Can you fry with extra virgin olive oil? Smoke point, reuse and myths
Why the smoke point argument is mostly wrong, how many times you can reuse the oil, and when using a premium bottle is simply a waste.
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Posts about EVOO
Everything we have written about evoo on the Sendero la Gloria journal, a family rain-fed Picual grove in Marmolejo, Jaén.
← All postsHow extra virgin olive oil is made, step by step in a two-phase mill
From trailer to bottle: cleaning, milling, malaxation, decanter and tank. What each stage decides and where the quality is lost.
Does olive oil go off? How long an opened bottle lasts
Best before versus expiry, how long an opened bottle really holds up, and the clear signs that an oil has gone rancid. Plus how to store it.
How to read an olive oil label: the seven things that matter
What to check on a bottle of olive oil before you pay, in what order, and which impressive-sounding claims mean absolutely nothing.
What extra virgin actually means, and how it differs from virgin and refined
The three legal categories of olive oil, what separates them, and why the word on the label is the only claim that cannot be fudged.
