This was a good joke when it was first made, but it has no basis in fact. A glance at cookery books from Victorian times onwards (and probably before) shows that olive oil was used extensively, and it was sold in every grocery shop. Of course, in 1954 rationing was only just coming to an end after a war which, I believe, involved Italy to some extent, and supplies of many basis products were still difficult to obtain. But the notion that Elizabeth David introduced olive oil to British cooks is complete nonsense.
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