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Recipes Featuring Olive oil

  • Olive Oil Pickles
    2 gallons green cucumbers 6 large onions 1/4 pound white mustard seed 1/4 pound black mustard seed 1 cup salt 1 tablespoon celery seed 1/2 cup olive oil Sugar to taste Vinegar
  • Sheila's Rosemary Bread
    For a 1 1/2 pound loaf: 2 Tbsps active dry yeast 3 1/8 cups bread flour 1 1/2 Tbsp sugar 3 tsps salt 2 Tbsps nonfat dry milk 3 Tbsps dried rosemary, crushed 2 Tbsps olive oil 1 1/8 cup
  • Mayonnaise Dressing | Yolks of 2 hard boiled eggs
    Yolks of 2 hard boiled eggs 1/2 tsp mustard 2 ounces vinegar 2 Tbsps olive oil or butter
  • Fried Chicken a la Maryland
    3 chickens, 3 pounds each 3 eggs, slightly beaten 2 teaspoons olive oil 2 tablespoons water Flour for dipping Bread crumbs 1/2 pound butter 1 1/2 cups thick cream sauce Corn Fritters Potato C
  • Shrimp Bahiana
    3 tsps olive oil 1 small onion, finely chopped Parsley 6 small tomatoes or 1 large tomato 2 sweet peppers Salt Pepper
  • Shrimp Sauce for Fish, No. 1 | 3 Tbsps butter or
    3 Tbsps butter or 3 tsp olive oil 1 Tbsp flour 2 cups water or stock 1 onion, chopped 2 large tomatoes, chopped Pound heads of the shrimp, eyes removed 3 peppers, tiny hot green or red pepper
  • Lee's Pesto
    2-3 peeled roughly chopped garlic cloves 2 cups nice fresh basil leaves, clean, gently towel dried, tough stems discarded handful pinoli nuts* 1/4 cup good olive oil 1/8 - 1/4
  • Lettuce Dressing
    1 egg 1 Tbsp sugar 1 tsp salt 1/2 tsp mustard A little cayenne pepper (Never use black pepper on lettuce.) 2 Tbsps olive oil 1 Tbsp vinegar
  • Wild Duck, Canadian Style
    1 duck 1 stalk chopped celery 1 onion chopped 1 carrot chopped 2 tablespoons olive oil 2 tablespoons red currant jelly 1 glass port wine 2 cups light brown gravy; Braised onions and mushrooms
  • Clam Fritters | 2 egg yolks well beaten
    2 egg yolks well beaten 1/2 cup milk 1 tablespoon olive oil 7/8 cup flour salt, pepper, cayenne 2 egg whites stiffly beaten 1 tablespoon lemon juice

About Olive oil

  • Homer, the poet from ancient Greece referred to olive oil as "liquid gold"
  • The olive tree has an average life span of 400 years
  • Olive oil production existed in civilizations such as Crete and Egypt, thousands of years B.C.
  • Extra virgin olive oil tends to be darker, having a stronger olive flavor, and approximately 1% acid
  • High quality olive oil is derived from a process called cold pressing
  • Keep olive oil in a cool place - Too much exposure to heat and/or sunlight can lead to oxidization
  • Olive oil is a great source of monosaturated fat which can lower cholesterol levels according to the Mayo Clinic
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