It's the garlic, stupid

Interesting exercise. 

I bought some tapenade for after-choir snacks. Though it a bit dear at $6.95 for a half cup jar. 

So I decided to make it myself with the following results (numbers on the right are dollars - the black olives and olive oil are the dearest of the lot):

1	can	6	oz	Black olives		1.43
1/4	bottle	2	oz	Green olives		0.51
2/7	can	2	filets	anchovies		0.58
1/8	bottle	2	tablespoons	capers		0.60
1/4	lemon			juice of		0.27
1/4	cup	2	oz	extra virgin olive oil		1.10
4	cloves	0.25	head	garlic		0.27
6	dashes	0.1	oz	Maggi juice		0.01
					Yields about 15 cups	4.77

At first it was a little flat. And then I remembered the garlic. :-)

 When you do the math it turns out the little jar is 439% more expensive than doing it yourself. 

Maybe I should go into the business of making tapenade...