Would you eat it?

**skaredshtles** · 06-04-2022, 06:56 PM

Originally Posted by Danno

Olive tapenade, been in the fridge for maybe 8 months. Looks, smells, and tastes fine (little nibble). I'm going in. Would you?

Hell no. But mainly because olives are the frooeets of the devil.

**Danno** · 06-04-2022, 07:07 PM

What the fuck is wrong with you?

**abraham** · 06-04-2022, 07:38 PM

Originally Posted by Danno

What the fuck is wrong with you?

Seconded.

I came across this short podcast a few months ago, seems relevant to the thread.

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**skaredshtles** · 06-04-2022, 08:20 PM

Originally Posted by Danno

What the fuck is wrong with you?

Nothing. The problem is the olives. Nasty little shits, those.

**Core Shot** · 06-04-2022, 08:24 PM

Originally Posted by skaredshtles

Nothing. The problem is the olives. Nasty little shits, those.

You’re going to die young. RIP.

Olives are life

**old goat** · 06-04-2022, 10:55 PM

I wouldn't eat it if it was fresh made this morning artisanal from a 5 star olive ranch. And it seems I'm not alone. I know I should like olives. I just don't. But I do love cilantro FWIW.

**Danno** · 06-04-2022, 11:53 PM

I do remember not liking olives. But a roommate would always buy them. I would try one and go "yeah, definitely don't like these". Then I would try another one, and "yeah, don't like these," then try yet another, and "yep, still don't like these" and so on, until I had to admit that while they tasted weird in a way that seemed like I shouldn't like them, I did. A lot.

**Danno** · 06-04-2022, 11:53 PM

Update: so far so good

**liv2ski** · 06-05-2022, 02:13 AM

Originally Posted by Core Shot

You’re going to die young. RIP.

Olives are life

Yup

**skaredshtles** · 06-05-2022, 07:41 AM

Originally Posted by old goat

I know I should like olives. I just don't.

Yep. I'd *like* to like olives... but they're just nasty.

I do like olive oil, though. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

**riser4** · 06-05-2022, 07:49 AM

Olives are amazing. Tart and tangy flavor bombs. The flavorless black olives in the supermarket, those are pointless. It's like someone sucked all the fun out of them.

**riser4** · 06-05-2022, 07:51 AM

Oh, and I'd probably eat the tapenade and die. Because it's tapenade. Not because it might be safe. It probably isn't.

**liv2ski** · 06-05-2022, 08:21 AM

Originally Posted by skaredshtles

Yep. I'd *like* to like olives... but they're just nasty.

I do like olive oil, though. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

You were in Tuscany and did not come to love the olives? Huh....

**BmillsSkier** · 06-05-2022, 08:51 AM

In for the olives. Godspeed, Danno.

**skaredshtles** · 06-05-2022, 09:30 AM

Originally Posted by liv2ski

You were in Tuscany and did not come to love the olives? Huh....

I've been to Tuscany several times and have always avoided the olives.

**JimmyCarter** · 06-05-2022, 09:44 AM

Im pro-oil, but the rest of the olive can fuck right off

Also, maybe:

https://www.mic.com/life/if-you-hate...n-why-16329785

**Rideski** · 06-05-2022, 09:48 AM

I've heard some like green vs black olives, I like them both. Bottled olives in oil last a long time, fresh not as much. Fresh tapinade goes bad in a week, but the jarred might last longer. Good luck.

**Danno** · 06-05-2022, 11:17 AM

Originally Posted by Rideski

. Fresh tapinade goes bad in a week, but the jarred might last longer. Good luck.

And by "a week", you mean "9 months," right?

**BCMtnHound** · 06-05-2022, 05:50 PM

On a somewhat related note, water has been pooling in the bottom of the fridge the past week or so. Pull out the unit, and remove the rear panel. Find the drain tube and try blowing it out. It gurgles a bit. Alright, must be plugged somewhere, so empty the freezer, remove the rear panel and clean under the fins and drain. Take the top half of the fridge shelves out and remove the thermostat and drain/distribution vents. Drain pan definitely needed a clean. Go back around the the drain hose and give another good blow. Out shoots a round mass of fibre and unknowables. Guess after 15yrs or so, all that old freezer and fridge gunk ends up somewhere.

No, didn’t take pics, and definitely didn’t try to eat it.

**old goat** · 06-05-2022, 06:24 PM

I only clean the drain pan when there are dead mice in it. YMMV.

**BmillsSkier** · 06-05-2022, 06:28 PM

But did you eat the mice?

**BCMtnHound** · 06-05-2022, 06:39 PM

Originally Posted by old goat

I only clean the drain pan when there are dead mice in it. YMMV.

Ya, I could have been more clear. The bottom pan at the base of the fridge is all but inaccessible. Try to suck out the dust bunnies when it is dry with the shop vac. The pans I actually needed to clean are at the bottom/back of the freezer, and the one at the top rear of the fridge compartment that connects to the drain hose. No mice up there thankfully.

**old goat** · 06-05-2022, 09:35 PM

Originally Posted by BmillsSkier

But did you eat the mice?

If they're full of rat poison no. But lately I've been using snap traps, so if I get to them when they're still fresh then it depends--they last longer in the winter.

**present tense** · 06-07-2022, 08:31 PM

Had to play a version of would you drink it tonight. Traveling for work, Picked up a sixer of a local IPA and some wings from the Whole Foods hot bar. Got back to hotel and wings are B+, IPA was a D-. Flat, tasteless, just terrible all around and I’m not even picky when it comes to such things, seriously. Attempted to find a born on date and best I could do was May, year unknown. Whole Foods was 0.5 mile away so went over and swapped it out for something fresh - I’ll call it a seven pack. I’m happy now.