Do you like to eat olives?

[ChrissyRyan]

Do you like to eat olives?

Do you prefer them to be stuffed, perhaps with dried tomatoes, garlic, peppers, onions, etc.?

[Lori Dee]

Do you like to eat olives?

Do you prefer them to be stuffed, perhaps with dried tomatoes, garlic, peppers, onions, etc.?

I eat them often. Usually just as a snack. I also have them on pizza, in omelets, in salads, and on sandwiches. I read somewhere that they are a traditional Turkish breakfast food.

[big kim]

Like them on pizza occasionally  and sometimes  as a starter or snack. Not a big fan but don't dislike  them either 

[Sephirah]

No, not at all. And I know why. It stems from one very specific memory of when I was a kid. I was over at a friend's house and his parents were like... posh, to my young, underprivileged eye. I had dinner at his house and his parents made a pizza with black olives on it. And I remember very vividly trying them and thinking they tasted very weird and not at all what I was used to. And I had to force myself to eat them to not appear ungrateful or uncultured... or something. I choked them down without saying anything, because everyone else was enjoying them.

But ever since then I have avoided them like the plague. That one memory was enough to put me off for life, lol.

[ChrissyRyan]

No, not at all. And I know why. It stems from one very specific memory of when I was a kid. I was over at a friend's house and his parents were like... posh, to my young, underprivileged eye. I had dinner at his house and his parents made a pizza with black olives on it. And I remember very vividly trying them and thinking they tasted very weird and not at all what I was used to. And I had to force myself to eat them to not appear ungrateful or uncultured... or something. I choked them down without saying anything, because everyone else was enjoying them.

But ever since then I have avoided them like the plague. That one memory was enough to put me off for life, lol.

I do not seek out olives.

[Athena]

While we were on a tour in Spain we stopped for a beer and they served olives on the side and they were so good far superior to those we get in North America , mainly because they were fresh.

[D'Amalie]

Olives in Greece were the best!  Kalamata deliciousness!  The feta is superior as well!  My hosts explained that fresh is the norm there, unlike the long shelf life products available elsewhere in the world.

[davina61]

I find them sour and I don't do sour, maybe fresh might be okay?

[ChrissyRyan]

I do not really care for them but I suppose I could acquire a taste for it.

I do sometimes use olive oil.

[D'Amalie]

Black olives on pizza, kalamata when freshly added to a Greek Salad.  I cook most tyings in olive oil.  Lower heat.