Someone Online Asked “What Modern Food Trend Can You Not Wait To Die?” And 35 People Delivered

YES!!! I hate that. I like to look at the menu before going to a restaurant. I don't want to start an order to do that.

Any kind of online form. I want to see what is being asked before I give up my name and email address.

I've seen those....the menu is like 15 drop downs away but the order button is blaring in your face and you have to enter info even before getting to the menu. (I understand the zip code if different branches have different things though).

That, and they want you to create an account! No, I just want to see what's on the menu. I like those restaurant websites where they actually have a selection for the different locations with menu. All I have to do is select that location and, voila! No other info needed.

This. I’d like the prices too pls.

Really love the Jump to Recipe button

This complaint is so old and whiny and wrong that it's actually been banned on the reddit cooking sub. Everyone thinks it's an original complaint, and that they're being funny; "I don't care about your great-aunt Gertie's apple orchard". Har har har. Maybe instead of whining about how tired your poor finger gets scrolling through someone's free website and the content they worked really hard to produce, you could visit one of the literally thousands of recipe sites that aren't blogs or - and hear me out here - buy a cookbook. I don't look at art and complain that it should just be a list of the colors they used.

I looked at an online recipe that looked really good, but I refused to save it. The top and bottom of the site were filled with so many ads that all I could read was about a 2 1/2" strip in the middle of the monitor. In addition, there was the usual junk about how the recipe made the author feel, a video showing how it was made, and even instructions on how to cook it even though they hadn't listed any ingredients yet. I decided I wasn't going to scroll through all that every time I wanted to cook this dish.

While I too hate this, apparently it’s because the recipe authors are required to provide so many words in order to have the recipes posted.

These 'stories' are actually there for a reason. A recipe can't be copyrighted by itself. They are not considered "original works of authorship". So only by including those stories can people prevent big companies from copying their recipe and selling it as part of a book, which would Also give that big company copyright of their recipe.

If I'm at a restaurant and paying for food before I've eaten it, I'm not tipping.

Tell me you live in the USA without saying "I live in the USA."

Minor point but I dislike having my tip calculated to include all the taxes and fees added on. I don't mind tipping for the food prepared & served, but not on convenience fees, processing fees, taxes, etc. The state and/or local meal tax is a great example. It's pretty insulting to have to pay a sizeable meal tax every time I go out, and then have that amount added on to the total bill from which I'm supposed to calculate the tip.

tip for the cook who made your food

They've started asking for tips at our NFL stadium, where prices are already 6 times what they are supposed to be.

I am sooo tired of all the "life hacks" articles in the 'net these days. They are not hacks. They are at best clever ideas.

Some may remember the news column Hints from Heloise, which published tips and ideas from readers. All were offered in a spirit of helpfulness. No one called them hacks because that word had negative connotations (still does). The original Heloise passed and her daughter continued publishing the column. Hints from Heloise archives are still available online. She's still writing!

Brussels Sprout hack. Throw them out and have some 🍰

Right. For something to be a "hack" I'd say that it has to make a task hugely cheaper and/or easier. A minor change that shaves off ten seconds or means I have to clean one fewer bowl when I'm through cooking is just a handy bit of advice.

Pretty much all the "life hacks" I've seen are the younger generations taking credit for c**p we've been doing since we were their age, that we learned from our parents and grandparents, lol

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I recall as long ago as the 1970s that 'pub food' in the UK was usually served in a basket. It was a thing, differentiated pub food from restaurants, usually much more basic. The 'basket' was always lined with greaseproof paper, so did not need washing up like proper plates, so I always assumed this was just to cut down on the need for kitchen space and costs.

Paper is just fine. Fish and chips always seem tastier this way. Annnnd, now I'm hungry

Just skip the gimmickry and serve me tasty food...

I would like my dinner served in a hubcap with shop rag for garnish.

Went to Jamie Oliver's at Gatwick Airport for breakfast, the full English was served in the cast iron pan the breakfast was made in. I thought it was ingenious.

I don't understand this craze. It is vile.