Star Extra Virgin Olive Oil (25 fl. oz.)

Item Purchased: Star Extra Virgin Olive Oil (25 fl. oz.)
Location Purchased: Dominick's / 3145 S. Ashland / Chicago, IL
Price: $9.99 + tax

Review: The olive oil section at my grocery really confuses me. It is not a large section of shelving that is set aside for gourmet wines or top shelf scotches. It's just a little nook of oil. Still, there are bottles of various shapes and sizes ranging in price from five bucks to nearly sixty dollars. Now, I don't know about you, but I use olive oil for cooking and pouring over pasta to add flavor. I don't carry it around like a Gucci bag for people to see.

I like to think I have sensitive taste buds, but after a certain point, olive oil all tends to taste the same. As a general rule, I try to stay away from anything bottled in plastic, because it usually tastes like the oil you would collect in a pan underneath your car. Star is a great mid-range olive oil manufacturer whose product actually tastes like olives rather than a mechanical pencil.

Sure, you can get cheaper oils in large plastic jugs, but Olive Oil is high in monounsaturated fat (one of the good fats, like Santa) which is good for your heart. Olive oil was once used as a popular sexual lubricant as well. Now why doesn't the health food industry use that as an ad campaign?

Rating: 4 / 5