"Richard M. Kennedy" wrote in message
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Are there any California ripe eating olives that you would compare in
quality to imported olives, particularly those from, say, Greece,
which are my favorites. Here in the Washington, DC area I have not
seen any, just some small, inexpensive canned ones that seemed pretty
bland to me. But then I have not hunted around very hard for them,
and maybe the better California olives just don't get marketed this
far east.


You want to try Graber olives, which are naturally tree-ripened
and virtually unique in their rich buttery taste and textu
http://www.graberolives.com/
and for more conventional types of olives those from Santa
Barbara Olive House are excellent.
http://www.sbolive.com/
None of these are quite the pungent Greek cure, however;
perhaps some other poster knows of California olives that
compare.

pavane