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

I will die on this hill.

  • 🔰Hurling⚜️Durling🔱@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    If you are going to Die on this hill, what’s the point of opening it up an argument.

    To each their own, you hate olives, I like them.

    I guess I’ll also die on that hill

  • mojofrododojo@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    I fucking love olives. Green, black, big, small, as long as they’re not stuffed with onions I’m down.

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      7 months ago

      Same. I’ll even eat them stuffed with onions. The only ones I’ve run into that I didn’t like must’ve been improperly prepared (very, very bitter).

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

    But it always seemed odd to me; I wasn’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 🥴

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        7 months ago

        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.

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          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.

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      7 months ago

      Also may make good bonemeal for an olive tree to grow there

      OP, your sacrifice means more olives

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    No, but my oldest son(6) loves them. There used to be an olives stand at the farmer’s market near us and we surprised them by bringing a toddler who wanted olives. We let him try a bunch of different kinds. I will eat olives if I’m drunk and someone gives me a slice of pizza that has them, but otherwise they’re a no for me.