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It's the only oil we use in cooking and salad dressings, and we also use it to make our own spreadable butter so we get through around a litre a month I guess..
I can remember nursing a bottle of special virgin olive oil all the way back from Italy along with some lovely cheese, only to see them on sale in Tesco's.
The extra virgin organic stuff. It's always used for frying anything.
Also good for making a really good cough mixture. One part olive oil, one part honey and a squeeze of however many lemons you want gently heated on a stove for a couple of mins. It's the olive oil that's the magic ingredient. It has great healing properties. Apparently you can put it on a bite or burn too.
I love pasta coated in olive oil and parmesan , I could eat that daily
I always use it on pasta, drain, stir in a glut, stops it getting sticky
but I don't fry with it
I have never thought of doing that. Thanks for the tip Missy and LD - will have to try! Although I prefer the taste of Grand Padano grated to parmesan. I think Sainsburys do this and a bag of it may be slightly cheaper.