How do the olives taste and how long before you can pluck them off and eat them? Thanks.
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Raw Olives are bitter. It takes 4-8 years to produce olives grown outdoors, depending upon the variety. Indoor olive plants may produce little to no olives due to lack of chill temperatures required during and before blooming period.
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From: Homelife.com.au Olive trees are filled with fruit. Unfortunately you can't pluck a handful of olives from the tree and scoff them down. They need treatment before they are palatable. What to do: Soak 2-3kg of green olives in brine made of one cup of salt in three litres of water. Each day pour off the liquid and add more salt water. After a week, change the water once a week for four weeks. This process removes the bitter taste from the olives. Cutting or cracking the olives speeds up the time the olives need to spend in brine. Once all the bitterness has been removed, olives can be marinated in oil flavoured with chilli, garlic, fennel seeds, oregano or a bay leaf and eaten as a snack or packaged as a gift.
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From: Homelife.com.auOlive trees are filled with fruit. Unfortunately you can't pluck a handful of olives from the tree and scoff them down. They need treatment before they are palatable. What to do:Soak 2-3kg of green olives in brine made of one cup of salt in three litres of water. Each day pour off the liquid and add more salt water. After a week, change the water once a week for four weeks. This process removes the bitter taste from the olives.Cutting or cracking the olives speeds up the time the olives need to spend in brine. Once all the bitterness has been removed, olives can be marinated in oil flavoured with chilli, garlic, fennel seeds, oregano or a bay leaf and eaten as a snack or packaged as a gift. From: Homelife.com.auOlive trees are filled with fruit. Unfortunately you can't pluck a handful of olives from the tree and scoff them down. They need treatment before they are palatable. What to do:Soak 2-3kg of green olives in brine made of one cup of salt in three litres of water. Each day pour off the liquid and add more salt water. After a week, change the water once a week for four weeks. This process removes the bitter taste from the olives.Cutting or cracking the olives speeds up the time the olives need to spend in brine. Once all the bitterness... » Read More From: Homelife.com.auOlive trees are filled with fruit. Unfortunately you can't pluck a handful of olives from the tree and scoff them down. They need treatment before they are palatable. What to do:Soak 2-3kg of green olives in brine made of one cup of salt in three litres of water. Each day pour off the liquid and add more salt water. After a week, change the water once a week for four weeks. This process removes the bitter taste from the olives.Cutting or cracking the olives speeds up the time the olives need to spend in brine. Once all the bitterness has been removed, olives can be marinated in oil flavoured with chilli, garlic, fennel seeds, oregano or a bay leaf and eaten as a snack or packaged as a gift. « Show Less
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It says in the info on Amazon that this tree makes little or no olives. I have had mine since the Spring and have not seen any.
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Olive plants supplied by Hirt's Gardens are mainly Arbequina variety, which is self pollinating. So, one plant should be fine to produce olives after 3-4 years if grown in garden. However, 2 plants is recommended in case 1 do not survive.
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They're olives... packed in brine... and the jar maintains a seal to keep air out, so they don't need refrigeration. That is why there is no expiration date. I don't bother to refrigerate them until I'm near the end and it's no longer worth keeping in such a large container. At that point, about 3 months later, I put them in a sealed Rubbermaid container, still covered with the brine, and put them in the fridge.
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Sorry can't help you with that answer. I gave them as a birthday gift to someone whose name was munch and he gave them out and ate them all within a week.
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Honestly, I tossed the box when I received it. I just Google the temperature. I do recall you slice of some of the top of the garlic head to reveal the cloves. Then, work olive oil into the cloves you just revealed. Bake and presto!
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I think about 7-10 min or so. You've got to watch them because everyone's oven is different and you wanna make sure you take them out before they start to brown. That'll ensure you get that "melt in your mouth" type of effect! (YUMMY)
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You can soak the mushrooms in warm water for about half an hour before cooking. They will still be very chewy though. Best in soups in my opinion.
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I leave mine on for 1 hour, and don't eat anything for 30 min. After I take them out. I have not even used all of them because my teeth got as white as I wanted already. I did not want extremely white teeth though.
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Start with a high temp then reduce. They'll grill fine. I use olive oil on the veggies with other seasonings. As a matter of fact, I used Italian dressing to season the veggies with.
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Really like the olives at first but a lot of the olives were too soft or too mushy. If you buy this mix bag of olives I would highly recommend that you separate the olives.....the firm ones from the soft and mushy ones and put them in separate bags or glass containers. The red and back olives which are "soft and mushy" are supposed to be that way since the olives are ripe opposed to the green olives which are picked and brine before they mature. As far as how long it last in the refrigerator, mine only lasted about a week because I ate all the green olives and then tossed the rest of the bag away. Really like the olives at first but a lot of the olives were too soft or too mushy. If you buy this mix bag of olives I would highly recommend that you separate the olives.....the firm ones from the soft and mushy ones and put them in separate bags or glass containers. The red and back olives which are "soft and mushy" are supposed to be that way since the olives are ripe opposed to the green olives which are picked and brine before they mature. As far as how long it last in the refrigerator, mine only lasted about a week because I ate all the green olives and then tossed the rest... » Read More Really like the olives at first but a lot of the olives were too soft or too mushy. If you buy this mix bag of olives I would highly recommend that you separate the olives.....the firm ones from the soft and mushy ones and put them in separate bags or glass containers. The red and back olives which are "soft and mushy" are supposed to be that way since the olives are ripe opposed to the green olives which are picked and brine before they mature. As far as how long it last in the refrigerator, mine only lasted about a week because I ate all the green olives and then tossed the rest of the bag away. « Show Less
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Great for cooking as long as the heat is appropriate for olive oil - low heat - do not heat to a "smoke" level. Very flavorful.
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Yes. Greek olive oil tastes exceptionally good. Italian olive oil tastes ok. I don't remember Spanish olive oil right now.
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As I opened a bag, I put it in a tupperware type container. They tasted just fine to us & it took about 5 weeks or so for us to finish a bag. I hope this helps!
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Both previous answers are good, it just depends on your choice. Personally, I just eat them and wash down with water or juice. After the first initial "bitter" taste, you eventually get used to the taste and can eat them like candy---just limit yourself to what the package recommends for a serving. Enjoy better health! B. Ledbetter
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Hello, Ms. Abaker,I bought just two of these bags, and most of the dates were moist enough. Therefore I ate them the way they were.As for the few dry ones, they are still edible as such; more chewing is needed. If you want to bring them to their natural state just after cropping, no chance. My mother used to keep dried fruits in water (especially prunes and peaches), for a few hours, but they never returned to their natural texture and consistency.IMO, children will enjoy the dates the way they are. I still do, despite my age.
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I freeze them. They last awhile. But my family eats them within 2 to 3 weeks.
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I don't believe these gloves are intended to be eaten. Please leave a review and let us know how they taste, I'm curious to find out!