Loma Linda Sandwich spread

[CyberGuy]

INGREDIENTS:

Water, ripe olives (ripe olives, salt, ferrous gluconate), garbanzo beans, peanut butter (peanuts), tomato puree (tomatoes, citric acid), and soy flour, contains 2% or less of red peppers (sweet red peppers, citric acid), yeast extract, salt, hydrolyzed soy and corn protein, dextrose, onion powder, caramel color, vitamins [niacinamide, calcium pantothenate, vitamin B1 (thiamine mononitrate), vitamin B6 (pyridoxine hydrochloride), vitamin B2 (riboflavin), vitamin B12 (cyanocobalamin)], spices, and celery extract.

Canned ready-to-use spread with minced olives, vegetable proteins, and seasonings. Great for sandwiches and hor d'oeuvres.

Contains soy and peanut ingredients.

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Now not made anymore but good when you can find it.

[Planey]

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CyberGuy said:

ripe olives (ripe olives, salt, ferrous gluconate)

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Ferrous gluconate is added to olives to make them look very black. Apparently this is a peculiarly North American affectation.

It also makes the olives taste particularly metallic (as you would expect) and most true olive aficionados will avoid this chemical like a plague.

A good Greek olive such as a kalamata or (even better) a Spanish olive such as a manzanilla need no stinkin' ferrous gluconate.

Another thought: as this is basically a cosmetic thing, why would you add it to olives you were using to make a spread? The mind boggles.

Graeme

[Derrell M]

I've played around with some ingredients and come up with this.

3 cups cooked garbanzos pureed

1/2 cup chopped cooked artichoke

1/2 cup minced celery

1/4 cup chopped cilantro

1/3 cup chopped Kalamata olives

Juice from one large lemon

3 Tbsp tomato paste

3 Tbsp olive oil

2 cloves crushed garlic

1 tsp onion powder

Salt and pepper to taste

Mix the above ingredients and add freshly ground Asiago cheese if desired. Allow to chill in refrigerator over night. The flavours will mingle nicely.

[Fran]

Where is the Peanut Butter?

[Derrell M]

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Where is the Peanut Butter?

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Well... I tried it with peanut butter, and didn't like it.

[Dr. Shane]

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a Spanish olive such as a manzanilla

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Manzanilla in Spanish means chamomile (like as in tea). Intersting... chamolie olives <img src="/ubbtreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

[Planey]

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Shane said:

Manzanilla in Spanish means chamomile (like as in tea). Intersting... chamolie olives

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manzanilla olive

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A small to medium size olive, produced in Spain and California, that is greenish brown in color and oval shaped. It is brine-cured and has firm textured meat providing a slight almond flavor and may be a little bitter or smoky tasting. Generally pitted, this olive is often stuffed with garlic or pimento. Also known as a Manzanillo or Spanish olive.

Graeme

[Dr. Shane]

Very good. That last letter makes all the difference in Spanish "a" is feminine and "o" is masculine.

puerta means door

puerto means port