The grove at Santa Barbara Olive Company at Goleta
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The barrels that the brine-cured olives are cured in.
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A bucket of salt-cured olives at Santa Barbara Olive Company.
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Every olive is pitted by hand with this nifty tool, and then bottled.
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Ripe olives on the tree at Solana Farms in Santa Margarita.
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Harvested olives, washed and ready to be salt-cured.
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Layering the olives in salt until they are completely covered.
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The cured olives drying before bottling.
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The final product! Several jars of salt-cured black olives. Delicious!
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Olives are a delicious snack, and the come in so many varieties. But olives are inedible straight off the tree. But curing olives does not have to be that difficult, and Playing With Food learned how.