Monday, July 15, 2013

Mediterranean Origanic Black Olives


These olives got a rating of 7 on salt, as well as size. They are a 5 in sweetness,and a 6 in vinegar.They were pleasantly soft, but on the border of being mushy. They were perfectly average, so I have little to say about them except I didn't think that they were like black olives at all. Maybe I'm just used to canned black olives, but these just seemed like kalamata olives to me.

It's a good thing that I've decided to write about things other than the glorious saltiness that is pickles and olives, because I've run out of things to say about this particular olive, and I haven't said much. But I also haven't decided what else I'm going to talk about yet, so I'm just going to derp around and share an few observations of life.

Does anyone else think that it's strange how fast people judge one another? Just from someone's appearance, we judge them. I'm guilty of it too. When I was younger, I met two girls my age at summer camp who wore dark eyeliner, heavy makeup, dark clothes, and hair that went over their eyes. I immediately assumed that we wouldn't get along. Towards the end of the week, I talked to them for some reason, and discovered that wee had a lot in common. I immediately felt bad that I had judged them, and wished that I had gotten to know them more. It struck me that people are very often not what they seem. But yet, it's firmly ingrained into human nature to judge each other. I still wonder how humans ended up with that particular part of our nature. Is it just the human love of making connections, or did it serve some purpose? Please comment on what you think, I'd love to hear what people think.




Monday, July 8, 2013

Goya Cocktail Olives(Pitted Manzanilla Spanish Olives)

 Sorry that I haven't posted in a while. I was traveling when I normally would have posted, and since I was already behind, I got lazy. This olive got a rating of 5 for salt, and a 5 for vinegariness. When eating it, the initial reaction was that it was salty, but then it was unexpectedly sweet afterward. In fact, I would give it a 9 on sweetness. It was sweet and good. I would give it a 7 for size. I would have liked it if they were a bit bigger, because the small size made you want to keep eating them without stopping. Or maybe that's just me. I would give it a quality rating of 9, it was good quality, but it had a few dents and mushy spots on a few olives. It was a firm olive, and pitted. It was an unusual green olive because of it's sweetness. In my experience, manzanilla olives are usually more salty, vinegary, and usually more bitter or sour than black or kalamata olives. I would also like to mention that this olive won an award, it was chef's choice or something like that. It's actually been a while since I ate these, so I don't remember exactly what it was. Overall, I would give these olives a score of 7, a perfectly average score. I have been thinking of adding another part to this blog, but I'm not quite sure what it should be. I would want to base it off one of my other interests. I like anime and manga, quilting, and puzzles. Or I could just put in random thoughts about life that I've been pondering lately. If you have any opinion on what it should be, please comment.