tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2640995721339566459.post1967968163600319316..comments2023-06-28T11:10:35.636+01:00Comments on The Nelson House Diaries: Olive help neededSharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11883413335429438040noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2640995721339566459.post-82501542710708241912013-01-14T18:39:15.587+00:002013-01-14T18:39:15.587+00:00To be honest Margaret I had nothing to do with the...To be honest Margaret I had nothing to do with them, no idea how they got there really. I had heard tell that olives that fell into the Med and washed about a bit were the origins of making them delicious. But it is interesting how these things come about, bread is the one that fascinates me, how did that happen?Sharonhttp://www.thenelsonhousediaries.blogspot.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2640995721339566459.post-79928649348660413322013-01-14T18:36:45.320+00:002013-01-14T18:36:45.320+00:00OK looks like I'll have to give it a go. Inter...OK looks like I'll have to give it a go. Internet research here I come. Wonder why you don't wash them first?Sharonhttp://www.thenelsonhousediaries.blogspot.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2640995721339566459.post-87406402365291344402013-01-14T08:22:49.033+00:002013-01-14T08:22:49.033+00:00Coo. That's a nice little crop you have there,...Coo. That's a nice little crop you have there, Sharon! I's definitely say to go for it. I've only done it once, when we came back from a January near Clermont l'Herault; we'd done a lot of walking and as we'd walked through olive groves tended to pick up the 'windfalls' (as you do) and stuff them in our pockets, so went home with loads. I don't remember too Kalba Meadowshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09610174646901812856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2640995721339566459.post-45725364929384057342013-01-14T06:00:41.142+00:002013-01-14T06:00:41.142+00:00No pearls of wisdom. Just respect. OUR olive tre...No pearls of wisdom. Just respect. OUR olive tree, looking as though it's maybe been around a year or two more than yours, bore us two olives this year. Which fell off as we shrouded our tree against the winter which hasn't yet truly arrived. I'm more interested in who discovered, and how, that this bitter fruit became delicious if brined and so forthAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com