slo’s FRIDAY 4/19 poll - Green Olives vs Black Olives

[NC Belle]

I have been eating sliced black olives more this past year and rarely eat green olives. When I was a young kid, green olives with pimentos were more favored and disliked black olives.

 

[Kathryn Merteuil]

I LOVE olives. I really do not have a preference for black or green olives, they both have their place on the menu. If both are available, I will choose both

I generally do green olives just for the sake of eating olives, but I will put black olives on salad if they are on a salad bar. I will not hesitate to put green olives on salad either though.

I am not sure I have ever had fresh, I have always bought them in cans/jars. As far as the red pimento thing, I would rather have olives without, but it is no big deal and I am usually too lazy to pick that out. The red thing is not really even noticeable to me.

 

[LuvOrlando]

Adore them but they are too salty for me right now. I remember a friend's mom making the big chunky green kind homemade and those being more flavorful than salty, possibly a thing for me to try.

 

[Sweettears]

See lots of comments about fresh olives. They’re all the same. Just a different presentation. You would have to live by an olive orchard to get fresh olives

 

[mjkacmom]

See lots of comments about fresh olives. They’re all the same. Just a different presentation. You would have to live by an olive orchard to get fresh olives

I don’t think they’re all the same, there are a lot of varieties. https://www.munchery.com/blog/a-primer-the-18-most-popular-varieties-of-olives/

 

[lovin'fl]

I like olives sometimes. I very rarely buy them but order (when eating out) some things that have them like Greek salad. I, once in a blue moon, will buy a small container of the Greek olives with feta at the grocery store. Like maybe twice a year. I guess I should check off indifferent.

 

[Sweettears]

I don’t think they’re all the same, there are a lot of varieties. https://www.munchery.com/blog/a-primer-the-18-most-popular-varieties-of-olives/

Agreed. Lots of varieties. My comment was addressing the fresh versus canned jarred aspect