm not sure I could tell the difference between one brand or another.

[Mik]

@Axtremus said in Ermagerd -- Erliv Erl!:

@Catseye3 , recently I have been using the “Botticelli” brand, and before that the “California Olive Ranch” brand, of EVO. They taste fine to me, feel free to give either a shot if you are looking for different brands to try.

I don't know anything about Botticelli, but California Olive Ranch is a good oil reasonably priced.

[George K]

@89th said in Ermagerd -- Erliv Erl!:

I'm not sure I could tell the difference between one brand or another.

Same here. For cooking, I can't tell the difference. But, for dipping, I enjoy the flavored ones.

[Catseye3]

@Mik said in Ermagerd -- Erliv Erl!:

What did you not like about it?

I went and looked. The label says Kirkland Extra Virgin Olive Oil Tuscany. Then underneath, October-November-December 2020 Harvest.

Just the flavor. I wonder if it wasn't rancid or something.

I tried Bertolli, and liked it much better. Milder, not so interfering with what it was cooking.

[Mik]

That's too old. Did you get it on Amazon?

[Catseye3]

@Mik No, just one of my local grocery stores.

I'm glad you said that -- it gives me a reasonable explanation.

Thanks, Mik. Also everybody else who responded.

[Mik]

Not sure how they would have a Kirkland product. They shouldn't. I suspect someone got hold of old stock somewhere.

[Catseye3]

@Mik Dang it, you're right. It was when I was Instacarting from Costco.

[Mik]

Was that quite a while ago? The one I just bought yesterday is best before November 2023. Did you see the harvest date or the best by date?

[Catseye3]

@Mik said in Ermagerd -- Erliv Erl!:

Did you see the harvest date or the best by date?

Best by July 11, 2022. So yeah, old.

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[Mik]

Thanks! My normal brekkie is either muesli with fruit (blackberries, blueberries, peaches or bananas), or avocado toast, occasionally this thing I make with poached eggs, butter and torn up sourdough toast. All three yum. But I can always use suggestions for healthy breakfast!

[Mik]

Some delicious stuff in there!