EVOO Anyone???

I just wanted to try some recipes with quinoa, a protein-rich food that seems to be becoming quite popular.

But I didn’t have any recipes for it.

So I started searching online. 

And then I ran into “EVOO.” 

It appeared as an ingredient in more than one recipe. 

Never before had I heard of such a thing until then.  And then, in a simple search for recipes using quinoa, almost every single recipe called for EVOO. 

“What in the world is EVOO?!?” I thought as I scanned through the recipes.   

“Oh well, it’s probably some kind of exotic seasoning that you have to get at the health-food store and I don’t want to spend big bucks on it anyway, so I’ll just omit it… After all, one little ingredient can’t make that much difference in a recipe, can it?” 

Finally, after coming across probably five or six recipes that called for EVOO, I committed the deed that confirmed my absolute ignorance to the existence of the ingredient.

I googled it.

Yes, I actually typed in “What is EVOO?”

My search revealed a lot about me: Just when I was beginning to feel like I was at last going to join the group of healthy people and eat this stuff that is supposed to be so good for you, I found out that I’m really not as healthy as I thought I was.  I’m just a wanna-be.  I mean, in today’s world, there is healthy, and then there is healthy.  It’s like a whole new genre.  And it is the second group that uses EVOO.  

And guess what? 

I’m definitely not in that group. Seriously.  I’m not.  If I were, I would have known what EVOO was! 

But, I didn’t… (Well, now I do, but only because I googled it.)

Anyway, I probably won’t need EVOO much anymore though, since Isaac didn’t really like the dish of quinoa that I tried.

Oh well…more power to those who use EVOO and eat quinoa.

Ok, maybe I am still kind of bitter about just being a wanna-be...but I guess I had it coming to me.  I mean, I don’t even call EVOO it by it’s full name of Extra Virgin Olive Oil.

Guess I’ll go back to using my olive oil like normal.