Allotment Gardening Advice Help Chat

Eating and Drinking => Cooking, Storing and Preserving => Topic started by: shaun on March 21, 2008, 08:47

Title: olives (why)
Post by: shaun on March 21, 2008, 08:47: i dont know what to make off em :? i eat them but i just dont know why cus there not realy nice are they?
Title: olives (why)
Post by: compostqueen on March 21, 2008, 08:51: the black uns aren't bad on pizza but I can't really tackle em raw

My husband sits beside me on the sofa eating them out the jar. He knows it gets on me wick. He was given an olive dish as a pressie but will he use it :roll:
Title: olives (why)
Post by: Wildeone on March 21, 2008, 12:51: Keep perservering with 'em they get better! :roll: :lol:
Title: olives (why)
Post by: Wildeone on March 21, 2008, 12:52: P.S. my local farmers market does smoked olives ............ yummy yum yum!!! 8)
Title: olives (why)
Post by: Aunt Sally on March 21, 2008, 15:29: I love olives, just wish I could grow them :roll:
Title: olives (why)
Post by: mabel on March 21, 2008, 16:24: I cannot stand olives and I live in the land of the olive tree. Every supermarket has them loose as well as in jars. I have tried to persevere but they dont work for me. I think it is a bit like marmite, you either love it or hate it. :lol:
Title: olives (why)
Post by: noshed on March 21, 2008, 21:46: Roast peppers with tomatoes, olives and anchovies - need I say more?
Title: olives (why)
Post by: Ice on March 21, 2008, 21:53: Quote from: "noshed"
Roast peppers with tomatoes, olives and anchovies - need I say more?
No!!!! Heavenly.:lol:
Title: olives (why)
Post by: SnooziSuzi on March 21, 2008, 22:00: Eeeew! Olives (http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc275/SnooziSuzi/emoticon-0119-puke.gif)
Title: olives (why)
Post by: chrissie B on March 22, 2008, 07:29: we don't buy the olives but get given a load and i have to say I'm not a big fan hubby likes them but i make olive pate as i like to call it olives blitzed with garlic and a little pepper , or chillies sometimes pop in the fridge and its great on toast or crackers , the oil that comes out is nice to drizzle on things salad and so on .
Chrissie b
Title: Olives
Post by: Brambles on March 22, 2008, 11:09: I LOVE olives. I have an olive tree (indoors), pop it out in the summer for a couple of months to get some sun. It is about 12 years old. Was wondering if anyone can tell me if it would be ok to put it outdoors in a permanent position? Never gets too cold here, bit of ice occasionally mid winter, but generally pretty good. If I cover it up with fleece during cold periods, do you reckon it will survive alright. Also, do you think it will ever get olives as not had any up to now :?:
Title: olives (why)
Post by: Yorkie on March 24, 2008, 14:11: I can't abide olives myself, but if you will persist in growing them ( :wink: ), I believe that the main problem in the UK is the wet rather than the cold; they don't like standing in wet ground.

However, not being an expert, don't just take my word for it! :shock:
Title: olives (why)
Post by: mashauk on April 01, 2008, 00:00: I love them stuffed with garlic cloves, or marinated for a week in red wine vinegar, thyme, garlic, peppercorns and chilli and some olive oil, even if you don't eat the olives the marinade is yum with some nice bread.
Title: olives (why)
Post by: Sadgit on April 01, 2008, 07:05: Quote from: "Aunt Sally"
I love olives, just wish I could grow them :roll:

100% agree.. MmmmmMmmm olives on shreddies, now there is an idea
Title: olives (why)
Post by: Ruby Red on April 04, 2008, 08:17: I bought a 4ft olive tree 5 years ago and planted it against the house wall in a south facing courtyard. Its gone ballistic. It is now about 15ft high and it gets covered in black shiney olives. I hate them but the local blackbird population go bonkers over them. Its a handsome tree though I dont mind growing it. :lol:
Title: olives (why)
Post by: Leaf on April 04, 2008, 08:28: no, never got olives, but then its taken 28 yrs to get me to eat mushrooms!
Title: olives (why)
Post by: Yorkie on April 06, 2008, 17:19: I can't abide (cooked) mushrooms.

I reckon this dates from the time I read as a child the book called 'Babar the Elephant'. You see, Babar's father the King ate a bad mushroom and went all green and died :cry: Never quite got over it :roll:
Title: olives (why)
Post by: shaun on April 06, 2008, 17:44: Quote from: "Yorkie1"
, Babar's father the King ate a bad mushroom and went all green and died :cry: Never quite got over it :roll:

I had some of those once but they just gave me the giggles :wink:
Title: olives (why)
Post by: Rampant_Weasel on April 06, 2008, 21:37: i know those ones hehe took me 2 hrs to walk 100 yards....
Title: olives (why)
Post by: weeeed on April 07, 2008, 16:21: You eat them cos they are there! The drunker you get the better they taste!! Try it :lol: :wink:
Title: olives (why)
Post by: Wildeone on April 07, 2008, 18:15: Quote from: "weeeed"
You eat them cos they are there! The drunker you get the better they taste!! Try it :lol: :wink:
Are we still talking olives or mushrooms?!?!?!? :shock:
Title: olives (why)
Post by: weeeed on April 09, 2008, 16:17: Wow ruby, well done you. You must have green arms never mind green fingers! :lol:
Title: olives (why)
Post by: Oliveview on April 11, 2008, 22:13: I love olives (green) we have 2 trees, one has big olives and the other small olives. The big ones are lovely marinated :D The smaller ones are nice too but not as good as the big ones. Picked straight from the tree they are truly dreadful :shock:
Pamela