Category: History - Other
There is no tree nor fruit which offers more in interest than the olive tree and its fruit. To obtain anything approaching an idea of its many-sidedness, it is necessary to become acquainted with the life and legends of ancient peoples, in which it entered as sustenance and as...
Among the ancient Jews the oil was considered indispensable and as necessary as bread. An abundance of oil was looked upon as a blessing from God. Vast public storehouses were c...
1. Part 1There is no tree nor fruit which offers more in interest than the olive tree and its fruit. To obtain anything approaching an idea of its many-sidedness, it is necessary to beco...
3. Part 3The origin of the stuffed olive is of very recent date, but by whom originated is not quite clear. According to an authority[1] on Spanish olives, stuffed olives were unknown be...