I've never bought olives before---any advice? (tomatoes, vegetable, garden, 2014)

[kletter1mann]

Originally Posted by high iron

What the heck did peeps do before the internet??? My wife looks up stuff like "how to boil water". Just buy some olives and try them, it's not like you're buying a house.

^^This. Exactly.

It's amazing what simple, banal and obvious things people post about. Equally amazing that people respond in detail to questions that would have obvious answers if even the slightest thought was expended by the OP.

Seems especially acute on this particular board. I'm sure somebody will flame me for being snarky and mean. But as FDR famously said, "I welcome their hatred."

[Dirt Grinder]

Originally Posted by kletter1mann

^^This. Exactly.

It's amazing what simple, banal and obvious things people post about. Equally amazing that people respond in detail to questions that would have obvious answers if even the slightest thought was expended by the OP.

Seems especially acute on this particular board. I'm sure somebody will flame me for being snarky and mean. But as FDR famously said, "I welcome their hatred."

Sometimes it's just better to resist the urge to post.

[Dirt Grinder]

Originally Posted by momtothree

...Green olives are the saltiest to me...

Not necessarily - try the Castelvetrano olive, it's bright green and isn't salty at all.

[Amelie90]

Originally Posted by Rocco Barbosa

I want to start using olives in my salads. Any advice on which to buy( can,jar or types-green or black,etc..)


Thanks.

I like black or kalamata. I prefer jars, but actually never see the black ones in a jar.

[DawnMTL]

Originally Posted by high iron

What the heck did peeps do before the internet??? My wife looks up stuff like "how to boil water". Just buy some olives and try them, it's not like you're buying a house.

Originally Posted by kletter1mann

^^This. Exactly.

It's amazing what simple, banal and obvious things people post about. Equally amazing that people respond in detail to questions that would have obvious answers if even the slightest thought was expended by the OP.

Seems especially acute on this particular board. I'm sure somebody will flame me for being snarky and mean. But as FDR famously said, "I welcome their hatred."

I totally get what you're talking about but -- BUT! -- when you post a simple question here, you often get a more complex answer than you'd think.

If someone Googles "olives," they'll get millions of hits and look at a few. Some sites will tell them the origins of olives. Some will tell them about the different tastes of them. But here, someone will suggest that you go to an olive bar... or a Greek grocer... or put them on pizza... or... or... or...

It's a much more diverse -- yet much more germane -- set of answers to one simple question.

And if you don't like *this* post, you're as free to change the channel as you were when you read the OP.

[momtothree]

Originally Posted by Dirt Grinder

Not necessarily - try the Castelvetrano olive, it's bright green and isn't salty at all.

I will look for it. Thanks.

[ABQConvict]

I just find it mind-boggling that someone with a name like Rocco Barbosa needs olive advice.

With a name like that I picture you walking down the gangplank of an Adriatic merchant ship with a barrel of olives on each shoulder.

[IheartWA]

Morrocan oil cured olives! Yummy.

[Woof]

What kind are the black things put on ordinary pizzas? They don't taste like anything to me, just filler adding a little black color. I know they're bought in gallon sized cans by the pizzeria.

[Dirt Grinder]

Originally Posted by Woof

What kind are the black things put on ordinary pizzas? They don't taste like anything to me...

Run-of-the-mill sliced black olives. They're very mild and not very salty. They're the ones kids put on their fingertips during the holidays.