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[–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 25 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Now give us olive oil production per capita map. Probably looks the same

[–] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Almost. I doubt there is any (European) olive oil production outside the Mediterranean.

[–] Skua@kbin.earth 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

There is some! Argentina, Chile, and Australia grow a fair bit. Nowhere near as much as the major Mediterranean producers, certainly, but not nothing

I suppose they've got the climate for it. Same reason those three are some of the biggest wine producers outside of Europe

[–] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Sure. Yet, I was referring to Europe, as this is a map of Europe and neighbouring regions.

[–] alansuspect@aussie.zone 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I think I heard Spain is the largest producer?

[–] Skua@kbin.earth 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah, by far. They account for 40+% of the entire world's production, so they're making so much more than anyone else that it's basically a guarantee they're the top per capita too

[–] markovs_gun@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Yeah for example most olives in America come from Spain even though we also make our own olives.

[–] Zwiebel@feddit.org 4 points 1 month ago

Make a consumption/production map

[–] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago (2 children)

It's the eggs of Europe. Who can afford olive oil!!?! Let alone good quality olive oil

[–] Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Unlike eggs you can get a few 2L bottles of good quality oil from Italia/Greece/Corsica every few years and keep them for a super long time, if you mostly use the mediocre olive oil we can get in every supermarket for cheap for the bulk of your cooking

[–] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Yeah this is my point though. I have family in Greece and they buy 10-15 liters of olive oil at a time. It lasts them a year or even less!

My reference to eggs, was that it is and should be common food ingredient for everyone, but is often a luxury product for most

[–] Not_mikey@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 month ago

The quality of olive oil degrades over time. It won't become rancid if stored properly, but it will lose its flavor, to the point where a one or two year old bottle of good expensive olive oil will be about as good as a fresh bottle of cheap olive oil, especially if you broke the seal on it a while back.

If you get good olive oil use it as soon as possible, that's when it'll taste the best and when you'll get the most bang for your buck

Many people save good quality extra virgin olive oil for special occasions, but it’s a fresh product that should be consumed! ... We recommend using up the oil within 30 to 60 days upon opening

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[–] then_three_more@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

It's gone down a lot recently

I need to see a regional map. Because south of France is olive oil obsessed while north of France won’t touch it. So the french value is kind of not meaningful since it’s the average.

[–] djmikeale@lemm.ee 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Let's see butter consumption per capita and I'm sure me any my Lurpak gang in DK comes out on top 🇩🇰

[–] Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 month ago

Bretons have entered the chat

[–] blinfabian@feddit.nl 7 points 1 month ago

lets add butter and sunflower oil to this map

[–] RedSnt@feddit.dk 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's expensive as fuck here in Denmark. twice or more the price of sunflower oil.

[–] Scrollone@feddit.it 6 points 1 month ago

Don't worry, also in Italy. But it's so good, and we can't easily replace it in our cuisine.

[–] Hirom@beehaw.org 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

What are they doing with all that oil? Is it used to oil fighters for Greco-Roman wrestling?

[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

In Portugal at least vegetable oil is only used for deep frying. All other uses, olive oil is generally preferred. Then in Greece you have dishes many like hummus and similar that use lots of it too.

[–] NIB@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Greece doesnt have hummus. It exists in supermarkets but it is niche. It is probably considered more exotic in Greece than most of Europe.

However olive oil is used in all foods and for frying too. It is the nectar of Gods.

[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 month ago

I don't know the names, but there are similar things.

[–] Scrollone@feddit.it 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Olive oil is used in pretty much all recipes, except for frying.

[–] 0x0@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 month ago

I fry with olive oil.

[–] OmegaLemmy@discuss.online 2 points 1 month ago

I guess olive oil in turkey has competition from sunflower oil

[–] dumnezero@piefed.social 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

How much of that oil is fake olive oil?

[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 month ago

I know fake olive oil is very prevalent in the US but I haven't heard anything about Europe.

[–] rabber@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

Butter is the inverse of this map

[–] Tiger@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

When I lived in Spain decades ago a few dudes I knew and I would take tablespoons of olive oil down the hatch before a night of hard drinking to coat the stomach. I don’t know if it worked but it was funny.

[–] piratekaiser@lemm.ee 5 points 1 month ago

Scientifically speaking, a rich meal of fat, protein and carbohydrates, along with staying hydrated, is the best way to prepare for drinking. Eating anything worthwhile at all helps cut down sobering in half, but that's the best combo to avoid a bad recovery.

Source: I don't drink

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 month ago

I want to see a cross reference to other things, like gdp per capita and life expectancy and happiness index and all that other stuff

[–] bassad@jlai.lu 1 points 1 month ago

I guess lots of diaspora people buying oil when they come in the country and bringing it home are counted as local consumption, i.e. when we go to greece we come back with a car full of olive oil