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I love olives, but I just starting noticing this in the past couple years. I used to think of them as tasteless salt rings, the parsley of pizza. But now, I am amazed at their variety of sizes, tastes and colors.

Without a scale reference, this could be a lubricated still life with green apple, eggplant and mango.

24 responses to “Olives”

  1. mmmmmm

    I love good olives. I am a sucker for gimmicks too, like Gorgonzola stuffed olives… the nice big fat ones… in a nice martini…

    In your little stack there I think I’d like the big dark speckled ones up front, they look scrumptious.

  2. Very colurful and pretty!! Indeed, from faraway, it looked like syrup coated fruits. They look so plump and delicious! I would love to taste them all!!

    J’aime beaucoup toutes les olives. Les différentes variétés d’olives sont comme l’huile d’olive, toutes différents et intéressantes.

    I love all olives very much. The different olive varieties are like olive oil, all different and interesting.

    Might the speckled ones Oddwick mentions be Calamata?

  3. love the tag "oral lube"….
    at first glance i thought the green apple was dipped in KY.
    😛

  4. In late Autumn, it’s nice to hike up to the old olive groves at the summit of Pleasanton Ridge.

    It’s interesting to try a DIY olive cure. I’ve gotten pretty good results packing fairly ripe ones in salt and a lot of rosemary.

  5. eggplants… maybe prunes?

  6. I love the different varieties of olives, but I’m still happy to gourge myself on good ol’ black olives from a can! I put them on everything.

  7. heh… I always wanted to do a still life in oils

  8. Cool picture!
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  9. Came across my screen this morning…reminded me of your wonderful photo.

    http://www.wikihow.com/Cure-Olives

  10. oooh, that that makes me hungry for olives…. thanks.

  11. great colors
    well seen and composed

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  12. Oh, so clever!

    Sorry for my late response!
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    perfect – you love olives!!
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  16. Thank you for making this beautiful photo available with a Creative Commons license! I used it in an article for KQED QUEST.

  17. I like the way you see things.
    I, too, like olives.
    My favorite variety is called Alfonsos, brined with red wine, they come from Argentina and Chile. Very meaty, very tasty.

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