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Re: Olives

One thing I have not heard mentioned, that I remember hearing many years at,
I think, a California Mission, is that olives have to be soaked in an alkali,
like lye, not just a saline brine.  This cuts the bitterness - which I did
experience as a child and it was godawful.

In a message dated 6/22/97 9:35:11 AM, you wrote:

>A readable and interesting book is: OLIVES, by Mort Rosenblum, ISBN
>0-86547-503-2, hdc., $25.00. A reporter for the HAROLD TRIBUNE & living in
>So.France, Mr. Rosenblum has written about olives in all Mediterranean
>climates throughout the world (can't remember if he mentioned Australia,
>however), and about olive oil production in all these areas. Absolutely
>maddeningly !!!!!! there is no index.
>Elly Bade
>
>
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