freezing olive oil ???

**sabrelvssammy** · 01-31-2009, 09:53 AM

i read here SOMEWHERE how someone had taken olive oil and added spices and herbs and froze it..then put it in the fridge and it had the consistancy of butter and they used it as such.... now i can't find the info...

HELP.... i need to know what they put in it to give it a 'yummy' taste coz i want to try it.... thanks guys!

**dcompton** · 01-31-2009, 04:44 PM

I've never heard of freezing it. For flavor, rosemary would be nice. When you spread it you could sprinkle a little Parmesan cheese on it. Rosemary/Parmesan is always tasty. Maybe some basil too? I would think any herb that would like would be fine.

**AdamantEve** · 01-31-2009, 05:52 PM

Here are instructions on instructables:
http://www.instructables.com/id/Home...ve-oil-spread/

hope that helps.

**sabrelvssammy** · 01-31-2009, 06:09 PM

thanks a million..i am gonna give this stuff a try...i'll let everyone know how it works out.....

**Contrary Housewife** · 01-31-2009, 07:48 PM

Olive oil solidifies in the fridge. You don't have to freeze it. It will liquify in a short time, though, it doesn't stay solid like butter or margarine.

You could put any herbs you like into it to make a spread. I would be careful with rosemary, because you really don't want to chew it, it's like eating sticks.

**dcompton** · 01-31-2009, 10:39 PM

Actually, I thought of that with the rosemary after I posted, but when I bought bulk herbs last time I got some rosemary powder that I'm really enjoying using when I want to avoid the crunchy effect. I guess I was thinking of that.

**sabrelvssammy** · 02-03-2009, 08:43 PM

okay...so i did it...i froze the oilve oil.. i put it in a little container (don't want to waste this stuff if it doesn't work out)...i added garlic powder and basil...just a pinch of both....and put the lid on and threw it in.... next morning i put it in the fridge.... later in the day i checked it out and here's what i found...

it now has the consistancy of ...uh....vaseline...(okay-okay....it's the only think i could think of at the moment) it's not runny but its not too hard....so i tasted it and it's not half bad....dh had some on his toast tonight coz i ran out of butter and didn't want to get any and he didn't say anything...(and believe me...that's the same thing as saying this is okay..coz if i had said..."look honey...i froze olive oil and then thawed it and now you are eating it"...he would have said...'oh-this is soooo gross...i can't eat this....don't do this anymore....stop being so darn frugal.... i hate this frugal stuff....can we turn up the heat now"?????

so i kept quiet....