Gingerbread Man on 1/5/2006 at 07:44
Christ I hate olives.
To me they are the WORST grapes ever grown. No matter how many times I try them, my brain and mouth are always expecting a grape... and my nose keeps shouting NO ITS AN OLIVE DONT BE FOOLED but still I bite them and I scream in horror. I do like to use olives in cooking, but fuck me I'll never actually eat another one all by its lonesome for a long while.
The mustard thing I understand too. I used to hate mustard with a passion... but that was before I discovered mustards other than the weirdly yellow kind that looks for all the world like paint. I still don't like that kind much... I prefer honey mustard and regular, coarsely-ground sorts. The Keen's or whatever is just a bit nasty to me still, though I do love it on burgers and hot dogs. Some things have their place, you know?
PigLick on 1/5/2006 at 07:51
Yeh the shit american mustard, yellow like piss, and tastes much the same. Wholegrain or dijon is the only way. On the subject of olives, I have an olive tree in my garden (gift from a friend), anyway its starting to bear fruit, and I know you just cant eat olives straight off the tree, so I did a bit of research. FUCK ME. You gotta soak em in water for SIX WEEKS, changing the water every second day. Then you gotta pickle them in half oil, half white vinegar, for TWO WEEKS.
So, its an 8 WEEK process from when you pick em, to when you can eat them or use them in cooking. Fuck that.
Scots Taffer on 1/5/2006 at 07:52
Olives, jebus, I had a complete 180 on those. For all my life, I've hated them and again, I've tried loads of supposedly "really nice" olives and just yuck. It was like I had let some invading force into my mouth and they just took a salty nasty shit all over my tastebuds.
Then around six months ago, I tried an olive in a tapas bar and for some reason, it was nice. Ever since, the only olives I've found unpalatable have been the pimento stuffed ones. Seriously, I have no idea what happened...
As for mustard, I've only ever really tasted Dijon and I've had it in sauces too, it just unsettles me and I find the taste to be quite repugnant. Anyway, it's all an experience, I'm sure I'll try other kinds in time.
littlek on 1/5/2006 at 14:30
I thought this was about cookoo clocks. Ah well.
Olives. I like 'em. Not the pimento stuffed ones though. I like greek olives and especially those giant green ones stuff with a sliver of jalepeno pepper. It is so very nice in a martini or bloody mary. I did find a jar of imported green olives with the the seed still in it at a discount store once. Oh those were so very good after marinating in my Friday night martini.
And I like Frenches mustard...the nasty american kind you all are ranting about. I like it better than that snobby dijon crumbly brown stuff that you have to use a knife to smear on your food....and whose commericals make you think you are rich. So you buy it. I want to just squirt it on my burger or brat while I eat by the campfire in my back yard. A little yellow paint covers up a multitude of grilling sins.
D'Juhn Keep on 1/5/2006 at 15:28
Quote Posted by Scots_Taffer
As for mustard, I've only ever really tasted Dijon and I've had it in sauces too, it just unsettles me and I find the taste to be quite repugnant. Anyway, it's all an experience, I'm sure I'll try other kinds in time.
Ham and cucumber sandwich with mustard. Colman's, obviously :D
Marecki on 2/5/2006 at 02:22
For the record, I have never brought a cuckoo clock from Switzerland. Ever. Unless you meant "clock on a cuckoo" allow watches too, in which case I do it every time.
And now, back to our regular feature.
Starrfall on 2/5/2006 at 05:05
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olives and mustard make me cry
Ok wussies, I'm going to tell you the same thing I told a mushroom-hating friend who got mushrooms in his omelette: your life would me much easier and more satisfying if you just decided to like eveything.
BE A MAN AND EAT IT YUM
Shug on 2/5/2006 at 05:59
I can tell you spend too much time around GBM cos he says the same shit to me all the time
"be a man, just eat it"
"go on, put it in your mouth"
and I'M NOT HAVING ANY OF IT
Gillie on 2/5/2006 at 13:21
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I know you just cant eat olives straight off the tree, so I did a bit of research. FUCK ME. You gotta soak em in water for SIX WEEKS, changing the water every second day. Then you gotta pickle them in half oil, half white vinegar, for TWO WEEKS.
I was thinking of buying an Olive tree too!. I don't think I will now. Though I expect the tree looks nice. I just love Olive Oil.
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Ham and cucumber sandwich with mustard. Colman's, obviously
A member of my family works at Colman's.I have tried some strange varieties. Including Wholegrain with Beer,which is good. As well as Wholegrain with Chillies. I hate yellow mustard!.
tungsten on 2/5/2006 at 14:15
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I was thinking of buying an Olive tree too!. I don't think I will now. Though I expect the tree looks nice. I just love Olive Oil.
Get one! They're beautiful. And it takes at least one generation until they really carry olives, so do something good for your kids and buy one.
