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- From: alden@netcom.com (Andrew L. Alden)
- Subject: Re: Can I eat the olives from our tree?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan3.012034.13892@netcom.com>
- Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
- References: <1993Jan2.232835.3869@netcom.com>
- Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1993 01:20:34 GMT
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- ds@netcom.com (David Schachter) writes:
- : Good thing you waited until 1993-- the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of
- : last year greatly simplified the procedure. Here 'tis:
- :
- [much spoofy text deleted]:
- : -- David "This article is 100% fact free"
- : Schachter
-
- A raw olive won't kill you but the bitterness will hurt. Olives must be
- pickled to be edible. Brine is traditional, but commercial processors
- use a solution that doesn't pollute so badly. If you want to process
- your own olives, one way might be the dry-salt cure: layer sound ripe
- olives in salt and check them after a few weeks, and every few weeks
- thereafter, until the bitterness has subsided. Rinse the salt off, dry
- briefly, and store in the fridge.
-
- Oil is processed from raw olives; the bitter principle is not
- fat-soluble.
-
- Call you County Agricultural Agent or UC Extension Agent to get more
- info. Olives aren't very nutritious, but they taste good.
-
- --Andrew
-
-