From that list, kalamata olives. But have you tried garlic cloves in herb oil? So good!
Pickled beets. They’re good until you forget you ate them
I love beets. And the ensuing staring into a toilet wondering if I should go see a doctor
Write “you ate beets” to a post-it and stick it on the mirror
Ah yes, that brief moment of cold panic where you sincerely contemplate being deathly ill but still able to do something about it… right before your memory kicks in.
Red pee? Red poop? Oh I ate beets.
Artichoke hearts. Straight from the jar with a fork. Yum.
Pimento olives, chopped fine and mashed into cream cheese, spread on pumpernickel (bread, bagel, etc).
Capers can fuck off entirely.
I was with you until you disparaged against capers
Same. Capers are amazing. Still upvoted them though haha
Lol same
You both can have all of my capers, forever.
Fair deal
You just made a list of many of the things I truly hate, food wise, lol. I guess sun-dried tomatoes are okay? 😅
I’m the exact opposite. Sun-dried tomatoes taste stale and plasticky to me. Everything else on the list is fantastico. Where would we be without capers in tartare sauce, or black olives on pizza?
Where would we be without black olives on pizza
We’d have pizza people actually wanted to eat!
Don’t get me wrong, if you want to keep more pizza for yourself, then olives are a great deterrent and that’s a legit strategy.
If you want to do a real case study, get only two pizzas and put olives on one, pineapple on the other, and just watch.
Or green olives in an extra dirty martini?
Have you ever had homegrown sundried cherry tomatoes? I think there’s a huge difference in flavor between good and bad tomatoes
Homegrown tomatoes of any type will beat the hell out of anything purchased at a store.
I feel like I could save this picture and show it to people next time they ask what foods I can’t stand.
Green olives. Preferably stuffed with garlic.
Pickles are my favorite, especially dill spears. I’ve also enjoyed capers on top of grilled salmon with (I think) a beurre blanc sauce. Kalamata olives on pizza is really good too.
Every one is an s tier food. I fucking love olives and pickles.
Round here we call cornichons “sweet gherkins” and they’re pretty good
Also: At one point you put black olives on your fingertips for the last time and you didn’t know it.
Cornichons aren’t sweet, though. (Different kind of brine.)
I guess it’s pretty American to add a bunch of sugar to something lol
Yeah, I love sweet gherkins, and when there is an unlabeled dish of cornichons I get very upset at the surprise sour/bitter/black pepper flavors. Give me that DelMonte high fructose corn syrup sweet pickle!
Also the only food whose squeak can give cheese curds or calamari a run for their auditory money.
That day has not yet come.
Pickles are definitely my favorite on that list. My favorite is probably zesty bread and butter, but I also love dill. Black olives are alright. Most pickled veg are pretty good. Pickled jalapenos are good, but I much prefer fresh ones.
I think pickled onions count and should be here so I would say that but I also enjoy capers in the right setting.
I casually snack on cornichons straight out of the jar, or else with ham and camembert on a French baguette. In that case I’ll slice them lengthwise just so they don’t roll off.
Marinated sun-dried tomatoes & garlic. I could eat that forever.
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Salt-fermented pickles. Mmmmm.
But really, I love all this stuff.
I make my own kimchi, sauerkraut, and various Chinese fermented vegetables.
I make what I call a “dirty margarita.” Jalapeño stuffed olives are a must.
In a salad, kalamata or dried black olives.
