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Green Olive Cream Cheese Spread
Cream Cheese and Green Olive Spread — a mid-20th century Southern staple made with chopped pimento-stuffed olives blended into softened cream cheese. Its exact origin is hard to pinpoint, but it likely rose to prominence during the Depression era due to its frugality and shelf-stable ingredients.
Green Olive Tapenade
The word “Tapenade” comes from the French Provençal word for “capers,” but the recipe is more predominately olive. Olive spreads date back to the Roman period, but the modern Tapenade originated in Provence, France and quickly spread through the Mediterranean.