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The best olive oil in the world? This village thinks so.

Rameh, a Palestinian town surrounded by olive groves, has long had a reputation for producing especially good oil. Fresh out of the press, it is bright liquid gold, its aroma reminiscent of the wild grasses and dandelion leaves that grow around the olive trees. People describe it as ripe and smooth, almost like samneh (ghee, or clarified butter).

=> 사방이 올리브밭인 라메는 팔레스타인 마을로, 최상급 오일 산지로 유명. 갓 짜면 밝은 금빛으로,
올리브나무 주변의 들풀과 민들레 잎을 떠올리게 하는 향. 잘 익고 부드러운 기름이 거의 삼네(기, 인도의 정제버터)같다고.

While southern Spain and southeastern Italy are the biggest commercial olive-oil-producing regions in the world, evidence suggests that the land surrounding the Sea of Galilee — where Rameh sits on the slopes of Mount Haidar — was once the world’s most important olive region.

=> 스페인 남부와 이탈리아 남동부가 올리브유 최대 상업재배산지지만, 갈리리바다 인근 땅-라메가 하이다 산비탈에 있는-이 한때 가장 주요한 올리브산지였다는 증거가 존재

Recent research indicates it was the site of the earliest olive cultivation, too, dating to 5000 B.C. In newspaper articles, books and even poems, the olives are described as “the best you ever laid eyes on” and the village itself as “the queen of Palestinian oil.”

=> 최근 연구에 의하면 가장 오래된 올리브경작지로, 기원전 5천년 전. 신문기사, 서적, 시에까지, 라메 올리브가 "이제까지 봐온 중에 최상"이며 마을자체는 "팔레스타인 오일의 여왕"이라 묘사.