No, not Popeye's friend. Why do so many people seem to hate olives? (I noticed a comment on another thread earlier). I love them in so many things but especially on their own. What better than having a few olives whilst enjoying your favourite drink. This thread is for the lovers, not the hatets.Go on lovers, show some love for those gorgeous little specimens of goodness and deliciousness  |
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"No, not Popeye's friend. Why do so many people seem to hate olives? (I noticed a comment on another thread earlier). I love them in so many things but especially on their own. What better than having a few olives whilst enjoying your favourite drink. This thread is for the lovers, not the hatets.Go on lovers, show some love for those gorgeous little specimens of goodness and deliciousness "
I tried. I really, really tried more than once. Even fresh when in the med. But I’ll have to leave others to discuss their redeeming features! |
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By *oggoneMan
over a year ago
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"No, not Popeye's friend. Why do so many people seem to hate olives? (I noticed a comment on another thread earlier). I love them in so many things but especially on their own. What better than having a few olives whilst enjoying your favourite drink. This thread is for the lovers, not the hatets.Go on lovers, show some love for those gorgeous little specimens of goodness and deliciousness "
Where do I start. Pizza, in a pasta sauce maybe with tuna, pasta salad, make that paste thingy. |
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"No, not Popeye's friend. Why do so many people seem to hate olives? (I noticed a comment on another thread earlier). I love them in so many things but especially on their own. What better than having a few olives whilst enjoying your favourite drink. This thread is for the lovers, not the hatets.Go on lovers, show some love for those gorgeous little specimens of goodness and deliciousness
Where do I start. Pizza, in a pasta sauce maybe with tuna, pasta salad, make that paste thingy. "
Indeed and it's called tapenade  |
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By *oggoneMan
over a year ago
Derry |
"No, not Popeye's friend. Why do so many people seem to hate olives? (I noticed a comment on another thread earlier). I love them in so many things but especially on their own. What better than having a few olives whilst enjoying your favourite drink. This thread is for the lovers, not the hatets.Go on lovers, show some love for those gorgeous little specimens of goodness and deliciousness
Where do I start. Pizza, in a pasta sauce maybe with tuna, pasta salad, make that paste thingy.
Indeed and it's called tapenade "
So it is, its lovely on the right bread |
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By *apidaryMan
over a year ago
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"No, not Popeye's friend. Why do so many people seem to hate olives? (I noticed a comment on another thread earlier). I love them in so many things but especially on their own. What better than having a few olives whilst enjoying your favourite drink. This thread is for the lovers, not the hatets.Go on lovers, show some love for those gorgeous little specimens of goodness and deliciousness
I tried. I really, really tried more than once. Even fresh when in the med. But I’ll have to leave others to discuss their redeeming features! "
Fresh olives? Fresh? A fresh olive is a memorable experience. Eaten them off my own tree once. The tree didn't survive the winter, and it's not an experience anyone ever repeats - although I did find you could stick fresh olives in a stew and if you did it early enough they'd be excellent by the end.
But a fresh olive straight off the tree is an unforgettable sermon in mouth puckering, face wrenching bitterness. Try it once, for the experience. Try it twice and you need help.
Olives stuffed with anchovies or garlic or chilli are my favourite. |
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"No, not Popeye's friend. Why do so many people seem to hate olives? (I noticed a comment on another thread earlier). I love them in so many things but especially on their own. What better than having a few olives whilst enjoying your favourite drink. This thread is for the lovers, not the hatets.Go on lovers, show some love for those gorgeous little specimens of goodness and deliciousness
I tried. I really, really tried more than once. Even fresh when in the med. But I’ll have to leave others to discuss their redeeming features!
Fresh olives? Fresh? A fresh olive is a memorable experience. Eaten them off my own tree once. The tree didn't survive the winter, and it's not an experience anyone ever repeats - although I did find you could stick fresh olives in a stew and if you did it early enough they'd be excellent by the end.
But a fresh olive straight off the tree is an unforgettable sermon in mouth puckering, face wrenching bitterness. Try it once, for the experience. Try it twice and you need help.
Olives stuffed with anchovies or garlic or chilli are my favourite."
Yes and the ones in herbs are awsome. Personally prefer the green ones but black are nice too. Usually the greem ones with drinks, salads etc and the black omes for tapenade, bread, pizzas ... |
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"Olives and tomatoes are one of my favourite foods.
I had a gorgeous niçoise salad yesterday in a restaurant with some lovely black olives in it
I need someone to back me up On The Buses…"
Start a thread if its a favourite subject of yours. We will definately comment, I promise |
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"Hated them.. then lived in Spain for 7 years and grew to love them, now i can eat them until they come ot my ears.. so morish"
 its because they zush them properly with herbs or pickle them nicely, or stuff them with garlic or anchovies etc. |
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By *oggoneMan
over a year ago
Derry |
"No, not Popeye's friend. Why do so many people seem to hate olives? (I noticed a comment on another thread earlier). I love them in so many things but especially on their own. What better than having a few olives whilst enjoying your favourite drink. This thread is for the lovers, not the hatets.Go on lovers, show some love for those gorgeous little specimens of goodness and deliciousness
I tried. I really, really tried more than once. Even fresh when in the med. But I’ll have to leave others to discuss their redeeming features!
Fresh olives? Fresh? A fresh olive is a memorable experience. Eaten them off my own tree once. The tree didn't survive the winter, and it's not an experience anyone ever repeats - although I did find you could stick fresh olives in a stew and if you did it early enough they'd be excellent by the end.
But a fresh olive straight off the tree is an unforgettable sermon in mouth puckering, face wrenching bitterness. Try it once, for the experience. Try it twice and you need help.
Olives stuffed with anchovies or garlic or chilli are my favourite.
Yes and the ones in herbs are awsome. Personally prefer the green ones but black are nice too. Usually the greem ones with drinks, salads etc and the black omes for tapenade, bread, pizzas ..."
I had a bowl of green olives years back, never forgot the taste. Its hard to describe but it's one of tastes I can recall. I can understand why many don't like. But they really bring the flavour. Nowadays it what I can get in the supermarket |
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By *apidaryMan
over a year ago
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"Fucking love olives.
Apparently I have a taste for slightly slimy, salty bitter stuff.."
Somewhere Jay Rayner has written that you should never date someone who doesn't like oysters. Actually he said a woman should never date a man who doesn't like them, but it works both ways. |
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By *oggoneMan
over a year ago
Derry |
"I've made a fish stew with olives and capers which was lovely
Damn it I'm making this soon
I am sure I had something similar. Incidently I love a bouillabaisse "
It was a greek girl in a houseshare that I got it from. Finding someone that likes fish olives and capers, not easy |
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"I've made a fish stew with olives and capers which was lovely
Damn it I'm making this soon
I am sure I had something similar. Incidently I love a bouillabaisse
It was a greek girl in a houseshare that I got it from. Finding someone that likes fish olives and capers, not easy "
Lol, I wouldn't put that on your profile |
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For the record they are slimy evil balls of devil's snot 
They’re my favourite too