How else will you get that authentic ancient-Roman artisan flavor, I ask?

You're baking it, it doesn't really matter.

Yeah I know.. I used to work at this italian market and accidentally dropped a piece of expensive octopus salad on the ground on my very first day, and went to one of the bosses offering to pay for it with my first paycheck. Dude just throws it into the olives' brine and splashes it around for a sec and throws it back in with the rest of the octopus. "Brine kills everything," he says. In that case, it's not true (don't eat the octopus salad, or anything from Glorioso's Italian Market in Milwaukee Wisconsin) but baking will kill off any bacteria.

I was reminded of Homer Simpson lighting his grill.

But that's Olive Oil, which is good enough for Popeye, so it must be good enough for us.

It is good enough for us, but doesn't stop it from making you fat.

bread recipes will vary from store to store, before even considering different countries.