Virgin Olive Oil.

What is virgin olive oil?! How is it different from normal olive oil?!

I'm sure someone once told me, but I can't remember what they said.

I was in a supermarket with my brother today, and he saw the Virgin Olive Oil on the shelf and said, "Wow... Virgin owns everything doesn't it?!" haha.

You can also get extra virgin olive oil. Presumably that's even better than virgin olive oil?! How can something be extra virgin?! Isn't virgin already 100% pure?!

This is what Wikipedia says:

• Extra-virgin olive oil comes from the first pressing of the olives, contains no more than 0.8% acidity, and is judged to have a superior taste. There can be no refined oil in extra-virgin olive oil.
• Virgin olive oil with an acidity less than 2%, and judged to have a good taste. There can be no refined oil in virgin olive oil.
• Olive oil is a blend of virgin oil and refined virgin oil, containing at most 1% acidity. It commonly lacks a strong flavor.

Well. I'm glad we got that cleared up, aren't you?!

I got a post card from Sarah that says 'Mousehole' on the front, so I'm assuming thats the name of the place she went. She said its '2 mins away from Penzance'. Where's that?! Isn't there a book or something called 'Pirates of Penzance'?! Sometimes I'm so cultured I shock myself.

Anyway, she was staying in a broken down cottage with another family who are apparently very annoying. She went to 'The Lizard' and 'Lands End' (The most southerly point of England, and the most westerly point of England. Apparently. I didn't know that, she wrote it in the post card). She also had a good time on the beach.

Look:

She's very artistic, dont ya think?!