Last week’s poll asked what you preferred to use pumpkins for (food, decoration or chunkin’) and while I myself love all three, the majority of you picked “food”. Not a surprise I suppose especially with such greatness as pumpkin pie, pumpkin spice shakes, and roasted pumpkin seeds being some fall favorites. But even with all that food goodness, who doesn’t like watching as a pumpkin gets chunked thousands of feet by some crazy contraption?!
Anyway, this week’s poll has to do with another type of food but one that I definitely do not enjoy. In fact, it’s the single food item that I will take the time to pick out of whatever I am eating just so I can avoid its horrendous flavor. Yes, it’s a poll about whether or not you enjoy eating black olives. Now, you might wonder why I would bring up such a poll when there are plenty of other topics I could prompt you with this week. Well, it’s a long story:
Months ago I decided to plan “Ownage Fest 2009″ which would be centered around my lovely wife. After we found out that we were having a baby she told me that she wasn’t going to be having a shower here in Minnesota and this was something that I had to change. So I set about covertly planning this shower with a little help from many people including several here. The surprise would be two-fold:
1. My wife’s sister would arrive on Thursday morning and meet her for lunch. My wife thought she was meeting me but broke down into tears when she saw her sister instead. Awesome. The plan was that any question in her mind about shady dealings that may have been afoot would be eliminated after seeing her sister.
2. On Saturday I would have a bunch of friends get together to have a shower for my wife. It was planned by dawnmarie through her wedding and event planning business Fantastic Affairs. She was helped by several others on the day of the party, namely Mrs. Marcos. The party, from what I’m told, was absolutely awesome and was another total surprise for my wife. As she came into the room, confused as hell due to my awesome cover story, she couldn’t understand why Mrs. Marcos was there already and why the hotel staff was showing us a room that was being used. After it finally dawned on her what was happening (after everyone yelled, “SURPRISE!”) she broke down into tears and gave me a big hug.
Honestly, I could not have done it successfully without the help of dawnmarie’s Fantastic Affairs. She handled everything for me including purchasing, invitations, and rental of the Grand Stay Hotel’s meeting room. At the end all I had to do was get my wife there, pick up the leftovers and presents, and write a check for the total. Highly recommended for those of you that really would prefer someone else do all the work for you!
I would like to again thank each and every person who took time out of their busy schedules to celebrate with my wife and I would also like to personally thank Mr. Larry Werner of Thisweek Newspapers for funding this event for my lovely wife. Each and every single dollar was worth it.
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Anyway, back to the topic at hand: black olives. At the party my wife was given a small can (pictured above) of black olives I assume for some sort of treat at the party. They didn’t have a can opener and knowing how much I loved black olives they ended up in my possession. So, I brought them home but before emptying the can and recycling it, I figured I’d ask what you all thought about them.
Black Olives
- Edible (55.0%, 29 Votes)
- Disgusting (42.0%, 22 Votes)
- N/A (4.0%, 2 Votes)
Total Voters: 53
Loading ...Do you eat the devil’s olives? Why? Some people I know don’t think they have any flavor at all but I can taste them as soon as just the smallest piece gets in my mouth. Do you eat regular olives and if so, which ones of those do you prefer (cheese, garlic, jalapeno, habanero stuffed)? Whatever you have to say about black olives go ahead and comment on and then please be sure to check out our expired polls in the archive or read through the previous posts about polls here.
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November 8th, 2009 at 11:31 am
Black Olives Poll: http://tinyurl.com/yhv4t2x
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November 8th, 2009 at 11:39 am
I love all kinds of olives, green, black, mixed race, yum.
I also had a great time with the ladies yesterday, and it was my pleasure to help out.
November 8th, 2009 at 1:01 pm
Saltiness + fatty goodness = WIN. I can’t see it any other way. It’s like tha bacon of the vegetable world.
Or is it a fruit?
November 8th, 2009 at 2:36 pm
Nothin’ more disgusting than olives. Yuck yuck yuck.
November 8th, 2009 at 3:11 pm
i really like olives. i voted that olives are edible.
November 8th, 2009 at 4:33 pm
I LOVE olives. Any and all olives. One of my favorite appetizers brought to a party is a well decked olive tray. I do prefer them pitted. I do not enjoy eating a salad with an olive that still has it’s pit. My husband hates black olives as well. He goes to great lengths to avoid them. He hates them as much as peas and kidney beans.
November 8th, 2009 at 5:32 pm
I’ve absolutely never understood the purpose of an olive. I can recall them being used by my mother and father, maybe back in the 70’s when they would go over to friend’s homes to pot-luck and drink.
I can recall eating them then, green olives that is. I’ve found no point to searching them out.
November 8th, 2009 at 8:09 pm
(1) “Ownage Fest 2009″: I love that. Good job.
(2) +1 what Greg said.
November 8th, 2009 at 8:41 pm
I’m reserving olives for the next time the cells in my taste buds completely turn over; then I might have the capacity to like them.
I like most foods; I really do. I just don’t understand the appeal of that pungent brininess. Now the hubby, he loves the greeks and the nicoises and the kalamatas and all of those other ickies. I think he even likes the black ones.
November 8th, 2009 at 9:14 pm
Hell yes. I love olives (especially black olives) and I will eat them right out of the jar or can.
November 9th, 2009 at 8:23 am
Black olives are one of those guilty pleasures of mine. I grew up putting on on every finger and eating them off one by one. They are always in my family’s holiday relish tray (along with Milwaukee’s Finest Mini Pickles. I love all olives now… though sometimes morocaan dry olives are a little too much for me, but i think nicoise are my absolute favs.
November 9th, 2009 at 8:45 am
I don’t like black olives at all, and it’s the same thing for me — if they’re in a dish, it ruins it for me. I like other types of olives by themselves, though, and I had some wasabi-stuffed green olives at Martini Blu once that were pretty good.
November 9th, 2009 at 8:52 am
awesomebill, what a coup!! you should be on the good side of the mrs for at least 24 to 48 hours:)
black olives are ok in or on things. pizza, salads any kind of garnishment. but straight up, not likely.
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November 9th, 2009 at 9:36 am
Do you like black olives, why? http://tinyurl.com/yhv4t2x
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November 9th, 2009 at 11:19 am
Black Olives – no – always remind me of AFX racing slot cars tires
November 9th, 2009 at 3:29 pm
Olives from a can – no. Olives from a glass jar – yes. Something about the can seems to add a metallic taste, along the same lines as our heated Miller High Life can vs. High Life bottle debate from this summer (sorry to open up those old wounds :).
November 10th, 2009 at 12:01 pm
Just to be clear – the olives weren’t a prize! They were for the mashed potato bar and when there wasn’t a can opener available they went into the “take home” box!
I love black olives straight out of the can but never ever mixed INTO anything (salads, pizza etc). I’m not a fan of green olives – they taste too bitter for me.
November 15th, 2009 at 9:09 am
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