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Originally Posted by graciegirl
This is very interesting and enlightening. Extra virgin is first pressed from olives. I didn't want to ask out loud among so many east coast people who must have grown up using olive oil (I did not) So how long does it stay fresh because oil get's rancid?? Is there any shame in cooking with oil that has no odor, like corn oil or vegetable oil?? or butter?
Stand back. We are gonna get enlightened big time.....lol.
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No shame at all. However, real olive oil, as mentioned in various reports of late, (see Consumer Reports), has health benefits that the other cooking oils do not. For example, real olive oil helps to lower your ldl levels (aka "lousy cholesterol" levels).