Comments on: Thrown Olives vs Packed Olives – how Obvious

By: Jim Deppen

Jim Deppen — Sun, 31 May 2009 22:08:57 +0000

On a recent trip from Bakersfield to Redding I stopped in Corning at the Olive Pit and purchased some olives. I was curious about how they manage to pack them so neatly in the jars. Your comments about “thrown” and “placed” are enlighting, but I still cannot find out if they are packed by hand or machine. I see olive packing machine advertised and assume the volumne would require machine packing. However, I have not found anything specific about how the machine actually does it. Any info in this regard would be appreciated.

By: Trcia

Trcia — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 02:30:53 +0000

I don't think I've seen "Thrown" olives before .. I mean olives labeled that way. We live in a very Greek neighborhood so we take advantage of the fact and buy olives and feta cheese in Greek bakeries. The olives are loose and in a salad bar type display. They usually offer several different types so we try different ones when we get olives. In the summer we tried some dark olives that were called Dried olives I believe. They were in oil but they looked wrinkly like a raisin. man did they taste good! Hmm now that I'm thinking of them we'll have to try to get some more. Trcias last blog post..January snow blues

By: Judi

Judi — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 13:39:18 +0000

Now that you mention it, the weight was different, but I forget in which way. Maybe I did pay much too much for my nicely placed olives, ha!

By: Margaret

Margaret — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 03:35:20 +0000

I dearly love olives -- green ones, black ones, stuffed ones and not stuffed. I just really like them and they are pretty good for you, too! Lots of those vitamins you need and low cholesterol as well. Didn't know about the packing methods. Perhaps you get more in the not-thrown packaging??? Or do they sell by weight? I can't remember. ê¿ê Margarets last blog post..There’s a Ladybug in My Tea