The good oil on a top Australian’s crop
By Michelle Fenech,
It’s harvest season for olive growers in Wollondilly with Danny and Aydin Fahri having more than 20 tonnes to crop.
Mr Fahri said he was getting good quality olives this year after recent rainfall in the shire.
“Usually my trees don’t look so healthy,” he said.
“And I’ve never had a full dam at the end of summer.”
When the Fahris bought their property on Razorback in 1998 there was not a tree on site.
Since then they have planted more than 1000 olive trees and produce olive oil, haloumi and ricotta cheese, lemon and mandarin cordial, apples, stone fruit, figs, pesto, spreads and jams.
Mrs Fahri said her husband, born in Northern Cyprus, has had a green thumb all his life.
“I think it’s in his blood,” she said.
“He just loves his gardening.”
April and May are the Fahris’ busiest time of year with olives ready to be picked.
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Huile d’olive frelatée en Italie
Dans l’hebdomadaire italien L’Espresso, Giuliano Foschini relate un scandale lié à l’huile d’olive : “Des centaines de tonnes d’huile suspecte sont arrivées sur le marché et ont été découvertes par hasard par la police.
À Turin, des consommateurs ont signalé aux autorités une huile d’olive achetée à prix élevé alors qu’elle était impropre à la consommation.
Les recherches ont montré que les noms sur les étiquettes étaient ceux de coopératives agricoles inexistantes situées pour la plupart dans les régions des Pouilles et de Campanie.
39 suspects ont été arrêtés. Ils étaient originaires de clans familiaux qui s’étaient répartis le territoire conformément aux usages de la Mafia.
De l’huile bon marché a été colorée en vert avec de la chlorophylle et commercialisée comme de l’huile ‘Olio Extra Vergine’ [huile d’olive vierge extra, première pression à froid] à un prix quatre fois plus élevé.
Les bouteilles d’huile frelatée ont été transportées vers l’Italie du Nord avant d’expédiées vers l’Europe et les Etats-Unis.”
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Olive heist mystifies Lovedale
It is like something out of a science fiction movie.
Four Lovedale olive groves have been completely cleared of this year’s crop, apparently overnight, with not a trace of vehicle movement, sound of machinery heard, and barely an olive to be found.
Between Wilderness Grove, Warraroong Estate, Sandalyn Estate and Zephyr Ridge, about 750 olive trees have been stripped bare (about 7.5 tonnes of olives), with an estimated retail value of more than $10,000.
It was not until Warraroong Estate’s pickers arrived last weekend that they realised there were no olives to be picked on any of its 150 trees, and the alarm was raised to neighbouring Wilderness Road properties.
Wilderness Grove owner Quentin von Essen said it usually takes six people two days to clear the 400-tree grove.
“It is particularly strange that the olives were removed not only from the trees but also from the ground. From over 400 trees we have two trees that have been left unpicked – the rest have been stripped bare – it is almost like the entire grove has been vacuumed,” Mr. von Essen said.
“It is really quite eerie,” he added.
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I am in awe of olives
By Gillian Hirst,
I THINK at last count I had 10 different styles of olives in my pantry. They are the perfect snack food. We enjoy them with wine and cheese, add them to salads, roast them with vegetables and use them in pastas.
I have a beautiful (if I do say so myself) recipe for olive tapenade that we use to dip our bread in, and also make olive jam that I use to top warm parmesan custard tarts, among other things. I really can’t imagine my diet without them.
Wild olives have been collected and eaten by man since Neolithic times. Cultivation is not thought to have started until 3000BC in or around Palestine or Syria.
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Olive oil now most popular for cooking in U.K
More than half UK households now prefer to use olive oil instead of conventional cooking oils.
Some 50.1% of homes are buying olive oil, up from 47% last year, according to manufacturer Filippo Berio.
The firm’s Diane Anderson said: “It can be attributed to more emphasis on healthy eating and the evolution to a more Mediterranean diet.”
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