when I make pasta sauce for dinner party friends, I definitely don't peel the olives in my mouth and spit them into the sauce
even though this method is by far the quickest way of turning whole olives into chopped olives
( cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 18:50, 10 replies)

Why would you peel an olive?

(Kazza , loathing myself so you don't have to, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 21:17, closed)

because they have fucking stones in them
and many people don't like having to fish the pits out when they're eating pasta sauce, grab them from their mouths, and lay them on the side of the plate. Also, whole olives may not be the textural or taste effect that you seek. You're obviously not a chef or you wouldn't have asked the question. Of course, I could buy pre-chopped olives, but I find them both inferior and more expensive
( cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 21:25, closed)

Have you considered buying one of these?


£6.99 from Lakeland...
( ousgg is not seeking approval, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 21:31, closed)

I own one
but if you were to get a stopwatch, and time how long it takes per olive to de-pit them (and these gadgets are not always effective on the harder-fleshed olives), put them on board, chop them, scrape them into the sauce, then wash you knife, depitter and board when you're done, and compare it to the "chew and spit" method, it is far inferior in both time and efficiency, and I think the pre-chewed olives blend better with sauce. It's difficult to replicate this effect.
( cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 21:40, closed)

I'm not a chef no.
Hopefully you're not either, if you're chopping olives with your own teeth.
(Kazza , loathing myself so you don't have to, Sun 18 Sep 2011, 8:40, closed)

Disgusting as this is,
if it keeps him away from knives, it's probably a good thing.
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Sun 18 Sep 2011, 21:46, closed)

once I saw him make pasta with a hammer

(Kazza , loathing myself so you don't have to, Sun 18 Sep 2011, 22:42, closed)

Thank fuck I think olives taste like earwax and will not eat them

(CactusZack Shaved his coin purse on, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 22:55, closed)

under the circumstances, a wise refusal

( cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Sun 18 Sep 2011, 0:50, closed)

It's not the quickest way at all.
It's quicker to tear them apart by hand. Much quicker. Infinitely quicker.

No, I am not a chef but I like to cook. I love olives and actually used to, when younger, removed the stones from the olives on a daily basis by tearing them apart.
(Smysha Tra la la!, Tue 20 Sep 2011, 23:00, closed)