Black olives

[Deja Q]

Having read the nutritional label for black olives, what are they good for? They contain fat and carbs but have no fiber or anything else of value.

They look gross too...

One can superglue a bunch of them together and then tell everybody... they have a bunch of olives they just superglued. :shrug:

One could squash them and make oil out of them, but what's the point? Squashing grapes to make wine is far more fun...

One could hit them with a baseball bat, but why?

They are not good substitutes for bowling balls.

Put two of them inside a tan hackey sack and you can show all your lonely friends what a pair of gonads from a person who has eczema 'down there' feels like!

[Whoa_Nelly]

1. OK, HT! Back away from the SuperGlue...keep your hands where I can see'em

A bit about black olive nutrional value

(BTW--black olives are mature, ripe green olives)

http://www.shakeoffthesugar.net/article1037.html

A perfect fit for a low carb life-style, olives are loaded with healthy monounsaturates.

<snip>
Health Benefits: The juice of the olive, otherwise known as olive oil, is a delicious source of antioxidants. This oil is monounsaturated, and it has a positive effect on the cholesterol level in our blood streams. Monounsaturated fats are not considered “essential”, but they should be an important part of our diets. These oils act to keep cholesterol from sticking to our artery walls. Not only that, but they help to control blood sugar, a big plus in a controlled carbohydrate diet. After all, when the blood sugar is under control, so is the insulin. And, insulin is a huge factor in our bodies’ storing food as fat.

Olives contain substances that are believed to help us to ward off cancer, polyphenols. Polyphenols give the olive its taste and aroma. One of the polyphenols found in olives is thought to act as an anti-inflammatory.

[Deja Q]

4. Kewl, thanks for the info!

I prefer pheromones, but polyphenols are okay too. :7

[LeftyMom]

2. They make pizza yummy.

As so artichoke hearts. :9

[driver8]

7. They make pizza taste like ca ca...

As do artichoke hearts! :hi:

[mike_c]

3. ripe olives are EXCELLENT....

I love olives. Note the drek that comes in cans, but good cured ripe olives. Yum.

[ScreamingMeemie]

23. I love the drek that comes in cans too!

I love all kinds of olives!!! :bounce:

[JitterbugPerfume]

5. they make potato salad taste yummy

:wtf:

[Aristus]

6. Remember that old question from the movie "Stand By Me"?

If you had to pick just one food, one food only, to eat for the rest of your life, what would it be?

For me: Black olives! :9

[Sugar Smack]

8. They're so pretty!

But I'm not putting one in my mouth. :D

[Deja Q]

12. Yeah, I don't have the liking for them either.

:D

[BreweryYardRat]

9. They taste awesome on pizza.

On their own, they're merely okay.

[BrotherBuzz]

10. Black olives are just oxidized cured green olives

Does that help?

Making wine and olive oil are equally fun. Curing olives is fun to, but damn, it hard to consume to ten gallons of olives a year.

[mzteris]

11. they're grrrrrrrrrrrrreat!

On pizza, baked potates, tacos, bean dip, casseroles, stirfry, pasta, salads, or - just by themselves!

[joneschick]

13. but they're fun!

I used to have a recipe that was sherry marinade for that used several varieties of olives....

[BrotherBuzz]

15. I love that picture

The first time I spied my wife-to-be was in a restaurant where she has olives on all her digits, and the entire party in stitches. I decided then and there, I needed to get to know this mysterious and dignified lady, and as they say, "the rest is history".

[joneschick]

17. that's got to be one of the sweetest stories

I've heard in awhile. Thanks for sharing. :hi:

[Nikia]

14. I never liked balck olives

Stangely, I like olive oil though.

[Dem_4_Life]

16. They are tasty and I think better than green olives. nt

[Goblinmonger]

18. Those look more like kalamata olives in the picture

I'm just saying. And those are WAY more tasty than black olives (which are damn good in their own right).

[yellowdogintexas]

19. I used to hate them, but then I discovered the incredible variety

of olives that exist in the world. Kalamatas, big Italian one, Israeli, picholines, etc.

my grocery has bins of them you can buy bu the ounce and they are wonderful.

[UTUSN]

20. They're not so tart as green olives. But why do they come in CANS

and green olives come in GLASS? (Please, gourmets to whom I'm revealing my crassness in engaging with CANS, please give me a break on this!!!1)

[JVS]

21. The brine of green olives would eat the metal, so no cans for them

The brine of green olives isn't so strong, so cans are ok

[UTUSN]

22. Ah!!1 Thanks for the info. (In "message", it's BLACK, right?) n/t

[JVS]

24. yeah, oops

Black olives have a weaker brine