 Re: Olive oil vintages
So when I visited distant relatives in Sicily I learned that my penchant for buying things 2 at a time is not unique. This distant great uncle or cousin in his late '70's back in 1990 also bought stuff by twos. But that is not the point.
They lived in what on the oustide look like a old ramble down 2 story stone house in town. Most of the buildings looked run down from the outside. But oh you step in and it is a mini-mansion and very well appointed mind you. Olive oil was served with every meal. Mom asked them, wife and husband, how much oil they use in a year. The wife said just one can. Now get this dad and mom are very rusty on their Italian, me I'm useless, and our hosts only speak Sicilian. Mom says huh must be a 5 gallon can. I ask dad if they would show us this can. They take us down to the bottom level into a carved out mini basement and there all by itself in this cool room is a 50 gallon drum of oil.
Yep that is 25 gallons for the wife and 25 for the husband. So figure 25 gallons, 365 days in a year, 3 meals a day no weighting for more in the evening less in the morning...you are looking at almost 3 ounces (86 ml) or almost 6 tablespoons per meal per person.
I am still amazed  |