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Olives are awsome. I mean, can anyone look at that (http://www.travelcreek.com/olives.jpg) and not get hungry?

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Now I am very fond of olives - tasty little blighters as far as I am concerned - yet some people I know regard them as if they were some kind of distillation of pure evil. Which side of the great olive divide do you stand on?

I'm on the fence, I love olive oil and I will allow a few olives in the food I eat. But pure they're not really that good imo.

Ferrets are pretty good but not to eat.

Now I am very fond of olives - tasty little blighters as far as I am concerned - yet some people I know regard them as if they were some kind of distillation of pure evil. Which side of the great olive divide do you stand on?

Without them I'd be drinking strait gin. http://www.indstate.edu/iconsetc/martini.gif

Without them I'd be drinking strait gin. http://www.indstate.edu/iconsetc/martini.gif

An excellent point

Ferrets are pretty good but not to eat.

Oh come on... think of that lil' one, grilled with some feta cheese and a drop of tabasco... mmm *heads off to make a hamstersandwich*

Evil. Quite clearly. I mean... just look at them!

yucky.

Oh come on... think of that lil' one, grilled with some feta cheese and a drop of tabasco... mmm *heads off to make a hamstersandwich*

You're not called Freddy Starr (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b5/Freddiehamster.jpg/180px-Freddiehamster.jpg)are you?

You're not called Freddy Starr (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b5/Freddiehamster.jpg/180px-Freddiehamster.jpg)are you?

No, I only eat hamsters roasted on cherrywood. With a slice of lime and grilled peppers.

The green one's are pure evil...

Which is why I always insist on drowning them in beer.

The green ones are my favorites. When I was little I used to eat them right out of the jars, and once they were all gone I drank the liquid they floated in.

I used to think that I hated black and Greek olives, but now that I've tried them more recently I think that they're ok, but I don't love them like I do green olives.

I absolutely love and adore olives in oil with herbs and garlic. I'm a little less fond of olives in brine.
The bestest olives on the planet are Kalamata olives (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olive#Cultivars) :

http://www.alexanderthegreek.se/en/images/Kalamon-olives.gif

what are greek olives?

Olives from Greece? Geeky olives that can't spell?

The green ones are my favorites. When I was little I used to eat them right out of the jars, and once they were all gone I drank the liquid they floated in.

I used to think that I hated black and Greek olives, but now that I've tried them more recently I think that they're ok, but I don't love them like I do green olives.

what are greek olives?

You cannot make spaghetti with tomato sauce or pizza WITHOUT olive oil.

Olives win the thread, because pizza wins.

huh... of course I meant that you have to pour olive oil on the tomato sauce before garnishing the spaghetti, not that you don't have to garnish spaghetti with tomato sauce!

Olive oil is great, but olives themselves are nasty little things that keep trying to kill me by sneaking into my salads and choking me to death with their pits.

I love olives. Green, black, kalamata... they're all yummy to me, plus I cook with olive oil nearly every day. :)

I only like ripe olives.

Who wanted an olive so bad that they figured out how to cure them? Did someone just keep looking at it going, "You know, I bet that's tasty." How did they get the first person to try one?

anyway

Olives are fun. They can be put on your fingertips. Food that can be worn first is fun. But then your mom yells at you, "Stop playing with your food!" You get in trouble. But how can you help it? They fit right on your fingertips! You have to put them on there. It's an attractive nuisance. But then your mom will get mad.

Olives make you do things that make you get in trouble with your mom.

Therefore they are evil.

Who wanted an olive so bad that they figured out how to cure them? Did someone just keep looking at it going, "You know, I bet that's tasty." How did they get the first person to try one?

anyway

Olives are fun. They can be put on your fingertips. Food that can be worn first is fun. But then your mom yells at you, "Stop playing with your food!" You get in trouble. But how can you help it? They fit right on your fingertips! You have to put them on there. It's an attractive nuisance. But then your mom will get mad.

Olives make you do things that make you get in trouble with your mom.

Therefore they are evil.


Or....


They teach you by experiance, therefore good!

Or....


They teach you by experiance, therefore good!

They are your first lesson that playfulness is unacceptable and life is a descending series of denial and disappointment. Evil!

They are your first lesson that playfulness is unacceptable and life is a descending series of denial and disappointment. Evil!

But a worthwhile lesson to learn. Good!

Oliveses is deliciousss.

But a worthwhile lesson to learn. Good!

But a symbol of a soul crushing reality, EVIL!

But a symbol of a soul crushing reality, EVIL!

Rather than a symbol of delusion. GOOD!

Rather than a symbol of delusion. GOOD!

The first small death of childhood.

Evil.

The first small death of childhood.

Evil.

Which teaches about mortality. Good!

The first small death of childhood.

Evil.
I'm 23 and I still put black olives on my fingertips. Childhood doesn't have to die.

Therefore olives = good

Which teaches about mortality. Good!
The first roll on the downward slope in the arc of life...


...e-vil...
I'm 23 and I still put black olives on my fingertips. Childhood doesn't have to die.

Therefore olives = good
That's just overcoming evil.

I like olives.

what are greek olives?

I don't know if they're really called that, but that's what my mom calls them since the first time I saw them they were in a Greek salad and they tasted different than black olives. I like them better than black olives but not as much as green olives.

Olives are awsome. I mean, can anyone look at that (http://www.travelcreek.com/olives.jpg) and not get hungry?

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Good for the heart anyway.

Yes, we have many here who love olives.

The better question is this:

Does anyone here have a cat who loves olives?

what are greek olives?

Kalamata or Calamata There are several other types but these are the best well known. They are pickled differently than other olives so they have a different taste. Usually they are black but there are green varieties.

Personally, I think they taste kind of nasty.

Not evil though, evil has a distinct, poignant baguette.

I love olive oil, and thus olive equal awesome.

Olives - good or evil?

Can't they be both?

Eww! Gross! Nasty! I can't stand olives >.< They are the first thing to get picked off of or specifically excluded from anything I eat.

My first experience with an olive was when I was just a little kid... I was offered one from a friends lunch... it was spat out almost as instantly as I'd bitten into it >.<

YUCK!

Kalamata or Calamata There are several other types but these are the best well known. They are pickled differently than other olives so they have a different taste. Usually they are black but there are green varieties.

there would have to be both, black olives are ripe, green olives are not ripe.

it's like bananas, they change colors when they are ripe.

evil.... and they are obviously all alcoholics... you always see them right next to a martini lol

I'm not a fan. I take my martinis with lemon peel.

Nasty.

i love olives, i buy a pot of olives pretty much every time i go to the supermarket just as a snack. my favourite are kalamata which seem to be hard to find here. i'm not a huge fan of black olive though, i can take em or leave em.

i love olives, i buy a pot of olives pretty much every time i go to the supermarket just as a snack. my favourite are kalamata which seem to be hard to find here. i'm not a huge fan of black olive though, i can take em or leave em.
Oh, that reminds me, olive jars are perfect for storing packages of spices when you've eaten all the olives from them.

Oh, that reminds me, olive jars are perfect for storing packages of spices when you've eaten all the olives from them.

this is true, although i have so many packets of spices i keep them in a large cookie jar.

Olive oil is fine, olives themselves are icky.

Obviously evil because olive spelt backwards is 'Evil-O'. Like Cheerios, but more evil.

I always have a soft spot for green olives stuffed with bits of pepper.

Olives are awsome. I mean, can anyone look at that (http://www.travelcreek.com/olives.jpg) and not get hungry?

EDIT: It's very warping today, and I hereby declare this MY thread about... ferrets! (http://www.discourse.net/archives/pix/ferret.jpg)

Ferrets rawk. I've had several. Expensive little buggers though. Adrenal tumors aren't cheap to fix.:(

And completely off topic: I love olives. Olives are all kinds of awesome.

Olives are good to eat but addictive, thus evil ... yet good.

EDIT: It's very warping today, and I hereby declare this MY thread about... ferrets! (http://www.discourse.net/archives/pix/ferret.jpg)

Ferrets are quite tasty.

Ferrets are pretty good but not to eat.

Sure they are. Don't knock it til you've tried it.

Now I am very fond of olives - tasty little blighters as far as I am concerned - yet some people I know regard them as if they were some kind of distillation of pure evil. Which side of the great olive divide do you stand on?

Odd. I've not run accross anyone who considers olives that bad - at least not until this thread.

A good olive bread, hot from the oven, is heaven on earth.
My great-aunt makes an olive salad (cracks and pits the olives herself, chops de-stringed celery and peppers, marinates in olive oil and vinegar -- AWESOME!)...

And I will happily gnaw the meats off the pits, green or black, or olives stuffed with other things (pimiento, garlic, onions).

In short...

I LOVE OLIVES.

I don't know if they're really called that, but that's what my mom calls them since the first time I saw them they were in a Greek salad and they tasted different than black olives. I like them better than black olives but not as much as green olives.

I think you mean the oil-cured rather than brine-cured ones.