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I need to settle an argument I started. My argument: olives are gross.

I will die on this hill.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 20 points 5 months ago (4 children)

I would have died on that hill with you for most of my life.

But it always seemed odd to me; I wasnโ€™t a picky eater so what was different about olives?! I would try them from time to time but still gagged on them.

Then I tried some while I was living in the Middle East. They slowly be came more and more palatable until now I love them.

Those shitty canned black sliced olives are still awful though ๐Ÿฅด

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (2 children)

So you're saying that I need to travel to where olives are made?

[โ€“] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Or just to a middle eastern grocer.

Also - Castelvetrano are the olives that non-olive people often like. The flavor is mild and buttery, not as sour as most but without the metallic edge the black olives have.

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago

Thank you for the recommendations! I might see if the super fancy grocery store by my work has those olives. If they don't, then I'll try to find a middle eastern grocer. I don't mind taking a minor road trip to find legit olives. I wanna know if I just don't like the ones I've been exposed to.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Of course. Otherwise they're just sparkling kalmatas...

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Iโ€™m in a similar boat. Manzanilla olives are the only ones I like! Pit-in or bust.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Lindsay's are good. But not as good as kalamata.

[โ€“] [email protected] -1 points 5 months ago

You are supposed to fill the black ones with easy cheese.