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Olive oil

Greek Olive Oil Soap

Natural Greek Olive Oil Soap is known to moisturize and soften your skin without exposing it to the chemical additives typically present in regular soap. Produced in Greece for centuries, it is recommended for sensitive skin.

A Word on Olive Varieties

There are dozens of olive varieties in Greece, and by and large oil olives are different varieties than the ones cultivated to be cured as table olives. Oil olives tend to be smaller. Generally, they are harvested from the end of October, in some places through February, depending on the part of the country.

Olive Oil in Greek Folk Culture

In Greek popular culture, olive oil is no less significant. For one, so deeply rooted is olive oil in the Greek psyche, which we don't even bother qualifying it -Greeks use the generic "oil" to refer to olive oil, the way some Asian cultures use the word for rice to refer generically to food.

Olive Oil in Greek Orthodoxy

Olive oil is used symbolically in the rituals of the Greek Orthodox Church. For example, when babies are baptised they are anointed with olive oil

The Olive Tree in Antiquity

The olive remained a staple in Greece throughout antiquity, and many images of the olive harvest are depicted in the art of Classical antiquity. Olive oil had many uses in antiquity.

The earliest evidence of the Olive Tree

As far back as the Minoan civilization, which flourished in Crete and in the Aegean some 5,000 years ago, when the earliest written languages came into existence, there were already symbols for the olive tree, for olives and for olive oil.

Olive Oil in the Greek Kitchen

Greek cooking, by and large, is a simple cuisine, a cuisine whose basic tenet is that food should retain its natural integrity, should be served as close to its natural state as possible. It is not a cuisine that boasts a repertory of complicated sauces or difficult techniques

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