A close-up of canned pitted black olives - The Image Party/Shutterstock These days, many Americans are first exposed to olives in canned form -- more specifically, those pitted black olives you might ...
"Curing is what transforms bitter raw olives into something delicious," Kathleen Boureston says. "There are several methods, including brining (soaking in salt water), dry curing (packing in salt), ...