Comments on: Calabrian Olive Oil: Cossari Extravergine Olio di Oliva Biologico

By: joe@italyville

joe@italyville — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 20:08:27 +0000

you got it right Michelle! "l'oro di Calabria" as my aunt often says and it's simply wonderful. I always bring 2 luggage to Calabria. One is empty on the way there:) Hope you're enjoying the summer. Summer is flying by as always Joe...where does this time escape to anyway?! .-= joe@italyville´s last blog ..Italian Tunes =-.

By: Anthoni

Anthoni — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 21:15:17 +0000

We have 10 olive trees here in amantea, we managed 546 kilos with our first collection last year, we manage to press just over 50 litres ( we got more but we chose to pay for their services with Oil rather than cash), pressin your own olives is great, a weekend of work and a good little earner if you choose to sell your oil.. as for me and my family, we kept most of it ..

Yes you don’t need groves and groves of trees to make olive oil, although to make a profit it certainly helps

By: Suzie

Suzie — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 18:33:38 +0000

We used to have a bidoni of 20 litres full of olive oil from Calabria in our cantina, basement. And one evening I somehow must have unluckily touched the valve – and slowly, overnight, some 15 litres of wonderful green thick olive oil leaked into the basement… what a mess ! and what a pitty !!!

But we always buy olive oil while in Calabria and ship it back home. So do all friends and family.
Have to check where we buy from.
Will check the website you mentioned. Thanks for sharing!

Thanks for sharing your olive oil experiences in Calabria Suzie…so sad about the spillage though!

.-= Suzie´s last blog ..cancelli di ferro battuto =-.

By: awedree

awedree — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:16:27 +0000

I like to mix it with vinegar and use it as a dip for my French bread…mmmm….yummy! Sometimes I add some garlic to it as well.

I love just a bit of salt in the olive oil as a dip…great with celery too

By: Bren

Bren — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:21:33 +0000

i love olive oil in all of my food, but especially simplest with tomato, basil and mozzarella!

Gotta love that Caprese!

By: stile mediterraneo

stile mediterraneo — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 12:30:06 +0000

Dear Michelle, I totally agree with you! Even coming from Puglia (another big producer of extra virgin olive oil) I must admit Calabria makes fantastic extra virgin olive oil! i am an extra virgin olive oil taster and every time i get to taste the one from Calabria....I recognize the distinctive flavors right away. I love extra virgin olive oil with warm bread (ideally cooked in stone oven and made of durum wheat). Mmmm drizzled on warm bread...I may have to have some right now (I was lucky to get a warm loaf from the store a few minutes ago! .-= stile mediterraneo´s last blog ..Frisella dry bread from Puglia! =-.

By: nyc/caribbean ragazza

nyc/caribbean ragazza — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 10:29:40 +0000

I cook with olive oil almost everyday.

This sound fantastic and I need to check out his website.

I saw an olive oil/lemon cake recipe once. I want to try it.

I had one on here (from Saveur) with limoncello: Olive Oil & Limoncello Cake

.-= nyc/caribbean ragazza´s last blog ..Just What Rome Needs… =-.

By: KC

KC — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 09:47:13 +0000

We make our own oil so I use it for everything (even some cakes!) but right now I enjoy it most of all in insalata di pomodoro, which I think may just be the perfect summertime food.

I’m with you on that summer salad, KC. *So* good!

By: Lori

Lori — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 20:49:53 +0000

Would they ship to the US? And what is the conversion price in US dollars? I would love to try this!

I believe so, Lori; you can find conversion rates at xe.com and contact Vincenzo for their rates, etc.

.-= Lori´s last blog ..I’m super cool (and pretty sweet) =-.

By: anna l'americana

anna l'americana — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 18:57:46 +0000

Oh I miss the fresh pressed oils….
on bread (how I miss rosette too!), on pasta, on anything and drizzled over everything….sigh.

But now you have so much…snow. Ahem. Well I’ll have your share of olive oil, OK?

.-= anna l’americana´s last blog ..Cupid’s Arrow…. =-.