Acne Q & A Archive: Olives & canning, salt-curing

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Author	Topic: Olives & canning, salt-curing
monica 09-09-2002 05:28 PM	Does it make a difference if they are canned or in a glass jar? What if they are low sodium, but a cured in vinegar (as opposed to only oil or brine cured). Are olives just as beneficial as olive oil?
Wai 09-10-2002 11:35 AM	quote: Does it make a difference if they are canned or in a glass jar? both are not okay. quote: What if they are low sodium, but a cured in vinegar (as opposed to only oil or brine cured). what matters is whether there is salt involved in the curing process. quote: Are olives just as beneficial as olive oil? Thye are different foods, and therefore contain different nutrients, just as bananas contain a different nutrient make up than avocadoes. One is not better than the other.
monica 09-10-2002 11:47 AM	So where and how do you get your olives?? How can you be sure they are not from a can or jar?
monica 09-11-2002 07:58 AM	i went to Whole foods yesterday and talked to the olive guy. He said that all 'fresh' olives come to him in very large plastic jars and that ALL olives have to be cured in some kind of brine that ALWAYS contains some level of salt in it. Does he know what he's talking about? What about the olives that were recommended on your site in a past thread? They say unsalted, but the photo of them shows them in a jar??
Wai 09-11-2002 03:42 PM	quote: So where and how do you get your olives?? Sometimes, I find the right ones. there is one place that has them sometimes, but I need to order them, and they are very expensive. quote: How can you be sure they are not from a can or jar? you can easily taste the difference. the loner you are on this diet, the easier it is to detect added salt etc. quote: i went to Whole foods yesterday and talked to the olive guy. He said that all 'fresh' olives come to him in very large plastic jars I thought you meant buying olives in the shop; when they come in cans or jars, they are not raw. As a means of transportation, that is something different. Of course I don't know anything about his olives. Canned olives taste very differently from real raw (non-salt cured) olives. quote: ...and that ALL olives have to be cured in some kind of brine that ALWAYS contains some level of salt in it. No, that is not true. It is standard to use salt, but it is certainly possib;le to not use any salt. the demand for non-salt cured olives is just very small. (and they are expensive, because it takes more skills to cure them right. quote: What about the olives that were recommended on your site in a past thread? It wasn't my link and I didn't check the link out. quote: They say unsalted, but the photo of them shows them in a jar?? Could be good...or maybe not...
monica 09-15-2002 03:05 PM	What is the brand/type of olives that i should buy and where can i get them? I am having no luck and when i ask them for unsalted olives, they say that all brine contains SOME salt.
Wai 09-15-2002 03:08 PM	So, they don't have them, but they DO excist. (I've had them) If you want them, YOU need to find them. Please let us know when you succeed!
Wai 10-04-2002 09:27 AM	I just received this email from a friend: quote: "Hello Wai, I just received an email from http://www.rawfood.com/ saying that in mid-October they will start to sell certified organic unsalted sun-dried ripe Peruvian olives... Everything that comes from rawfood.com is guaranteed to be raw. " I'm not sure whether no salt has been used during the curing of these olives... ("no salt ADDED" does not necessarily mean "no salt at all used")
Taylor 10-04-2002 12:27 PM	Wai, Do you believe that everything from rawfood.com is raw if it is stated. For instance their shelled nuts? Also had a question about shelled nuts. If I'm able to sprout them, does it mean they are still raw? I'm dying to know
Carolyn 10-04-2002 01:24 PM	I havent been able to find any non-salt cured olives either - if i eat a regular ammount everyday will my body lower its salt absorption rate enough for the salt not to effect cellulite in the long run? Thanks
Wai 10-04-2002 02:18 PM	That is hard to predict, since individually different. In that regard, it is 'better' to have acne, since then you will see the consequences immediately. With cellulite, you may have to wait several months to see the effects of such a change in diet...
RRM 11-25-2002 02:33 PM	read this in the rawfood newsletter: quote: Peruvian Olives (raw, certified organic, unsalted, sun-dried) — These fantastic olives are unique in the world marketplace! They contain no salt, no oil, no herbs, and have not been cured. They are 100% untouched, natural, sun-dried, ripe, certified organic olives from Peru. Each olive is nearly the size of a prune with thick, juicy, tasty, savory olive flesh. We have searched for years to bring you an olive of this quality. These are the best olives available on the planet Options: One 12-oz. jar $12.00 One case of twelve 12-oz. jars (25% discount!) $108.00 Three cases of twelve 12-oz. jars (30% discount!) $300.00 http://www.rawfood.com So, I guess you can cure these yourself (they NEED to be cured!), so that you are certain that they don't contain any salt.