The title of this article should actually read ‘How To Eat Olives With Pits’ because pit is the correct term, not pip. Olives with the pits removed are called ‘pitted olives’. They are sometimes stuffed with all sorts of tasty things. If you would like to know more about that, here is an article on how stuffed olives are made.

However, olive connoisseurs know that olives with the pit still inside, offer the best experience in terms of taste and texture. But, eating them is no without its challenges. What is the etiquette around eating table olives? How does one dispose of the pit correctly?

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