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Using free stone method of harvest timing on green olives

Question: Is olive oil good for you? Answer: A beloved pantry staple acquired from pressed whole olives and rich in healthy monounsaturated fats, olive oil is one of the healthiest oils going according to the Dieticians Association of Australia. Actually, the list of olive oil benefits are as long as your arm. Here are just some of the ways to use olive oil: food preparation (as cooking oil or dressing e.g. on salad or pasta) drinking it as a supplement as body oil to moisturise the skin, as a makeup remover, and as part of natural homemade hair masks Being rich in vitamins...

This frequently asked question is often answered with another question....what do you want to do with your olives? Eat or Oil?   The rule is the eating olives (table olives) are picked first, while the flesh is still strong so that it will not soften during the natural fermentation, which lasts up to 8 months. Oil olives are picked later, so that the oil has maximum time to accumulate in the olive prior to pressing. The next question:  where are you? Northland start picking in March, Otago in June, and anywhere in between is in between! Ripeness determines the time to...