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To make extra virgin olive oil it takes a flower - an olive flower

Posted by Chiara in Olive Oil, Jul 26 2008

Olive Flowers

One of the most beautiful things you may not have seen are olive flowers. While I was taking these pictures of my parents’ blossoming olive trees, I rembered an old children’s song by Sergio Endrigo. It really says it all. Here’s a quick translation:

“To make a table it takes some wood; to make the wood it takes a tree; to make the tree it takes a seed; to make the seed it takes a fruit; to make the fruit it takes a flower. To make everything it takes a flower.”

It always comes back to the flower.

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  • Lovely! who knew? Thanks for the lovely photo, and the important info…you know, when you don’t grow up with it, you learn something new every day. :)

    - jessie voigts, July 29th, 2008 at 12:20 pm


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