/ck/ - Food & Cooking

I buy Borges because it has a dual pour.

>>13954590
i buy the california olive ranch and make sure it's not the blend because they sell a blend.
i read some shit online once that convinced me to buy this brand so i do. also it has the date on the bottle which i like.
it tastes like olive oil which is nice.

>>13954590
I usually go for Palestinian brands.
You should never trust oils from wh*te countries.

California and Kirkland are the only two brands I read consistently good things about online. but I can't find California stocked anywhere in my area and I don't have a Costco membership.

for me it’s lidl deluxe olive oil

>>13954640
foreign detected
opinion discarded

for me it’s lidl deluxe olive oil

i only buy the rachel ray evoo and only to pay her back for how many batches i ran to her cooking shows when i was a kid

>>13954590
The Whole Foods California blend is certified by the California evoo board and has the harvest dates and is a better value than california ranch. That’s ky overall evoo. But when I want some gourmet stuff, I stop at a specialty shop and splurg on a bottle, currently pic related.
>>13954626
That looks like junk.

>>13954650
Is that a hirsch strap?

>>13954648
only time i trust an american’s opinion on food is when the topic is fast food

>>13954662
>counterfeit wh*teoid oil

>>13954650
If the company itself is too stupid to know olive oil doesn't come from black olive I wouldn't fucking trust it.

>>13954669
it’s some italian supposedly handmade one

>>13954673
Italy is where the counterfeit oils come from, dipshit.

>>13954676
>olive oil can only be made from green olives
the absolute state of this board

>>13954590
california is the best value but if you cant get that kirkland is great and if you cant get that the spanish one from trader joes is nice and if you cant get that you don't deserve to eat

>>13954688
https://www.oliveoiltimes.com/business/portugal-seizes-adulterated-olive-oil-raid/53645

>>13954708
That's why people stick to california olive oil. That way you know it's actually olive oil and not fake shit from some european shithole.

>>13954673
>>13954708
Im like 70% sure your stuff is trash that’s cut with cheaper oils. It looks like any other “olive oil” brand at med makers. Are there any certifcations, dates or country of origin certifications? For all you know that shit is just packaged in palestine and not even grown anywhere in the region. Show me the back labels.

Ghorban for me

>>13954737
>shitaly
oh no no no!

>>13954590
100% Spanish EVOO only

>>13954727
That would be fine.
>>13954734
>download some EU certification logos
>put an "expensive" label on the bottle
>????
>profit!
Works every time

>>13954590
Bonelli

>>13954737
>italia
cringe. yikes!

>>13954748
Those things are incredibly illegal and most companies that go through the effort of getting certified and orinting harvest dates, etc. are actually making evoo. While companies can still falsify those certifications, which is really hard especially if you’re shipling them to grocers all over the world, without them you dont even have to go through the effort of fooling anybody. Again, show me the labels. Most med market olive oils are stale, and cut,

>>13954771
>but that's illegal!
adorable

>>13954776
Okay so you’re answer to “some companies forge their authenticity” is to go for brands that put zero effort into proving their authenticity? As that’s not a serious red flag. Frankly, you deserve terrible olive oil.

>>13954811
if it's not from europe, why would it "go through effort" to prove that it's from europe? that is literally fraud, by defintion. imagine being so used to getting fleeced that you think it's a good thing.

>>13954811
Or don't buy from a country that does that shit in the first place.

>>13954670
Ya god damn right son

>>13954845
They all do
>>13954834
>if it's not from europe, why would it "go through effort" to prove that it's from europe?
So you’re going to casually ignore the absence of harvest dates of certification that it’s evoo. All countries have companies that cut corners. The fact that they have been unearthed in america and eu mean that those places care enough to look into it and identified fraud. It’s But if you really think they aren’t in other parts of the world with less infrastructure and even less concern for their citizens like the fucking kiddle east then you’re deluded. It’s like saying a country doesn’t have cases of corona because no one has been tested.

>>13954893
cope.exe

>>13954905
Says the poorfag who can’t even afford a evoo with harvest dates. Enjoy your castor oil.

>>13954626
>You should never trust oils from wh*te countries.
I dont, which is why I buy Italian or Spanish

>>13954932
>I'm rich because I can afford to give money to the mafia for machine oil with green dye
The harvest date is literally printed on the bottle

>>13954776
Food labels in America have to be approved by the FDA. Any certifications in them are verified and the liability to print false labeling is one of the biggest for food producers. Food labeling is one of the most tightly regulated things in the country. If an oil has a certification, it is very reliably so. But I suppose such bureaucracy might go able the head of a third worlder who buys shit oil at the nearest 711.

>>13954968
>Food labeling is one of the most tightly regulated things in the country
>USA
That isn't really saying much though, is it

>>13954982
There are zero verifications in that label. It's just marketing. No different than this trash>>13954626
Certifications would be like USDA prime in beef or the california certification in evoo.

>>13954982
>no, you can't just use common style names that reference other places, please stop

>>13954993
Except one accurately states where it's from. The other fraudulently claims to be from a totally different hemisphere.

>>13954967
>the entire olive oil industry is run by the mafia
How is this not the most obvious cope to justify buying shit oil made from a impoverished nation with zero way to confirm the quality of its production. My oil is verified and internationally recognized with awards, yours is med market trash. But keep pretending certifications and regulation is all a criminal by the whites.

>>13955003
Can you imagine being so accustomed to getting defrauded, that not only do you think it's a "common style name", you actually pay extra for it and feel superior to people who buy non-counterfeit goods?

Am*ricans can!

>>13955008
>if it comes from a place with an unfavorable exchange rate and a silly bottle it must be good
Literally basketball logic, let me guess you buy Ciroc X vodka

>>13955005
>Except one accurately states where it's from
Literally how do YOU know this? What regulations does Palestine have in order to make sure that oils that say Palestinian aren't actually just bottled there? From what I just googled only 1/4th of the palestinian oil is shipped and Palestine doesnt even regulate olive presses. Your shit is almost guaranteed to be cut.

>>13955028
2020

Extra Gold Medal – XXV Biol Edition (International Best Organic Extravirgin Olive Oil in the World)
2019

Gran Prestigio Oro – Gold – Olivinus (Argentina)
Gran Prestigio Oro – Classic – Olivinus (Argentina)
Design – Olivinus (Argentina)
Silver – Brazil IOOC
Gold – Concurso de Azeite Virgem de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (Portugal)
Gran Prestige Gold – Terra Olivo (Israel)
Gold – Terra Olivo (Israel)
Gold – EVO IOOC (Italy)
Gold – New York International Olive Oil Competition (USA)
Silver – China Oil
Gourmet Product – AVPA (France)
Extra Gold – Biol Prize (Italy)
Gold – Olive Japan
Gold – L’Orciolo d’Oro (Italy)
Top 10 Biofach – Germany
Silver – Los Angeles International Extra Virgin Olive Oil Competition (USA)
2018

Gran Prestige Gold – Olivinus (Argentina)
TOP 20 – Olivinus (Argentina)
Gran Prestige Gold – TerraOlivo (Israel)
Selezione – Leone d’Oro (Italy)
Bronze – Concurso Nacional de Azeites Virgem Extra (Portugal)
Gold – New York International Olive Oil Competition (USA)
Gold – Olive Japan (Japão)
Gold – Biol Prize (Italy)
Gold – Oil China (China)
Silver – Los Angeles International Extra Virgin Olive Oil Competition (USA)
Distinzione – L’Orciolo d’Oro (Italy)
2017

Gold – Olivinus (Argentina)
Packaging Design – Olivinus (Argentina)
Best of Portugal – TerraOlivo (Israel)
International Champion Trophy Raul Castellani (Israel)
Gran Prestige Gold – TerraOlivo (Israel)
First Place – Armonia Trophy Packaging Design (Italy)
Silver – Olive d’Or (Canadá)
Gold – New York International Olive Oil Competition (USA)
Special Mention – Ovibeja (Portugal)
Gold Olive Japan (Japan)
Extra Gold – Biol Prize (Italy)
Silver – Los Angeles International Extra Virgin Olive Oil Competition (USA)
Silver – Athena International Olive Oil Competition (Greece)
Distinzione – L’Orciolo d’Oro (Italy)
Top 100 Evooleum Awards (Spain)
2016

>>13955037
Google harder and you might find that 80% of Italian oil is fake, likely similar for any countries with your magic stamps.

Nobody bothers faking Palestine oil because rubes like you are afraid it will turn you into a terrorist.

>>13955057
>gold medal, packaging design
Are you going to eat the package?

9.99 for this bad boy right here

>>13955073
bet you were attracted to the 'extra virgin' label weren't you? don't lie.

>>13955065
>Google harder and you might find that 80% of Italian oil is fake
>muh Itality ITALY ITALY have I said Italy enough?
Never mentioned a single Italian oil. Straight cope. If I wanted an Italian oil i’d get ine that was verified Italian and wasn’t fake.
>>13955071
>Dozens of awards based on the olive oil quality
>points out one about packaging
Cope

>>13955065
>Nobody bothers faking Palestine oil
Exactly, cause it isn't good and nobody would go through the effort of pretending to make it. Played yourself.

>>13955081
Nope, I just found the largest cheapest bottle I could find. Most bottles that size are at least 13.99 or more.

>>13955120
>>13955091
If you need someone to tell you if an oil is good, you probably don't need to be spending the extra on olive oil to begin with. Just buy canola oil unless... oops I forgot you love the idea of seeming like you care about food. Never mind. By all means, keep doing what you're doing.

>>13954893
>They all do
Doesn't happen in the US.

>>13955142
You've conquered the one thing worse than being a permavirgin, being a cheap son of a bitch. Good job.

>>13955073
Got some for the first time since it was the only one in stock. Haven't tried it yet but here's to hoping it's good.

>>13955149
What fucking cope. You would’nt know real olive oil if it hit you in the face.
>you love the idea of seeming like you care about food.
Yes, anon. I love knowing where my olive oil is from, when it was harvested and whether it was produced at the highest standards as set by experts or not because those things matter. Meanwhile you like to shit on white people and buy inferior products because of your racial compelx.

>>13955149
>If you need someone to tell you if an oil is good
Nigga, just admit you buy cheap oil at the local ethnic store because you're either poor or brown or both. Who the fuck tries to get off seeming superior because they dont buy highly regarded stuff? It's like trying to pass you not having health insurance as a virtue.

>>13955185
>it's real! I swear it's real! otherwise how would they get this seal!?
On some level I think the seeds of doubt have been planted. The fact that you've been raging hard about this for over an hour is telling.
>reeeee it's ok to be white
Mmmmkay, I don't think you'd actually like the taste of real olive oil. Bit too spicy.

>>13955220
>the local ethnic store
Whole foods is an "ethnic store" I guess, sure. Lot of nonwhite customers. If you want to see an all white customer base you go a few blocks down to Westerly Natural Market on 54th.

>>13955236
>On some level I think the seeds of doubt have been planted
because you need a fiction in order to cope with your terrible buying behavior, your paranoid-conspiracy thinking and your racial complex.

>>13955255
The only fiction here is that you're buying actual olive oil from the country printed on the label. Oh wait no the other one is that you know what actual extra virgin olive oil even tastes like.

>>13955266
>the entire olive oil is a tightly organized, criminal organization dedicated to lying in every way possible and forging certifications and all other forms of authenticity, and somehow getting passed government regulation
>yet somehow this doesnt apply to the good, honest people of Palestine
cope

>>13955291
>waah mommy facts are making me feel bad
seethe

>>13955236
Did you have a good time at Ahmed’s beheading, Shazir? Personally I was mad that Moustafa kept hogging the goat, I wanted a turn!

>>13955301
>my conspiracies are facts
>how do I know that the oil is actually from palestine?... well, uh... I just know... arabs never lie

This thread is making me question whether or not olive oil even actually exists

Store brand because I'm not a pretentious faggot paying five times as much for exactly the same shit.

>>13955321
Get it from california and you will be fine.

Is this good?

>>13955326

But it’s patently not the same you faggot

>>13955422
Faggotron detected.

>>13955553

It’s fine if you don’t care that it’s not the same, but pretending like there’s no difference makes you a retard AND a faggot.

>>13955326
The fact that you think youre above it all and think you know better then everone else makes you the pretentious one dude.

$19CAD
3 litres.

>>13955612
Based. The first heterosexual to post in the thread.

i asked myself the same question when i realized you should use olive oil in cooking. it's not realistic for me to just buy every kind and try them, and reviews can not be trusted, so now i always just buy the cheapest one in my area, always the same one, and i will never know whether it's a good or a bad oil. it tastes fine to me and as long as i don't taste anything better i will be fine with it.

>>13955612
I'm actually kind of curious of how this tastes now. the No Name brand is generally considered pretty solid, though my mostly make dead basic stuff.

>>13955953
I was being unironic. I keep a small glass jar for pouring and refill as needed. If you're using olive oil primarily as something to cook with? It's oil, it cooks the thing, and does the job economically like pretty much all noname products.

I haven't used it to make any salad dressings but it's acceptable to bake with. There's obviously better oils for very fine subtle notes of flavor that can be brought in with what you're cooking but unless you're a pooftah or regularly dine at Michelin star you probably won't notice.

>>13954590
I buy all my olive oil from a specialty retailer in my region. Been getting Greek Koroneiki from her for a while now, and it's excellent.

>>13956530
why not go for the mid tier generic brand for $2 extra?

>>13956642
>shitaly
you dun goofed

can you even tell the difference between knockoffs and the real deal?

>>13956741
Can you tell the difference between vegetable oil and olive oil? The fakes are either mixed with or entirely vegetable and seed oils.

there is one absoltely confirmed good brand.
Bariani, from central california found it at a berkeley farmers market. unfiltered, lots of flavor, well balanced, the person manning the booth did not speak english, only i think italian or spanish, and was about 200 years old. buying your EVOO from an old lady is the best. mail order it. you will be happy. i dont buy it right now cause im a cheap ass shithead, but you can, and you can beat me at my own game.

>>13955410
They don't sell California olive oil here.

>>13955934
>you should use olive oil in cooking
isn't the jury still out on that? the financial incentive and marketing power it has makes me somewhat suspicious of it.
and apparently canola isn't all that bad considering how cheap it is.

>>13957201
Canola definitely isn't bad, but olive oil is also quite cheap and tastes great in most food.

>>13954590
I like this stuff and we sell it at the butcher shop I work for so I get a steep discount on it

>>13957221
just seems like bit of a waste to cook with it since I can't taste which was used in the pan.

>>13956869
Then you're fucked. Or try and get it online.

>>13956759
I have actually ahd that stuff, I can confirm it tastes great.

"California brand" in general has fallen victim to the same fraud that happens to all "totally ok to buy" regions.