Sun Olives
Submitted by ofek on June 23, 2007 - 11:25am
make your own by mimicking nature! no more little expensive jars from raw capitalists… transported from far far away.. i mean olives are staple food around here.. you can’t buy a little jar – olives are bulk only!
so here’s how to make your own sun dried salt-free most delicious richly flavored pure olives…
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Now that olives are becoming ripe in the Sacramento area, I've had a chance to eat some that had fallen from the tree when ripe and dried on the ground. They taste just like the expensive ones, and it doesn't seem to be important which variety of tree these come from. I look forward to drying 50+ pounds of these this year, and making them a staple. Thank you, ofek!
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I thought I had searched everywhere for information about sun curing olives! This article is a gem! I've been ordering sun dried Peruvian olives from naturalzing.com and rawguru.com but they are expensive, and often out of stock. I assumed that only a special variety of olive tree would produce olives that would be edible if sun cured, but I couldn't find information about the Peruvian trees. If common olive trees will do, I can add dried salt-free olives to my diet again! This is also the first time I have heard from someone who enjoys these salt-free olives. Nobody I offered one to has really liked them, but I sure do! I could make a meal of them!
I happen to live in Northern California, so I would appreciate tips on dates and places to look for ripe olives. Also, is there any way to send private messages on this board?
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Ofek, u are hot! :) It's really cool how you forage for food! I'm going to learn how to do that! I went to your web site. I wish I could read Palestinian- definitely on my list for the future. Everything you write inspires me and shows me that more than I thought was possible- like foraging for food in the US easily! I think this topic will become way more popular soon! And your recipes look amazing! Keep it up! :)
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amazing image. did you make it? it is so much easier to get oilives on our local farmers market... great idea though ~thank you!
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minibeast i've seen fresh olives sold in berkeley bowl in oakland, ca. through they were unripe - but there are plenty of recipes to make them edible (with salt).
debbietook - good luck with the tree - i'm pretty sure certain varieties will grow in the warmer areas of the UK - just like figs do. until then - i invite you to make friends with people from france and spain and italy (or go travel there once in while - without airplanes of course) and ask them to send you a box full of the ripest ones (december and thereafter).
you can trade them for things you have and they don't - like hazelnuts that you gather.
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Thank you so much for sharing this information with us. Unfortunately olives don't grow wild in the UK. Our only source of raw olives right now is from a UK company who imports from Nature's First Law. We have to pay £12 per jar!! But I have recently bought a small olive tree for a sheltered spot in the garden, so...looking to the future!
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I know exactly the rest stop on I-5 you're talking about! Cool. :o)
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Wow... is it at all possible to buy fresh raw olives in the States?
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Wow Ofek- this is an amazing post! I wish I could go out right now and do this! Thank you for posting this it is truly amazing! Please post the hummus recipe if you can that picture is also amazingly beautiful!