The olives are turning pink!
December 7, 2016
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This past weekend I finally had some time to check on the plants on our patio.
And much to my surprise, the olives on our little olive tree are dark pink!
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Since we've never had an olive tree before, I always assumed that the olives remain green until you brine them.
From what I read, as the olives ripen, their color changes from green to to light brown to bright red, then purple, and finally to deep black. Then they can be cured in brine.
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Well I have no intention of curing olives in the near future, but it certainly is interesting to observe these olives changing colors as they ripen. I missed the light brown phase, which probably occurred during our move, but now there are still a couple of color changes to observe.
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