Green and Black Olives

[disney junky]

Why do green olives come in a jar, but black olives come in a can? I have wondered about this most of my life.

 

[NYCgrrl]

I can get both green and black olives in jars or at places like Whole Foods at the appetizer bar.
Not of fan of tinned olives since they taste well tinny, LOL.

 

[Disney1fan2002]

Why do green olives taste delicious and black olives taste disgusting?

 

[Soldier's*Sweeties]

Why do green olives taste delicious and black olives taste disgusting?

I’m the opposite lol

 

[RangerPooh]

Don't care for green olives, but enjoy the black ones.

 

[Micca]

Black olives are good on pizza and Mexican food. The green olives are good in martinis.

 

[IAHFTPT]

I'm a fan of both and by them both in a jar.

 

[tvguy]

I’m the opposite lol

Me too. Green olives are bitter.

 

[HannaBelle]

I love both and kalamata olives.

Green Olives, Black Olives & Pepperoni Pizza is the best!

 

[TipsyTraveler]

I've never met an olive I didn't like! Castlevetrano are one of my favorite varieties.

 

[L&Lfan]

I love them both.

 

[disney junky]

No one is answering my question....

 

[Cannot_Wait_4Disney]

Why do green olives come in a jar, but black olives come in a can? I have wondered about this most of my life.

I'm assuming you mean the cheap little black ones that come in a can at the supermarket? The black olives come in a can due to botulism outbreaks in 1919 and 1924 when they were marketed in a jar. Nobody would touch em so they switched to cans.

 

[sonnyjane]

Why do green olives taste delicious and black olives taste disgusting?

This x 1,000

 

[TipsyTraveler]

No one is answering my question....

Green olives are brine-cured at a salinity high enough to prevent bacteria growth, so they can be packaged in jars. Black olives are not, so after packaging they have to be heated to temps high enough to kill bacteria and glass jars would break in that heat, so cans are used instead.

 

[marcyleecorgan]

SCIENCE!!!

Green olives are picked when they are under-ripe - that's why they are green. Their flavor comes from the pickling spices and pimento peppers and whatever else is in the brine with them for many months. You don't have to pasteurize when you're pickling. Brine is corrosive to cans, though, so that's why they are in jars.

Black olives are ripe olives, so all they need to do is pick, process, put into cans and pasteurize them. They don't need brine (because of the pasteurization) so they can go right into a can.

 

[anniemae]

Green olives are harvested before they are ripe. They are packed in brine-filled jars and cured in the brine for several months. Also, brine corrodes metal cans.

 

[IAHFTPT]

Now I'm wondering how safe the jars of black olives I've been buying are.

 

[GreatLakes]

If you are getting good black olives, like kalamata olives, as opposed to those flavorless olives they put on most pizzas they do come in a jar.

 

[Skippy918]

I like the green olives and Kalamata olives from the olive bar. They are a little pricey but tasty. In Italy, the olives were so cheap.