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judith

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Posted: Wed Jul 06, 05 11:10 am Post subject: Cheap source of olive oil
Does anyone know of a good, cheap source of olive oil? I wouldn't mind buying in reasonable bulk (I'm talking a few litres, not 10 gallon drums) and I'm looking for a decent cold-pressed, but not necessarily top flight oil - anything as long as it hasn't been near any solvents.

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Posted: Wed Jul 06, 05 11:12 am Post subject:
Does it have to be olive? Suma do cold pressed sunflower, and the word is that more than one company has started producing cold pressed UK rapeseed

jema
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Posted: Wed Jul 06, 05 11:13 am Post subject:
I'd like to know more about Olive oil, personally I have tested awful cheap olive oil, but I have never tasted Olive oil that struck me as much better than a typical supermarket oil. Are the really expensive ones really much nicer?

judith

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Posted: Wed Jul 06, 05 11:14 am Post subject:
It does really - I don't mind blending half and half, but I'm not keen on all sunflower / rapeseed.

tahir

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Posted: Wed Jul 06, 05 11:16 am Post subject:
Looks like 18.00 is about the cheapest 5l one listed by Suma

judith

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Posted: Wed Jul 06, 05 11:18 am Post subject:

jema wrote:

I'd like to know more about Olive oil, personally I have tested awful cheap olive oil, but I have never tasted Olive oil that struck me as much better than a typical supermarket oil.

Are the really expensive ones really much nicer?

The solvent-extracted stuff is pretty nasty IMO, but yes there are differences in the various oils. My OH who, it must be said, can get a little obsessive about these things

, tastes oils much like you would wine. There are lots of different notes - peppery, grassy, etc. It takes a while to get used to them, but there are big differences.
Anyway, I'm not really looking for posh estate-bottled, single variety oils - more your bog-standard good for mayo and sun-dried toms types.

judith

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Posted: Wed Jul 06, 05 11:19 am Post subject:

tahir wrote:

Looks like 18.00 is about the cheapest 5l one listed by Suma

That sounds a bit pricey - presumably its an organic one.

Bugs

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Posted: Wed Jul 06, 05 11:22 am Post subject:
Judith, you can email Suma and ask them for their e-catalogue (sales at suma dot coop) to have a look for yourself and they are helpful if you want more details on an individual product.

judith

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Posted: Wed Jul 06, 05 11:23 am Post subject:
Thanks Bugs, I'll do that.

sean
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Posted: Wed Jul 06, 05 11:57 am Post subject:
I usually buy a Greek one called Hellenic which is unrefined EV. The UK agent is: George Skoulikas Ltd., 998 North Circular Road, London NW2 7JR. It's generally reasonably priced, depending on the stockist.

judith

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Posted: Wed Jul 06, 05 12:01 pm Post subject:
Thanks Sean, I'll follow it up.

Behemoth

Joined: 01 Dec 2004
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Location: Leeds

Posted: Wed Jul 06, 05 12:04 pm Post subject:
We get that one (from Crete?) my local Asian supermarket sells it for £15/5L. It's a good alrounder (though I'm no expert) and keeps me happy. The olive stall at the farmers market sells it for £21

cab

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Posted: Wed Jul 06, 05 12:14 pm Post subject:
Lidl (or is it Aldi?) do a passably good extra virgin olive oil very cheaply.

judith

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Location: Montgomeryshire

Posted: Wed Jul 06, 05 12:29 pm Post subject:
Yeah, I've had that before - it was fine. Anyone know what it costs? If it is less than £3 per litre, then I might as well just carry on buying it by the bottle.

bagpuss

Joined: 09 Dec 2004
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Posted: Wed Jul 06, 05 1:56 pm Post subject:
If I recall it wasn't more than £3 a bottle but I am not sure if the bottle were 500mls, 750mls or 1ltr but certainly it works out as no more expensive than normal supermarket olive oil

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