Connecticut: Home to the purest of olive oils

The state of Connecticut is sick and tired of the con men and grifters of the world who claim to offer consumers 100% pure olive oil, then, like a fantastic piece of flim flam, dish out a putrid slime of odds and ends instead. That's right, the hammer's coming down on you fancy boys! 

Starting today, Connecticut is announcing broad steps in defining the sweet oil that I love so much, making it law that any additives mixed within be advertised. No more peanut oils. No more soybean. No more bizarre food reactions. If it isn't pure olive, it gets a label.

A scarlet label! That's the way we do it in New England. 

Apparently, this is a breakthrough in the United States, as none of our 49 brothers and sisters bother regulating the olive oil that hit store shelves. California is about to, but Connecticut, rascal that it is, beat it to the punch. Ha ha! Take that, hippies!

So, head on over, or up, or down to good ol' Connecticut for all your pure olive oil needs! And, while you're here, stay for the . . . well, there's the . . . hmmmm . . . just stay awhile. We'll chat! Ummmmm . . . nutmeg!

For a real article about this new battle, visit the Hartford Courant's website over here.