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Olive oil is spicy? I can't say I've ever noticed and I cook with it a lot.

swallow a spoonful of fresh extra virgin.

Yep nice peppery twang. A lot of oil sold as olive oil or EVOO, isn't.

That's the oleocanthal at work. Pretty good for you it seems. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleocanthal.

Thanks for that. The more you open up nature, the more it seems like a computer to me. An incredible amount of mystery to be found there.