Do you like olives? - Lemmy.World

I need to settle an argument I started. My argument: olives are gross. I will die on this hill.

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.
I’m in a similar boat. Manzanilla olives are the only ones I like! Pit-in or bust.