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<pre>This is quite common in Britain, especially in smaller shops which skimp on
the heating in winter. I'd much rather have an olive oil like this, though,
than one which was on the top shelf of a supermarket under their bright
lights, or worse still on top of the hot meat counter!

Regards,

Adrian

> Dear Iain:
>
> It sounds like the oil in question had been frozen at some time or that it
> was very old and not kept well while in storage. I am very interested in
> hearing what others say about this.
>
> Best regards,
> Constantine
> www.PapasHaven.com
>
>
> >From: Iain Latter <latteri1@tui.lincoln.ac.nz>
> >Reply-To: OliveOil@egroups.com
> >To: OliveOil@egroups.com
> >Subject: [OliveOil] Oil Quality
> >Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 11:16:24 +1200
> >
> >
> >Last night i was in the supermarket here in Christchurch New
> >Zealand and noticed a very large display of EVO from a big local
> >imported label. Every bottle of oil had a large amount (5cm in
> >bottom of 500ml bottle) of a white milky substance floating in the
> >oil, their was also small white spots up the inside of the glass on
> >the bottle.
> >
> >Any ideas of whats gone wrong, it looked awful?
> >
> >iain latter
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Adrian.Shaw@aber.ac.uk
Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Wales,
Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales
http://pcjagg.dbs.aber.ac.uk/index.html
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