Olives

[-SharonA-]

At my local market today they were selling fresh olives. These were green and looked like extra large peas.
I love olives but didn't buy any as I don't know what to do with them once i got them home. I usually buy olives in jars. Have I got to pickle these??

[New Judge]

//I love olives but didn't buy any as I don't know what to do with them once i got them home.//

Tip them straight into the compost (or kitchen waste if you don't have a compost heap). Olives are only suitable for making olive oil. They are not fit for humans to eat otherwise. They taste nothing like they look and are wholly vile.

[naomi24]

Too much fluffing around in my opinion. I buy fresh, ready to eat olives in the supermarket.

[-SharonA-]

Wow after reading this, I'm glad I didn't buy any!

[naomi24]

I love green olives, nj, especially when stuffed with cloves of garlic.

[Zacs-Master]

Rather an 'acquired taste' but once acquired....mmmmm!

[naomi24]

Have you tried the fresh ones from the deli counter, Sharon? Much nicer than those in jars.

[Zacs-Master]

Very good for you, too (if a little salt-rich).

[Vagus]

Mmm, olives stuffed with a slice of garlic and then wrapped in an anchovy...

[Captain2]

Absolutely love them here. We have them on salads, on pizzas, in pasta dishes as well as on their own; green, black, plain, flavoured, stuffed, - bring them on.

[-SharonA-]

I just lurve olives, all kinds. Green ones, black ones. And if they're stuffed even better!!

[-SharonA-]

**We have them on salads, on pizzas, in pasta**
Me too captain, me too.

[Vagus]

I had to stop buying them as once I’d opened the jar I couldn’t stop till they were all gone.

[Barmaid]

I like the fresh ones I get off the greek stall on the market.

Now I have to go to the market to get some as I find myself thinking about fresh olives and feta cheese and baklava and other yummy stuff.

[Captain2]

When our daughter was a youngster we would go to the local Deli every Saturday morning and she would have a tub of olives to herself which were demolished before we got home - she certainly loved up to her name, Olivia. :))

[MargoTester]

Send Liv my regards Captain I often wonder how she's getting on. (Sorry for interruption Sharon)

[MargoTester]

I should have said that I've tried olives at regular intervals and still can't get a taste for them, even the fresh ones in Spain.

[New Judge]

That's because they taste dreadful, Margo. No matter how long you try, they will always taste dreadful.

[naomi24]

Haaa! No NJ. You can change. I used to hate them. I love them now.

[rowanwitch]

I have can't be arsed chicken tonight with olives ,cherry tomatoes, and pitta bread, I love olives, especially kalamata ones

[Sqad]

Olives...superb...good for your health.
Various grades from cheap to really expensive but go for the latter if possible.