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<pre>Bill,

before you go & get your fingers dirty can you tell us an easy way to
measure salinity to the .5% min of water? the soaking olives can
apparently absorb some of the salt & reduce salinity of the water. Also
I have heard that the caustic soda method can leach some or all of the
beneficial health properties from the fruit whereas brine preserves the same.

Roger Farquhar

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