Olive Recipes
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- Cheese and Olive Roast
4 cups stale bread crumbs 1/4 cup onion, finely chopped 3 cups tomatoes 2 Tbsps olive oil 1/2 cup ripe olives, minced 1 tsp salt 1 cup cheese, grated 1/8 tsp pepper - 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 - 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 - Hot Green Olive Slaw with Sour Cream Sauce
Head of cabbage, finely sliced 1 Tbsp butter 3 Tbsps boiling water 1 egg, beaten 1/2 Tbsp vinegar Salt Paprika 1/2 cup sour cream 1 cup Spanish green olives, stoned & chopped - Olive Sandwich
Olives White Bread Mayonnaise - Green Olive Jelly for Sandwiches
1 Tbsp granulated gelatine 1/3 cup boiling water 1/2 cup Spanish green olives, stoned & diced 1 medium size cucumber, diced 1/4 cup cold water 2 1/2 Tbsp lemon juice 2 1/2 Tbsp vinegar 1/2 cup - 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 - 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 - Spanish Green Olive Club Sandwiches
2 slices bread Butter Mayonnaise Hearts of lettuce leaves Green olives Bacon, broiled Watercress
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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