Ears!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhU1UUJ894I
OLIVE QUIZ PART II
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1- 1- Who consumes
more olive oil-- Israeli Jews or Israeli Arabs?
A:Israeli Jews average 2 kilos per person a year, Israeli Arabs average 8 kilos.
2. 2 Who actually
consumes more olive oil, Israelis or
Greeks? At an average of 20 kilo per
person, it’s the Greeks.
3. 3 Olive oil’s
smoke point is about what temperature Farenheit?
a. 325-350
b. 355-375
c. 380-410
d. 420-440
e. There is smoke at any temperature when
I make latkes.
(the answer is c. if you answered
e, buy an electric frying pan and make
them outside.)
4. True or false: The
oldest olive tree in the middle east is probably in Bethlehem, held to be 4000
years old. (True).
5. Fill in the
blank/Milat Hayom:: The term for extra virgin olive oil in Hebrew
is
שֶׁמֶן זַיִת______ מְעוּלֶּה
Answer: כָּתִית
6. Which country
has the most stringent standards and testing system in the world to prevent counterfeit
olive oil being exported? (Australia!)
7. True or
False: Suri Olives used to be grown all over the land of Israel, but Roman overuse/abuse made them extinct during the Bar Kochba revolt. (False.
They are still around, canned by the ton.)
8. Which of these
does the most damage to an olive tree during harvest:
a. Harvesting by
hand
b. Harvesting by
beating the branches with sticks
c. Harvesting by
shaking the entire tree
d. Harvesting fruit
two years consecutively
e. Harvesting by
guilt. “I’m fine, you keep your fruit, I’ll just sit here and starve to
death.”
(the answer is any but a, although most trees don’t have much fruit in
consecutive years. E is also bad for the tree.)
9. True or False:
It takes 7 liters of olives to make one liter of olive oil. (true.)
10.
Olive oil was used in Roman baths to cleanse the skin,
as it would be rubbed all over the body, and then the oil and dirt would be
scraped off with a stick called a
a. Lokum
b. Strigil
c. Bakula
d. Gubernaculum
e. Vaxaphobian
The answer is b. A is also known as Turkish delight, c is the name of an actor, and Gubernaculum
is just fun to say. Gubernaculum!
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If summer comes
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Winner of the drooling Homer Prize!
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