Where will you great cooks be ordering your olive oil from? The prices I've seen for the new oil have a wide, wide range, and frankly, I'm confused.

I'm far from being a "great" cook, but I was seriously considering ordering again from Howard Case at Casa de Case. This oil is from Frantoio Olivestri in Umbria. I got the 5-liter tin, poured it into little 4-oz containers, and put it into the freezer--just like Deborah taught me to do!

Charity

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I got the 5-liter tin, poured it into little 4-oz containers, and put it into the freezer--just like Deborah taught me to do!

You can freeze olive oil? I've never heard that before. How long can you freeze it? Does freezing alter the taste?

You learn something new every day!
Sharon

... about freezing olive oil....
I surely understand the idea of using fresh olive oil, but I'm not sure that, if you actually buy fresh olive oil every year, I consider 10 or 12 months old olive oil less interesting than the new one... I think that, up to certain limits, olive oil matures, changes like wine, doesn't necessarily go bad...

Giulia

Using the Find function I found this thread where Deborah first talks about freezing new oil to maintain that just picked flavor. I believe she's had much success with it since then.

I placed my order last month from, OLIVE OIL Hopefully it will arrive soon

Freezing olive oil in cans or bottles
This is the definitive thread on freezing olive oil!!! We got into discussion of chemistry and all sorts of scientific experiments!

I freeze fresh olive oil in little containers, take them out one at a time and put in refrigerator (where they soften), and then they are ready to use a minute or two out of the refrigertor. Fresh and still green and almost as spicy as new!

Charity

Yes, Charity! I agree. Yummy, yummy. Much, much better my frozen olio nuovo from last year than anything I buy here.

M

What I like about the olive oil from Casa de Case (http://www.casesf.com/CasaDeCase/Newsletters/Newsletter_November_2005.htm) is that it gets air-freighted here the week after they do the crush in Italy, so there is the experience of immediacy, tasting the difference from year to year -- fruity or bold or peppery and always such a great green flavour. Since we don't own our own olive trees, like some people posting to this site, this is the closest we can get to having olive oil fresh off the press. I've had some great service too, correspondence with Kristina Case, obviously a wonderful cook, and she's shared with me an Italian white bean salad recipe (using lots of olive oil, of course) that we are now addicted to. We are now a 10-litre per year family.

We also would recommend Casa de Case. We have been enjoying their olio nuovo from Olivestri each year for several years now, and always look forward to the first taste of the new oil. It also mellows beautifully.

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Originally posted by Nancy L:
Where will you great cooks be ordering your olive oil from? The prices I've seen for the new oil have a wide, wide range, and frankly, I'm confused.

Maybe you'd like to tell us a little bit more about yourselves, B and J NE and Janie&Geoff, how you discovered Slow Trav and what your travel plans are. Regulars on the message board tend to be a little skeptical of brand-new users who drop in to promote a business and are never heard from again. In general, it does not reflect well on the business.

I am so excited; just got a e-mail from Mauro Colonna, Le Case Gialle, that my olive oil is being shipped. All his oil is certified organic DOCG, and is soooo wonderful.

(I have no relationship, other than grateful consumer, with Le Case Gialle )

M

Marian I haven't gotten my e-mail yet! Hope I get it soon!!!

(Also no relationship, other than grateful consumer. However, I do hope to visit his operation when I go to Umbria in May)

Marian,
Did Mauro tell you how much the shipping cost would be?

Deborah,
When will you be in Umbria in May? We are developing our touring itinerary for April/May, now. Thinking about Umbria in May. Do you have a house there, or do you rent?

Charity

Charity, I've sent you a PM

M

Charity, we leave on April 28th STL to FCO via LGA.
Sadly, we only have two weeks for this trip. Have to return on the 14th.
We go to a little borgo called Montemigiano - just outside Umbertide. Too small to be on a map. The seven houses in the borgo are all partnership based vacation houses. No rental.
However, we usually try to take a 2-3 day mini-trip in the middle to visit some other area of Italy.
Haven't decided where that may be yet for this trip. Although I'm hankering to go back to Naples.

Well, I just switched allegiance. Today, I ordered my new olive oil from Mauro, instead of Casa de Case. I like that Mauro's oil is organic.

Looking forward to my first taste test! It better be good because I ordered some bottles to give as gifts to my family!

I also have no affiliation with any of the above named businesses.

Signed, Charity

I just opened my front door and saw my olive oil waiting. Che bella !

M

And mine arrived today too!

I am ordering mine today. His website is:
http://www.lecasegialle.it/

And his Slow Travel Classified Listing.

Me too.

I was really surprised to receive it since I hadn't heard back from Mauro. He is such a neat person.

Now I'm alarmed! I think I'd better send him another e-mail.

We just had our third post about Casa de Case olive oil - each from a first time poster (I deleted this last one). Me thinks some of these are posts from people with the company.

I opened the door this morning to get the paper and my oil was on the front porch. I guess it was delivered yesterday and I didn't notice it when I came home last night.! Yeah! I really didn't want to be gone when it was delivered.
We left this morning for Vegas.
I'm typing this from our hotel room. Tomorrow night is a new fish restaurant we heard about. Then Saturday night is my favorite Thai restaurant. YEAH!!! Sunday is the Italian place out at Lake Las Vegas, and Monday night will probably be Z Tejas.
I'm one of the few people who comes to Vegas to eat instead of to gamble.
Shannon....what happen to you coming over for the weekend?!?!

Deborah Horn
In a previous life I was an Umbrian sunflower farmer. I want to do a past life regression and stay there.
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Yes, Pauline, the Casa de Case posts are indeed strange. Chris more or less challenged the writers of the first two, but they have not been heard from (big surprise).

M