Posts tagged 'organic olives'

We feel the Peruvian olives we have on our shelves are some of the best gourmet organic, healthy olives around. They are not only good for you but taste just amazing. Olives make a great appetizer for entertaining -- just open the jar, put then in a bowl and serve. They also make a wonderful addition to salads or other dishes.

Olives have to be cured because they're unpalatably bitter when they come off the tree. If you’ve ever tried to eat them, you’ll know it’s impossible. To be able to eat them, they have to be cured in some manner. The Old World way of doing that is fermentation. A lot of people have departed from the Old World way because of time and money, though it's making a comeback today.