To wonder how anyone can like olives?

[Wildlady]

I hate them.

I used to hate them and then I randomly began to crave them (not pregnant)

Olives with garlic and lemon hummus

Then again I am very grown up and to an extent my sense of aste hasn’t changed since I was in my late twenties/early thirties. Don’t like olives. Don’t like tonic water. Like really dislike the taste.

Love lots of other food thought of as adult - and have since I was a child.

I don't care for them, they taste nice on pizza. All my kids loved black olives as small children, one on each finger to eat at parties. But as they got older they aren't so keen.
Also Tonic water is blergh!

I don't like green ones.
Black ones are ok, but my favourite are kalamata (purple).

I love them.

YANBU! couldn't think of a worse food to eat

Not everyone likes all types of food? What a weird thread to start.

We call it 'chatting'.

I'm trying to train myself to like the things, starting two years ago with the ones they dish out on airlines as a 'snack' - I was feeling hearty and holidayish and decided I'd have a go. This was my second taste of them in 60 years. They are a strange thing, to be sure, but not as bad as I was expecting so I'll keep going - don't they say it takes you 50 tastes to really get to like some foods?

I love them,especially if they're stuffed with chillis.

I love them! Especially on pizza with ham, mushroom, mozzarella and artichokes

I love them, so does my 7 year old dd, but my ds' loathe them.

Because gin. Gin and tonic and olives with lemon and garlic, lovely.

I used to hate them but my DS started eating them from age 2 so in the end I started to try them more and now love them

I love them. DD did as a weaning baby, but from about age 2 spits them out like poison.

It's a brilliant thread, my sister and bil can't get their head round I hate olives and every time I visit they try to force them-on me
🤬😡

I love olives but would not wean a baby on them- too much salt. And would not be faffed with cutting them up to avert the choking risk.

Yadnbu yuck!

Used to hate them until tried them in Greek salad and then they slowly grew on me until I loved them.

Green & black olives
Diced cucumber, red onion, and green peppers
Crumbled feta cheese
Generous splosh of olive oil and lots of oregano

Delicious!

I weaned my daughter on olives. I mean only olives. Puréed olives.

Now she’s transcended them and only eats asteroids

Eurghhhh!
They are right up there with pesto in the worlds worst foods😝 slimy rank things. And dipping bread in olive oil, just why?

Marmite is fine though.

I like them, especially with feta cheese. Prefer the black to the green as less bitter.

Yum

" And dipping bread in olive oil, just why? "
because it's tasty ...and healthy..

I used to hate them (but love extra virgin olive oil on a good salad). I now love them. But only from Greece or Italy. I don't really like Spanish olives.

Ha ha its not tasty its oily!😁😁
Will agree to disagree on that.