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Olives - Small in Size, Big in Nutrition * By Dale Phillip:  Author, Dale Phillip eats them daily right from the jar, cooks with them, uses olive oil exclusively (except in cookies) and makes them a part of her daily salad. While she is an equal opportunity olive lover, she confesses that the jumbo green pimento-stuffed are her favourite. In secret, she spreads gobs of green tapenade on crackers and swoons. She lives in California and of course supports her state's olive industry. And has been known to visit an olive bar now and then. Please enjoy her many other articles on Food and Drink, and visit her blog: http://myfriendlyu.blogspot.com/ Although olives were grown in ancient Asia and Africa, the country of Spain likes to claim top honours in its discovering this fruit. However, evidence of olive cultivation can be traced as far back as 5,000 B.C. in Mediterranean countries, which embraced this glorious delicacy, Picture an ancient Greek or Roman scribe pouring ...