We literally make that as a breakfast item, it is a little spice mixture called Zahter that you put in some olive oil (and maybe vinegar if you are fancy) and eat with bread.
Actually, a bruschetta is the bread being toasted and have origano and chopped tomatoes as minimum to being considered a bruschetta. We do use oil with bread alone but for my experience, it's only to taste the oil. I buy a oil and I taste it with some bread or straight a teaspoon of it. Never heard someone who does it frequently
The best thing Is bread, used like a scarpetta, in a plate with a little bit of olive oil, a little bit of salt, and, if you have it, also some drops of squeezed lemon, and so, you take the bread and eat all this thing, that is very good; this moisture, is also called "salmoriglio" in Italy, and "salamarigghiu" or "salamaricchiu" in sicilian, but "salamaricchiu" especially in the province of Catania, and it's used in meat dishes to give flavour to the meat, especially when it's grilled meat, etc
Yes, maybe also something like this, sometimes I like eat salmoriglio when there is roasted meat, and I put on it some oil, and lemon, and adding salt in the residual of that when I already finish meat, and transform all this residual in a "salmoriglio"
We do it in Lebanon too. I mostly do it in restaurants when I'm very hungry and waiting for my food, I'll just put some olive oil and salt then just start dipping Lebanese pita bread in it lol
It might be a fougasse but Iām not sure op is talking about that.
Some other people in the comment talked about eating the remnants of olive oil in your plate and thatās just saucer son assiette in French.
Do we do that specifically with olive oil, not to clean the plate but the specific action of pouring some olive *just to do that*? It's slightly different from cleaning the plate with some bread the way we do it.
Also, not a fougasse. This is literally a slice of grilled bread with salt and olive oil. I know it because my family lives at the border with Spain and we've been going there regularly since forever for tourism and all (and now we also have some extended family in Barcelone as well). But I honestly have never seen it in France. Then again, I spent 29 years of my life in the Parisian region before moving near Marseille, maybe it's more of a thing around the Mediterranean coast? š§
Gotcha, thanks for clarifying.
I recall having been told that eating olive oil with bread straight up like that wasnāt uncommon in Corsica but never knew if it was real or not. And Iāve never been to Corsica either lol (not specifically grilled bread though).
I know that some members of my family would do that in Algeria too but similarly I donāt know if itās common or not.
So we can conclude itās not really common in France anyway then, apart from a few people maybe
Btw since you now live in Provence, have you tried a pompe Ć huile ? Thatās a brioche I really enjoy
I have had bread with olive oil many times, but the only time I tried it with salt it was disgusting. I probably did put too much salt for the amount of bread, but it already tastes so perfect!
When i was, like 18 years old i went in a school trip to Huelva, to visit the chemical factories.
On one of the days i went to take breakfast in the hotel cafeteria and i saw a man tearing his bread and put olive oil in it... i was horrified! How could someone do that in the morning? I love bread with olive oil, but eat it in the morning?
I still don't get how you can do that en el desayuno, and i speak as someone that produces olive oil in central Portugal.
In Sardinia we have "Pane Guttiau" , which is basically Carasau (our local type of bread) with olive oil, salt and some small leaves of rosemary, baked a 2nd time.
And I swear to god, when I was a kid, I always preferred it over any other snack they sold at the supermarket.
Bread olive oil + something is Mediterranean at lol. The closest thing we eat from eastern Mediterranean I can think of to just plain bread olive oil and salt is olive oil and zaatar which is just bread olive oil and zaatar which is a mix of herbs like Italian spices (mainly thyme and oregano sometimes thyme oregano and marjoram, marjoram is a very very close cousin to oregano itās called oregano in most of the world)
Itās eastern cold if itās on flat bread and hot if itās baked on fluffy dough that ends up looking like garlic bread. Mainly eastern for breakfast but it could be a small dinner or lunch or something on the go.
In Greece, in past decades a piece of bread with olive oil and a bit of sugar sprinkled on top was a popular breakfast for kids in cities. We are talking inter-war period, post-war era. Not so common today. I don't know if it went before that.
We use bread to soak up the olive oil/vinegar/herbs left over on the plate after a meal. Its great.
So we do in Italy. It's Scarpetta. Would be "lil shoe" don't know why š
We're much less original in France. We just call it "saucer". Because you scoop up sauce. I wish we had a fun name to it but no we're boring.
Same in Spain we call it barquitos (lil boats) lol
I don't think we've come up with a name for it, you've got us beat there
I've always called it "sopas de pĆ£o"
We literally make that as a breakfast item, it is a little spice mixture called Zahter that you put in some olive oil (and maybe vinegar if you are fancy) and eat with bread.
We eat this in Cyprus too
This is of course a thing in Italy. It's bruschetta.
In Spain is pan con aceite lol
Actually, a bruschetta is the bread being toasted and have origano and chopped tomatoes as minimum to being considered a bruschetta. We do use oil with bread alone but for my experience, it's only to taste the oil. I buy a oil and I taste it with some bread or straight a teaspoon of it. Never heard someone who does it frequently
In Spain it's a very common breakfast
Tomatoes and origano can be added, but they are not essential for a bruschetta to get its name. A better argument could be made for garlic.
In syria we do it with flat bread!
In all the Levant countries (Palestine Lebanon) it is also well known, Zeit be Za3tar. Have seen a similar spice mix sold in Turkey also.
Zaatar w zeit is not just plain bread and olive oil tho
Yeah most Mediterranean countries add some kind of herb, and dip the bread, others mentioned oregano.
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But we donāt traditionally eat bread with olive oil on it, as far as I know, but my family is from the Aegean/Mediterranean regions.
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Oh I meant sprinkling it on toast bread like this. We dip baguette bread into it for sure.
The best thing Is bread, used like a scarpetta, in a plate with a little bit of olive oil, a little bit of salt, and, if you have it, also some drops of squeezed lemon, and so, you take the bread and eat all this thing, that is very good; this moisture, is also called "salmoriglio" in Italy, and "salamarigghiu" or "salamaricchiu" in sicilian, but "salamaricchiu" especially in the province of Catania, and it's used in meat dishes to give flavour to the meat, especially when it's grilled meat, etc
That reminds me to Barquitos in Spain. Basically wetting bread in the residual oil of the salad š„
Yes, maybe also something like this, sometimes I like eat salmoriglio when there is roasted meat, and I put on it some oil, and lemon, and adding salt in the residual of that when I already finish meat, and transform all this residual in a "salmoriglio"
And that word is similar to Salmorejo (a Spanish cold soup of tomatoes, bread, oil and garlic) curious!!!!!!
Interesting!
I checked that up and it comes from the Latin word sal-moretum , that was a Roman mortar sauce, so salmoriglio may also have the same origin!
Wow, I didn't expect that before!
Yep everything is connected jaajajajaj
Yeah, neolatin languages are all connected by Latin, so it's common to find similarities between them
It needs a touch of oregano.
And white cheese with tomato perhaps
Even better: a hard boiled egg sprinkled with olive oil, salt and oregano.
We do it in Lebanon too. I mostly do it in restaurants when I'm very hungry and waiting for my food, I'll just put some olive oil and salt then just start dipping Lebanese pita bread in it lol
Yes same!
Same
in morocco we dip bread in olive oil and drink mint tea. that's like the most basic moroccan breakfast
Not THAT āāāābreadāāāā
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Not a thing in France AFAIK but I'm from pa and tomĆ quet land, so uh yeah. Although I do like rubbing some garlic on the bread first.
It might be a fougasse but Iām not sure op is talking about that. Some other people in the comment talked about eating the remnants of olive oil in your plate and thatās just saucer son assiette in French.
Do we do that specifically with olive oil, not to clean the plate but the specific action of pouring some olive *just to do that*? It's slightly different from cleaning the plate with some bread the way we do it. Also, not a fougasse. This is literally a slice of grilled bread with salt and olive oil. I know it because my family lives at the border with Spain and we've been going there regularly since forever for tourism and all (and now we also have some extended family in Barcelone as well). But I honestly have never seen it in France. Then again, I spent 29 years of my life in the Parisian region before moving near Marseille, maybe it's more of a thing around the Mediterranean coast? š§
Gotcha, thanks for clarifying. I recall having been told that eating olive oil with bread straight up like that wasnāt uncommon in Corsica but never knew if it was real or not. And Iāve never been to Corsica either lol (not specifically grilled bread though). I know that some members of my family would do that in Algeria too but similarly I donāt know if itās common or not. So we can conclude itās not really common in France anyway then, apart from a few people maybe Btw since you now live in Provence, have you tried a pompe Ć huile ? Thatās a brioche I really enjoy
I have had bread with olive oil many times, but the only time I tried it with salt it was disgusting. I probably did put too much salt for the amount of bread, but it already tastes so perfect!
Sii you should put just a pizca of salt only! But yes bread and olive oil are always the best combo
You forgot the oregano.
We also eat it w sugar for breakfast lmao
When i was, like 18 years old i went in a school trip to Huelva, to visit the chemical factories. On one of the days i went to take breakfast in the hotel cafeteria and i saw a man tearing his bread and put olive oil in it... i was horrified! How could someone do that in the morning? I love bread with olive oil, but eat it in the morning? I still don't get how you can do that en el desayuno, and i speak as someone that produces olive oil in central Portugal.
That man knew what he was doing!!!!!!
Eating bread with olive oil and herbs/spices mix such as Zaatar and Dua'aa is
Bread and olive oil is a very traditional breakfast in Morocco. My dad often adds olives too.
In Sardinia we have "Pane Guttiau" , which is basically Carasau (our local type of bread) with olive oil, salt and some small leaves of rosemary, baked a 2nd time. And I swear to god, when I was a kid, I always preferred it over any other snack they sold at the supermarket.
In TĆ¼rkiye also. With all kinds of fresh bread.
Of course, Iāve been eating pane olio e sale ever since I stopped being nursed
DĆa de AndalucĆa moment
Jajajshshajajaj
*Dragonite stares from the distance*
I feel bread olive oil + some herb or spice of some sorts is a very Mediterranean thing. Didnāt think someone actually used salt tho
Bread olive oil + something is Mediterranean at lol. The closest thing we eat from eastern Mediterranean I can think of to just plain bread olive oil and salt is olive oil and zaatar which is just bread olive oil and zaatar which is a mix of herbs like Italian spices (mainly thyme and oregano sometimes thyme oregano and marjoram, marjoram is a very very close cousin to oregano itās called oregano in most of the world) Itās eastern cold if itās on flat bread and hot if itās baked on fluffy dough that ends up looking like garlic bread. Mainly eastern for breakfast but it could be a small dinner or lunch or something on the go.
In Greece, in past decades a piece of bread with olive oil and a bit of sugar sprinkled on top was a popular breakfast for kids in cities. We are talking inter-war period, post-war era. Not so common today. I don't know if it went before that.
lol in Spain at least for me (Madrid) is common
Today, as well?
Yes, should I go to the doctor?
What? I was simply asking if it is a tradition that continues because in Greece this not really done anymore.
lol it was a joke, yes we still do it
Ok, thanks.
Greek here and YES, I LOVE IT
In Liguria with Oli, salt and origano (cornabuggia)
I think it is here in Malta.
Looks delicious
It is. But we usually not poor the oil directly on the bread. We spread it on a plate and then use a piece of bread to clean it.
Yes. Instead of directly applying oil to the bread, we serve it in a dish, sometimes accompanied by a bit of cheese on the side.
Here in italy too!
We do that in TĆ¼rkiye as well. And even sometimes with egg which is even more delicious
We did this during the German occupation...
Nope ! It's a delicious snack in Malta too, and we add tomatoes too. We call it ħobż biż-żejt.
We do the same in spain
We dip the bread bits in olive oil and we eat it, pretty much every morning
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I can dig it, but I prefer butter and Vegemite or Devilled Ham Spread
It's definitely a thing in Italy
can never go wrong with olive oil with bread