Olive Recipes
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- Olive Oil Pickles
2 gallons green cucumbers 6 large onions 1/4 pound white mustard seed 1/4 pound black mustard seed 1 cup salt 1 tablespoon celery seed 1/2 cup olive oil Sugar to taste Vinegar - Olive & Egg Cutlets
4 Tbsps flour 4 Tbsps green peppers, chopped 4 Tbsps butter 4 Tbsps eggs, chopped 1 1/2 cup milk 1/2 cup ripe olives, minced 2 egg yolks, slightly beaten Salt Pepper 1 egg, beaten Bread crum - Olive & Tomato Sauce
3 Tbsps flour 3 Tbsps butter 2 cups tomatoes 1 Tbsp parsley, chopped 1 Tbsp onion, minced 1/2 cup ripe olives, minced 1 cup brown stock or beef bouillon dissolved in 1 cup water 2 cloves Salt - Cheese & Olive Salad
1 cream cheese Mayonnaise 6 olives, finely chopped 3 lettuce leaves, finely cut 1/2 pimiento, cut in strips Salt Cayenne pepper Lettuce leaves - Olive Sandwich
Olives White Bread Mayonnaise - Ripe Olive Nut Roast
1 1/2 cups bread crumbs 1 large peeled potato 2/3 cup ripe stoned olives 1 cup walnut meats 1 small onion 2 cups tomatoes, strained 2 eggs, well-beaten Salt, pepper, sage - Nut and Olive Canapes
Bread Deep fat Chopped nuts Olives Mayonnaise dressing Pimentos - Cheese & Olive Filling
1 small cream cheese Cream or French dressing 4 olives, finely chopped 6 walnut meats, finely chopped Bread - Olive and Almond Sauce
3 tablespoons butter 3 tablespoons flour 1 cup white Sauce 1/2 cup cream 1/4 cup shredded almonds 1 teaspoon beef extract 8 olives (stoned and cut in quarters) 1/2 tablespoon lemon juice 1/4 t - Green Olive & Bacon Sandwich Filling
1/2 cup Spanish green olives, stoned & chopped 1/2 cup bacon, chopped 1/2 cup nut meat, chopped 1/2 cup mayonnaise Salt
About Olive
- The latin name for the olive is Olea europaea
- Oleuropein is an antioxidant found only in olives which has anti-inflammatory, anti-atherogenic, and anti-cancer effects
- Olives have a broad range of antioxidant and anti-inflammatory nutrients
- Olives are high in monounsaturated fat which can actually lower blood pressure and cholesterol levels
- Olives have an anti-inflammatory effect on the human body and some studies show they can reduce allergies
- Olives contain hydroxytyrosol which has been proven to help bone strength and bone density
- Olives are extremely bitter when picked from the tree so they must be cured before consumption
- Spanish explorers brought olives to California in the late 1700's and the state now provides almost 200,000 tons of commercial olives annually
- Olive trees on Jerusalem's Mount of Olives are considered by some people to be over 2000 years old
- Archeologists found olives in Egyptian tombs including that of King Tutankhamen
- The olive branch has long been a symbol of peace and can be found in the United States national seal in the talons of the bald eagle
- The olive tree is a part of the Oleaceae family in the order Lamiales also shared by the Ash tree
- All three of the major religions that originated near the Mediterranean (Judiasim, Islam, Christianity) consider olives to be sacred
- Athletes in Ancient Greece rubbed olive oil on their bodies before competing
- Ancient Greeks celebrated the birth of a male child with an olive wreath on the front door
- Olives are native to Asia minor and the cultivation of olives reached the Mediterranean over six thousand years ago
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