olive seeds

[Jack]

I was eating some olives and I almost broke my teeth because there was a whole entire seed inside of one of the olives.

I wonder--if I planted it, would it grow?

[emmline]

Try it.
(If it does, it could outlive you by a couple thousand years.)

[Jack]

Oh...do they really live that long?

[Flyingcursor]

Here you go Cran,

http://www.crfg.org/pubs/ff/olive.html

[Jack]

Here you go Cran,

http://www.crfg.org/pubs/ff/olive.html

Oh...thanks.

It's too cold here to grow them outdoors, but I know somebody who has or has had a grapefruit tree that they grow in a pot and bring in every winter...

[Jeff Stallard]

Whole (unpitted) olives taste so much better than pitted ones. You have good taste my friend! Try some whole queen olives if you really want the good stuff. Most people have never tried whole olives, and yes it can be quite a shock when you bite down on that huge seed.

[Jack]

You have good taste my friend!

*cries tears of happiness*

Nobody has ever told me that before!

*weep, weep*

[MarkB]

Then there is Olive Oyl



The official Popeye home page:

http://www.popeye-n-olive.com/olive.html

MarkB

[Jack]

Then there is Olive Oyl



The official Popeye home page:

http://www.popeye-n-olive.com/olive.html

MarkB

She was anorexic before it was popular.

[Flyingcursor]

Whole (unpitted) olives taste so much better than pitted ones. You have good taste my friend! Try some whole queen olives if you really want the good stuff. Most people have never tried whole olives, and yes it can be quite a shock when you bite down on that huge seed.

Is a "queen olive" a gay olive that dresses flamboyantly?
...Rimshot!

I enjoy all types of olives. My parents would never let me eat a lot when I was a kid so now I'll sit and eat a whole jar in my insatiable lust for olive goodness.

My wife doesn't like any olives so I never get to put them in sauces or stuff. Why oh why am I so tormented?????

[Jack]

I'll sit and eat a whole jar in my insatiable lust for olive goodness.

Me, too.

[missy]

my two boys and I fight over green olives with pits!!

And I've gotten them jars for presents before, too.

Fly - you should have gotten up to Jungle Jim's while you were here - they have an entire olive BAR there! Every type of olive, and flavor, imaginable.
Remind me at Caesar Creek to give you directions to Jungle Jim's.


Missy

[brewerpaul]

Then there is Olive Oyl



The official Popeye home page:

http://www.popeye-n-olive.com/olive.html

MarkB

Extra virgin, no doubt....

Cran-- I doubt the pit would germinate since all edible olives have been cured in one way or another. If you DO get one to germinate, let it grow for a couple of hundred years, then send me some of the wood. It's one of my favorite whistle timbers: smells fabulous when you work it and keeps the aroma for a long time.

[Jack]

Then there is Olive Oyl



The official Popeye home page:

http://www.popeye-n-olive.com/olive.html

MarkB

Extra virgin, no doubt....

Cran-- I doubt the pit would germinate since all edible olives have been cured in one way or another. If you DO get one to germinate, let it grow for a couple of hundred years, then send me some of the wood. It's one of my favorite whistle timbers: smells fabulous when you work it and keeps the aroma for a long time.

Ok, I'll send you the wood.

[Redwolf]

As a fellow fan of the olive, allow me to share with you my favorite...er...pit stop along I-5:

http://www.olivepit.com/

Redwolf