Olive oil is an
oil that has log been in use around the
Mediterranean Sea. It is produced by the pressing of
olives and has a very high
fat content. Olives may be pressed a number of times, and with each pressing the quality of the oil is reduced. The oil from the first pressing may be called
extra virgin. The oil is today mainly used for
cooking purposes.
Olive oil was a central concept in the [Minoan culture]? of Crete, where it is thought to have roughly equated wealth?.
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