So what about olives? Hate them or ?
@JamesHxstatic (29242)
Eugene, Oregon
June 15, 2018 10:41am CST
We had pizza for dinner last night and it had some black olives on it. I really like those a lot. I also opened a jar of pitted kalamata olives from Greece and put a few in a dish, salty, but delicious.
I am not a martini drinker, so no olives in my wine please. I never buy olives with pits in them either. I really like the large black olives a lot.
And those green ones, the kind stuffed with a pimento? I really dislike those.
Our local grocery store has an "olive bar." There are so many varieties of of olives there. I wish I could recall the name of one that we tried and I really like.
What's your take on olives? Do you keep them around? Pitted or whole?
Black or green?
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@LadyDuck (458140)
• Switzerland
15 Jun 18
@JamesHxstatic The best are the open markets that you can find in the bigger Italian cities, they have many more.
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@JamesHxstatic (29242)
• Eugene, Oregon
15 Jun 18
@LadyDuck Oh, I can imagine there are many there.
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@JamesHxstatic (29242)
• Eugene, Oregon
15 Jun 18
That salad bar is bigger than the one in our store.
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@JamesHxstatic (29242)
• Eugene, Oregon
15 Jun 18
Those different stuffings sound interesting. I don't think I have seen them. I will check that olive bar.
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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)
• Pamplona, Spain
16 Jun 18
I like the pitted ones the best and I use them for quite a few things.
In Pizza they are really good its a different taste altogether.
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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)
• Pamplona, Spain
8 Oct 18
@JamesHxstatic
With tomato and cheese if you please.
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@JamesHxstatic (29242)
• Eugene, Oregon
8 Oct 18
@lovinangelsinstead21 Add mushrooms for me.
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@JamesHxstatic (29242)
• Eugene, Oregon
8 Oct 18
Oh yes, must have them on pizza.
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@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
15 Jun 18
I like black olives on my pasta ( pitted). We use whole green olives as optional ingredient ( not all recipes require them) for a Filipino-Spanish dish called " calderetta" ( beef or goat's meat) for special occasions.
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@JamesHxstatic (29242)
• Eugene, Oregon
15 Jun 18
I really like the black ones with pasta or pizza. That calderetta sounds interesting,
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@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
15 Jun 18
@lnillerman it does not grow here so most the green olives are pickled in a jar, cooled before eating or used as cooking ingredient, I understand why you do not like it, not everyone does.
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@marlina (154166)
• Canada
16 Jun 18
@JamesHxstatic, Pitted olives and has to be in oil.
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@JamesHxstatic (29242)
• Eugene, Oregon
16 Jun 18
@marlina Interesting, green and black then?
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@snowy22315 (169966)
• United States
16 Jun 18
I enjoy most olives, in fact I can't think of any I really dislike..although I am not wild about the garlic stuffed ones or those with strange centers.
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@snowy22315 (169966)
• United States
17 Jun 18
@JamesHxstatic I do like garlic, and I do like olives, but not together for some reason, unless they are on a pizza.
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@JamesHxstatic (29242)
• Eugene, Oregon
16 Jun 18
I need to try those garlic ones. I might like them.
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@JamesHxstatic (29242)
• Eugene, Oregon
17 Jun 18
@snowy22315 That is interesting!
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@JamesHxstatic (29242)
• Eugene, Oregon
20 Jun 18
I like the black and kalamata olives best.
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@TheHorse (205767)
• Walnut Creek, California
15 Jun 18
@JamesHxstatic Yeah, but when they get to just the right scratchiness, they really "cleanse the system."
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@JamesHxstatic (29242)
• Eugene, Oregon
15 Jun 18
@TheHorse Oh yes, that is always helpful.
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@Hannihar (129470)
• Israel
7 Oct 18
@JamesHxstatic
I am a green olive person. I like the ones without the pits. They are really good.
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
16 Jun 18
I like olives but only ones I have are on pizzas.here we have a type of local olives called jolpai....which we make into pickles
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@JamesHxstatic (29242)
• Eugene, Oregon
16 Jun 18
Ahh, I had a response from India that said olives are not Indian, maybe a different region?
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
16 Jun 18
@JamesHxstatic olives as you wrote about are not found here , we get only ones in bottles very expensive and bits and pieces in pizzas and pastas in restaurants.
Jolpai which we have abundantly ,we know as a type of olives. I tried putting the image but couldn't...And in the net which I looked up they are called Ceylon olives.
And yes region is different from the response
@thislittlepennyearns (58140)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
15 Jun 18
I like the green ones with garlic in them.
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@JamesHxstatic (29242)
• Eugene, Oregon
15 Jun 18
@thislittlepennyearns Ohhh, no way, well, for me anyway.
@thislittlepennyearns (58140)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
15 Jun 18
@JamesHxstatic I can't stand the black ones. They taste horrible.
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@Spontaneo (14703)
• United States
15 Jun 18
I like black olives. When my mother makes pasta salad, she always includes them. I include them in taco cups too... (taco cups are taco salad in a small cup).
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@JamesHxstatic (29242)
• Eugene, Oregon
15 Jun 18
I suspect that it would take several of those small cups to make my lunch.
@porwest (78761)
• United States
15 Jun 18
I am a fan of both the green ones with pimentos and black ones. Although when it comes to the green ones I really only eat them by themselves out of a jar. Black I rarely eat plain, but love them in tacos and Mexican dishes, on a pizza etc. Don't think I have ever had a kalamata.
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@JamesHxstatic (29242)
• Eugene, Oregon
16 Jun 18
Kalamata are generally from Greece and taste great. I can eat half can of the black ones if I'm not careful.
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@porwest (78761)
• United States
20 Jun 18
@JamesHxstatic Might have to look for them and try them. Can't knock what I have not tried.
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@cmoneyspinner (9221)
• Austin, Texas
6 Oct 18
I love olives. Black olives without the pits. Don't argue with me about this. My mind is made up! 
Our grocery store has an olive bar. I don't buy from there because they are kind of pricey. But I have tasted or sampled and they are delicious!
Our grocery store has an olive bar. I don't buy from there because they are kind of pricey. But I have tasted or sampled and they are delicious!1 person likes this
@amadeo (111948)
• United States
15 Jun 18
@JamesHxstatic yes.I get them every week.We have them all the time.
@asfarasiknow (3341)
• Bournemouth, England
15 Jun 18
I don't mind them on pizzas but I find them a bit strong on their own.
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@asfarasiknow (3341)
• Bournemouth, England
16 Jun 18
@JamesHxstatic A little bit too strong for me, yes.
@JamesHxstatic (29242)
• Eugene, Oregon
8 Oct 18
I keep some on hand, but Anne does not care for them if they are not green.
@mlgen1037 (29886)
• Manila, Philippines
15 Jun 18
Hi James. I like black olives and when you mean pitted, it means sliced? I want them on my pasta too.
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@JamesHxstatic (29242)
• Eugene, Oregon
15 Jun 18
Sliced are fine too, but pitted means those hard seeds are removed.
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@mlgen1037 (29886)
• Manila, Philippines
16 Jun 18
@JamesHxstatic Thank you for clarification, James. I like that the seeds are removed.
