Last Friday, Aunt Sue and I went downtown to check out a new store. The
Bodacious Olive. They sell different olive oils, organic and infused; vinegars, infused and aged; and fresh pasta, some cheeses and fresh baked breads and some flowers and a few other items. It was so nice to be able to try the oils and vinegars before buying.
Here is the fresh pasta that was made. I didn't plan to purchase any that day, but was told that it might be best to call ahead and order. Fresh pasta taste so much better than the kind you get that's so dry. I am looking forward to fixing a dinner with some soon.
You can walk around and try the different vinegars and oils. There are small sample cups to use. Just put a small amount and taste. There is bread sliced for dipping into the oils, too. This lady is putting the vinegar I chose into a bottle. They had sold out of all the small-size bottles so I got the next size up. I'll have plenty of this vinegar for a while.
I tried most of the oils. The butter oil was so good. Tasted just like popcorn butter. The blood orange was getting a lot of attention from the store staff.
This is the area where they bake the bread and make the pasta.
The vinegars were infused with so many different flavors. My very favorite was the coconut white balsamic. It was so good. I will buy some when they get the small bottles back in stock. The fig and the pomegranate both were very good. I had a hard time deciding which flavor to get. I did get the cranberry pear white balsamic.
This is my vinegar and some sesame sticks I bought. I'm going to wrap some bacon around those sticks and cook them in the oven and roll them in Parmesan cheese. Direct recipe from Paula Deen. I have a recipe that I'm going to use the vinegar with. I'll post it here whenever I get around to getting it done.
Aunt Sue is already asking when are we going back. She loves bread and olive oil and loves to taste vinegar!
