Olive These

I already loved olives. As a kid the big highlight of holidays like Thanksgiving and Christmas meals for me was those jumbo, canned black olives. Forget the turkey, canned veggies - I did like stuffing too - but I couldn't get enough of those salty olives. What other food could you wear on your fingers?

When I grew up and could buy my own food I bought canned olives until I realized they really don't taste like much. Then I graduated (after run of the mill midwestern grocery stores made them available) to really tasty olives. Kalmata, oil cured, nicoise, and all the others. But I had money to burn then.

Now, I found a tasty, cheap canned olive that is really good. It's Lindsay's Naturals Green Ripe Olives - http://www.lindsayolives.com/our-products/naturals/green-ripe-california.html - They aren't the super salty, bitter green olives that usually come with the tasteless pimento filling. They are mild, buttery, rich and I dare you not to eat the whole can. And they do still look good as nail art.