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"David \(Normandy\)" writes:
| "Gill Matthews" Try the wrote in message
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| | Also - are they self fertile or do I need another tree? I'm partial to
| juicy
| | black olives.
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| Eaten straight off the tree? :-)
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| Olives striaght off the tree are vile and inedible, but I'm sure you knew
| that ;-)
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| I didn't! I've never had an olive tree before. What makes them edible?

They are soaked in lye or something similar, and then pickled.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.