Well not really fermenting. But brining. if that is even a word.
After watching nearly all of Mark's videos over the last few weeks I have been so inspired to do some different things. I built some major sized raised vege gardens, bought some very different seeds to try something different and am so keen to ferment some pickles next season, so have purchased a heap of different types of cucumbers ready to grow.
But, in the mean time, I read an article on pickling/ preserving olives and thought, well I have a huge olive tree in the back yard that has been dropping olives every year I have been here (10 years) and just going to waste. You see, I don't like olives.
But seeing as my wife does and I have a few friends that do, I thought I would give it a go.
It was almost too easy. I mean, pick olives, wash, put into a jar with some salt and repeat up to 10 times.
I had a jar of olives all done before breakfast.
I still have heaps of olives on the tree, but as an experiment, I am not going to go too far.
Also, as I said.... I don't like them.
If my wife tells me in around 7 weeks that they are good, then maybe next year I will do some more.
I will let you know
After watching nearly all of Mark's videos over the last few weeks I have been so inspired to do some different things. I built some major sized raised vege gardens, bought some very different seeds to try something different and am so keen to ferment some pickles next season, so have purchased a heap of different types of cucumbers ready to grow.
But, in the mean time, I read an article on pickling/ preserving olives and thought, well I have a huge olive tree in the back yard that has been dropping olives every year I have been here (10 years) and just going to waste. You see, I don't like olives.
But seeing as my wife does and I have a few friends that do, I thought I would give it a go.
It was almost too easy. I mean, pick olives, wash, put into a jar with some salt and repeat up to 10 times.
I had a jar of olives all done before breakfast.
I still have heaps of olives on the tree, but as an experiment, I am not going to go too far.
Also, as I said.... I don't like them.
If my wife tells me in around 7 weeks that they are good, then maybe next year I will do some more.
I will let you know