Black olives? Yes
Green/Greek olives? Nope!
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Love them. So much. Nearly every kind. One of the oldest cultivated foods. Die on your hill, or just realize that you have an uncultured palate!
Farther down you say you like pesto, which is like half olive oil. From olives.
Olive oil is fine. It's just olives themselves I don't like. Idk if I just don't have access to good olives or what. I've tried so goddamn hard to like them. I've tried so many. I just don't like them. I also live in a poverty-stricken part of the US, which may explain the lack of quality food around.
Black canned olives are a totally different beast to eg small green tart ones. I struggle to eat cold green olives by themselves sometimes. Black canned olives are salty beauts with the best texture of all time and I could eat fistfuls of them any time of day or night please
I was a bit of a picky eater when I was younger, but I've become much, much less so over the years - one of the few things I've never come around on is olives. The taste and texture combination just don't work for me
Love them. Especially the green ines. Sometimes i oick up a jar as a mivie snack.
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Olives are delicious.
I love them. But they can vary significantly in taste, quality, and texture. I definitely like some better than others.
And olive oil is fundamental to cooking. (Though it's often overused and a cheaper oil would be a better choice).
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Mostly I think they are gross, but once in a blue moon I'll have something with olives that have been prepared in a way where they actually taste pretty good. It's rare though
Like them? I love them!!
Only on pizza
Olives - at least as you usually buy them, in brine, often with pepper strips in them - I find delicious. But every person has their own tastes, you can't argue with subjective preferences.
I like olives, but not all olives. There's some nasty olives out there.
canned olives are disgusting. Real ones you get in the mediterranean are amazing. I also hate the green olives but LOVE kalamata olives
I'm with you. They're gross.
Not sure what kind they are, but Pearls Olives are great.
Dont like things like Greek olives.
Green olives are gross most of the time, but I dont mind them on a pizza with a bunch of other toppings.
Personally I do.
No, I do not like olives. I can enjoy them in some dishes, but those are few and far between.
Love
Not everyone can be right about everything.
Hate ‘em, but I’m ok with olive oil.
Their taste is pretty neutral to me but I end up puking after eating the black ones. Not really sure why.
I think olives are gross but I like them anyway. Only green olives though - black tastes bad.
I do like an olive now and again.
I am a straight up menace when there's a jar of blue cheese olives around.
blue cheese olives ? gotta admit I never tried that combination
They're common for martinis, but you can find them premade in jars at the store usually in the pickled section. I like em by themselves
Hated every kind, had some actually great ones in Greece, now I can sorta kinda get behind black olives. Greens are still a bit too bitter for my preference.
Olives are great! Olive Gardens? Not so much.