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Olives are delicious, olive oil is ghastly. What's up with that?

Olives - at least as you usually buy them, in brine, often with pepper strips in them - I find delicious. But every person has their own tastes, you can't argue with subjective preferences.

I was a bit of a picky eater when I was younger, but I've become much, much less so over the years - one of the few things I've never come around on is olives. The taste and texture combination just don't work for me

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).

Love them. So much. Nearly every kind. One of the oldest cultivated foods. Die on your hill, or just realize that you have an uncultured palate!

Farther down you say you like pesto, which is like half olive oil. From olives.

Black olives? Yes

Green/Greek olives? Nope!

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

Love them. Especially the green ines. Sometimes i oick up a jar as a mivie snack.

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Like them? I love them!!

Only on pizza

canned olives are disgusting. Real ones you get in the mediterranean are amazing. I also hate the green olives but LOVE kalamata olives

Black canned olives are a totally different beast to eg small green tart ones. I struggle to eat cold green olives by themselves sometimes. Black canned olives are salty beauts with the best texture of all time and I could eat fistfuls of them any time of day or night please

I like black but not green or kalamata.

No, I do not like olives. I can enjoy them in some dishes, but those are few and far between.

Hated every kind, had some actually great ones in Greece, now I can sorta kinda get behind black olives. Greens are still a bit too bitter for my preference.

I love them. I prefer green olives the way we prepare them in my country, to black.

Hate ‘em, but I’m ok with olive oil.

Not everyone can be right about everything.

Personally I do.

Their taste is pretty neutral to me but I end up puking after eating the black ones. Not really sure why.

I do like an olive now and again.

Olives are great! Olive Gardens? Not so much.

I agree with you. Olives are some of the most gross food I know. I will literally gag if I eat them.

I think olives are gross but I like them anyway. Only green olives though - black tastes bad.

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I'm with you. They're gross.

I am a straight up menace when there's a jar of blue cheese olives around.