After picking all the olives from my olive tree I left them soaking in a tub of water as I prepared the brine solution in which to cure them. I made a small slit in each olive to hasten the curing process and discarded olives that looked badly damaged. After placing the "good" olives in the brine solution I noticed what looked like white maggots or worms at the bottom of the tub of water in which I first placed them. Judging by the number of worms I found about 10% of the 1100 + olives were affected. These olives are now mixed in with the rest.
Will it be safe to eat these olives or should I inspect them for tiny holes and discard those with the holes?
