Olives: the main reason I'm glad to be of Mediterranean decent

[murkrow]

the few times I actually attend my Sicilian family gatherings the only thing I do it for is those huge garden raised olives that make their triumphant but somewhat stealthy appearance at the middle of the table's sea of wine and salad.

I wish I could have them all the time.

MMMM olives.

 

[spirilis]

yes yes, OLIVES ftw.

The local Wegmans carries a "mediterranean olive bar" full of different types of delicacies, including a few varieties of cheese-stuffed olives (feta, blue cheese, gorgonzola), garlic-stuffed, anchovy-stuffed, almond-stuffed, red pepper, maybe a couple others. If it weren't for the sodium and fat content I could eat 'em all day long.

 

[colmena]

I always want olives, but don't really enjoy eating them.

I want to try Bertolli. I'm guessing it's really expensive.

 

[pure_mercury]

I know it may be anathema to the Italian side of my family, but I am not the biggest fan of olives. I do, however, love olive oil.

 

[SillySapienne]

I absolutely love olives, and view them as an expense I will forever and always will be willing to make.

 

[colmena]

I think it's because I have them where they are unsuited; like silly English salads.

I think I'd really like them in a proper Mediterranean meal. They're great on pizzas.

I like the variety of types and flavours at farmers'(gr?) markets.

 

[SillySapienne]

Oh, yes!!!

Farmer's Market olives, or any muy authentico olives are dee-li-shis!!!

Pricey, but worth the cost.

 

[Eileen]

I absolutely love olives, and view them as an expense I will forever and always will be willing to make.

MEEEE too! Yummm.

These guys are a little olive-like.... C'mere little olive smileys! AHM UNNA EATCHOOOOOOOOO!

 

[rhinosaur]

There are a couple lebanese groceries around here where they have home-preserved olives in big buckets, and you buy them by the pound. I ought to get some on the way home today.

 

[Wolf]

I thought I was the only one.

Olives are delicious.

spirilis: They're full of good fat. Eat and be happy.

 

[Ivy]

I LOVE OLIVES. Kalamata especially. It's true that they're full of good fat--operative word being "full." And the sodium. I have to limit them.

 

[lastrailway]

I use olive oil almost always. However I rather dislike olives - I usually remove them from my salad, though of course I don't mind eating them if I really have to.

 

[spirilis]

Yeah, olive oil is great for you, until you've eaten too much and/or start to feel sick

 

[pure_mercury]

I use olive oil almost always. However I rather dislike olives - I usually remove them from my salad, though of course I don't mind eating them if I really have to.

I eat the olives in a chef's salad sometimes, but I especially like crushing them. I do love a good muffuletta sandwich with the crushed olive salad, though. I worked at a high-end deli/sandwich shop some years back, and that sandwich was a BEAST.

 

[swordpath]

I wish I liked olives but I don't. Same with tomatoes. I try to like them but I can't. I'm not a picky eater but even most picky eaters like tomatoes.

 

[Eileen]

I wish I liked olives but I don't. Same with tomatoes. I try to like them but I can't. I'm not a picky eater but even most picky eaters like tomatoes.

It seems to me that a lot of people don't like tomatoes. I find this incomprehensible, but you are at the very least not alone on that matter.

 

[Lateralus]

I wish I liked olives but I don't. Same with tomatoes. I try to like them but I can't. I'm not a picky eater but even most picky eaters like tomatoes.

How can you not like tomatoes? Were you dropped on your head as a child?

I hate black olives, but green olives are okay.

 

[Ivy]

I, too, dislike tomatoes. I can tolerate a slice (thin!) on a sandwich but I just can't stand the squishy texture of even a tomato that is considered firm by tomato people.

 

[Lateralus]

I, too, dislike tomatoes. I can tolerate a slice (thin!) on a sandwich but I just can't stand the squishy texture of even a tomato that is considered firm by tomato people.

I take it you've never eaten a tomato like an apple...

 

[anii]

Oh God yes!

How's this to whet your whistle?