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Why I'm Crazy About Olives Part One

Posted 07-27-2008 at 01:42 AM by izbnso (Only In My Kitchen)

I’m crazy about olives. Want to know why? Too bad, I’m going to tell you any way.

Time for a bit of a history lesson both personal and regional.

I’m not sure if many of you are aware that the Gulf Coast region of Alabama was settled and occupied by Spanish and French as well as British forces before Alabama as we know it achieved statehood in 1813. Round about 1540 De Soto stormed through, just a bit north of where my native Mobile is now.
In 1702 Mobile, where...
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