Olive loaf
 Sliced olive loaf, on a sandwich made from "olive bread" | |
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The term olive loaf can refer to two different food products. Primarily, it is a type of meatloaf or cold cut embedded with pimento-stuffed green olives.[1][2] A secondary meaning is that of olive bread, a bread where the loaf of bread is laced with whole olives.[3]
The luncheon meat often also contains garlic, basil or sweet peppers for additional flavor.[citation needed] Olive loaf is a loaf-type luncheon meat, traditionally cooked in a loaf pan as opposed to a sausage cooked in a casing. Higher-quality olive loaf is primarily beef and pork while less expensive olive loaf contains mostly chicken or turkey.[citation needed] Since most less expensive bologna is made from similar meats, and since many companies now cook olive loaf in sleeves to give it a round appearance, it is a common misconception that olive loaf is a sausage like bologna.[citation needed]
Pimento loaf is similar to olive loaf, the primary difference being that it incorporates pickles in place of the olives.
See also
References
- ^ "Searching for answers to food mysteries". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
- ^ "Processed Meats". Retrieved 1 March 2015.
- ^ Mary Cadogan (1 May 2009). "Asparagus, sundried tomato & olive loaf". BBC Good Food. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
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