Olives! Love them or hate them?

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Love olives, my favourites are Kalamata and big green Queen olives . I buy the pitted Kalamata ones these days . Good for nibbles marinated in olive oil,,garlic, herbs and Chillie flakes or finely chopped birds eye chillies . I use them too in puttanesca and tapenade and also a lovely Moroccan chicken dish with olives and chickpeas, rice and yellow peppers .
Oh, I envy you your pitted Kalamata olives. It would make it so much easier to cook with them.
 
I never buy pitted kalamatas. My daughter loves taking the pips out for me and sucking off the flesh that stays behind :)

I've been using my breadmaker again for the first time since moving back to SA. Maybe I should try an olive loaf next!
 
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I never met an olive I didn't like...
Amen!

I haven't tried every kind of olive, but I have loved every one I have ever had.

I love ripe black olives plain, on pizza, in Mexican dishes, and with stuffed green olives stuffed in them. I love stuffed green olives plain, in various dishes, and stuffed into ripe black olives. Stuffed green olives are excellent with cottage cheese too!
 
I think I do not like olives, but do like olive dip, do use them in soup, and if there are no salty pretzels I'd take one as a beer companion. But if you going to ask me, I do not like them
 
I love olives....unfortunately I learned recently they don't love me. :ermm: Actually it is the brine they are in; olive oil is fine.
 
I love to add olives to pimento spread and turkey salad. Also, I love to add them chopped to soft cheeses with some minced herbs or a bit of powdered spice to spread on crackers or baguettes.

I've not done that in a while....maybe it is time I dust that recipe off. :)
 
If you're a fan of olives and a no-knead bread maker ~ cut the salt in half and add a generous 1/2 c of pitted & roughly chopped Kalamatas to the dough with all of the other ingredients. :yum:
 
If you're a fan of olives and a no-knead bread maker ~ cut the salt in half and add a generous 1/2 c of pitted & roughly chopped Kalamatas to the dough with all of the other ingredients. :yum:

Thanks :) I'll used my basic white loaf recipe and add the olives when the timer goes off. My machine has got a timer that reminds you when to add ingredients that must remain whole (like nut, fruit and olives!)
 
I had a cheeseburger at a little place in Riverside, California (I have no idea where now!) that had green olives in the hamburger patty. It was SO good!
 
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