I had these amazing olives in Italy from Florence's Mercato Centrale. They were called "Dolce" (sweet) and from Sicily. So mild and crisp and tasty and a kind of strange color of bright green, I knew I had to find out what they were! Last week or so I discovered that they are Castelvetrano olives... and it seemed like the only place to find them was to order from an Italian deli in NYC or something.
But today I decided to check out the LA Farmers Market because there's a crazy expensive, but cool, market in the back called Monsieur Marcel that has a ton of olives in tubs of brine, etc. I had filled up a little cup of various olives - picholine, gaeta, etc. and saw peeking through a label, bright green olives. Then I saw the price....... then I looked at the label and saw they were imported from a city named..... Castelvetrano...... so I bought them...... I took the plastic labeling off so you can see what they look like
They are wonderful but let's just say they'll stay in the fridge and come out for special occasions or when I really need a mood-lifter ;)
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