Re: olive oil in the fridge?

[Guest guest]

Good quality olive oil will become hard in the refrigerator. You have to

set it out and let it thaw before you use it. Just one of lifes annoyances.

At 07:20 PM 8/17/02, you wrote:

>Do you folks store your olive oil in the fridge? The OO on radiant life

>website says to, and a bottle of Spectrum I saw in the store says to.

>However, I once did so a month or two ago, and my oil became very thick and

>was hard to pour out without letting it sit out for a while. I just paid

>quite a sum of money for organic extra-virgin cold-pressed UNFILTERED olive

>oil (there were only two out of many that listed this last characteristic in

>the store), so for now I'm being careful with it, but I wonder if I take it

>out tomorrow I might have the same problem with pouring it.

>

>What do you folks do?

>

>Thanks,

>Chris

>

>____

>

> " What can one say of a soul, of a heart, filled with compassion? It is a

>heart which burns with love for every creature: for human beings, birds, and

>animals, for serpents and for demons. The thought of them and the sight of

>them make the tears of the saint flow. And this immense and intense

>compassion, which flows from the heart of the saints, makes them unable to

>bear the sight of the smallest, most insignificant wound in any creature.

>Thus they pray ceaselessly, with tears, even for animals, for enemies of the

>truth, and for those who do them wrong. "

>

>--Saint Isaac the Syrian

>

>

[Guest guest]

I put my coconut oil in a wide mouth glass jar, then when it gets too thick

to pour I just scoop out what I want with a spoon or knife. That might be

an option for your olive oil.

Kat

http://www.katking.com

----- Original Message -----

From: " Irene Musiol " <irene@...>

< >

Sent: Saturday, August 17, 2002 7:46 PM

Subject: Re: olive oil in the fridge?

> Good quality olive oil will become hard in the refrigerator. You have to

> set it out and let it thaw before you use it. Just one of lifes

annoyances.

>

> At 07:20 PM 8/17/02, you wrote:

> >Do you folks store your olive oil in the fridge? The OO on radiant life

> >website says to, and a bottle of Spectrum I saw in the store says to.

> >However, I once did so a month or two ago, and my oil became very thick

and

> >was hard to pour out without letting it sit out for a while. I just paid

> >quite a sum of money for organic extra-virgin cold-pressed UNFILTERED

olive

> >oil (there were only two out of many that listed this last characteristic

in

> >the store), so for now I'm being careful with it, but I wonder if I take

it

> >out tomorrow I might have the same problem with pouring it.

> >

> >What do you folks do?

> >

> >Thanks,

> >Chris

> >

> >____

> >

> > " What can one say of a soul, of a heart, filled with compassion? It is a

> >heart which burns with love for every creature: for human beings, birds,

and

> >animals, for serpents and for demons. The thought of them and the sight

of

> >them make the tears of the saint flow. And this immense and intense

> >compassion, which flows from the heart of the saints, makes them unable

to

> >bear the sight of the smallest, most insignificant wound in any creature.

> >Thus they pray ceaselessly, with tears, even for animals, for enemies of

the

> >truth, and for those who do them wrong. "

> >

> >--Saint Isaac the Syrian

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

> Do you folks store your olive oil in the fridge? The OO on radiant

life

> website says to, and a bottle of Spectrum I saw in the store says

to.

I ordered some Bariani olive oil from Radiant Life. This oil is

supposedly the gem of all olive oils (organic, unfiltered, first-

pressed, hand-picked, etc...) The brothers who have the farm in CA

came from Italy (where their family made olive oil).

Anyway, after I got some, I emailed them (Bariani) asking if the oil

had to be stored in the fridge. Here's their reply:

" If kept in a dark, cool place, the olive oil should have a shelf

life of over one year. Eventually you will find sediment at the

bottom of the bottle. That's o.k. "

[Guest guest]

your olive oil does NOT need to be kept in the fridge. the climate in

countries where olive oil has been the traditional fat used in cooking,

around the Mediterranean and middle east is hot, no one had fridges, in some

places they might still have none. traditionally the oil from the

press-house used to be kept in gigantic terracotta pots. keeping everything

in the fridge is a very American/Western thing. and yes, because of the

structure of the oil it will partially solidify in the fridge. don't worry

about this, just take your oil out of the fridge, put it in a shady place in

your kitchen, and use it in salad dressing etc. if you don't use it often

enough, just buy smaller bottles.

Dedy

----- Original Message -----

From: <ChrisMasterjohn@...>

< >

Sent: Sunday, August 18, 2002 3:20 AM

Subject: olive oil in the fridge?

> Do you folks store your olive oil in the fridge? The OO on radiant life

> website says to, and a bottle of Spectrum I saw in the store says to.

> However, I once did so a month or two ago, and my oil became very thick

and

> was hard to pour out without letting it sit out for a while. I just paid

> quite a sum of money for organic extra-virgin cold-pressed UNFILTERED

olive

> oil (there were only two out of many that listed this last characteristic

in

> the store), so for now I'm being careful with it, but I wonder if I take

it

> out tomorrow I might have the same problem with pouring it.

>

> What do you folks do?

>

> Thanks,

> Chris

>

> ____

>

> " What can one say of a soul, of a heart, filled with compassion? It is a

> heart which burns with love for every creature: for human beings, birds,

and

> animals, for serpents and for demons. The thought of them and the sight

of

> them make the tears of the saint flow. And this immense and intense

> compassion, which flows from the heart of the saints, makes them unable to

> bear the sight of the smallest, most insignificant wound in any creature.

> Thus they pray ceaselessly, with tears, even for animals, for enemies of

the

> truth, and for those who do them wrong. "

>

> --Saint Isaac the Syrian

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

>>> " If kept in a dark, cool place, the olive oil should have a shelf

life of over one year. Eventually you will find sediment at the

bottom of the bottle. That's o.k. "

---------->that's what i would think. refrigeration is a relatively new

invention. olive oil is not. i bet quite a bit was stored in cool, dark

places over the centuries before the advent of fridgedaire!

Suze Fisher

Web Design & Development

http://members.bellatlantic.net/~vze3shjg/

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[Guest guest]

I keep my olive oil in the fridge except for a small bottle I keep on the

shelf to use. When that gets empty I take the other out of the fridge and

let if warm up enough to liquefy, refill my small bottle and put the big

bottle back in the fridge.

Peace,

Kris , gardening in northwest Ohio

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----- Original Message -----

From: <ChrisMasterjohn@...>

< >

Sent: Saturday, August 17, 2002 10:20 PM

Subject: olive oil in the fridge?

> Do you folks store your olive oil in the fridge? The OO on radiant life

> website says to, and a bottle of Spectrum I saw in the store says to.

> However, I once did so a month or two ago, and my oil became very thick

and

> was hard to pour out without letting it sit out for a while. I just paid

> quite a sum of money for organic extra-virgin cold-pressed UNFILTERED

olive

> oil (there were only two out of many that listed this last characteristic

in

> the store), so for now I'm being careful with it, but I wonder if I take

it

> out tomorrow I might have the same problem with pouring it.

>

> What do you folks do?

>

> Thanks,

> Chris