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Carek1230 · 04-20-2006, 03:14 PM

^Nope not at all, and I am sure you are not the only one. If you try them and don't like them that's ok. To each his/her own.

verte76 · 04-28-2006, 07:03 PM

I'm getting ready to go out to eat with my parents. We're going to a place called "The Pita Place". There will be Kalamata olives galore! Yum!

nbcrusader · 04-28-2006, 07:07 PM

Why not Olive Garden?

I just cracked myself up...!

verte76 · 04-28-2006, 09:18 PM

I like the Olive Garden, but I hate standing in line there on Friday night. One night I had to wait an hour for a table. That was not fun. Come to think of it, that is pretty funny.

Carek1230 · 04-29-2006, 04:23 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by verte76
I'm getting ready to go out to eat with my parents. We're going to a place called "The Pita Place". There will be Kalamata olives galore! Yum!

How was it, verte? I am meeting a girlfriend for lunch at the Greek Corner tomorrow, there will be kalamatas for me as well

The Olive Garden?

nbcrusader · 04-29-2006, 11:50 AM

An hour for the Olive Garden! Must be quite the hot spot in town.

verte76 · 04-29-2006, 04:47 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Carek1230

How was it, verte? I am meeting a girlfriend for lunch at the Greek Corner tomorrow, there will be kalamatas for me as well

The Olive Garden?

It was good. I had a chicken pita sandwich, wild rice and of course a salad with huge Kalamata olives.

verte76 · 04-29-2006, 04:48 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by nbcrusader
An hour for the Olive Garden! Must be quite the hot spot in town.

It's one of the most popular restaurants in Birmingham. You've got to get there early to avoid those damn lines.

Carek1230 · 04-29-2006, 10:33 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by verte76

It was good. I had a chicken pita sandwich, wild rice and of course a salad with huge Kalamata olives.

Hmmm I did not realize they had Kalamata's at the Olive Garden. Might have to make a visit to one soon. I have several of them close to my home and office.

verte76 · 04-30-2006, 01:58 PM

I had Kalamata olives at the Pita Stop, not the Olive Garden. I don't remember if the Olive Garden uses Kalamata olives, because I don't believe the Italians do (I could be wrong there, any Italians here can correct me if I'm wrong).

verte76 · 05-20-2006, 11:12 AM

Well, I sure had plenty of olives in Turkey. Olives are eaten for breakfast there, you get olives for appetizers. One thing's for sure, I didn't have to give up olives for two weeks. I had plenty of them.

JanuaryStar · 05-20-2006, 12:32 PM

I love olives...

verte76 · 05-20-2006, 04:48 PM

Olives are the best.

tiny dancer · 05-20-2006, 07:15 PM

Do they have a different taste?

verte76 · 05-20-2006, 08:18 PM

Turkish olives do have a slightly different taste from Kalamata olives. Actually, we had a selection of different kinds of Turkish olives every night. They were all different in taste and texture. They tend to be a bit more bland than Kalamata olives.

the rockin edge · 05-20-2006, 08:21 PM

what colours were they?

Carek1230 · 05-21-2006, 05:51 AM

verte! my olive loving interference friend! you're back! how was the trip? do tell us all about the olives too!

SunBloc · 05-21-2006, 10:46 AM

Mmmm olives!

Did you bring some jars back?

Molly Bloom · 05-21-2006, 02:54 PM

oh i adore olives too

i was in heaven in italy!
i would love to go to turkey
for the olives alone

verte76 · 05-21-2006, 04:16 PM

The olives were both black and green. I didn't bring any back. I did go to the grocery store a few times but I got fruit juice and soda pop, not olives. I didn't like the Turkish olives quite as much as I like Kalamata, which are from Greece. But they were pretty damn good.

04-20-2006, 03:14 PM	#161
Carek1230 Blue Crack Overdose Get me off the internetz! Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: wishing I was somewhere else.... Posts: 125,647 Local Time: 01:18 PM	^Nope not at all, and I am sure you are not the only one. If you try them and don't like them that's ok. To each his/her own. __________________

04-28-2006, 07:03 PM	#162
verte76 Blue Crack Addict Join Date: May 2002 Location: hoping for changes Posts: 23,331 Local Time: 08:18 PM	I'm getting ready to go out to eat with my parents. We're going to a place called "The Pita Place". There will be Kalamata olives galore! Yum! __________________

05-20-2006, 11:12 AM	#171
verte76 Blue Crack Addict Join Date: May 2002 Location: hoping for changes Posts: 23,331 Local Time: 08:18 PM	it's official # Turkish olives Well, I sure had plenty of olives in Turkey. Olives are eaten for breakfast there, you get olives for appetizers. One thing's for sure, I didn't have to give up olives for two weeks. I had plenty of them.

05-20-2006, 07:15 PM	#174
tiny dancer Blue Crack Distributor Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: small town Pennsylvania, USA Posts: 96,451 Local Time: 08:18 PM	Do they have a different taste? __________________ Into the heart of a child...

05-21-2006, 04:16 PM	#180
verte76 Blue Crack Addict Join Date: May 2002 Location: hoping for changes Posts: 23,331 Local Time: 08:18 PM	The olives were both black and green. I didn't bring any back. I did go to the grocery store a few times but I got fruit juice and soda pop, not olives. I didn't like the Turkish olives quite as much as I like Kalamata, which are from Greece. But they were pretty damn good. __________________

04-28-2006, 07:07 PM	#163
nbcrusader Blue Crack Addict Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 22,071 Local Time: 01:18 PM	Why not Olive Garden? I just cracked myself up...!

04-28-2006, 09:18 PM	#164
verte76 Blue Crack Addict Join Date: May 2002 Location: hoping for changes Posts: 23,331 Local Time: 08:18 PM	I like the Olive Garden, but I hate standing in line there on Friday night. One night I had to wait an hour for a table. That was not fun. Come to think of it, that is pretty funny.

04-29-2006, 11:50 AM	#166
nbcrusader Blue Crack Addict Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 22,071 Local Time: 01:18 PM	An hour for the Olive Garden! Must be quite the hot spot in town.

04-30-2006, 01:58 PM	#170
verte76 Blue Crack Addict Join Date: May 2002 Location: hoping for changes Posts: 23,331 Local Time: 08:18 PM	I had Kalamata olives at the Pita Stop, not the Olive Garden. I don't remember if the Olive Garden uses Kalamata olives, because I don't believe the Italians do (I could be wrong there, any Italians here can correct me if I'm wrong).

05-20-2006, 12:32 PM	#172
JanuaryStar Rock n' Roll Doggie FOB Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: World of Dreams Posts: 9,159 Local Time: 10:18 PM	I love olives...

05-20-2006, 04:48 PM	#173
verte76 Blue Crack Addict Join Date: May 2002 Location: hoping for changes Posts: 23,331 Local Time: 08:18 PM	Olives are the best.

05-20-2006, 08:18 PM	#175
verte76 Blue Crack Addict Join Date: May 2002 Location: hoping for changes Posts: 23,331 Local Time: 08:18 PM	Turkish olives do have a slightly different taste from Kalamata olives. Actually, we had a selection of different kinds of Turkish olives every night. They were all different in taste and texture. They tend to be a bit more bland than Kalamata olives.

05-20-2006, 08:21 PM	#176
the rockin edge Blue Crack Addict Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: tomorrow's just an excuse away Posts: 26,816 Local Time: 02:18 PM	what colours were they?

05-21-2006, 05:51 AM	#177
Carek1230 Blue Crack Overdose Get me off the internetz! Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: wishing I was somewhere else.... Posts: 125,647 Local Time: 01:18 PM	verte! my olive loving interference friend! you're back! how was the trip? do tell us all about the olives too!

05-21-2006, 10:46 AM	#178
SunBloc Rock n' Roll Doggie VIP PASS Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 6,174 Local Time: 08:18 AM	Mmmm olives! Did you bring some jars back?

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05-21-2006, 02:54 PM	#179
Molly Bloom New Yorker Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: North of South Posts: 3,047 Local Time: 12:18 PM	oh i adore olives too i was in heaven in italy! i would love to go to turkey for the olives alone