I've sorta fallen in love with kalamata olives.

[Kai]

That is all. Discuss.

[Jasper]

Kalamatas superior.  Starscream inferior.

Seriously though, try the ones that are stuffed with garlic and marinated in spirits.

[Kai]

I don't get the reference, but thanks.

[NotPublished]

Mmm ...

I really love my olives to be marinated in Garlic, Olive Oil, Salt (not too much though), (I think it has Capsicum to?), and some sorta alcohol .. Don't know what else is in it - I need to find it, but nothing can ever seem to match them!

[Jasper]

I don't get the reference, but thanks.

I'm hilarious if you're a transformers nerd.  Trust me.

[Sir Squid Diddimus]

kalamatas are delicious

also the green ones stuffed with blue cheese.

in fact, i'll eat the hell out of any kind of olive, really.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I love most olives, but kalamatas are not among them. I WILL eat them if there are no other olives, but I will slightly resent it.

Also, I would like to kill the asshole in Portland who started the trend of putting them on pizza.

I am, however, very fond of Mission olives, and most snobby foodie-types turn their noses up at those. So I am not an olive gourmet or anything, I just like them.

[Triple Zero]

Also, I would like to kill the asshole in Portland who started the trend of putting them on pizza.

silly americans

http://images.google.com/images?num=100&q=pizza+napoletana

olives are a perfectly normal ingredient for pizza.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Also, I would like to kill the asshole in Portland who started the trend of putting them on pizza.

silly americans

http://images.google.com/images?num=100&q=pizza+napoletana

olives are a perfectly normal ingredient for pizza.

YES, BUT NOT KALAMATA OLIVES. GAETA OLIVES. OR MISSION OLIVES.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

THEY ARE THE WRONG OLIVES.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

It's kind of like feta on pizza. OK, if you're doing some kind of Greek-themed fusion recipe, but just plain weird if you start using it instead of mozzarella across the board. Kalamata olives have a very strong and distinct flavor, and the "thing" at a lot of pizza places in Portland is to use them as the default olive, which frankly is as weird IMO as serving corn tortillas with marinara sauce.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

OK, maybe not THAT weird. But still pretty annoying.

[Triple Zero]

ok I get the point, I'm not sure if I ever had them TBH.

these are the ones that are a bit reddish-brown and slightly more elongated than your regular olive?

I think I only had those with the pits still in them, and I hate that.

[Kai]

I love most olives, but kalamatas are not among them. I WILL eat them if there are no other olives, but I will slightly resent it.

Also, I would like to kill the asshole in Portland who started the trend of putting them on pizza.

I am, however, very fond of Mission olives, and most snobby foodie-types turn their noses up at those. So I am not an olive gourmet or anything, I just like them.

We were eating feta and pita, so it went right along with the rest. I was surprised to find an olive I actually enjoyed, other than the typical green with pimiento.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I love most olives, but kalamatas are not among them. I WILL eat them if there are no other olives, but I will slightly resent it.

Also, I would like to kill the asshole in Portland who started the trend of putting them on pizza.

I am, however, very fond of Mission olives, and most snobby foodie-types turn their noses up at those. So I am not an olive gourmet or anything, I just like them.

We were eating feta and pita, so it went right along with the rest. I was surprised to find an olive I actually enjoyed, other than the typical green with pimiento.

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Those are the right olives for that context.