Dave Smith wrote:
>
> 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.

It's true that the French salt-cured olives I can
buy at Whole Foods are a completely different thing.
And you can learn to recognize the really good ones,
which are more delicate, and only pick out those ones
when buying from their olive bar. They are very
salty, but I'd never soak them.

But the canned are a very convenient component of
salads and wraps. I don't go to Whole Foods every
day, and when I do, I usually don't buy olives.

You didn't like olives until you had them from an
olive bar. I've always liked olives, even from cans.