Portuguese Olive Oil

[Rups]

Just to reiterate my enthusiasm for the stuff, mostly for the benefit of @ManjiB, my friend picked up the last six bottles tonight from Lidl, during their Iberian week. Here is me in the lap of olive oil luxury

[Bobbi]

Glad to see your cat/kitten keeping an eye on you as you glug your way towards very relaxed bowels.

I’m sure it will bring great relief, regularity, rest and relaxation.

Now you must rustle up a salad, dressed with oil, apply oil to some tasty fresh bread , or heat oil and make brushetta with the very same bread.

Wish I’d known about the Lidl treasure trove.

[Dexster]

What a wonderful haul. Your skin and joints will love it.

[JohnnyBoy81]

@Rups ,it’s another version of binge drinking.

[Rups]

@Bobbi

Now you must rustle up a salad, dressed with oil, apply oil to some tasty fresh bread , or heat oil and make brushetta with the very same bread.

A tasty snack, almost as good as spinach and olive oyl.

[wolfie]

Is it a cat? I’m sure I can see a dog’s face, or am I just going mad

[Rups]

It’s my cat Annie, my dog Molly is about ten times the size, you can’t miss her.

[Rups]

It is indeed a haul. When my friend came to the door, I put on an Al Capone gangster voice and said, Did’ya get the goods? And proceeded to refer to them as contraband all throughout the evening. He got a bit exhausted by my interjectory routines and finally snapped, You sound nothing like a gangster. Ah, the joys of my post stroke no filter.

[ManjiB]

Hey Rupert - thank you for posting this for my benefit and I was so looking forward to getting some of this, but alas it was not to be.

I don’t know what it is but when I went to my local Lidl, the Portuguese OO was nowhere to be seen All they had was the Italian and Greek varieties. I asked a staff member who pointed me to another section of the store (canned goods) but there was nothing there either. I also looked in the special offers but no joy.

It may be that it is so popular and got sold out but I guess for now I will just have to wait.

I have looked on the internet and note Ocado is the only other place where they seem to stock the Portuguese OO - not sure if it is the same as the Lidl version but I guess I could try that. I am budget conscious and would prefer the Lidl version as I am guessing it would be competitively priced and better value for money?

I’ll keep an eye out and if I see another Iberian week promotion I will try again.

Thanks again.

For now the Caldo Verde 101 I make will have to be made with the Spanish variety of OO I use.

[JohnnyBoy81]

@Rups ,try impersonating Don Corleone from the Godfather.

[Rups]

@JohnnyBoy81

Don Corleone

That’s who I try to do! Maybe I need to stick cotton wool balls in my cheeks to maximise the effect.

[Rups]

@ManjiB

Ocado

I am unfamiliar with this store but having looked to see it is M&S, it will be bucks. Olive oil is the next best thing to invest in now next to gold. My six bottles should increase in value if I stored them. Usually, Lidl Portuguese olive oil is in the foreign food aisles where they do their monthly themed imports. It’s still expensive, I only use it for flavour, for everything else I use rapeseed oil. Those six bottles will last me a year.

[ManjiB]

Ocado is an online “supermarket” - a bit like the “LastMinute.com” holiday company.
It started as a partner with Waitrose delivering Waitrose supermarket products.
A few years ago they fell out or plans changed and Ocado switched to M&S and also started producing its own brands.

It is also listed on the Stock Exchange and I think it is not doing too good right now, but that is an altogether another story.

Below is the Lidl oils section minus the Portuguese Iberian promotion.

I will check the “Foreign” section next time I get a chance.

I also use Rapeseed oil for cooking and Olive oil for dressing and dips and the occasional stir fry when I also add Sesame seed oil at the end to give it the distinctive taste.

[JohnnyBoy81]

@Rups , easiest way to do it. Al Pacino is (for me) the hardest impression.

[JohnnyBoy81]

@ManjiB , 9 times out of 10 I go to my local Lidl. Also, Aldi. They have a good selection too.

[ManjiB]

Rupert - Just seen this article

I’m an olive oil expert – these are my favourites, including Lidl’s £5.49 winner

I know it’s not the Portuguese Olive Oil but have you used this Puglian EVOO?

Best for cooking

Lidl Deluxe, Puglian Extra Virgin Olive Oil

£5.49 per 500ml, in store at Lidl

I don’t normally rate supermarket own-brand oils but [Lidl] tends to deliver. I recently enjoyed this Puglian EVOO from the German retailer and was pleased to see the harvest date listed on the bottle.

There’s a pervasive myth that you can’t cook with extra virgin – it’s simply not the case. In fact, EVOO is probably the best cooking fat we have. It has a high smoke (up to 220°C) and its polyphenols (healthy plant compounds) protect it from breaking down during cooking. These same polyphenols are what make it so beneficial for our health. Mediterranean populations consume much more EVOO than us per person per day and have less rates of chronic disease.

The reason I’d use this one for cooking is that it’s an excellent price per 500ml, and unlike other supermarket-own brands, actually has flavour – that beautiful balanced bitterness you want from a good EVOO. It’s perfect as the base for a tomato sauce but I’d also use this for a salad dressing, too.

[Rups]

I haven’t tried it but the description of the flavour profile and the price are promising, however, as for the expert olive oil sommelier, I question her sanity and therefore palate, since she confesses in her article to enjoy drizzling olive oil on ice cream.

[JohnnyBoy81]

@Rups , drizzling olive oil over ice cream!? WTF!? Absolute nuts!

[drave030]

Portuguese olive oil is worth the hunt. That stuff is liquid gold.

[JohnnyBoy81]

@drave030 , be careful with any type of oil. Otherwise, “Fake news” Trump will send troops over to invade.