Interesting! I'm familiar with the Greek process but not Spanish or Californian, thought they were all pretty much the same, except for harvest time.

There's a fourth way olives are consumed (and probably the most common: olive oil. Explanation of how the oil is produced here:

https://www.oliveoil.com/how-is-olive-oil-made/

I'd also point out that wood ash is what lye was originally made from. Decent how-to here: https://www.diynatural.com/how-to-make-lye/

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Semi retired software architect, statistical analyst, hotel mgr, bike racer, swimmer. Photographer. Amateur historian. Avid reader. Home cook. Never-FBer