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Dave Smith[_2_]

wrote:
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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.

Go to a deli and get them from the olive bar.