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a fruit so bitter raw it must be brined into something worth eating
means A small oval fruit, green or black, grown on the Mediterranean olive tree and pressed for its oil or cured for eating.
from From Latin 'oliva,' itself borrowed from Greek 'elaia,' the olive tree — and 'elaion,' its oil, which is why 'oil' and 'olive' share the same ancient root. The Greek word may trace back to a lost Mediterranean language spoken before either Greek or Latin arrived, since the tree was already sacred to the peoples around that sea. It reached English through Old French 'olive.'
- raw truth
- Straight off the tree, they're inedibly bitter
- old soul
- Some olive trees live over 2,000 years
- liquid gold
- It takes roughly half a ton for one liter of oil
- botanical twist
- Technically a stone fruit, like cherries and peaches
- peace deal
- The branch symbolized truce in ancient Greece and Rome
arbequina olive — spanish variety, accounts for ~40% of world olive oil production
koroneiki olive — greek variety, primary olive for kalamata olives and pdo oils
mission olive — california variety, introduced to san diego in 1769, used for both oil and table olives
frantoio olive — italian variety from tuscany, high-yielding and cold-hardy, central to tuscan oil