Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A close-up of canned pitted black olives - The Image Party/Shutterstock These days, many Americans are first exposed to olives in ...

You probably grab olives without a second thought—plopping them onto a salad, piling them on an appetizer tray or sneaking one from your martini (guilty as charged). Tasty? Absolutely. But could you ...

Here's how to preserve these briney, salty treats.