pickled olive

The olive or olive as it is also known is the edible fruit of the olive tree, its origins come from thousands of years ago in the region of Greece and Asia Minor. The most common ways of consuming this fruit are ground (olive oil) as raw, although to eat it like this they must go through a pickling or curing process where the bitterness is removed from the fruit. It is the main product of the so-called Mediterranean diet, very favorable for preventing cardiovascular diseases due to its high level of antioxidants.