1 (2 ounce) can black olives, drained and chopped
1 (4 ounce) jar diced pimento peppers, drained
8 green onions, finely chopped
1 pound butter, softened
8 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
4 ounces blue cheese, crumbled
1 cup chopped almonds or other nut
1. In a medium bowl, combine olives, pimentos and green onions; mix well.
2. Combine butter or margarine, cream cheese and blue cheese; stir in olive mixture.
3. Shape into balls or logs and roll in chopped nuts; serve
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Harriet van Horne
Cardamom is the dried, unripened fruit of the perennial Elettaria cardamomum. Enclosed in the fruit pods are tiny, brown, aromatic seeds which are slightly pungent to taste. Cardamom pods are generally green but are also available in bleached white pod form. It is available both in the whole pod and as decorticated seeds with the outer hull removed.