Olives?

[Karachi]

do you like olives?

[emkhan]

You brought water in my mouth... Oh yeah we have those green ones our refrigirator.
back home we have black ones ... We call it "Khhona" in our language.

[Karachi]

^ i love olives, I am addicted to them. I also love olive oil. I would bathe in olive oil if given a chance.

[یاسمینه]

I lovee them too, olives stored in olive oil, not in brine. Large, fleshy, necessarily with a stone inside, green or black. Then fragrant olive oil with a distinct taste, piece of bread and meal is ready.

[tor_khan]

Can't beat olives. One reason to go out shopping is when our olive jar gets empty.

[یاسمینه]

I remember Lebanese sandwiches - pita bread, labneh few olives and zatar - the best breakfast. I never liked those sandwiches without olives, too insipid.

Tapenade is probably the only one thning made of olives which I don't like.

[retro]

I go though a large jar of black olives in week and the ones with brine are ok if you rinse the salt water out of them.

[torkham]

olives, zatar, labneh and hot khubz . . . finest foods,
then again i love nokl badami, dates with badam, afghan green kishmish . . .
and iranian noon-sabzi-paneer . . .

[یاسمینه]

^ yeah.... dates stuffed with almonds (I can but them here - from Iran - sooooo delicious - almost crisp skin, very soft inside...) or almonds served in a bowl with ice cubes. I miss the food from Emirates and Lebanon.

[Afghanistan2010]

i love the spicy ,red,orange and green olives...made only by locals in algeria and morocco , our friends family sent us always some from morocco

[Catya Sher]

I had forgotten zatar - it's fabulous. That is civilized eating.
Contrast Syrian / Jordanian / Turkish / Lebanese breakfast described above
with American - ICK ! - bacon and syrupy dunked waffles made of
the pastiest white flour -
which breakfast will turn out spiritually better people ?

I wanted to add that there are the best
ORGANIC Turkish Olives available from a company in Oakland, CA.

They are sold in glass jars, not the former plastic flat containers
of many Turkish olive brands sold in Turkey AND the U.S. which are also loaded with chemicals, preservatives.

These have nothing but
100% Organic Black Olives Edremit type [yummy!]
100 % Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Salt

Such safe olives are fantastic to clean out the liver, where all toxins are stored.
Plus so fresh and delicious.

The company is called Delightfully Turkish
and they also have Organic Turkish Apricots and
Organic Turkish Figs - it's the best bet for all these items.

It can be ordered I am sure from ANY store in the US
at least any Whole Foods or better quality market.

Here is the email address if someone wants to order directly from them:
turcorp@sbcglobal.net

[یاسمینه]

^ I can post you some zatar, green or red

[Catya Sher]

Are you serious or joking?

Definitely I would like some, I haven't even seen it for
so many years. Yum !

Are you in the Middle East, Yasmeenah?
Real fresh zatar would be heavenly.

[یاسمینه]

Are you serious or joking?

Definitely I would like some, I haven't even seen it for
so many years. Yum !

Are you in the Middle East, Yasmeenah?
Real fresh zatar would be heavenly.

Im not joking.
I live in Poland. I know good Lebanese rstaurand & grocery here. It's where I buy zatar. To me the best one is zatar made by Durra (Syrian company) they do red and green. So if you want I can send you, it's not a problem

[emkhan]

Yasmeenah, what is this Zaatar and what is it good for ?