My father's family owned a small olive grove/farm in Greece. He died when I was 10 years old and I never got a chance to discuss it with him. My mom did make trips to Greece to check up on it and would bring back olive oil made from the olives. That stuff was great!Don't we all? Seemed like my grandmother could make something absolutely great out of anything. I don't think she ever tried olives, though. Hard to come by raw ones on the Oregon coast.