Mark Thorson wrote:
>
> Every time I buy olives, I run several changes
> of water through the can over a period of maybe
> an hour to lower the salt content.


Why are you buying them in cans? I never used to like olives, but that
was back int he days when they were available only in cans and bottles.
I always by olives from an olive bar. They are so much better than
canned olives that they are not even the same product.