# Existential Pizza Threat **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 14, 2017, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/existential-pizza-threat/777079 "2017-01-14T00:08:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2017, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/existential-pizza-threat/777079/21 "2017-01-14T16:16:53Z")
And yet the republic still stands. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2017, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/existential-pizza-threat/777079/22 "2017-01-14T16:22:37Z")
Sliced olives are better on a pizza than whole, but either way is good. I suspect that they were left whole so you could see that they were the fancy Kalamata olives instead of the cheaper kind… though, if the pizza place did things even remotely correctly, the flavor should be enough to let you know that. And second that if anything was rolling around, there was a problem with the cheese. ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2017, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/existential-pizza-threat/777079/23 "2017-01-14T16:28:50Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > And yet the republic still stands. For now. In my opinion this olive business puts us right on the brink. ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2017, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/existential-pizza-threat/777079/24 "2017-01-14T16:37:58Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Sliced olives are better on a pizza than whole, but either way is good. I suspect that they were left whole so you could see that they were the fancy Kalamata olives instead of the cheaper kind… though, if the pizza place did things even remotely correctly, the flavor should be enough to let you know that. > > And second that if anything was rolling around, there was a problem with the cheese. I have to admit, the olives were yummy. And the pizza was a sloshy, cheesy mess, which could explain the rolling olives. But no flip-flopping for me. Whole olives on a pizza is just wrong. If I order pineapple, there better not be a whole specimen of the fruit sitting on the pie like it was Carmen Miranda’s hat. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2017, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/existential-pizza-threat/777079/25 "2017-01-14T16:55:27Z")
On traditional American style pizza, I’ve only seen olives sliced. I definitely have seen whole olives on pizza outside the US, and probably in some more Euro-style American pizza joints–I’m having a difficult time remembering exactly where. And I have encountered them with pits, but, as I said above, that is very unusual for pizza generally here in the US. ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2017, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/existential-pizza-threat/777079/26 "2017-01-14T17:00:36Z")
> [@Stratocaster](#): > > If I order pineapple, there better not be a whole specimen of the fruit sitting on the pie like it was Carmen Miranda’s hat. If you think pineapple on your pizza is even remotely acceptable, then you obviously have [bigger problems](http://cdn.foodbeast.com/content/uploads/2015/05/Pineapple-Pizza-Girl.jpg) than whether your olives are sliced. ---
**Author:** ![Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/channing_idaho_banks/32/250_2.png) [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Channing_Idaho_Banks)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2017, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/existential-pizza-threat/777079/27 "2017-01-14T17:04:15Z")
So, you wanted sliced olives that look like 50 eyeballs staring back at you? ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2017, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/existential-pizza-threat/777079/28 "2017-01-14T17:04:48Z")
I like to crush Nicoise or Kalamata olives, extract the pits, and use them whole when I make _pissaladiere_. Yes, _pissaladiere_. Now go ahead and make vicious fun of the name of my delicious, delicious French pizza. > **[Pissaladière](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pissaladi%C3%A8re)** > > Pissaladière (UK: /ˌpɪsælædˈjɛər/, US: /ˌpiːsɑːlɑːdˈjɛər/, French: \[pisaladjɛʁ\]; Niçard: pissaladiera \[pisalaˈdjeɾɔ\] or pissaladina \[pisalaˈdinɔ\]; Ligurian: piscialandrea \[piʃalaŋˈdɾeːa\] or sardenaira) is a dish of flatbread with toppings in the cuisines of Liguria (especially Genoa) and Nice. It is often compared to pizza. The dough is usually a bread dough thicker than that of the classic pizza Margherita, and the traditional topping usually consists of caramelised (almost pu The etymology of ... ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2017, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/existential-pizza-threat/777079/29 "2017-01-14T17:06:05Z")
> [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](#): > > So, you wanted sliced olives that look like 50 eyeballs staring back at you? I like how they seem to follow you around the room. ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2017, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/existential-pizza-threat/777079/30 "2017-01-14T18:55:31Z")
> [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](#): > > If you think pineapple on your pizza is even remotely acceptable, then you obviously have [bigger problems](http://cdn.foodbeast.com/content/uploads/2015/05/Pineapple-Pizza-Girl.jpg) than whether your olives are sliced. Don’t be a hater. Unless it’s for unsliced olives on pizza. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2017, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/existential-pizza-threat/777079/31 "2017-01-14T19:46:38Z")
Hey I like olives. Either sliced, or pitted, or even with the pit in them. But I don’t want to be depitting olives while eating my pizza (or missing one and breaking a toof). Hey, at least you didn’t get a very nasty looking pizza. I think I wrote a thread about the dreaded “vomit pizza” a few years back. The visuals still haunt me. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2017, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/existential-pizza-threat/777079/32 "2017-01-14T20:02:06Z")
One of these days we olive lovers will rise up and crush our enemies. Then EVERY pizza will automatically come with olives. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2017, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/existential-pizza-threat/777079/33 "2017-01-14T20:04:35Z")
> [@foolsguinea](#): > > Green or black? If the pizza eyes are black, it’s because they walked into a door. That’s what they tell the cops if they know what’s good for them. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2017, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/existential-pizza-threat/777079/34 "2017-01-14T20:48:08Z")
> [@Ponch8](#): > > One of these days we olive lovers will rise up and crush our enemies. Then EVERY pizza will automatically come with olives. Keep dreaming…us ollve lovers will just roll over yet again. It’s what we do. ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2017, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/existential-pizza-threat/777079/35 "2017-01-14T21:10:10Z")
> [@Ponch8](#): > > One of these days we olive lovers will rise up and crush our enemies. And it will be known as “The First Pressing.” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2017, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/existential-pizza-threat/777079/36 "2017-01-14T21:19:11Z")
Extra “virgin” indeedy 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2017, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/existential-pizza-threat/777079/37 "2017-01-14T22:07:51Z")
I think we can all agree that olive pits have no place on a pizza. That’s in the same category as spaghetti sauce with unpeeled shrimp, or eggs baked in the shell into a loaf of bread. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2017, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/existential-pizza-threat/777079/38 "2017-01-14T22:27:49Z")
> [@Stratocaster](#): > > Don’t be a hater. Unless it’s for unsliced olives on pizza. “Pizza fan” and “hater” are almost synonymous! Smith’s Law: Everybody doesn’t like something good. (e.g., there are people who don’t like chocolate, or Disneyland, or any kind of seafood.) > [@Chronos](#): > > I think we can all agree that olive pits have no place on a pizza. That’s in the same category as spaghetti sauce with unpeeled shrimp, or eggs baked in the shell into a loaf of bread. I’d be willing to try the spaghetti sauce over shrimp! Sounds pretty good, actually! Olive pits and eggshells…yeah, you’re pretty much on solid ground there! ---
**Author:** ![WildBlueYonder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ce7236/32.png) [@WildBlueYonder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildBlueYonder)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2017, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/existential-pizza-threat/777079/39 "2017-01-16T16:08:19Z")
> [@Stratocaster](#): > > Black, and sliced, thank you. One of my jr high teachers lived down the road from where I grew. They always had green olives on their pizza so I was not willing to try. One time I did after I picked off the olives, it had a tang to the taste…interesting but not willing to try a pizza with them all over the place!! > [@jz78817](#): > > Olives are a crime against humanity. Whole vs. sliced is but a trifle. I agree wholeheartedly! :D:D > [@snfaulkner](#): > > First of all, no pepperoni = not a pizza. > Secondly, olive are an abomination all by themselves. > Thirdly, some other nonsense I can’t remember. What makes a pizza, a pizza with pepperoni??? :dubious::dubious: “Everyone” seems to like them that way but not the only item on it. The only time I like the pepperoni is when mushrooms, onions, green pepper and ham is on it. I can, eat, pizza with only pepperoni upon it, but, I just dont get why “everyone” seems to like the greasy round meat.:eek::eek: Secondly, that one bears worth repeating!! Abomination indeed! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2017, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/existential-pizza-threat/777079/40 "2017-01-16T17:06:40Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > First of all, no pepperoni = not a pizza. > Secondly, olive are an abomination all by themselves. > Thirdly, some other nonsense I can’t remember. Hear! Hear! On all accounts! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/existential-pizza-threat/777079.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/existential-pizza-threat/777079.md?page=3)