Why Olive Oil From Other Countries Tastes Different - Chowhound

sebra/Shutterstock Olive oil has been around for millennia. Even the ancient Greek poet Homer called it "liquid gold" in his famous epic, "Iliad," And centuries later, Hippocrates, widely regarded as the father of medicine, hailed it for its healing properties and used it for everything from pain relief to fertility treatments. While we may not use olive oil in the same way as Hippocrates did, it's hard to…