Comments on: Olives and Beer Don’t Mix http://boakandbailey.com/2009/04/10/olives/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:52:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Jeff http://boakandbailey.com/2009/04/10/olives/#comment-3267 Jeff Sun, 12 Apr 2009 18:49:32 +0000 http://boakandbailey.com/?p=1998#comment-3267 "So, why are they so ubiquitous in British pubs?" Because people like them and not everyone who drinks in pubs drinks beer? “So, why are they so ubiquitous in British pubs?”

Because people like them and not everyone who drinks in pubs drinks beer?

]]> By: Leigh http://boakandbailey.com/2009/04/10/olives/#comment-3266 Leigh Sun, 12 Apr 2009 08:57:30 +0000 http://boakandbailey.com/?p=1998#comment-3266 yeah, it's the gastropub thing, again, isnt it? People in the med eating olives = must be good. Yet people in the med aren't usually supping a pint of beer at the same time. I love olives, but not as a beersnack. Give me bread (unflavoured, home-made) for that any day. Or smoked meat. yeah, it’s the gastropub thing, again, isnt it? People in the med eating olives = must be good. Yet people in the med aren’t usually supping a pint of beer at the same time. I love olives, but not as a beersnack. Give me bread (unflavoured, home-made) for that any day. Or smoked meat.

]]> By: Bailey http://boakandbailey.com/2009/04/10/olives/#comment-3265 Bailey Sat, 11 Apr 2009 10:44:20 +0000 http://boakandbailey.com/?p=1998#comment-3265 Paul -- they're certainly fairly common in London, especially in pubs with any pretensions whatsoever. Our local, which doesn't do food otherwise, has a weird carousel of plastic-packed marinated olives that they probably bought at about the same time as their automatic mulled wine dispenser... Paul — they’re certainly fairly common in London, especially in pubs with any pretensions whatsoever. Our local, which doesn’t do food otherwise, has a weird carousel of plastic-packed marinated olives that they probably bought at about the same time as their automatic mulled wine dispenser…

]]> By: Tandleman http://boakandbailey.com/2009/04/10/olives/#comment-3264 Tandleman Sat, 11 Apr 2009 07:14:05 +0000 http://boakandbailey.com/?p=1998#comment-3264 Paul - Stop drinking in dives mate. When I lived in Liverpool it was sliced pigs belly in malt vinegar. That was in a dive too actually, but they didn't charge you £2.75 for a bowl of 6. Paul – Stop drinking in dives mate. When I lived in Liverpool it was sliced pigs belly in malt vinegar. That was in a dive too actually, but they didn’t charge you £2.75 for a bowl of 6.

]]> By: Dubbel http://boakandbailey.com/2009/04/10/olives/#comment-3263 Dubbel Fri, 10 Apr 2009 22:13:31 +0000 http://boakandbailey.com/?p=1998#comment-3263 I love olives. But never with ale. With lager on holiday, maybe. I love olives. But never with ale. With lager on holiday, maybe.

]]> By: Paul Garrard http://boakandbailey.com/2009/04/10/olives/#comment-3262 Paul Garrard Fri, 10 Apr 2009 21:10:49 +0000 http://boakandbailey.com/?p=1998#comment-3262 ubiquitous? Can't say I've ever noticed them in a pub. I must be drinking in dives! ubiquitous?
Can’t say I’ve ever noticed them in a pub.
I must be drinking in dives!

]]> By: Kake http://boakandbailey.com/2009/04/10/olives/#comment-3261 Kake Fri, 10 Apr 2009 20:07:04 +0000 http://boakandbailey.com/?p=1998#comment-3261 Oh, this is a coincidence, I was out drinking with Ewan yesterday and the conversation (and indeed the consumption) got around to bar snacks. I mentioned <a href="http://community.livejournal.com/snake_soup/109238.html" rel="nofollow">this thread about bar snacks</a> to him, and it also seems relevant here. We were drinking wine rather than beer, but it seemed to me that the chilled radishes we ordered to go with it would also go pretty well with beer. I think the main constraint with pub snacks is that unless you offer things which don't mind hanging around for a while (olives, nuts, crisps, etc) then you will have wastage. Radishes never seem to keep well for more than a few days, at least in my fridge. Oh, this is a coincidence, I was out drinking with Ewan yesterday and the conversation (and indeed the consumption) got around to bar snacks. I mentioned this thread about bar snacks to him, and it also seems relevant here. We were drinking wine rather than beer, but it seemed to me that the chilled radishes we ordered to go with it would also go pretty well with beer.

I think the main constraint with pub snacks is that unless you offer things which don’t mind hanging around for a while (olives, nuts, crisps, etc) then you will have wastage. Radishes never seem to keep well for more than a few days, at least in my fridge.

]]> By: Wilson http://boakandbailey.com/2009/04/10/olives/#comment-3260 Wilson Fri, 10 Apr 2009 18:57:43 +0000 http://boakandbailey.com/?p=1998#comment-3260 Elegance deserves a glass, even in South Dakota;-) Elegance deserves a glass, even in South Dakota;-)

]]> By: Bailey http://boakandbailey.com/2009/04/10/olives/#comment-3259 Bailey Fri, 10 Apr 2009 16:02:09 +0000 http://boakandbailey.com/?p=1998#comment-3259 Does it come in a glass, or do you just pop the olives into the beer can...? Does it come in a glass, or do you just pop the olives into the beer can…?

]]> By: Wilson http://boakandbailey.com/2009/04/10/olives/#comment-3258 Wilson Fri, 10 Apr 2009 15:52:17 +0000 http://boakandbailey.com/?p=1998#comment-3258 Cheap beer + olives = South Dakota Martini, a sentimental favorite from time to time. Cheap beer + olives = South Dakota Martini, a sentimental favorite from time to time.

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