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yvr girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-05 07:32 PM
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The subject is olives. What is your favourite type?
I like Kalamata Olives myself.
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Massacure Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-05 07:33 PM
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Black Olives
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BelleCarolinaPeridot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-05 07:35 PM
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3. A second vote for Black Olives .
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LynzM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-05 07:35 PM
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4. A third vote!
My memere used to buy 'Lindsay' brand olives, and I would wear them on all my fingers before eating them!
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LynzM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-05 07:35 PM
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5. A third vote!
My memere used to buy 'Lindsay' brand olives, and I would wear them on all my fingers before eating them!
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Kali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-05 08:09 PM
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16. Black olives - AKA Jazz's noses
Jazz was a beloved black lab/german shorthair cross - with you got it - a cute black nose. Yes black olives MUST be eaten in fives or tens off of ones fingers.
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LisaM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-05 07:33 PM
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1. None
when I go to the Olive Garden, I ask them to leave the olives off the salad. They laugh, but they comply.
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dolo amber Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-05 08:35 PM
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27. Agreed
Olives are a tool of the devil. x(
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-05 07:34 PM
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2. Are Kalamatas from Israel?
I had the good fortune to spend some time in Tel Aviv. Instead of peanuts served at a bar (salty to inspire thirst), olives were the freebies available at the bar. They rocked!
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Dyedinthewoolliberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-05 07:51 PM
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9. They are Greek
and they are my favorite! :)
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Worst Username Ever Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-05 07:36 PM
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6. The answer is Queen.
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ElsewheresDaughter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-05 07:37 PM
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7. jumbo spanish olives with pits
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BikeWriter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-05 07:43 PM
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8. All of them!
:)
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The empressof all Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-05 07:53 PM
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10. I'm eating them right now
Green Olives hand stuffed with Blue Cheese. A little bit of heaven from Trader Joes.
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miss_kitty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-05 08:45 PM
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30. those ARE good! eom
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jody Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-05 07:56 PM
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11. Those that come in dry Bombay martinis.
:toast:
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MADem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-05 07:57 PM
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12. GAETA. Fantastic, full bodied flavor....n/t
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Wapsie B Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-05 07:58 PM
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13. Black olives for pizza,
and green pitted olives for a relish tray. Never had one stuffed with anything other than a pimento.
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ashling Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-05 07:59 PM
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14. virgins
:)
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Kali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-05 08:04 PM
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15. ANY
Haven't found an olive I didn't like yet, but I only like them by themselves - don't like 'em on pizza or in salads or mixed in with other food. Nuts either. (well ok in ice cream and pecan pie, but no freaking nuts or olives in casseroles - BLEH)


Mmmmm Kalamata, Turkish, Pitted, with the seed, French, salted, in oil, dried, homemade, black from a can, ANY!
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AwakeAtLast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-05 08:15 PM
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17. I like Kalamata, too.
But then, I have never met any olive I *didn't* like. :9
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Paladin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-05 08:16 PM
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18. Big Green Ones, Stuffed With Blue Cheese.......
...resting on the bottom of a large, cold, gin martini.
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Lone_Star_Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-05 09:41 PM
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34. Green olives stuffed with lemon...
...resting on the bottom of a large, cold, gin martini are good, too. :D
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aePrime Donating Member (676 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-05 08:24 PM
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19. The type that I don't have to taste or smell
But if you like them, I envy you. I always wished I enjoyed more types of food.

My wife and I have very boring food tastes. She's even pickier than I am!
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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-05 08:24 PM
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20. The Green Spanish one's with the soft red pits in them
What are they called?
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yellowdogintexas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-05 08:25 PM
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21. current fave : fat green olives,marinated in Sicilian spices
fabulous...available in the open olive bins at Central Market.

god they are good

I like Nicoise black olives, kalamatas, and oh rats there is a neat little green one at Central Market that has a nice kick.

can't think of its variety though.
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-05 08:27 PM
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22. I may be the only Greek person who dislikes olives.
I don't mind the Greek olives in salads, but that's it...

Now an olive tapenade isn't so bad, and black olives on pizza are acceptable, but I'm just not an olive guy.

Martinis are another thing...an olive is good in martinis.
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yvr girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-05 08:30 PM
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24. I don't think you're really Greek
You can't be.
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-05 08:32 PM
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25. Well...I only have circumstantial evidence.
:shrug:
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yvr girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-05 08:34 PM
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26. Circumstantial?
You have a birth certificate don't you?
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-05 08:37 PM
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28. It's in Greek. I guess it's mine.
I have old Greek passports with pictures that look like me as a baby. Those have my name in them. Like I said...circumstantial. :D
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Huckebein the Raven Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-05 08:28 PM
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23. I have to say Black...n/t
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miss_kitty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-05 08:44 PM
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29. pitted kalamtas
pimento stuffed greens, and the gross California ones you can use as finger guards during holiday meals in dress up clothes.
I am also fond of the tiny Niçoise and the oil-cured Moroccans
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Atlas Mugged Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-05 08:57 PM
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31. Oil cured black olives
I buy them in bulk and pit them with a cherry pitter I got in Germany. I love the Kalamata's, too. But the oil cured ones are so rich and meaty.
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donheld Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-05 09:16 PM
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32. My preferences are
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deadparrot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-05 09:21 PM
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33. Anything without pits.
I love olives, but pits creep me out.
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