Late-night olive craving denied
So late last night, I got home from work and fed/watered/pottied the dawgs and settled myself down in front of my computers for a little Facebooking and WoW’ing, and all of a sudden I realize that I want OLIVES. All kinds, and lots of ’em.
This isn’t an unusual craving, although I haven’t had it for a while. I usually prefer to eat them with my fingers from a little dish, with a side plate of Carr’s Table Water crackers and some cheese, and sometimes I’ll have this combination as a meal.
But I haven’t been to the grocery store for a while and haven’t bought any olives lately. That’s okay–they’re like a staple. Everybody’s got olives!
I toodle out to the refrigerator and discover that my entire olive stock consists of four pimiento-stuffed Manzanilla and six of those darling little Niçoise olives. They’re darling, and I love them, but I was actually HOPING for about a pound of Kalamata and a whole can of extra large pitted ripe olives. I made do.
And yes, olives are on the shopping list, and yes, I’m actually GOING TO THE STORE TODAY.