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Olives are the foundation upon which civilisation was built.

I hated olives when I was a kid, then I grew to love it. Same with ginger. Red beets and celery I will never like though.

This isn’t worth dying over, and olives are great so just relax a little bit.

High quality olives stuffed with jalapeño or feta cheese is chefs kiss.

Kalakaua olives on a salad. Are you kidding me? The best.

Yes. Black, green, stuffed, all of them. Yum

I eat green olives straight out of the can for lunch sometimes.

Olives themselves, meh, but I fucking love olive oil.

Your loss, buddy. Olives taste great and go great on several foods, like pizza, rice, spaghetti, tacos, salad.

Weirdly enough, I didn't like them back when I was small, like up to 10yo or so.

The first time I tried an olive as a kid, I thought I grabbed a grape.

Needless to say, I hate olives.

I like black olives. I don't know about green olives. I haven't had any since I was a kid and they always had pimento in them and I know I don't like the pimento, but I don't remember what the olive itself tastes like.

they are grapes that never learned the grace of god

Love all olives!

Black, sliced olives are something that I really like on pizza and some other savory foods.

I'm less-enthusiastic about green olives. I used to really dislike them as a kid. I'm okay with them now -- I think that as you grow up, your sense of taste becomes weaker and some things that were just overwhelming become more-palatable -- but it's still not a favorite food.

Give me your olives then. I don't mind

Love them. Just the thought of them makes me salivate. Prefer kalamata but green are perfectly fine "daily drivers". Won't touch black ones.

I hate them and agree, my wife loves them and 100% disagrees. She once had her olive privileges rescinded at a local bar.

Even the smell of Olives causes me to gag. I absolutely cannot eat them. Olive oil is fine. But actual olives, no. Doesn't matter if they're old, new, canned, fresh. They're absolutely disgusting. One of the few foods I outright cannot and will not eat.

Black olives are just okay, green are pretty good and kalamata are heavenly.

Maybe the best fruit

I love them. But they can vary significantly in taste, quality, and texture. I definitely like some better than others.

And olive oil is fundamental to cooking. (Though it's often overused and a cheaper oil would be a better choice).

Agreed, and I hate how many olives they tend to put in something.

Olives are gross as a food/garnish. Their oil, though, is not. I will put olive oil, Parmesan, and basil on literally anything, and it comes out delicious.

Olives are amazing. I can buy a jar of it and eat it all in one go.

I don't like the pits on olives, but cut up they are alright.

I'm strange but my favourite pizza topping combo is black olives and pineapple.

I can take 'em or leave 'em. Mushrooms on the other hand can fuck right off.

More olives for meeeee

I will never understand people calling your palate uncultured just because you don't like olives. I am with you on this one though, the taste just is not to my liking.

No, but my oldest son(6) loves them. There used to be an olives stand at the farmer's market near us and we surprised them by bringing a toddler who wanted olives. We let him try a bunch of different kinds. I will eat olives if I'm drunk and someone gives me a slice of pizza that has them, but otherwise they're a no for me.

It's funny you ask. I used to hate them. But over time, I was determined to overcome my food phobias.

I like olives, but not all olives. There's some nasty olives out there.