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[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by skinmaan

$4.99 audiobook sale on select titles at Christian Audio (see list here). Sale ends tomorrow.

Enjoy!
skinmaan
Your audiobook bloodhound

Thanks for the heads up. Fortunately/unfortunately (for the bank account) it looks like some will be must-buys for me.

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by ApK

Kinda makes one appreciate the US sometimes-seemingly-insane labeling laws on some things.
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Yeah, sometimes legislators and others go to extremes, but I would much rather have it that way, even if (and it surely does) cost the consumer extra money.

The laws and enforcement might be overly strict in some states and local governments, but I'd much rather have it that way than be underprotected.

[issybird]

Originally Posted by Catlady

Brooklyn is well worth it, it I think. They seem to have an excellent selection, much better than FLP. I'm trying to decide if I want to bother renewing FLP.

I find very little of interest at FLP these days.

[tubemonkey]

Audible UK -- Daily Deal -- exp 17 Feb

• £2.99 -- The Wraiths of War -- Mark Morris --> sci-fi

[tubemonkey]

Daily Deals -- exp 17 Feb

• Audible ---> $3.95 -- The Bad Beginning -- Lemony Snicket --> kids growing up
  
• BN Nook --> $3.99 -- Trouble & Triumph -- Tip Harris & David Ritz --> fiction

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Last Day -- ChristianAudio -- exp 17 Feb

• $4.99 -- New Audiobooks Sale (36 titles) --> details

[koland]

Originally Posted by ApK

In the case of EVOO, though, assuming it's not laced with arsenic or something, it's really a matter of taste, no? So like with wine, if bottle of cheap stuff tastes good with your food, there is little reason to spend more, right?

That is, if you buy a bottle of EVOO and like it, does it really matter?

Essential Fatty Acids, for one. More Omega-3 than veggie oils (which tend to be mostly Omega-6, the "bad" (or "not-as-good") EFA.

Then there are Antioxidants (polyphenols are a major player in the taste), natural pigments (carotenoids, for example, are good for you eyes), some vitamins (E, K) and a few others, I'm sure.

At least most fakes don't use artificial colors to make them look extra virgin (but I don't doubt many do). Rapeseed is no doubt one of the major players in the fakes - a mustard relative that is sort of poisonous on it's own, a GMO variety known as canola is a much better high-temp oil (but I don't particular like it).

Besides the American players that the studies showed have fewer fakes, you should be able to pick up Australian at good prices with high confidence. Unlike Italy, where "orchards" are trees on steep hillsides mixed into residential areas, where harvesting is by hand, Australians developed a shaker machine to automate harvesting and planted their orchards specifically to work with it. Greatly reduces costs of harvest, plus ensures that the olives aren't lying on the ground before processing.

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Audible UK -- Daily Deal -- exp 18 Feb

• £2.99 -- I'm Travelling Alone -- Samuel Bjork --> mystery

[Cinisajoy]

Was invited over here to either comment on extra virgins or olive oil. On the first, sorry don't have any. On the second, I do cook with olive oil. I haven't noticed much flavor to it.

Blame GtrsRGr8 for this post.

[ApK]

Originally Posted by Cinisajoy

I do cook with olive oil. I haven't noticed much flavor to it.

If you mean cook as in with heat, the flavor of olive oil will be muted and using evoo would be pointless. I guess it would destroy some of those nutrients koland mentioned as well. Evoo is typically best for use in stuff like dressings, or as finishing oil where you really taste subtleties in the ingredient.

[tubemonkey]

Daily Deals -- exp 18 Feb

• Audible ---> $2.95 -- Sleep Smarter -- Shawn Stevenson --> NF health
  
• BN Nook --> $4.99 -- Mother Nile -- Warren Adler --> historical

* Sleep Smarter: 21 Essential Strategies to Sleep Your Way to a Better Body, Better Health, and Bigger Success

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Audible UK -- Daily Deal -- exp 19 Feb

• £1.99 -- The Wicked Boy -- Kate Summerscale --> NF biography

[koland]

Originally Posted by ApK

If you mean cook as in with heat, the flavor of olive oil will be muted and using evoo would be pointless. I guess it would destroy some of those nutrients koland mentioned as well. Evoo is typically best for use in stuff like dressings, or as finishing oil where you really taste subtleties in the ingredient.

Correct. Also, EVOO has a lower smoking point that either a refined (clear) olive oil or a high temp oil such as peanut or sunflower. So, you can't use it for frying (unless you want more oil absorbed in the food or to smoke up the kitchen and create carcinogens from overheating the oil).

EVOO should only be used as a finish oil, after cooking, or in dressings, as you mentioned.

[tubemonkey]

Daily Deals -- exp 19 Feb

• Audible ---> $4.95 -- The Day of the Jackal -- Frederick Forsyth --> thriller
  
• BN Nook --> $3.99 -- Miracle at the Higher Grounds Café -- Max Lucado --> religious

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Audible UK -- Daily Deal -- exp 20 Feb

• £2.99 -- The Essex Serpent -- Sarah Perry --> romance