Olives - love or hate ?

[Toyless]

Me? I bloody love 'em!

Especially the flavoured types you see on market stalls or in the supers.

How about you lot ?

[sidekickdmr]

Saindsuburys Queen olives in chilli (the fresh ones you put in the pots)

Best olives ever!

[anonymous-user]

[doodles19]

I fecking love olives!!


Saying that, I went to barcelona recently, couldnt find any fresh olives, looked for a fair while as well!

[Slinky]

D3fender said:

I'm with you on that...

[The Nur]

Definitely hate for me

[kiteless]

For me, the ultimate bar nibble as well. Better than peanuts / crisps / scratchings et al.

[xr287]

LOVE THEM!!!!!!

Infact I want some right now since you brought it up.

[JonnyFive]

Hate them more than any other food ever.

[JakesterUK]

JonnyFive said:

Hate them more than any other food ever.

Couldn't have said it better myself.

[The Nur]

JonnyFive said:

Hate them more than any other food ever.

What do you make of marzipan?

[Pothole]

doodles19 said:

I fecking love olives!!


Saying that, I went to barcelona recently, couldnt find any fresh olives, looked for a fair while as well!

Bit late really:

"Olives are harvested in the autumn and winter. More specifically in the Northern hemisphere, green olives are picked at the end of September to about the middle of November. Blond olives are picked from the middle of October to the end of November and black olives are collected from the middle of November to the end of January or early February"

Should have been loads of preserved styles in the Boqueria market though.

[JonnyFive]

The Nur said:

JonnyFive said:

Hate them more than any other food ever.

What do you make of marzipan?

Not too bad, in moderation. Too much is sickly but a little bit isn't bad.

[Pothole]

I love 'em as long as they're not too salty (as the actress said to the bishop). Especially the anchovy stuffed kind.

[doodles19]

Pothole said:

Bit late really:

"Olives are harvested in the autumn and winter. More specifically in the Northern hemisphere, green olives are picked at the end of September to about the middle of November. Blond olives are picked from the middle of October to the end of November and black olives are collected from the middle of November to the end of January or early February"

Should have been loads of preserved styles in the Boqueria market though.

Ahhh so thats why! Cheers for the info!

I did have a look round the market, but was just disapointed by the standard green olives in brine/other stuff tbh, ahh well, win some loose some!

[otolith]

Anchovy stuffed.

[Lefty]

kiteless said:

For me, the ultimate bar nibble as well. Better than peanuts / crisps / scratchings et al.

Oh yes. Best reason to go to Malmaison / Hotel du Vin (well, second best, after the SMWS)

[anonymous-user]

I adore Tabasco-branded Olives, although you don't see them that often in the supermarkets...

[ehonda]

I love them and my 2 year old adores them. I took her out for lunch on saturday and she had half of the bowl of olives that were on the table and all of the olives from my pizza.

[anonymous-user]

sidekickdmr said:

Sainsburys Queen olives in chilli

Beat me to it, they're very very good, even better than most of the olives I've been served in supposedly good restaurants.