October and November are the olive harvest
months, and fresh green olives can be found everywhere in Palestine. If
you want a taste of the original pickled green olives, follow the following
steps:
Ingredients:
Crushed green olives (ready for pickling). If you can- not
find crushed olives, buy freshly picked ones and make three parallel vertical
slits in each olive (a time- consuming process but worthwhile at the end).
Water
Salt
Lemon and hot green chili peppers to taste
1. Soak the green olives in tap water for
three days, changing the water every morning.
2. Prepare the pickling solution: one glass
water with two tablespoons of salt.
3. On the fourth day, place the olives in
the pickling solution and then in a firmly closed jar.
4. After two-three weeks when they are ready
for eating, take out a small amount and place it in a plate and add pieces
of lemon and hot green chili pepper. Ready to serve.