# Olives and anchovies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 26, 2014, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olives-and-anchovies/679763 "2014-01-26T18:17:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2014, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olives-and-anchovies/679763/1 "2014-01-26T18:17:44Z")
that’s what I’ve got, a container of big green olives stuffed with anchovies. I was planning on throwing a few in our salads over the next couple of days, but is there anything else in particular I can make with them? Pasta, maybe? ---
**Author:** ![flaming\_yawn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/cab0a1/32.png) [@flaming\_yawn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flaming_yawn)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2014, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olives-and-anchovies/679763/2 "2014-01-26T18:28:12Z")
chop them mix with cream cheese and use as a spread. ---
**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 26, 2014, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olives-and-anchovies/679763/3 "2014-01-26T18:31:00Z")
Chop 'em up, fry 'em with a bit of red chile peppers (fresh or flakes), garlic, olive oil until fragrant, add some crushed tomatoes and you have a make-shift puttanesca sauce. Add some capers, and you’ve got a pretty legit puttanesca. Also, if you just puree the olives and anchovies with some olive oil, you basically have a type of tapenade. Once again, bonus points if you add capers. Serve spread over crostini/toasted bread. Or, follow **flaming yawn** ’s suggestion of mixing with cream cheese. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2014, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olives-and-anchovies/679763/4 "2014-01-26T19:37:54Z")
Puttanesca sauce, that’s what I was trying to think of. But first, tapenade! Wish I had some cream cheese, maybe tomorrow. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Bill\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_Door)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2014, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olives-and-anchovies/679763/5 "2014-01-26T19:54:38Z")
Martinis. Anchovy stuffed olives really perk up a martini. You’re welcome. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2014, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olives-and-anchovies/679763/6 "2014-01-26T20:10:46Z")
Sounds like the perfect meal… [ul] [li]Martini with anchovy stuffed olive[/li][li]Appetizer of olive and anchovy tapenade[/li][li]Pasts puttanesca[/li][/ul] Man that would be a dinner I’d pay serious cash money for! ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2014, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olives-and-anchovies/679763/7 "2014-01-26T22:04:00Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > Sounds like the perfect meal… > > [ul] > [li]Martini with anchovy stuffed olive[/li][li]Appetizer of olive and anchovy tapenade[/li][li]Pasts puttanesca[/li][/ul] > > Man that would be a dinner I’d pay serious cash money for! Works for me. What time should we be there? ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2014, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olives-and-anchovies/679763/8 "2014-01-27T00:38:42Z")
😛 pretty salty stuff! You can all leave with a liter of Polar seltzer water, your choice of flavor. I may put the olives and anchovies on pizza, with some green peppers. I get so weary of pepperoni-n-sausage I could barf.