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    • CommentAuthormike7
    • CommentTimeAug 3rd 2014
     
    Anyone got a use for 50 litres or so of best Palestinian 'Zaytoun' olive oil slightly past its 'best before' date? We're still happily consuming it ourselves, but I guess we won't get through it all before it goes off. I bought a load of it as a volunteer distributor, but found it was much harder than I'd expected to find customers. It would be a pity for it to go to waste, and I've an idea it had some application as a building material component.
    • CommentAuthorowlman
    • CommentTimeAug 3rd 2014
     
    I never knew it went "off " I suppose I never gave it a thought. We consume quite a bit, the best before doesn't bother me, if it smells OK it usually is, but 50l is a bit much for us. Oiling kitchen worktops springs to mind as one use, or to wood turners for salad bowls.
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    Turn it into soap

    Such soap is also used (apart from washing) to waterproof lime plasters for showers and bathrooms.
    • CommentAuthorTriassic
    • CommentTimeAug 4th 2014
     
    Sell it on EBay or offer it as chain lubricant on Arbtalk.
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      CommentAuthorfostertom
    • CommentTimeAug 4th 2014
     
    Goes 'rancid', like any edible oil. But if it still smells OK, prob is. Zaytoun is a nice oil.
    • CommentAuthorCWatters
    • CommentTimeAug 4th 2014
     
    Got a diesel car?
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    Where in the country are you?
    • CommentAuthormike7
    • CommentTimeAug 4th 2014 edited
     
    Simon Still - I'm in Hertfordshire, near Rickmansworth, M25 J18.

    Owlman - it's mostly in boxes of 6 x 1 litre bottles. Happy to send whatever quantity you'd like for the cost of the carriage, plus perhaps a donation to MAP ( Medical Aid for Palestinians) if you feel inclined. www.map-uk.org

    Tom's right - it's a nice oil. Either certified organic or 'probably organic', given the local 'difficulties'.
    • CommentAuthorowlman
    • CommentTimeAug 4th 2014
     
    Sounds fine to me Mike, both shipping and donation. I'll look at Parcel to go for a shipping pick up. Is the oil in glass or plastic? Are the boxes sturdy enough to take shipping?
    • CommentAuthormike7
    • CommentTimeAug 4th 2014
     
    A quick stocktake reveals that it is all organic and fairtrade, and that the quantity after deducting what we expect to use/find homes for is 5 boxes of six one-litre bottles. Best before date was March 2014
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    There was a wedding at the Chapel this year. We used Olive Oil to liven up and clean the wood. Works brilliantly. Ratio of 3 parts olive oil to 1 part white wine vinegar.
    Cheap and cheerful. Not sure about what it will look like in 5 years time but the photographs came out very good.
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    can't use olive oil as chain lube, flash point too low
    • CommentAuthorTriassic
    • CommentTimeAug 6th 2014
     
    Posted By: Victorianecocan't use olive oil as chain lube, flash point too low
    A lot of arboculturist use vegetable oil as chain lube.
    • CommentAuthormike7
    • CommentTimeAug 6th 2014
     
    Posted By: owlmanSounds fine to me Mike, both shipping and donation. I'll look at Parcel to go for a shipping pick up. Is the oil in glass or plastic? Are the boxes sturdy enough to take shipping?


    Parcel2Go has some good prices but their T&Cs prohibit sending oil, food and glass! Can anyone suggest an alternative? Glass bottles in the heaviest grade corrug cardboard I've ever come across.

    Down to 3 cases already - hurry while stocks last! Suggested donation is say £5 per litre - about half the wholesale price.
    • CommentAuthorGotanewlife
    • CommentTimeAug 7th 2014 edited
     
    Posted By: mike7Can anyone suggest an alternative?
    Yes! Tell them it is an inert liquid!
    • CommentAuthormike7
    • CommentTimeAug 7th 2014
     
    Posted By: Gotanewlife
    Posted By: mike7Can anyone suggest an alternative?
    Yes! Tell them it is an inert liquid!


    I think what they're worried about is leakage of anything getting on to other packages.
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    I use tin containers for my olive oil (high altitude, hand picked, single estate, organic, extra-virgin olive oil - :wink:) - they come in all volumes down to .25ltr and with one-time push on plastic seals - I regularly lavish my friends with gifts of my oil (ie in hold luggage) and I have never a suggestion of a leak yet. Also, bottles are nowhere near as good for oil as tins because any light whatsoever reduces its best before time. Incidentally all olive oil is best before 4 months, thereafter is only very slowly deteriorates until at 3 years or so it starts to be a bit 'oily'!
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      CommentAuthorfostertom
    • CommentTimeAug 29th 2014
     
    How old is typical UK supermart 'virgin' olive oil then?
    • CommentAuthormike7
    • CommentTimeAug 30th 2014
     
    3 of the five cases went to GBF members and a fourth disappeared en route with City LInk. Net result is £100 donation to Medical Aid for Palestinians, so thanks for that, and for your suggestions. I hadn't thought of using it in a chainsaw, or as diesel fuel. Hmm .. I believe diesel and fertilizer mixed has 'interesting' properties .. wonder if it would be the same with olive oil. Shhhh!

    Re tins vs bottles, the Memsah'b tells me that tins are often used in small sizes in Germany and Switzerland. Maybe olive oil has been seen as a more upmarket product in the UK and bottles are regarded as classier?

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