Some black olives sold in stores may be artificially darkened rather than naturally ripened.

i like them ripe

Black olives matter!

Once you go black olive...

Seriously, both are good. And the Mediterranean countries know their olives.

All olives are awful.

All olives are bad.

Black olives are just darkened with color....

they are both good

Originally posted by saranacX:

All olives are awful.

Originally posted by Chaosolous:

All olives are bad.

WTF?

Olives are overpowering in most dishes, but if eaten alone, and if done right, are delightful.

But yeah, a friend ate a raw olive off of a tree, and then proceeded to spit out every trace of it in disgust.

But that just means you have to provide the proper love to coax out the proper flavor and texture. Olives are fickle.

I hate olives even in my martini. Which I have shaken not stirred.

Originally posted by kbiz:

But that just means you have to provide the proper love to coax out the proper flavor and texture. Olives are fickle.

If something is "only tasty if you do X", then the truth is, that that something isn't tasty, the preparation method is.

"It's tasty if you fry it and cover it in cheese though!"

No. Fried cheese is just tasty.

That aside, olives are gross regardless. They're a special kind of disgusting too. Olives are like if a mushroom was trying to be a grapefruit.

Terrible. Just terrible. I've never had olives prepared in any way that makes their particular musky tasting tang palatable.

It depends on the variety but we have many types available and I like them

Originally posted by Chaosolous:

Originally posted by kbiz:

But that just means you have to provide the proper love to coax out the proper flavor and texture. Olives are fickle.

If something is "only tasty if you do X", then the truth is, that that something isn't tasty, the preparation method is.

"It's tasty if you fry it and cover it in cheese though!"

No. Fried cheese is just tasty.

That aside, olives are gross regardless. They're a special kind of disgusting too. Olives are like if a mushroom was trying to be a grapefruit.

Terrible. Just terrible. I've never had olives prepared in any way that makes their particular musky tasting tang palatable.

I hear you. Store bought olives here can be off-putting.

But I'm telling ya, prepared correctly, and with love, an olive (either black or green) can be quite tasty on its own. Give hope a chance. I've witnessed immaculate olives.

I just think green olives are nicer than black olives (not the storebought ones, although i do come across the occasional antipasti salad which has decent black ones).

Black olvies are tasty too!

Depends on the purpose. As a snack or chopped and added to dough for mediteranian bread, green olives are better imho. As part of a fresh salad, especially with any kind of soursweet dressing, on pizza or with other vegetables in a tomato ragu, I like black olives better.