tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6910737876389410763.post8090422649502814911..comments2023-05-03T14:31:11.785+01:00Comments on DEMOCRACY STREET: Red sky in the morningsibaddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02385376572555781755noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6910737876389410763.post-78111299218279118442010-06-19T18:45:46.761+01:002010-06-19T18:45:46.761+01:00"Locals do not need to buy from me because th..."Locals do not need to buy from me because they already have their good quality oil and they make marmalades etc at home”. Well yes. I haven't tasted anything as good as the medley of olives from Corfu and the mainland that our neighbour ladles from a larger vat in her kitchen into a bowl and brings round to us. Guests for supper have exclaimed over these too. The oil is pretty viscous, and holds to the olives as you pick them out to eat. There's no sourness or bitterness and the olives are firm but not hard. Very tasty. There's no cash involved as the olives come from her husbands estancia above the village, and from relatives on the island, Kalamata and Tripoli. The taste of these olives has spoiled me. And yes, she also makes marmalade and quince jam and....sibaddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02385376572555781755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6910737876389410763.post-16674885330419350262010-06-19T17:33:41.904+01:002010-06-19T17:33:41.904+01:00Lianolia's a lovely name, isn't it?
I'...Lianolia's a lovely name, isn't it?<br /><br />I've just found this, via Google: http://www.villages-culturels.com/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=24 (you might have to view it in HTML form)<br /><br />Scroll down until you hit the bit about Babis and Katerina Doui, Paxiot oil producers trying to achieve something similar to our dream.<br /><br />Fascinating- and unnerving- stuff.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com