Why you hate olives

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Zarf just shared Olives for the Perplexed with me, after I ate an olive at a party on Saturday and was confused as to why I found it complex and delicious when all the olives I have eaten heretofore have been flat and awful.

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[treacle-well.livejournal.com]

Ah. that makes sense.

I also have never liked the ubiquitous black olive. I grew up on the green ones with mush in place of the pits. We always had a jar of them in our fridge (and my folks didn't ever serve martinis, so they were there simply for snacking on). I liked them as a kid, but as an adult, found that I didn't.

However from time to time I have encountered fancier olives, pits intact, and I have tried them. But, haven't liked those either, so now I don't even try.