• Plum@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    Artichoke hearts. Straight from the jar with a fork. Yum.

    Pimento olives, chopped fine and mashed into cream cheese, spread on pumpernickel (bread, bagel, etc).

    Capers can fuck off entirely.

  • YappyMonotheist@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    You just made a list of many of the things I truly hate, food wise, lol. I guess sun-dried tomatoes are okay? 😅

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      5 days ago

      I’m the exact opposite. Sun-dried tomatoes taste stale and plasticky to me. Everything else on the list is fantastico. Where would we be without capers in tartare sauce, or black olives on pizza?

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        Where would we be without black olives on pizza

        We’d have pizza people actually wanted to eat!

        Don’t get me wrong, if you want to keep more pizza for yourself, then olives are a great deterrent and that’s a legit strategy.

        If you want to do a real case study, get only two pizzas and put olives on one, pineapple on the other, and just watch.

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        Have you ever had homegrown sundried cherry tomatoes? I think there’s a huge difference in flavor between good and bad tomatoes

  • HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    3 days ago

    Castelventrano olives, pickled okra

    i had olives stuffed with lemon rind recently and was hooked. Also enjoy olives stuffed with jalapeños.

    I’ve only had it once but theres also pickled watermelon rind

  • LemmyThinkAboutThat@lemmy.myserv.one
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    • Make margaritas and empanadas with the Spanish olives.

    • Make nachos with canned black olives, jalapeños and maybe add the artichoke hearts… maybe.

    • Make chicken piccata with the capers. Yummm! I love capers! 🥰

    • Snack on cornichons; put sliced pickles in a sandwich (DIY chik-fil-a sandwich)

    • Put sauerkraut over kielbasa.

    The sun-dried tomatoes and I do not get along but thanks for asking. Please throw them out.

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    5 days ago

    Pickles are my favorite, especially dill spears. I’ve also enjoyed capers on top of grilled salmon with (I think) a beurre blanc sauce. Kalamata olives on pizza is really good too.

  • Boomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.world
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    Round here we call cornichons “sweet gherkins” and they’re pretty good

    Also: At one point you put black olives on your fingertips for the last time and you didn’t know it.

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    3 days ago

    A nice artichoke heart in oil hits a spot nothing else does, but the versatility of the black olive is hard to beat.

    Sundrieds can also be really good, but you have to know how to use them.

    Jarred red peppers are underrated as a replacement in basically any other place you’d put a red pepper.