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1. www.researchgate.net › publication › 259425725_The(PDF) The Ecology and History of the Mediterranean Olive ...

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   This article will analyse the changing role of the olive within the landscape of the Spanish Mediterranean, and explore the process by which production moved towards single crop cultivation by...

2. www.nationalgeographic.com › culture › articleThe Bitter Truth About Olives - National Geographic

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   Jul 1, 2016 · A luscious-looking olive, ripe off the sun-warmed tree, is horrible. The substance that renders it essentially inedible is oleuropein, a phenolic compound bitter enough to shrivel your teeth. The...

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3. olivesetal.co.uk › are-olives-edibleAre Olives Edible? – Olives Et Al

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   Did you know, Olives are inedible straight from the tree? In fact they can make you quite unwell. So how and why did people first start eating them more than 6000 years ago? Only after a prolonged brine fermentation are the bitter compounds leached to the point that they become not only edible but also delicious. O

4. www.researchgate.net › publication › 360123174_The(PDF) The olive: uses and benefits of its oil, fruit and leaves

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   Apr 23, 2022 · Methods: The aim of our review is to summarize the effects of EVOO and table olives on the immunemediated inflammatory response, focusing our attention on human studies.

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   Fresh, unprocessed olives are inedible because of their extreme bitterness. To eliminate this bitterness, olives are treated using the Greek, Spanish, or American method. In the Greek method, the fruits are allowed to mature fully before harvesting, then they are immersed in a concentrated brine solution to ferment for up to six months.

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   How did the Romans make olives?

   • This was somewhat improved by fermenting the olives in brine, which was marginally quicker, but the Romans found that supplementing the brine with lye from wood ashes (sodium hydroxide) cut the time required for producing an edible olive from months to hours. (See this Roman recipe for spiced olives.)

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   Are olive groves a characteristic of southern Spain?

   • This article argues that the landscape dominated by olive groves that is now seen as characteristic of southern Spain is a relatively recent phenomenon. In the eighteenth, nineteenth and much of the twentieth century, olives were not an industrial crop, grown on a large scale for the production of oil.

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   Why are olives bitter?

   • The bitterness is a protective mechanism for olives, useful for fending off invasive microorganisms and seed-crunching mammals. In the wild, olives are dispersed by birds, who avoid the bitterness issue by swallowing them whole.

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   What does the Old Testament say about olive trees?

   • The Old Testament is awash in references to olives, listed along with such desirables as honey, figs, grapes, and pomegranates. To destroy an enemy’s olive trees, in Old Testament days, was the ultimate act of war.

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   Why do birds eat olives?

   • In the wild, olives are dispersed by birds, who avoid the bitterness issue by swallowing them whole. Given the awfulness of the au naturel olive, you can’t help but wonder why early humans, after the first appalling bite, didn’t shun the olive tree forever. The answer, of course, is olive oil.

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   Why is olive tree a tree of life?

   • The oil, fruit, and leaves of the olive tree have an ancient history of nutritional, medicinal, and traditional uses. Olives and olive leaves are the first botanicals prominently noted in the Bible, in Ezekiel 47:12, “The fruit thereof shall be for meat, and the leaf thereof for medicine” – thus its nickname, “Tree of Life.”

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