Olive Oil

[IlPrincipeBrutto]

First of all, apologies for bringing this old thread up again.

The reason I'm doing this is to give credit to Magnetotail and Jamie for their suggestion of mixing milk and oil.

I thought it was an ugly combination, and I wrote that much in one of the my previous post in this thread.
But, last week I found myself in need of a quick, preferably liquid breakfast with a decent calories count. I had milk, I had olive oil (plain, not extra virgin), and I had the memory of this thread.
Ta-dah !

Having now tasted it, I have to say it's not that bad. It's certainly less bad than I thought, and a very effective way to get calories if you have to breakfast in a hurry.

I've since tried also with extra-virgin olive oil, which has a stronger flavour, and the resulting mixture is marginally less tasty.

Still, the bottom line is that I was wrong to dismiss the suggestion; I thought it was only proper to make a public act of contrition, and give credit where it is due.

IPB

[MazdaMatt]

To clarify: extra virgin means it comes from the first press of the olives. The first press contains more of the fruit matter itself, so it is darker and has a stronger "dry" flavour to it. This also explains why it has a lower "smoke point" (you can't get it as hot as other oils before smoking). It is generally of higher quality because the first press can only happen once and is considered "premium" oil, so it is treated and marketted as such.

Extra light is later pressings and contains very little of the fruit matter.

I don't know the nutritional differences, but you can figure that out by reading the labels in the grocery store.

[Shadow]

Try Hemp oil, its much higher in Omega 3 + 6 than olive oil and tastes better too, it has a sort of nutty flavour and is about 200 cals a tablespoon, i believe it's available in the states also.
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