And what is the difference anyway?
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 Dr. Eric Berg DC | 2019-05-27 10:30:17 |  100,449 Views |
What is the difference between Virgin and Extra Virgin Olive Oil? – Dr. Berg
I remember vividly when olive oil came into my life. It was 1974 and I was on one of those “200 countries in three days” type trips with other students from my high school. Our first stop was Madrid. I was far too excited to rest from jet lag so I started walking around the city. Everywhere I went I could smell this incredible scent—and I couldn’t place it for the life of me. I asked everyone who spoke English what the scent was and no one seemed to understand what I was talking about. That night at dinner I found my answer: potatoes fried in olive oil.
I had never heard of olive oil before. To me olives were those tasteless black things from a can. I would soon learn that the reason no one could identify my spectral scent was because what I was smelling was so ubiquitous in Madrid that I was the only one who even noticed it. But the taste of those potatoes was astonishing and my love affair with olive oil began that day. (And it shows no signs of slowing down.)
In the years since my personal olive oil epiphany the U.S. has fallen in love with olive oil both for its incredible flavor and its remarkable health benefits. While you can typically find a myriad of olive oils on grocery store shelves different bottles are better for different uses in the kitchen. Here’s what you need to know.
