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> Can anyone recommend a good brand of Kalamata olives available in U.S.
> grocery stores (or mail order)?
>
> Also, do all the kalamata olives that you'd find any Greek restaurant
> here in the states come from a jar? Or is there some fresher source
> these restaurants get them from? I'm assuming kalamata olives aren't
> or can't be grown in the U.S. Maybe I'm wrong.
>
> Thanks very much.


I've got three brands (jars) of Kalamata's in my refrigerator right now. To
me they all taste different. When I buy them in a grocery-store where they
are sitting out, even those taste different -- to me.

I would think that depending on the season and the curer (is that a good
word?) that it's possible that they indeed are different.

I know that when I was in Greece and the olives were sitting on every table
that they have never tasted as good here in the U.S. as they did there.
Could have been the ambience -- or my memory.

Start tasting and find one you like, too.
Dee Dee