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Martini Olives: Monitor your salt with an electronic salt monitor

January 23, 2005 on 5:43 pm | In Kitchen Gadgets | No Comments

After all that martini talk, thoughts turn to olives. Today olives are processed from when they are green until when they are fully ripe soft black and everything in between. Martini olives are usually green, stuffed olives. Green olives are generally commercially processed with sodium hydroxide (lye) before pickling them in salt. Black olives are often treated the same way. If you ever get hold of real ripe black olives that have only been rinsed with water and then salted either with a dry salt method or a simple brine method, you’ll see it’s a fruit of a different sort altogether.

Salt is very tasty, but in high amounts can be a health hazard according to many sources. Now you can monitor your salt content of any liquid food or drink with a cool kitchen gadget: the Electronic Salt Monitor:

It doesn’t slice, it doesn’t dice, but it does give you a quick indication of whether you’re above your allowed salt level for any liquid you’re about to intake. It works on hot or cold liquids (ahem, that means you can check the martini before and after the olive is added). This is a great kitchen gadget to have if you or any of your loved ones needs to regulate salt intake.

Visit our page about the electric salt monitor for more details. Your cardiologist will be happy you did!