What type of Olive is generally the most common in your country?

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1. Sicily has many, many different types of olives… some used more for oil,others more as table olives.

   Our standard eating one here is called ‘Nocellara del Belice’… these are mostly grown in the Castelvetrano area.

2. There are more than 400 varieties in Spain, but the main ones are

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   -Picual: Oil

   -Gordal Sevillana: The tree gives big olives, but the tree has low performance, and its oil is not that good, so the olives are to eat them

   -Hojiblanca: Is used for both oil and olives (usually the black olives are these variety here)

   -Manzanilla sevillana: mostly used for olives (the canned ones) but also oil

   -Cornicabra: trees have a high production, so they are used for oil

   -Verdeja: oil

   -Manzanilla cereceña: One of the oldest varieties. It used for both

   -Verdial de Badajoz: drought resistant, and a big tree, is used for both

3. People be giving detailed answers about hundreds of varieties and I’m like ‘hmm yes, I think green are more common than black here in Northern Ireland’

4. There are many many varieties, but the most common edible olive is Kalamata (dark black colour, a bit sweet), and the most common oil olive is Koroneiki.

   Throubes is the most unique variety, as they become naturally very shriveled, soft, and wrinkled, and are very very sweet. Probably my favourites

5. Are we talking specifically about olive oil or just oil?

   Most common oil is Colza.

   Olive oil is not too common. Most of older or poor people won’t have it in their kitchen

6. The ones for the table are generally grown in the Northen Aegean. Edremit, Domat, Gemlik, Memecik are a few. They are quite different to those I have tried in other European countries, though this may also be due to the curing methods.

7. Do you mean varieties? I don’t think most people here care about that, honestly I don’t even know any, though I don’t like olives so maybe that’s why.

8. either green or black.. green is more common I think

   oil you can get normal, virgin or extra virgin..

   that’s all I know, not an olive expert, but I like them

9. Unfortunately, the varieties you get here are “green or black”, “with or without pit”, and “stuffed or not”.

10. Black … and green? I think I mostly see the green ones in shops but as a pizza topping the black ones are more common.