LaunchesKayaksDo you like olives?
orangeNgreenI like olives.
SanguineParI do not like olives.
HackworthAgreed, and I hate how many olives they tend to put in something.
Olives are delicious, olive oil is ghastly. What’s up with that?
MrJameGumbI don’t think you’re supposed to drink the oil
I don’t think so either but I hear some people do. Apparently, if it’s genuine olive oil and not a phony then it tastes sublime. Haven’t tried it though.
Heard all of this from a YouTube/Nebula video though so take it with a grain of salt. Wait no, that might ruin the taste…
A little bit of salt makes just about anything tastier.
- angry Greek noises *
No. With the exception of small shriveled black olives on pizza or nachos.
Whole, wet, green, black, pitted, or unpitted all the rest can get bent.
I like black but not green or kalamata.
Admiral PatrickOlives are gross as a food/garnish. Their oil, though, is not. I will put olive oil, Parmesan, and basil on literally anything, and it comes out delicious.
Same tho.
AdaA side effect of aging for me is that now I like olives.
I will take all of your olives
Kalkaline Pass those kalamata olives over here.
RozhkiNozhkiHey you gotta share.
Right? I am personally anti-many types of olives, but there is always someone happy to eat them. I’ve started friendships this way. I wish I liked them.
HamartiogonicThis is the way. If OP doesn’t like olives, that just leaves more for the rest of us. It’s a win-win for everyone.
Clearly not a martini drinker
Mmm, filthy martinis
We used to make “Whore’s Martinis”.
Same as a regular one, you just hand pour over a single cube of ice and toss in an olive, onion, lemon, whatever. Sour with your finger and go. No straining, no stir stick, no measuring, one cube of ice.
Ohhh you dirty slut
I’ve learned that I don’t give a shit if a martini is shaken OR stirred. They’re all fucking disgusting. Who the fuck had the bright idea of mixing salt and gin? The olive is the only good part of the whole thing.
Except for espresso martinis, those are good.
I will fight you.
Kidding, I know a lot of people that feel the same as you haha. And espresso martini’s are my fave
I would have died on that hill with you for most of my life.
But it always seemed odd to me; I wasn’t a picky eater so what was different about olives?! I would try them from time to time but still gagged on them.
Then I tried some while I was living in the Middle East. They slowly be came more and more palatable until now I love them.
Those shitty canned black sliced olives are still awful though 🥴
So you’re saying that I need to travel to where olives are made?
Or just to a middle eastern grocer.
Castelvetrano are the olives that non-olive people often like. The flavor is mild and buttery, not as sour as most but without the metallic edge the black olives have.
Thank you for the recommendations! I might see if the super fancy grocery store by my work has those olives. If they don’t, then I’ll try to find a middle eastern grocer. I don’t mind taking a minor road trip to find legit olives. I wanna know if I just don’t like the ones I’ve been exposed to.
Of course. Otherwise they’re just sparkling kalmatas…
Lindsay’s are good. But not as good as kalamata.
You are supposed to fill the black ones with easy cheese.
felixwhynotI’m in a similar boat. Manzanilla olives are the only ones I like! Pit-in or bust.
🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 🏆I like black olives. I don’t know about green olives. I haven’t had any since I was a kid and they always had pimento in them and I know I don’t like the pimento, but I don’t remember what the olive itself tastes like.
talBlack, sliced olives are something that I really like on pizza and some other savory foods.
I’m less-enthusiastic about green olives. I used to really dislike them as a kid. I’m okay with them now – I think that as you grow up, your sense of taste becomes weaker and some things that were just overwhelming become more-palatable – but it’s still not a favorite food.
most olives are delicious, I have had certain “fancy” olives that were just awful though
ZerlynaLove kalamata, then black. Green are ok stuffed with garlic or blue cheese.
I would add green stuffed with jalapeño to that list, although I’m more enthusiastic about them than you are. I’ve never had an olive I didn’t like.
As a longtime olive hater, and this is where I ended up too.
JackGreenEarthOlives - at least as you usually buy them, in brine, often with pepper strips in them - I find delicious. But every person has their own tastes, you can’t argue with subjective preferences.
I love olives. Olives are great.
I will die on this hill.
Then perish.
Hated every kind, had some actually great ones in Greece, now I can sorta kinda get behind black olives. Greens are still a bit too bitter for my preference.
TropicalDingdongI’m a can and a half in.
they are grapes that never learned the grace of god
promitheasI love them. I prefer green olives the way we prepare them in my country, to black.
How are they prepared where you’re from? Maybe I’d like them that way lol
Heres a recipe: cypruspassion.net/elies-tsakistes-coriander-crush…
Elies Tsakistes (Coriander crushed olives) | Cyprus Passion
Elies Tsakistes (Coriander Crushed Olives) are a popular meze (appetiser) all throughout Cyprus. Elies Tsakistes are crushed green olives marinated with coriander seeds, garlic, lemon juice and olive oil. The word “tsakistes” in Greek translates to “cracked” because of the method used to make this olive dish. Traditionally each olive is cracked or crushed with […]
Hearing you hate olives makes me think you probably only like Mountain Dew and Chicken Nuggies.
Mountain dew sucks. Nuggies are okay but only if they’re dino shaped. Rn, I’m really digging fresh mozzarella with pesto.
Are we talking original or Code Red or what?
I mean, whenever I hear picky eating, especially pickiness about a savory food, I imagine a person who lives on hostess, mountain dew (any kind), fried foods, and formed meat pastes (Hamburgers, hot dogs, chicken nuggies).
In general, the food that I was raised on, before I learned how to cook and eat a variety of foods.
I absolutely die for Kalamata olives lightly dressed in olive oil and Italian spices.
I’m not a super picky eater, tbh. I’ve been exploring a lot with food recently, even. I just don’t like olives despite trying my best to. Olive oil is fine. But olives themselves are nasty to me.
Are you just talking about the cheap green pomento olives in jars suspended in brine?
Or does your aversion go through all of the greek/italian versions too?
I slot those green olives in the same "I love!" place as pickles.
Also, cant beat black olives on a pizza or Italian style (Italian sausage, meatball, cold cut) sub.
Kalamata have such a hearty umami, when I crave a Greek Salad, 90% of that is craving the Kalamatas. Castelvetrano are so buttery yet refreshing. Picholine (especially with Pomento) are such a satisfying tart salty savory fix.
I mean, if you don't like em, you don't like em and you can have that, but every flavor that I have ever disliked (Bananas, Brussels Sprouts, and Sushi are the big ones I remember for me) was just an invitation to "acquire the taste" and has become a flavor I savor.
I still struggle with caviar, but even still, every once in a while I just get hit with the craving.
Only food thing that I can think of that I haven't tried in ages and I might still hate is black licorice.
I should get some black licorice and acquire that taste...
SorteKaninI agree with you. Olives are some of the most gross food I know. I will literally gag if I eat them.
Toes♀Their taste is pretty neutral to me but I end up puking after eating the black ones. Not really sure why.
I like olives.
Olives are amazing. I can buy a jar of it and eat it all in one go.
Olives are amazing. I can buy a jar of it and eat it all in one go.
Th4tGuyIII was a bit of a picky eater when I was younger, but I've become much, much less so over the years - one of the few things I've never come around on is olives. The taste and texture combination just don't work for me
Ben 🫛Too many olives is gross. Some olives is acceptable.