An insight that really improved my cooking over the past few years: if you buy 1gal bottles, you can get super-fancy olive oils and vinegars for the same $/oz as a typical supermarket bottle. (Store in dark, cool place, transfer to small squeeze bottles!)
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(Retail stores usually don't sell 1gal bottles of high-end stuff; gotta order it from the producer)
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Olive oil: Seka Hills[1] is outstanding and can be had for $0.60/oz in bulk (about $20/mo for us). I really love Wonder Valley[2] too but alas even in bulk it is $2.38/oz.
[1] amazon.com/Seka-Hills-Pre
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For vinegars I tend to get balsamics exclusively. Which ones do you like? II have this one now
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Have some info on balsamics in the thread below. I use them, but less than the others, and only when that's the flavor I really intend: it's quite distinctive!
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Olive oil: Seka Hills[1] is outstanding and can be had for $0.60/oz in bulk (about $20/mo for us). I really love Wonder Valley[2] too but alas even in bulk it is $2.38/oz.
[1] amazon.com/Seka-Hills-Pre
[2] welcometowondervalley.com/collections/al
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I didn't even know that was an option! We always get good-quality olive oil from a local boutique shop, but the biggest vessel they sell is one liter.
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I take refillable bottles down to a bulk organic shop for fresh macadamia oil every couple of months, super great alternative to olive oil 👍🏻
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Trying to buy olive oil at the supermarket is an exercise in frustration. Most are from harvests > 2 years ago and already rancid (if they even display the harvest date!). Thanks for the tip.
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Good idea to top it with argon too, like the kind you get for wine storage. Oxidation and olive oil don’t mix.
and said it best: olive oil is fruit juice, and should be treated as such!
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Yeah, for roughly the same budget, I was using much worse oils and vinegars before.
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