Will the real EVOO please stand up?

Author: extravirginity
In David Rocco's 'Made in Italy', I found it strange that olive oil should smell of artichoke, kiwi and like.
The 'Extra Virginity' book points out that olive oil is the only obtained from fruit while the rest are from seeds.
A review
Olive pit can be used as fuel.
Odysseus and olive oil
Recreating the odors of Odysseus by analysing for the chemicals present at the bottom of the pottery.
Edible oils are deodorized to eliminate unpleasant odors.
Card sharp
Fettunta - in both books
3 uses of oil in Christianity

Oil is used in temples to light lamps. Until a few years ago I didnt know that ghee lamp preferred to oil lamp during puja.

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Leidenfrost effect

I was thinking about how water drops evaporate and came across Leidenfrost effect . A line in that article about dipping wet hands into molten lead made me ask if this is the effect that lets some people dip into boiling vat of oil for picking out pakoras with bare hands . Sure enough

Coconut ravani

preview Authors site Authors article medcookingalaska In this book I liked coconut ravani . Baking semolina. Caramel pudding and Kytheran pudding.

Banana pudding

I went over the roasted banana pudding recipe from yesterday and found it too consuming (shopping time, dishes, baking time), I finally decided on caramelized banana pudding . And meringue making is merry. Flour is used in making the custard. all purpose flour plays the corn starch role of thickening the custard. I used Parle G instead of vanilla wafers.

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