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Bobo Bonobo® > wrote:


> I'd happily hand over the jar. I like ripe olives, but can't stand
> green ones, and I don't like peas either. The only enjoyment I've
> ever gotten from green olives was playing with that cat. Her name was
> Pluff.

I'm no expert (although there are a *lot* of olives grown north of me),
but ripe olives can be either green or black. Olives are not edible
unless cured. Some curing turns them black, some curing leaves them
green. The really cheap olives taste fine, but are green with black
blotches that look like bruises.

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Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA