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Last night, 3 of us signed up for one of their classes; Salad Dressings. It was a nice intimate size class of five. The set up was interesting and exciting. Each of us had a bunch of little containers of several olive oils, balsamic vinegar, pieces of bread & cheese and some unknown mystery items. There was also an empty bowl and a miniature mixer.
The head master, Chef Gregg and his sous chef, Monica introduced us to olive oil tasting; from warming them, sniffing, and sipping with a slurp much like wine tasting except not much of a slurp when drinking wine. We tasted buttery, grassy, peppery oils. When mixed with the various vinegar they really came into being.
We later mixed some emulsions to another one of our creations (we had a total of 3). They had some honey mustard, garlic puree, agave, honey, and salt. They also had a bunch of cut fresh herbs if we wanted to add to our dressings. Basil, dill, thyme, chives were available. It was a lot of fun mixing the various ingredients.
They offered wine to those who wanted. I was the only one that accepted the offer. It was interesting that it looked like we were to do our tasting lessons standing up. I asked for a stool which they did bring out though the other students declined. In the end I was the only one relaxed and sitting pretty on my stool. Both Debra and Sandi later confessed that they should have asked for a stool.
We Olive offers different classes on Wednesdays from 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. Check out their website for the schedule. They also offer 10% discount on anything in the store you buy that evening so naturally, we bought more stuff. We Olive have several locations all over California. The one we went to was on 4725 E. 2nd St., Suite C in Long Beach (Belmont Shore area).
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