January 9, 2007
ANYTHING YOU CAN DO WE CAN DO BETTER:
America's appetite for olive oil ripens (Kristin Ohlson, 1/10/07, The Christian Science Monitor)
Consumption of olive oil in the United States has risen 272 percent since 1991, according to the International Olive Oil Council. By 2002, Americans were consuming a little over a half liter (about a pint) each year - about what the average Greek uses in a week.Posted by Orrin Judd at January 9, 2007 4:22 PM
Comments
A pint of olive oil? That's it?
I gargle with that much every morning. Extra virgin.
Posted by: Jim in Chicago at January 9, 2007 11:55 PMRodger. I buy it in those big, square cans. Mediterranean diet, don't you know.
Now that non-Italians are getting the word, prices of olive oil are going up, and the stores are selling cans of olive oil mixed with other vegetable oils under the anme, "Italian oil"--caveat emptor.
Posted by: Lou Gots at January 10, 2007 7:41 AM"Italian Oil" -- made with the finest crushed Italians!!
Posted by: Twn at January 10, 2007 10:14 AMIf olive oil weren't $9.00+ a pint I'd consume more than that in a year too.
Posted by: Bartman at January 10, 2007 3:08 PM