olives

brandy · Post by **brandy** » Sun Sep 09, 2012 7:53 pm

Can we eat olives? What kind do you like? (I've never eaten an olive in my life.) Brandy

cjbndtsn · Post by **cjbndtsn** » Sun Sep 09, 2012 7:58 pm

haha yea me either.........so its definately not something I'm concerned about trying now while I'm watching foods and gluten. I've even picked them off pizza(when I could eat it) at restaurants with other folks who wanted them on the pizza.
They just don't even look appealing to me. Never could figure how some folks even put them in their martini!!!!

Zizzle · Post by **Zizzle** » Sun Sep 09, 2012 9:19 pm

I LOVE olives and olive oil. Don't know how I'd manage my MC without them. Try an olive tapenade first, a dip made of ground up olives. Its almost universally liked, including by my picky 5 yr old. Just make sure it doesn't have lots of preservatives or yellow #5. Otherwise large green olives, pimento stuffed and Greek kalamatas are all good starters. Avoid the oil cured olives...they are an acquired taste. Avoid cheese stuffed, of course. Give them a chance. IMHO, they are a good source of fat and salt. just get decent quality ones.

Zizzle · Post by **Zizzle** » Sun Sep 09, 2012 9:21 pm

Although...they are probably considered a high histamine food, and some brands contain sulfites.

Lesley · Post by **Lesley** » Sun Sep 09, 2012 10:11 pm

I'm with Z! I LOVE olives and olive oil. I like cooking with them. One of my favorites is tilapia baked with olives and tomatoes. Tilapia is out now

Polly · Post by **Polly** » Mon Sep 10, 2012 5:30 am

Another olive fan here! I love the olive bars with tons of choices! Olives have saved me many times when I needed a quick, hi-cal, convenient snack.

Just a caution. They can be high-histamine. Mary Beth told me that it was safer to eat the oil-cured ones. I just tried them, and they are quite strong in flavor. But good I think. A few go a long way.

Hugs,

Polly

Gloria · Post by **Gloria** » Mon Sep 10, 2012 5:22 pm

I love olives, but am no longer able to eat them or olive oil. Like Zizzle, I loved eating the tapinade on crackers.

Gloria

carolm · Post by **carolm** » Mon Sep 10, 2012 5:54 pm

Brandy,
As always make sure you read the labels. One day I decided I would try them and every brand I found had some kind of soy in the ingredients so I passed. I doubt I'll go there now since I'm cutting back on histamine foods. I am missing strawberries.

take care,
Carol

Leah · Post by **Leah** » Mon Sep 10, 2012 9:04 pm

Love olives also. Regular canned black ones are the ones most everyone likes. Kids like to put them on their fingers :) The green and kalamata are vinegar based ( like capers). I love them too, but my husband doesn't. If you want to try some, find a olive bar at a gricery store and only buy a few to try. Like some have said, they are high histamine, so now I am wondering if I should not indulge. The antihistamine is working though. I am not getting light headed any more either! yay.

Leah

Gloria · Post by **Gloria** » Mon Sep 10, 2012 9:47 pm

Leah,

I'm glad you're adapting to the antihistimine. Sometimes we just need to get through the transition period. I stopped using strontium for two years because it caused headaches. When I tried it again, I took one pill instead of two, and eased into two pills a day. It worked because I haven't had any headaches this time.

Gloria

MaggieRedwings · Post by **MaggieRedwings** » Mon Sep 24, 2012 11:28 am

Love Olives but they hate me. Just do not seem to be able to digest them fully.

Love, Maggie

Gloria · Post by **Gloria** » Mon Sep 24, 2012 10:00 pm

Welcome back, Maggie!

Gloria

Christine. · Post by **Christine.** » Mon Sep 24, 2012 10:41 pm

I remembered a post of Polly's where she substituted olives for popcorn at the movies. Thats my new movie snack. I love all kinds but my current favorite is a can from Trader Joes of pitted green olives that are very mild...really about half way to he standard canned black olive.
Chris