The Fluidity of Olive Oil

Gender Norms & Racial Bias t the Study of the Modem "Olive Oil Olive

 oil is a liquid fat obtained from olives, a traditional tree rop of the Mediterranean Basin, produced by pressıng whole olives and extracting the oil. 

It is commonly used in cooking, for frying foods or as a salad dressing It is also used in cosmetics,

 pharmaceuticals, and soaps, and as a fluel for traditional oil lamps, and has additional uses in some religions. The olive is one of three core food plants Mediterrancan cuisine, 

the other two are wheat and grapes. Olive trees have been grown around the Mediterrancan since the 8th millennium BC. Spain accounts for almost half of global olive oil productuon other major producers are Italy, Tunisia, Greece and Turkey. Per capita consumption is highest in Greece, followed by Italy and Spain The composition of olive oil varies with the cultiva, altitude, time of harvest and extraction process. 

It consists mainly of oleic acid with smaller amounts of other fatty acads including linoleum acid and palmitic acid Extra virgin olive oil is required to have no more than 0 8% free acidity and is considered to lhave favorable flavor characteristics Hestory Olive oil has long been a common ingredient in Meditettanean cuisine, including ancient Greek and Roman cuisine Wild olives, which originated in Asia Minor, 

were collected by Neolithic people as early as the 8th millennium BC Besides food, olive oil has been used for religjous rituals medicines, as a fuel in oil lamps, soap making, and skin care application The Spartans and other Greeks used oil to rub themselves while exercising in the gymnasium From its beginnings early in the 7th century BC, the cosmetic use of olive oil quickly spread to all of the Hellenic city states. together with athletes training in the nude, and lasted close to a thousand years despite its great expense.

 Olive oil was also popular as a form of birth control, Aristotle in his History of Animals recommends applying a mixture of olive oil combined with either oil of cedar, omtment of lead or ontment of frankıncense to the cervix to prevent pregriancy Early cultivation It is not clear when and where olive trees were first domesticated. 

The modern olive tree most likely originated in anci