# If you like/love olives, then I offer you one of five kinds. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 24, 2017, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-love-olives-then-i-offer-you-one-of-five-kinds/799699 "2017-10-24T12:08:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2017, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-love-olives-then-i-offer-you-one-of-five-kinds/799699/1 "2017-10-24T12:08:14Z")
If you’re an olive-lover, then great…I am too. And I will buy you a jar of the best kind. The catch? Well, if you’re like me, you know that STUFFED olives are among the best kind ever and can easily open a jar and just stand there, in the kitchen, eating them directly out of said jar, until–oops–where does the time go? It’s like you’ve eaten half of the jar already! So I will buy you a jar of them. But they have to be stuffed and not just with pimentos because that’s regular/average…so it’s boring. I don’t care if it’s what you like or prefer, my offer of buying you a jar only holds if you pick one of these five stuffings (in the poll). Which would you pick? Which, of the five possible stuffings, is your favorite? [Garlic stuffed?](http://www.chromedelivery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/garlic.jpg) [Jalapeno stuffed?](http://www.mezzetta.com/uploads/products/MZ_PRODUCT_JALAPENO-STUFFED-OLIVES_2_1.png) [Blue cheese stuffed?](https://img.thrivemarket.com/store/full/6/3/631723200455-1-1498776367.jpg?w=566&h=566) [Anchovy stuffed?](http://mtjulietmarket.r.worldssl.net/media/catalog/product/cache/1/thumbnail/960x/17f82f742ffe127f42dca9de82fb58b1/a/n/anchovy_stuffed_olives.jpg) [Onion stuffed olives?](http://napoleon-co.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Olives-OnionStuffedOlives6.5.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2017, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-love-olives-then-i-offer-you-one-of-five-kinds/799699/2 "2017-10-24T12:14:46Z")
I _prefer_ my olives nekkid but if you insist, I’ll take garlic please. Everything tastes better with garlic. ---
**Author:** ![MoonMoon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moonmoon/32/2959_2.png) [@MoonMoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoonMoon)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2017, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-love-olives-then-i-offer-you-one-of-five-kinds/799699/3 "2017-10-24T13:24:00Z")
I’d prefer a jar of plain kalamatas, but if you insist, I’ll go with blue cheese. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2017, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-love-olives-then-i-offer-you-one-of-five-kinds/799699/4 "2017-10-24T13:40:13Z")
I, too, prefer nekkid olives, but if I must… probably anchovy. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2017, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-love-olives-then-i-offer-you-one-of-five-kinds/799699/5 "2017-10-24T13:50:14Z")
If they’re going to be stuffed, my preference is for tart green ones stuffed with habanero peppers. I put jalapeño as the closest approx but they aren’t bitey enough. ---
**Author:** ![Plumpudding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Plumpudding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plumpudding)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2017, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-love-olives-then-i-offer-you-one-of-five-kinds/799699/6 "2017-10-24T13:52:49Z")
Why can’t they be stuffed with the pit? Kalamatas please… Voted garlic, but only grudgingly so. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2017, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-love-olives-then-i-offer-you-one-of-five-kinds/799699/7 "2017-10-24T13:54:17Z")
> [@Plumpudding](#): > > Why can’t they be stuffed with the pit? Kalamatas please… Voted garlic, but only grudgingly so. Ditto. Voted blue cheese, but would rather enjoy the olive on its own merits. I’ll just suck the stuffing out before eating it anyway. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2017, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-love-olives-then-i-offer-you-one-of-five-kinds/799699/8 "2017-10-24T14:12:35Z")
If I have to have stuffed, I want habanero stuffed. That way I can use them as the wife’s martini olives. ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blue_blistering_barnacle/32/3386_2.png) [@Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blue_Blistering_Barnacle)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2017, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-love-olives-then-i-offer-you-one-of-five-kinds/799699/9 "2017-10-24T14:14:37Z")
Hate to fight the hypothetical, but my favorites are stuffed with garlic AND jalapeño. But now I want to try blue cheese. And maybe even this anchovy thing. ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2017, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-love-olives-then-i-offer-you-one-of-five-kinds/799699/10 "2017-10-24T14:17:01Z")
Naked castelvetrano please. ---
**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:** [October 24, 2017, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-love-olives-then-i-offer-you-one-of-five-kinds/799699/11 "2017-10-24T14:17:52Z")
Oh, and here I thought this was going to be about types of olives. I was gonna go castelvetranos and manzanillas. As for stuffed olives, I confess, pimento is my favorite, as it just adds a little bit of sweetness without getting in the way of the olive. Second favorite is almond. Beyond that, I don’t really like them stuffed with anything. ETA: Oh, okay. If you’re giving me free olives and I must pick one then… this is a tough one. I guess I’ll go with garlic. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2017, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-love-olives-then-i-offer-you-one-of-five-kinds/799699/12 "2017-10-24T14:27:25Z")
Bleu Cheese for stuffed olives. But otherwise Kalamata, _with_ the pit please. I love just rolling the pit around my mouth for minutes on end. ---
**Author:** ![DrCube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a3d4f5/32.png) [@DrCube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrCube)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2017, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-love-olives-then-i-offer-you-one-of-five-kinds/799699/13 "2017-10-24T14:57:08Z")
Garlic, jalepeno and blue cheese are all good. I went ahead and chose blue cheese in the poll because I just tried those for the first time recently and they were great. The blue cheese tang really complements the olive flavor. My favorites though are the big green queen olives that still have the pit. Now I want to go buy a jar. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2017, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-love-olives-then-i-offer-you-one-of-five-kinds/799699/14 "2017-10-24T15:36:06Z")
I’ve had all five choices. It would be tough to pick between bleu cheese and anchovy, but I’d pick anchovy just because they are less common. ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2017, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-love-olives-then-i-offer-you-one-of-five-kinds/799699/15 "2017-10-24T16:02:20Z")
I misread onion as other and voted for onion. I actually prefer my olives either plain or stuffed with pimento. ---
**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:** [October 24, 2017, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-love-olives-then-i-offer-you-one-of-five-kinds/799699/16 "2017-10-24T17:15:42Z")
I mostly use olives as an ingredient, not on their own, and anything I’m going to put olives into, I’m also going to put garlic into. So I might as well have them stuffed with garlic. ---
**Author:** ![brainstall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@brainstall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brainstall)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2017, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-love-olives-then-i-offer-you-one-of-five-kinds/799699/17 "2017-10-24T17:45:10Z")
Since I already have a jar of garlic stuffed in the fridge, I vote for the blue cheese stuffed, which would have been my first choice anyway. Anchovy and olive? Never seen them or even heard of such a thing. Can someone explain the appeal? ---
**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:** [October 24, 2017, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-love-olives-then-i-offer-you-one-of-five-kinds/799699/18 "2017-10-24T17:51:51Z")
> [@brainstall](#): > > Anchovy and olive? Never seen them or even heard of such a thing. Can someone explain the appeal? Similar appeal to blue cheese: just a blast of umami. Olives + anchovies are a classic pairing (along with capers and garlic) in stuff like puttanesca and tapenade. A blast of salty and savory! ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2017, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-love-olives-then-i-offer-you-one-of-five-kinds/799699/19 "2017-10-24T17:55:38Z")
> [@brainstall](#): > > Anchovy and olive? Never seen them or even heard of such a thing. Can someone explain the appeal? Anchovies and green olives go great together. One of my favorite pizzas has sliced green olives, capers, anchovies, and sausage as toppings and a sweet domenica tomato sauce. Mmmmmmmmm. Now, stuffed olives I’ve had that **Idle** didn’t mention include almond stuffed olives, feta stuffed olives, and a few I can’t think of. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2017, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-love-olives-then-i-offer-you-one-of-five-kinds/799699/20 "2017-10-24T17:55:39Z")
Costco has garlic-jalapeno stuffed olives, which are my favorites, but your polling doo-hickey would only let me choose one or the other, so garlic won. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-love-olives-then-i-offer-you-one-of-five-kinds/799699.md?page=2)