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

I will die on this hill.

      • MyDogLovesMe@lemmy.world
        9·
        6 months ago

        We used to make “Whore’s Martinis”.

        Same as a regular one, you just hand pour over a single cube of ice and toss in an olive, onion, lemon, whatever. Stir with your finger and go. No straining, no stir stick, no measuring, one cube of ice.

    • Tiefling IRL@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      5·
      6 months ago

      I’ve learned that I don’t give a shit if a martini is shaken OR stirred. They’re all fucking disgusting. I love gin, but who the fuck thought super salty gin would taste good? The olive is the only good part of the whole thing.

      Except for espresso martinis, those are good.

      • slurpinderpin@lemmy.world
        1·
        6 months ago

        I will fight you.

        Kidding, I know a lot of people that feel the same as you haha. And espresso martini’s are my fave

  • ccunning@lemmy.world
    20·
    6 months ago

    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 🥴

      • RBWells@lemmy.world
        11·
        6 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.

        • LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.worldOP
          7·
          6 months ago

          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.

  • DJKJuicy@sh.itjust.works
    13·
    6 months ago

    I used to hate olives, along with a lot of other things. Peppers. Beans. Blue cheese. And I used to tell everyone about how much I disliked stuff.

    But then I grew up. You don’t have to eat olives if you don’t want. But if you restrict your life to your little pre-approved list of acceptable foods, you’re missing out.

    Life is short. Way too short. You don’t want to discover how delicious a dirty martini with blue cheese olives is when you’re old.

  • Melkath@kbin.social
    12·
    6 months ago

    Hearing you hate olives makes me think you probably only like Mountain Dew and Chicken Nuggies.

    • LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.worldOP
      8·
      6 months ago

      Mountain dew sucks. Nuggies are okay but only if they’re dino shaped. Rn, I’m really digging fresh mozzarella with pesto.

      • Melkath@kbin.social
        4·
        6 months ago

        I mean, whenever I hear picky eating, especially pickiness about a savory food, I imagine a person who lives on hostess, mountain dew (any kind), fried foods, and formed meat pastes (Hamburgers, hot dogs, chicken nuggies).

        In general, the food that I was raised on, before I learned how to cook and eat a variety of foods.

        I absolutely die for Kalamata olives lightly dressed in olive oil and Italian spices.

        • LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.worldOP
          2·
          6 months ago

          I’m not a super picky eater, tbh. I’ve been exploring a lot with food recently, even. I just don’t like olives despite trying my best to. Olive oil is fine. But olives themselves are nasty to me.

          • Melkath@kbin.social
            1·
            6 months ago

            Are you just talking about the cheap green pomento olives in jars suspended in brine?

            Or does your aversion go through all of the greek/italian versions too?

            I slot those green olives in the same “I love!” place as pickles.

            Also, cant beat black olives on a pizza or Italian style (Italian sausage, meatball, cold cut) sub.

            Kalamata have such a hearty umami, when I crave a Greek Salad, 90% of that is craving the Kalamatas. Castelvetrano are so buttery yet refreshing. Picholine (especially with Pomento) are such a satisfying tart salty savory fix.

            I mean, if you don’t like em, you don’t like em and you can have that, but every flavor that I have ever disliked (Bananas, Brussels Sprouts, and Sushi are the big ones I remember for me) was just an invitation to “acquire the taste” and has become a flavor I savor.

            I still struggle with caviar, but even still, every once in a while I just get hit with the craving.

            Only food thing that I can think of that I haven’t tried in ages and I might still hate is black licorice.

            I should get some black licorice and acquire that taste…