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Hi,
I have just picked our first crop of Kalamata olives (about 3 kgs). They have good flesh but just about all are wrinkled all over the surface. We only intend to pickle them. What should we do to prevent this and should we abandon the pickling process?
Cheers,
John
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5 October, 2012 at 8:49 pm
Sorry so late. The Canberra convention I work with is is that many olives should be ready by Anzac day. Greener fruit has more texture too. I suspect yours were overmature and possibly a little droughted. There is really no point in putting effort into pickling damaged fruit (been there). One possibility might be to try a “dry” salt curing. Better luck this year. Jenny