Goya Pitted Alcaparrado Olives and Pimentos

Goya Pitted Alcaparrado Olives and Pimentos • this painting is sold

Goya is the name of a famous brand of foods sold in many Latin American countries and in the United States. Goya has built a reputation for high-quality products and continues to introduce the best of Caribbean, Mexican and Central & South American cuisine. Goya continues to provide millions of consumers across the United States with a significant range of Latino foods, now considered an essential part of today's kitchen.

The brand's creator, Prudencio Unanue, moved from Spain to Puerto Rico, where he married Carolina Casal and they established themselves. They moved to New York and had four children.

Prudencio established a store-front in Lower Manhattan in 1936. What started as a small family business to distribute Spanish food such as olives, olive oil and sardines to the local community evolved into a multinational, family-owned business. Under the leadership of Joseph A. Unanue, Goya president from 1976 to 2004 and son of Prudencio, Goya became the largest Hispanic-owned food company in the United States.

The olive has been used since ancient times for the making of olive oil and for eating of the fruit. Green olives and black olives are soaked in a solution of sodium hydroxide and then washed thoroughly in water to remove oleuropein, a naturally bitter carbohydrate.

Then green olives may be allowed to ferment before they are packed in a brine solution. Black olives are not allowed to ferment before packaging, which is why they taste milder than most green olives. Green olives that do not ferment before packing taste as mild as black olives.

There are green olives, black olives, brown olives, olives stuffed with pimentos, garlic, mushrooms, tuna, jalapeños, hazelnuts, sun-dried tomatoes, anchovies ....

... but I like a dry martini with two large green olives stuffed with Gorgonzola or Bleu Cheese best.

www.goya.com

If you would like to purchase this 6" x 6" oil painting on stretched canvas, please email me. This painting is priced at $100.00 plus s/h.

info@annelizabethschlegel.com

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