"Goomba38" > wrote in message
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> Gary Grathen wrote:
>
>> The deli puts the olives into a plastic container. I stored them in the
>> fridge that way once but they seemed to get kind of dry after a while, as
>> they're not sitting in any sort of brine or oil. Would you recommend
>> just
>> keeping them sitting in the plastic container or should I add some sort
>> of
>> liquid to keep them moist and fresh?
>>
>> Thanks for your advice.
>>
>
> I've never heard of anyone adding anything to deli prepared/sold olives
> when keeping them? Perhaps you should ask for the deli to scoop some of
> the brine into the plastic container too when they're scooping the olives
> in?
> Goomba

I've seen them pre-packaged in the plastic deli containers at
Albertsons--actually bought a container once and had it go immediately
moldy. No liquid in the box. Never again.
Janet