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Title: Olives, little ones....
Post by: Ruth Rocket on November 05, 2011, 16:56:51

My olive tree has done well this year, it has quite a few little green olives, is there anything I can do with them or will they be too un-ripe?
Tks!
Ruth ???

Title: Re: Olives, little ones....
Post by: goodlife on November 07, 2011, 11:31:46

This post has gone quiet with replies..and with reason..
Olive are lot of work to process so that they are 'edible'. I once looked into this...and found it soo troublesome process to be worth of efford for sake of few olives.. ::)
If my memory serve me right..it involved lot of soaking, fermenting and rinsing.
But....WELL DONE you..getting your own olives!.. ;)
Perhaps little googling would be in place for finding the right treatment for them..
I'll have a look too if I still find the info..

Title: Re: Olives, little ones....
Post by: goodlife on November 07, 2011, 11:35:33

I only had a quick flick through this site..but it may serve your purposes.. ;)

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http://www.hunterolives.asn.au/tableolives.htm

Title: Re: Olives, little ones....
Post by: goodlife on November 07, 2011, 11:36:07

Hmp...another take.. ::)
http://www.hunterolives.asn.au/tableolives.htm (http://www.hunterolives.asn.au/tableolives.htm)

Title: Re: Olives, little ones....
Post by: Ruth Rocket on November 07, 2011, 21:03:18

Oh my!  Thanks for that, I might give it a go, but it looks a bit tricky and I only have a few!  Made the mistake of trying one straight from the tree  :o

Title: Re: Olives, little ones....
Post by: GrannieAnnie on November 07, 2011, 22:47:27

No wonder they're expensive. I had no idea there was that much processing.
Thanks, Goodlife, for the free  enjoyable education (with no final exam) ;D

Title: Re: Olives, little ones....
Post by: okra on November 13, 2011, 15:59:52

Another link which might be useful, it's the Cypriot way of processing green olives
http://cyprusgardener.blogspot.com/2011/07/how-to-prepare-green-olives-for-eating.html