
History of oil: origin and uses of one of the basic ingredients of Mediterranean cuisine
THE’oil it is a liquid hydrophobic with high viscositywhich can have different origins (animal, vegetable, mineral, “modified”) and is used for numerous uses. The oldest oil is the olive onewhich has existed since prehistoric times. THE’olive constitutes, together with the vine and the wheat, one of the elements of “Mediterranean trinity”: that is, it is one of the most important ...








