Likbez: olives and olives are one and the same?

The question "Are olives and olives the same thing?"Is very popular, especially among Russians, for whom both of these products seem to be an overseas delicacy. Versions about what are similar and the different fruits, except, naturally, colors, there are many. In this article we will describe what olives and olives are (photo is presented) and what they have in common. To begin with, both these fruits are products of the same tree.

Olives and olives are one and the same

These outlandish fruits grow on an olive tree andexcept for the color differ from each other by the technology of collection and preparation. Olives are green, not yet fully ripe foods. It is from these that the famous oil is obtained. Olives are fruits of the same tree, but collected later, when the berry blackened: either acquired a color similar to black, or was processed by a special method (the addition of oxides), which accelerated its maturation. It is noteworthy that the second name is used only in Russia, abroad there is only the concept of "olives" - "green" and "black". Produced and the one and the other kind with bones and without them.

So, as we managed to find out, olives and olives are one and the same. But how then do they get black from green? Everything is very simple. There are two options:

• collect ripe fruits from an olive tree, which just have exactly black color or close to it;
• collected unripened green olives by adding oxygen to a solution of caustic soda are artificially forced to "mature".

In this case, both one and the second variant of the fruitsoaked in saline solution, which helps make them the way we used to use them. After all, natural, unprocessed foods are impossible, because they have a bitter taste, created by the substance that is part of their composition - oleopsein. Salt, in the solution of which green and black olives are placed for a period of three to six months, contributes to a decrease in its quantity.

Summing up

1. Olives and olives are one and the same.
2. Grow fruits on one tree.
3. The concept of "olives" exists only in our country, in the world the fruits of dark color are called "black olives".
4. Dark color is obtained by oxidizing olives.
5. Also, black fruits grow on a tree, if you sustain a certain time.
6. To find out for themselves how the green olives have become black, the buyer will not be able to, since such information is kept by manufacturers.

Additional facts on the subject of "olives and olives are one and the same?"

• Fruits with stones are valued more, since it is believed that they retain more useful substances and trace elements, although it is more convenient to eat olives without pits.
• Olives and olives are often stuffed with other products (for example, Bulgarian pepper).
• Olives and olives are an excellent cold appetizer.
• It is not possible to determine how olives are made, as manufacturers carefully hide this fact.
• The most popular supplier of olive fruit to Russia is Spain (it owns about 50% of all imported products).