Do you like Olive oil?

@nela13 (59179)
Portugal
November 18, 2025 2:18pm CST
My parents have many olive trees. At this time of the year they are ready to harvest. It is a lot of work but it is great to have our own olive oil, every free time I have is to help my parents as we need to collect the olives as soon as possible, next week it is going to rain. Olive oil is essential for us, we only use this kind of oil on our kitchen. It is very expensive but as we produce our own it is quite affordable. Do you use/like olive oil? Picture of some olives that we collected today.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (233721)
• Walnut Creek, California
18 Nov
I do use olive oil. I do not make my own, though.
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Manuela Lopes
@nela13 (59179)
• Portugal
19 Nov
Do you have olive trees there? Maybe the weather isn't suitable for them.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (233721)
• Walnut Creek, California
19 Nov
@nela13 I think we do. But I am not 100 per cent sure.
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rakski
@rakski (149376)
• Philippines
18 Nov
you are lucky you have your own supply of olive oil. It is very expensive here
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Anna
@LadyDuck (490609)
• Italy
19 Nov
I am Italian and olive oil is essential for us in the kitchen as it is for you.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (490609)
• Italy
20 Nov
@nela13 And also Spain and Greece use a lot of olive oil.
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Manuela Lopes
@nela13 (59179)
• Portugal
19 Nov
That is true, italian and portuguese kitchen are very similar.
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Manuela Lopes
@nela13 (59179)
• Portugal
24 Nov
@LadyDuck yes, they do. I don't know much about Greece food but I know they also use Olive oil.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (165571)
• United States
18 Nov
Yes, we use a lot of it. We use it in our cooking and sometimes as a dip for bread and Pretty uses it for salad dressing.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (165571)
• United States
19 Nov
@nela13 I agree, it is delicious but we didn't know it was healthy, until somebody on myLot said that several years ago. We switched to it when I told Pretty that.
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Manuela Lopes
@nela13 (59179)
• Portugal
19 Nov
@DaddyEvil it is the best oil we can use.
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Manuela Lopes
@nela13 (59179)
• Portugal
19 Nov
It is healthy and delicious, I am glad you use it.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (369014)
• Rockingham, Australia
18 Nov
I know picking olives is very labour-intensive. I hope you can get them all picked before it rains.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (369014)
• Rockingham, Australia
20 Nov
@nela13 They have machines to harvest all sorts of vegetables and fruit but they don't seem to have invented anything to pick olives.
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Manuela Lopes
@nela13 (59179)
• Portugal
24 Nov
@JudyEv there are some machines already but they aren't the best option.
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Manuela Lopes
@nela13 (59179)
• Portugal
19 Nov
We are trying to pick them all, hopefully by saturday everything will be done.
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Gayle Harrelson
@2ndchances24 (11445)
• Cloverdale, Indiana
18 Nov
Wish I had my own olive tree cause being a T-2-diabetic that's the ONLY oil I use on my foods & YES it is VERY expensive to but at the stores.
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Manuela Lopes
@nela13 (59179)
• Portugal
19 Nov
It is expensive here as well, how much does a liter cost there?
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Manuela Lopes
@nela13 (59179)
• Portugal
24 Nov
@2ndchances24 usually in big bottles it costs a little bit less.
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Gayle Harrelson
@2ndchances24 (11445)
• Cloverdale, Indiana
19 Nov
@nela13 it's not cheap that's for sure, I buy the big bottles & use it as little as possible to make it last.
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Amber
@AmbiePam (109934)
• United States
19 Nov
Cooking with olive oil is essential for me.
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Manuela Lopes
@nela13 (59179)
• Portugal
19 Nov
It is the only oil we use, we all like it a lot.
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betlynfrnds
@betlynfrnds (4071)
• United States
18 Nov
Yes, we do like olive oil. We would probably like it even better if we had our own grove like your parents. But we are fine with the kind we're using. I can imagine that it would be quite a bit of work to harvest but I'm sure that the hard work is well worth it.
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Manuela Lopes
@nela13 (59179)
• Portugal
19 Nov
It worth the work, that is true, our olive oil is delicious.
May2k8
@May2k8 (19523)
• Indonesia
10 Dec
with its very expensive price we only use filtered palm oil.
rebelann1949
@rebelann (115560)
• El Paso, Texas
18 Nov
I do not like the taste of olive oil, I prefer butter. You are so lucky your parents grow olive trees and process the olives for oil.
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Anne Marie Guyer
@LeaPea2417 (39354)
• Toccoa, Georgia
18 Nov
Yes, I use it a lot.
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Anne Marie Guyer
@LeaPea2417 (39354)
• Toccoa, Georgia
19 Nov
@nela13 not too expensive.
Manuela Lopes
@nela13 (59179)
• Portugal
19 Nov
Is it expensive there?
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Baconstripsxxx
@BACONSTRIPSXXX (16625)
• Torrington, Connecticut
18 Nov
More like love it, im that guy that spends 22 bucks on a good bottle of extra virgin olive oil lol id drink it if I could
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Baconstripsxxx
@BACONSTRIPSXXX (16625)
• Torrington, Connecticut
20 Nov
@nela13 Yeah its worth it and healthy
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Manuela Lopes
@nela13 (59179)
• Portugal
19 Nov
When we run out of our olive oil, I also buy good extra virgin as it is the best.
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Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (321022)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
26 Dec
Yes, I use olive oil.
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Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (321022)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
27 Dec
@nela13 That's what I heard.
Manuela Lopes
@nela13 (59179)
• Portugal
27 Dec
It is the best one to use.
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NJ Chicaa
@NJChicaa (125913)
• United States
18 Nov
I LOVE it! love love love
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Manuela Lopes
@nela13 (59179)
• Portugal
19 Nov
There are good reasons to love it, it is delicious and healthy.