Are olives raw?

[VeryBerry]

I just bought some olives, the package said "organic", but it did not say "raw".
Do olives undergo any cooking? Is there anything I should look for when buying them?

[Veganforlife]

Unless they say raw, I don't buy them. The kind I get are from this website. These folks are very cool to deal with:
http://store.gorawcafe.com/evol.html
I personally like the kalamata and the mediterranean blend. I never did care for black olives which Alissa sells at her website.

[The_Breatharian_One]

Do olives undergo any cooking?

Probably, unless they say otherwise.

[juliebove]

You can buy raw olives but most are not. I bought two jars of raw ones online but haven't tried them. I'm a bit afraid to because one jar arrived having leaked all over the other items I bought. The other jar seemed intact but I don't know how safe it would be to eat them.

[k-lee]

I have a similar question regarding olives. Not the kind that come in a jar, but the kind that you can get at an olive bar, like the one found at Whole Foods. I'm sure that most of those olives are pasteurized or cooked somewhere along the line, but are they ALL cooked? If I want olives, am I forced to mail-order them, or are there any regular store-bought olives that are truly raw? I've pretty much given up on the jarred olives, and have been avoiding the issue of the olive-bar olives, but after finding this thread I need to know....

[sport]

I'm a bit afraid to because one jar arrived having leaked all over the other items I bought. The other jar seemed intact but I don't know how safe it would be to eat them.

I buy raw olives on line and the lids are not very tight and even though I do not think that any ever leaked they are very easy to open and have no vacume. This is because they do not go through the heating process that causes the seal.
I think that they are safe to use.

[sport]

The olives that you buy in the store are not vegan

[JudyK]

I just bought some olives, the package said "organic", but it did not say "raw".
Do olives undergo any cooking? Is there anything I should look for when buying them?

To the best of my knowledge, olives are "cured" and no heat of any sort is involved.

[rawpriestess]

there are many ways to cure olives, I buy RAW olives from my deli, who imports them from Greece and they come in huge black barrels


but ALL olives in jars or cans are not raw, as the process to can them uses heat.

also the brine they are cured in, is usually vinegar and salt, which is mined salt, (very bad for you) and NOT raw vinegar, so I don't eat them.

it's up to you, if it is the ONLY thing non raw that you are eating and you love it, then.......

but I know for me, I would eat a few jarred olives each day, and then a few more and then I was eating an entire can of black olives each day, then at lunch then pretty soon, I could justify other jarred and canned things, so I just can't go there, as I will eventually go off that raw path and vere into oncoming cooked food -- alas, too quickly

[RawMorgan]

Check out Silver Leaf kalamata olives...they are the best I have ever tried! The black olives from Alissa's site are wonderful as well, but a bit expensive when taking into account shipping duties to Canada. I believe most other olives have been heat pasturised, or cured in vinegar if you get them from the grocery store. Cheers!

[VeryBerry]

Thanks, I will try these.

[Pierre]

I went to Logfest at Philcon and told the organizer that I eat raw. A few days before leaving, I bought a jar of NFL Botilla olives at Talley's (usually I buy a case, which leaves me several weeks without olives). I finished it on the way over and told him, when we arrived at the hotel, "mi mo'u citka le .alzaitu". This provoked some puzzlement, as it's a word I coined, and some Lojbanists don't like type-4 fu'ivla.

Saturday evening I went with another guy to Trader Joe's and bought a jar of Kalamata olives, some avocados, and a few other foods. I didn't like them nearly as much as black olives. The pits didn't split (in a can of olives I tried some months ago, the pits did split), but I still think they aren't raw, and I don't like the vinegar that much.

Maybe I'll try Silverleaf, though.