Olive oil, stomachs and Black Pete

When the Dutch went on holidays in southern Europe for the first time, in the 1950s and 1960s, many complained about the food prepared with olive oil. They really got stomach problems.

Nowadays we don’t hear of this massive complaint anymore. In fact, olive oil is used in many kitchens and sold in every common supermarket in the Netherlands.

Did the Dutch stomachs adjust to olive oil or did the Dutch lose their fear for something new and are their stomachs no longer affected by that fear?

The Dutch resistance against letting go of Pete’s blackness sometimes reminds me of the Dutch reaction against olive oil and the later incorporation of it.