# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2017, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-love-olives-then-i-offer-you-one-of-five-kinds/799699/21 "2017-10-24T18:04:28Z")
If I must, bleu cheese. Add me to the chorus of “I prefer mine unstuffed”. ---
**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, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-love-olives-then-i-offer-you-one-of-five-kinds/799699/22 "2017-10-24T18:14:01Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > 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. OK, I remember now. Harry&David had some huge green olives stuffed with prosciutto and bleu cheese, packed in oil. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2017, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-love-olives-then-i-offer-you-one-of-five-kinds/799699/23 "2017-10-24T18:19:39Z")
I reject your hypothetical and substitute my own. Why yes, thanks, I’m glad “unpitted kalamata” is the very first choice in the poll, since that’s my choice (and the correct choice of any discerning olive lover). I’ll take that entire large jar, please. (All the other choices, as stuffed Spanish olives, are fine. They’re all a distant second place to the real olive.) ---
**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, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-love-olives-then-i-offer-you-one-of-five-kinds/799699/24 "2017-10-24T18:23:01Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Anchovies and green olives go great together. I would say even more so black olives and anchovies, but either way works. ---
**Author:** ![SykoSkotty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@SykoSkotty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SykoSkotty)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2017, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-love-olives-then-i-offer-you-one-of-five-kinds/799699/25 "2017-10-24T19:55:34Z")
Another vote for bleu cheese - and I’ll have a glass of red Zinfandel with it. Wicked combination - absolute perfection. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2017, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-love-olives-then-i-offer-you-one-of-five-kinds/799699/26 "2017-10-24T20:34:29Z")
What are these “jars” you speak of? I prefer Castelvetrano green olives from the deli. Buttery, smooth and large enough to be satisfying. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2017, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-love-olives-then-i-offer-you-one-of-five-kinds/799699/27 "2017-10-24T21:04:36Z")
Although I’ve never tried the anchovy stuffed olives, so I can’t swear I wouldn’t like them better. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2017, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-love-olives-then-i-offer-you-one-of-five-kinds/799699/28 "2017-10-24T21:08:42Z")
> [@MoonMoon](#): > > I’d prefer a jar of plain kalamatas, … > [@gnoitall](#): > > I reject your hypothetical and substitute my own. Why yes, thanks, I’m glad “unpitted kalamata” is the very first choice in the poll, since that’s my choice (and the correct choice of any discerning olive lover). ^ Yep. Kalamatas. No stuffing. Food of the gods. ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2017, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-love-olives-then-i-offer-you-one-of-five-kinds/799699/29 "2017-10-24T21:10:14Z")
I voted Blue Cheese, because I had to choose, but it’s a toss-up with that or Garlic. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2017, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-love-olives-then-i-offer-you-one-of-five-kinds/799699/30 "2017-10-24T21:49:10Z")
Blue cheese, although I like anchovy-stuffed olives quite a bit. One day I thought: I’m a Doper; I should make my own superior anchovy-stuffed olives at home! Bought a big jar of pitted green olives and a can of anchovies, stuffed fish into fruit, and _holy Jesus_ were they disgusting. The store-bought kind are filled with some kind of anchovy purée, and whole anchovies did _not_ substitute well. But hey, don’t take my word for it. Give it a try. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2017, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-love-olives-then-i-offer-you-one-of-five-kinds/799699/31 "2017-10-24T23:58:57Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > Blue cheese, although I like anchovy-stuffed olives quite a bit. > > One day I thought: I’m a Doper; I should make my own superior anchovy-stuffed olives at home! Bought a big jar of pitted green olives and a can of anchovies, stuffed fish into fruit, and _holy Jesus_ were they disgusting. The store-bought kind are filled with some kind of anchovy purée, and whole anchovies did _not_ substitute well. > > But hey, don’t take my word for it. Give it a try. I think the complete opposite is true for bleu cheese stuffed olives. The ones that you buy already stuffed in the jar have allowed the brine to leach the “bleu cheese flavor element” out of them and aren’t NEARLY as good as making them yourself with a good, say Stilton Bleu. Just buy a jar stuffed with pimentos, push the pimentos out with something small, roll fresh bleu cheese into a cylinder with your fingers and stuff them yourself. Best with a dirty martini. Best martini EVER. ---
**Author:** ![Weisshund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ba8739/32.png) [@Weisshund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weisshund)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2017, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-love-olives-then-i-offer-you-one-of-five-kinds/799699/32 "2017-10-25T00:21:28Z")
Oh man, Anchovy stuffed I know you’re not really sending me any, but i enjoyed the idea of them anyways. ---
**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 25, 2017, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-love-olives-then-i-offer-you-one-of-five-kinds/799699/33 "2017-10-25T00:39:27Z")
> [@Plumpudding](#): > > Why can’t they be stuffed with the pit? Kalamatas please… Voted garlic, but only grudgingly so. Because that is the catch/point of this poll “You have to have it stuffed with something if you want olives…so which would you choose?” It’s like threads I’ve made before that were similar to this, like “I will buy you a burger, but it MUST come from a fast food chain” or “I will buy you a burger, but it MUST have a fried egg on it, will you still want it?”. You have to take the catch in order to have the treat that you like. If you don’t want it stuffed with anything, I’d prefer a person just not reply to this topic. ---
**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 25, 2017, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-love-olives-then-i-offer-you-one-of-five-kinds/799699/34 "2017-10-25T00:40:37Z")
So what you’re saying is… “Stuff it.” 😃 ---
**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 25, 2017, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-love-olives-then-i-offer-you-one-of-five-kinds/799699/35 "2017-10-25T00:41:38Z")
> [@Sattua](#): > > Naked castelvetrano please. That wasn’t one of the options, I really only am looking for a choice between the five options I’ve listed. ---
**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2017, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-love-olives-then-i-offer-you-one-of-five-kinds/799699/36 "2017-10-25T00:50:32Z")
Green - Jalapeno Black - Onion ---
**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 25, 2017, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-love-olives-then-i-offer-you-one-of-five-kinds/799699/37 "2017-10-25T00:50:36Z")
> [@Weisshund](#): > > I know you’re not really sending me any, but i enjoyed the idea of them anyways. What? I’ve been watching the mailbox in anticipation.😕 ---
**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:** [October 25, 2017, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-love-olives-then-i-offer-you-one-of-five-kinds/799699/38 "2017-10-25T01:21:13Z")
Anchovy paste stuffed into a green olive makes a transcendental Martini olive. WHAM, salt n’ savory. ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2017, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-love-olives-then-i-offer-you-one-of-five-kinds/799699/39 "2017-10-25T03:11:15Z")
Costco has Garlic/Jalapeño stuffed olives that are great. But, no love for the buttery picholine olive? Pizza - try kalamata, feta, mozzarella and artichoke heart. ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2017, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-love-olives-then-i-offer-you-one-of-five-kinds/799699/40 "2017-10-25T04:11:44Z")
I like both the garlic and jalapeno pretty equally. I never knew there was such a thing as anchovy stuffed. I need to rectify that with some personal experience ASAP [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-love-olives-then-i-offer-you-one-of-five-kinds/799699.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-love-olives-then-i-offer-you-one-of-five-kinds/799699.md?page=3)