(Editor’s Note: Methods for water-cured and dry salt cured olives follows this article.) CHICO — Don Landis is the Johnny Appleseed-type folk hero of home-cured olives in Northern California. A jar of ...

Discover a step-by-step guide on curing olives naturally at home using just a glass jar. Mark from Self Sufficient Me demonstrates the entire process, from harvesting Arbequina and Helena olives to ...

Though they’re grown on the west coast, raw olives are rarely found at produce markets. This is because you can’t pop them raw like candy: they’re filled with a supremely bitter substance called ...

If you have started growing your very own olive tree and know how to identify a good quality table olive, you could also look at starting your very own home ‘curing process’. Olives must be cured ...

Lye. Isn't that the stuff the Mafia uses to dissolve the bodies of those who make an unfortunate choice to use another waste disposal or vending machine company? Isn't it drain cleaner, a deadly ...