PRIETAS AND OTHER OLIVE VARIETIES

You may think that you have already tried Table olives (aceitunas de mesa), and you have made the decision that you do not like them. But you can not be certain about that until you come to Arahal, the first producer of table olives in the world, and taste them with a cold beer and good food .


Maybe you have tasted the market version of olives, but I am sure you have never tried our handmade specialties made in our town, where we keep the best part of the local production for inner consumption.
First of all, you must know that there are hundreds of varieties of olives over the world, and of all those varieties you will find the finest ones in our  town. Among these varieties you can count Manzanilla olives, so as Durzal, Gordal and Verdial olives, and other minor varieties as Morcaleña and Zorzaleña Olives.

Each kind of olive is elaborated in a particular way; smashed, cut, spiced, in vinegar or just salted, you will find your favorite version depending on your tastes, and depending if you are eating lunch, breakfast or just drinking a beer in the afternoon.


Prietas is a type of dry and deliciously spiced and elaborated kind of olive, they have got nothing to do with the Italian or Greek version of dry olives, since you will only find them in this part of  Spain, accompanying our Iberian breakfast meals. Prietas is a reflex of our culture, that I will deeply explain in other article.