# Olive/Pimento/Mac and Cheese Loaf. Who buys it? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 19, 2011, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olive-pimento-mac-and-cheese-loaf-who-buys-it/589567 "2011-07-19T12:29:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2011, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olive-pimento-mac-and-cheese-loaf-who-buys-it/589567/1 "2011-07-19T12:29:34Z")
I just went grocery shopping this morning, and as often happens, I got to wondering about ‘loafs’. There are always a few varieties of ‘loaf’ at the deli; Mac and Cheese, Olive, Pimento and Pickle were the three on display this morning. For those who don’t know, this is basically a processed meat product (I imagine like a cheap bologna?) with pieces of whatever in it. Do you buy this? My assumption is that 95% of the people who purchase Olive Loaf at the deli are over the age of 60, thus were around in the 50s when I also imagine this stuff started to come into being. Am I right? Or, are there scores of 20-somethings eating Mac and Cheese Loaf sandwiches on the down low? If you _do_ buy these, what are they like? Is it like, as I said above, bologna with stuff in it? More like ham? What? ---
**Author:** ![Azeotrope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@Azeotrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azeotrope)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2011, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olive-pimento-mac-and-cheese-loaf-who-buys-it/589567/2 "2011-07-19T13:21:45Z")
Age 35, love me some olive or pickle and pimiento loaf (mac & cheese loaf? Never heard of that before, eww) It does, in fact, taste like bologna with bits of whatever in it. ---
**Author:** ![shiftless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@shiftless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shiftless)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2011, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olive-pimento-mac-and-cheese-loaf-who-buys-it/589567/3 "2011-07-19T13:25:54Z")
They still make that stuff? My dad would buy olive loaf all the time when I was a kid (say 40 years ago.) I assume it was cheaper than the roast beef or ham. Tasted like bologna with an occasional bite of olive if memory serves. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2011, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olive-pimento-mac-and-cheese-loaf-who-buys-it/589567/4 "2011-07-19T14:14:01Z")
My wife loves it. And it’s a necessity if you make a tray of cold cuts. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2011, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olive-pimento-mac-and-cheese-loaf-who-buys-it/589567/5 "2011-07-19T15:30:33Z")
Mac and cheese loaf:confused: ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2011, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olive-pimento-mac-and-cheese-loaf-who-buys-it/589567/6 "2011-07-19T15:31:38Z")
Horrible memories of childhood are emerging. Ewwwwww! My mother used to give that crap to us all the time. ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2011, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olive-pimento-mac-and-cheese-loaf-who-buys-it/589567/7 "2011-07-19T15:38:41Z")
I loved olive loaf as a kid (throughout the 80s). Haven’t had it in forever, but I’m not really tempted, either. Don’t think it would taste bad … I just like to assemble my sandwiches in a different way these days. If I go with olives on a sandwich these days, it will normally be in the form of Italian olive salad. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2011, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olive-pimento-mac-and-cheese-loaf-who-buys-it/589567/8 "2011-07-19T15:53:01Z")
I haven’t bought olive loaf in a decade or so, but it was my favorite processed lunchmeat when I was in my 30s. ---
**Author:** ![Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Living_Well_Is_Best_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2011, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olive-pimento-mac-and-cheese-loaf-who-buys-it/589567/9 "2011-07-19T15:55:47Z")
Sounds gross! ---
**Author:** ![Heart\_of\_Dorkness](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4bbf92/32.png) [@Heart\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heart_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2011, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olive-pimento-mac-and-cheese-loaf-who-buys-it/589567/10 "2011-07-19T16:11:49Z")
My first thought upon seeing the title was “people with kids”. When I was a kid, I loved me some olive loaf and [mac and cheese loaf](http://www.google.com/search?q=mac+and+cheese+loaf&hl=en&biw=1024&bih=612&prmd=ivnse&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=eqolTr-nFcnEgQfklKzvBQ&sqi=2&ved=0CFcQsAQ), which is indeed, just like it sounds, the same thing as olive loaf, but with little bits of macaroni and cheese instead of olives. We were usually given a choice of bologna or peanut butter and jelly, so to me, “fancy” loaves were a special treat. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2011, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olive-pimento-mac-and-cheese-loaf-who-buys-it/589567/11 "2011-07-19T16:20:10Z")
As far as I recall, we didn’t have mac’n’cheese loaf when I was a kid. But I used to like olive loaf. It gave me the sense I was getting something extra with my cold cut. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2011, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olive-pimento-mac-and-cheese-loaf-who-buys-it/589567/12 "2011-07-19T17:06:17Z")
My dad used to buy mixed cold cuts on occasion (for his lunchtime sandwiches) and macaroni loaf was usually mixed in there. It wasn’t any more offensive than store-brand bologna to me, but I don’t like bologna. ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2011, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olive-pimento-mac-and-cheese-loaf-who-buys-it/589567/13 "2011-07-19T17:13:41Z")
It’s because Taste hadn’t been invented til about 1982 and the folks that predated the advancement haven’t died out yet: [The Gallery of Regrettable Food](http://www.lileks.com/institute/gallery/) ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2011, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olive-pimento-mac-and-cheese-loaf-who-buys-it/589567/14 "2011-07-19T17:15:19Z")
I buy mac and cheese loaf for my husband’s lunches sometimes at his request. I think he’d like olive or pimento loaf better, but I haven’t been able to find any yet. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2011, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olive-pimento-mac-and-cheese-loaf-who-buys-it/589567/15 "2011-07-19T17:19:37Z")
Moving thread from IMHO to Cafe Society. ---
**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:** [July 19, 2011, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olive-pimento-mac-and-cheese-loaf-who-buys-it/589567/16 "2011-07-19T18:42:16Z")
Pickle and pimento loaf is yummy! Perfect for summer sandwiches. ---
**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:** [July 19, 2011, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olive-pimento-mac-and-cheese-loaf-who-buys-it/589567/17 "2011-07-19T18:52:58Z")
I have a soft spot for all sorts of loaves: pickle, pimento, olive, etc. Never heard of this mac and cheese loaf, though. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2011, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olive-pimento-mac-and-cheese-loaf-who-buys-it/589567/18 "2011-07-19T18:57:33Z")
Why do I get the creepy feeling that olive loaf is the next great hipster thing? That they’re going to be drinking their PBR to wash down olive loaf and Miracle Whip on Wonder Break sandwiches. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2011, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olive-pimento-mac-and-cheese-loaf-who-buys-it/589567/19 "2011-07-19T19:01:02Z")
Love Olive Loaf. But I love green olives in just about anything. Neber had pimento loaf, but I still love pimento cheese spread. Is it at all similar? ---
**Author:** ![antonio107](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2011, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olive-pimento-mac-and-cheese-loaf-who-buys-it/589567/20 "2011-07-19T19:16:40Z")
My grandparents like head cheese, but they’re Hungarian. We had a discussion with the old ladies from my church choir about this a few years back, and they fondly recalled when they were “all the rage at dinner parties” back in the day. But I’ll be damned if I’ll ever eat any. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olive-pimento-mac-and-cheese-loaf-who-buys-it/589567.md?page=2)