[mynameishere]

Supermarket olive oil of any price is only suitable for frying

Yeah, yeah.

and both the [eminent] foodies gave a thumbs-up to Unilever's much-derided Bertolli brand.

Same as with wine. It's just a fruit and the variations from its production simply aren't as great as people like to think. Anyway, the best fat comes from bacon.

[celebdor]

I'm just saying how we do it in my oil producing town. The oil you get from your production or from a town producer in the local mill is for salads, toasts, etc. Oil bought in packs of 3-5l in the supermarket (extra-virgin brands) is what we use for frying.

It is so much like that, that now that I live abroad I'm flying with 8l packs of my town's oil at least twice a year.