Olive dishes are made from mustard leaves and raw olives, not from the leaves of the olive tree. Chaoshan olive groceries are made from mustard greens and olives, which are abundant in the Chaoshan area, through the traditional process of salting, fermenting and boiling, and are one of the main types of Chaoshan miscellaneous salty groceries.

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In the past, during the farming era, both farmers and people in the Chaoshan area used to pickle salty dishes as a regular food for their families. Chaoshan pickles can be broadly categorized into three main types: salt pickles, pickled vegetables and pickled aquatic products.

The olive groceries use the acidity of olive juice and the alkalinity of salt mustard to neutralize the reaction of high-temperature oil cooking, making the olive groceries black and shiny. Olive dish is a representative variety of Chaoshan mixed salty with excellent color, aroma and taste and unique flavor. This traditional production technique has been practiced until now to solve the problem of supply and demand during the peak and slack seasons of fruit and vegetable production, reflecting the traditional virtues of hardworking and frugality of the Chaoshan people.

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