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, 2 replies)

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)