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Olives fregides<\/span>
\nCatalonia is a land of many olive oils\u2014and excellent ones, at that. Thanks to its climatic and topological diversity, the Mediterranean countryside allows for the cultivation of more than one hundred different varieties of olive trees, each presenting a unique aroma, taste, and texture. You\u2019d be remiss to overlook a single one!<\/p>\n

We could map out the oils made from both virgin and ripe olives, with their various aromas of herbs or nuts\u2014all of which deliver a healthy dose of natural antioxidants\u2014across their various Protected Designations of Origin (PDO), including those of Emporda\u0300, Les Garrigues, Siurana, Terra Alta, and Baix Ebre-Montsia\u0300.<\/p>\n

Across Catalonia, various organizations are working with farmers to re-introduce ancient and native olive tree varieties, promoting landscape restoration in the process. These techniques produce authentic, once-lost olive oils, which, in the near future, will be liquid gold available to all.<\/p>\n

TRADITIONS<\/h3>\n

The Vermouth and \u201cla hora del vermouth\u201d tradition – \u201cFER UN VERMUT\u201d<\/p>\n

The drink is a Catalan national pastime and taking time to \u201cfer un vermut\u201d in Catalonia offers a window into the country\u2019s culture.<\/p>\n

The Catalans developed a fun, simple tradition around imbibing vermouth called \u201cfer el vermut.\u201d Literally \u201cdoing vermouth,\u201d this custom involves going out to the bar down the street from your house with friends and family to order a glass or two of vermouth before midday dinner while nibbling on salty snacks like olives, potato chips, and gourmet tinned seafood, like mussels in escabeche, anchovies, cockles, razeclams, etc..Once you\u2019ve worked up an appetite with this ap\u00e9ritif, it\u2019s time to go back upstairs and have midday dinner.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a lifestyle, as much an activity as it is a beverage. There are establishments called vermuterias here. Historically, people drink vermouth on Sunday mornings after church. In fact, it\u2019s so stitched into the culture that \u201cfer un vermut\u201d is an expression that doesn\u2019t even require you to order vermouth. It means, let\u2019s meet for a drink in the middle of the day (another culinary surprise).<\/p>\n

If you ask enough catalans about vermouth, soon enough you will wind up in Reus, a Catalan city just south of Barcelona with a thousand-year history, and the drink\u2019s unofficial capital.<\/p>\n

ORIGIN<\/h3>\n

The history of vermouth goes back to ancient Greece and ancient Rome, when they made wine with botanicals, which changed the nature of the wine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":5135,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"class_list":["post-5086","recipe","type-recipe","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nFried Olives | Catalan Food Middle East<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/catalanfood.com\/middleast\/recipe\/olives-fregides\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Fried Olives | Catalan Food Middle East\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Catalonia is a land of many olive oils\u2014and excellent ones, at that. 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