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Taste is subjective, and if you still doubt it, just talk to people about whether or not pineapple belongs on pizza. Straight off the bat, you will hear contradictory answers and see just how eager folks are to defend them.
A few weeks ago, Reddit user 1060west-addison made a post on the platform, saying "What is the most controversial food opinion you have?" And it instantly blew up.
As of today, the post has over 20,000 comments, many of which have ignited heated discussions. From cupcakes to beets, continue scrolling to see what things are tearing everyone apart.
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#1
Only vaguely a food opinion, but, there’s no such thing as a “special occasion” food. Like, cakes are often associated with parties. But I’m a grown man and if I want cake because it’s Wednesday I’m gonna go get myself a Wednesday cake.
Noltha 3 years ago
If something requires long preparation (several hours or longer), it is a special occasion food ;)
Arliss Speace 3 years ago
So the witch took her time to fatten up Hansel and Gretel. Does that count?
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Fiat Panda 🇮🇹 3 years ago
I say the same about champagne or a nice bottle of wine and favorite foods. Life is way too short , so many friends and family I have lost this year alone.
Tim 3 years ago
I'd call champagne a special occasion beverage, because you can't just have a glass and cap it back up and put it away. You open that bottle, it better get finished otherwise it's no bueno.
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Cydney Golden 3 years ago
We have to abandon the mindset of good or bad foods. If you basically eat a healthy diet then when you crave a food, go for it. You're less likely to over do it if you know you can anytime.
Spinstapink 3 years ago
there's cake, and then there's fancy cake. Also, there are certain foods that are only made for certain occasions. Nobody wants fruitcake in July.
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#2
Breakfast is an "anytime" kind of food. It doesn't have to be restricted to 5 AM - 1030 AM. Sometimes I like bacon, eggs, hashbrowns and strawberry vanilla crepes at 8:47 PM.
Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago
Yeah. My family often had “breakfast for dinner” nights. We actually had time to eat a full breakfast at that time of day, since we didn’t all have to run out the door to catch the school bus or go to work.
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Mad Dragon 3 years ago (edited)
I go the other way. I don't like traditional breakfast-type food. I will usually have a turkey wrap or a sandwich in the morning.
GirlFriday 3 years ago
You and I are now friends. I had a chicken sandwich at 6:00 am today.
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Fiat Panda 🇮🇹 3 years ago
Mum what’s for dinner……? Breakfast! 🥳 At least once a week in our home. 😊
Bobert Robertson 3 years ago
We eat breakfast for dinner at least once a week, it's great and easy
TheDivineMsM 3 years ago
Eggs and toast are my go to dinner when I can't think of anything else.
#3
Cupcakes with super thick and ornate frosting are fun to look at but rarely tasty
Barbara Kayton 3 years ago
If they don’t have thick, genuine buttercream frosting, they are just sad muffins.
Tezdon Robinson 3 years ago
were thankful that they do have frosting though
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Beck 3 years ago (edited)
When i was a child in the '80's I was allowed a cupcake from the deli every once in a while. They had a cookie monster one that was piled high with buttercream! Score! And then I bit into the cream. It was a large marshmallow covered in frosting. 35 years later I am still mad about it
cheezypanda 3 years ago
Completely agree. It is not made with butter, but with hydrogenated shortening. (Like Crisco) It might be cheap and easy for a bakery to use, but it has no soul or flavor.
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Loki’s Lil Butter Knife 3 years ago
As a kid I used to be able to eat that nasty, gritty store bought frosting 🧁 out of the container with a spoon. I could feel the sugary grit on my teeth. Now the very thought of too much sugary frosting on a cupcake makes my teeth and stomach hurt.
#4
Pineapples. Pizza. Delicious together
Nathaniel 3 years ago (edited)
My hot take. EVERYONE likes pineapple on pizza, those that claim they don't are just being difficult.
TotallyNOTaFox 3 years ago
Here is a crazy concept: Just top the Pizza with stuff you like and ignore what others do. Problem solved! Now about my Peace Nobel prize nomination...
Alditekim 3 years ago
Instead of splitting the difference, can we all agree that banana on pizza is a no-no? With the exception for scaling purpose only.
Stein-Inge Kummeneje 3 years ago
Whaaat? Hell no! Beef, banana, pepperoni and jalapeños. That's how you make a pizza!
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athornedrose 3 years ago
it is delicious. also for a fun sweet/savory combo, order white pizza with pineapple. the garlic and pineapple together are fantastic
#5
Muffins are just cake disguised as breakfast food.
nana theater 3 years ago
I never really thought of muffins as a breakfast thing. Must be an American thing.
Zoe Duddle 3 years ago
Muffins are definitely just cake. I don’t know anyone in the UK who would ever consider them to be for breakfast.
Fierrochase4life 3 years ago
The US has a lot of messed up things, but we can eat cake for breakfast. That's pretty awesome :P
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spirit wolf 3 years ago
A nice oatmeal and blueberry muffin with a hot cup of coffee or tea on a pleasant wednesday morning every now and again isn't too bad...
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Seabeast 3 years ago
They didn't used to be. When I was taught to make them way back in the early 70s, muffins were dense and full of stuff like whole grain flour, bran, and dried fruit. Sometime later - late 70s, early 80s - they became the fluffy sweet cakey things that they've since become.
Celtic Pirate Queen 3 years ago
I let my kids eat leftover peach pie for breakfast & my Mom had a fit. I was like "And WHAT do you always order at IHOP?"
#6
Just because you like hot food, doesn't mean you have to use the absolute hottest sauce you have.
I can handle hot, but prefer medium, where I can enjoy the heat but still actually taste my foods flavour.
Nathaniel 3 years ago
The whole hotter the better macho b******t is ridiculous. SO much heat I cannot taste anything but the heat, and it makes my a**e explode. Why bother eating a dish you cannot taste and your body expels at high speeds?
Seabeast 3 years ago
It took me ages to try Indian food because I once worked with a bunch of Brit rugby players who would to the Taj Mahal for lunch and come back boasting about how hot they had their food. I mistakenly thought that that's what all Indian food was like and was pleasantly surprised to find out I was wrong, some years later.
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Loki’s Lil Butter Knife 3 years ago
I actually want to taste and enjoy my food. I don’t want my lips and throat to feel like Satan’s super picante 🌶 barbecue pit.
Wood Carver 3 years ago (edited)
I met a Caribbean grandma and excellent chef, who said people use hot wrong. Peppers have flavour, that's why you should add them. When you're not getting more flavourful just more heat, you're using it wrong.... thought it was an interesting take. Also I ate at her restaurant regularly because it was never blow your head off hot.
Nikki Sevven 3 years ago
Spot on. If the heat overrides the taste of the dish, what's the point?
ThreeAngryLlamas 3 years ago
When I get a burrito from Quesada, I always ask for medium salsa because it's verde which I prefer, and then I get a habanero pineapple or ghost pepper hot sauce, depending on my mood. The number of times the person preparing it has tried to sell me on a less-spicy sauce because I get medium salsa is much higher than it should be. I can handle loads of spice, but the spiciest option isn't always the tastiest, so I'm not always going to get it.
Sandra Givens 3 years ago
True. My husband made his chili milder for me and added hot sauce for his serving, but even he hated food that was so hot your lips went numb and you couldn't really taste anything.
#7
I honestly don't think rice belongs inside a burrito. Get the carbs from the tortilla and any veggies. Rice is just a useless filler to make the burrito seems fuller than it really is. Also corn tortillas are superior for tacos.
alias D. 3 years ago
Unless it’s some of that brown rice from chipotle’s to me in an American not having rice in some form of acid in a burrito is weird to me
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Wood Carver 3 years ago
I don't understand gatekeeping a wrap.... know what belongs in my wrap, whatever I think is yummy. Besides, I object far more to raw vegetables in a burrito, and lettuce especially as they get soggy and sad, but it belongs in there if you like it, not doesn't belong there because I don't.
BasedWang12.3 3 years ago
I'm gonna hafta say, I don't care how non-traditional it is... I love me some rice in my burrito
Nope 3 years ago
Yes....but but but....you have a different opinion than some other people! This is totally unacceptable (evidently)
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Susan Widomski 3 years ago
When rice outweighs the other stuff, it is just filler. Keep the rice out of my burrito.
Sinkvenice 3 years ago
I'm by no means a burrito aficionado but I do like tomato rice in a burrito, along with black and pinto beans. No lettuce though, I don't like warm soggy lettuce.
Al Christensen 3 years ago
To be fair, a burrito is just about anything rolled in a flour tortilla. But, like pizza, you should have yours however you like it. Yeah, I prefer mine without rice. Lettuce doesn't do it for me either. It goes limp.
Roman Hans 3 years ago
Rice and beans are complimentary and serve as protein in a vegetarian burrito. Plus, rice lightens it up, and cilantro-lime rice adds great flavor. But my main point: are you trying to tell me people make tacos with FLOUR tortillas?
Tim 3 years ago
I have tried many times to enjoy soft corn tortillas. They taste good, but those f*****s just... will... not... stay... together. So, I need to double the tortilla? No. I want to eat the filling, not the smooshed corn. Flour ones stay together, even when you only use one.
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#8
Runny eggs are gross. Your favorite chef's "perfect scrambled eggs" look like vomit.
Becky Samuel 3 years ago (edited)
If your vomit looks like scrambled eggs then you should see a doctor pronto. (Unless you literally just ate a huge plate of scrambled eggs).
Sue From Michigan 3 years ago
Also, can we just stop the "put a fried egg on top of everything" fad now?
Marcel 3 years ago
No, alot of things get better with egg on top. Preferably runny. Bam 2 things people now think are gross, but actually aren't.
Load More Replies... BasedWang12.3 3 years ago
Yeah, I will never understand why people like runny eggs... I know everyone is like GAHH ADD A FRIED EGG... But nah man..... nah.
Maggie Dinzler Shaw 3 years ago
I like my fried eggs with a runny yolk to provide flavor all over my avocado toast.
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Sonnovab Kegeles 3 years ago
It's funny, I don't like runny scrambled eggs, yet love a runny yolk on sunny side up eggs.
Diana Pahule 3 years ago
I'm an adult now and I like runny yolks, but all of the white needs to be cooked. And you need toast, or potatoes to go with the yolk.
Pamela Blue 3 years ago
There's a huge difference between "runny" eggs and "creamy" eggs. I like to add a couple tablespoons of heavy cream to my eggs. That makes them creamy once everything is cooked, NOT runny.
#9
Sushi rolls shouldn’t be so big you have to take more than one bite or else they disintegrate
Donkeywheel 3 years ago
Just eat your sushi, rolls, maki or sashimi in an actual Japanese restaurant : taste before size. Leave the big fake ones to the western fast food chains
v 3 years ago
Yep. We can all go down to the our corner "actual" Japanese restaurant to have some sushi or such because every town has an "actual" Japanese restaurant.
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Becky Samuel 3 years ago
Ikr. Avocado, cream cheese and mayo have no place in sushi. And don't even get me started on covering it with crispy onions or deep frying the roll and covering it with some sort of spicy mayo. What a disgusting mess.
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Seedy Vine 3 years ago
I always try to bite one of those big rolls in half but it just explodes all over me and not in a fun way.
#10
Sticking to the traditional authentic versions of foods is not necessarily better. It’s ok to be creative in cooking and mix things from different cuisines
Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago
Sometimes you have to modify them to suit the tastebuds of the people you’re serving them to. I don’t just mean people who weren’t raised on them, there are also people whose gastrointestinal system is somewhat delicate, and can’t take hot, spicy foods. Or wheat. Or dairy. Or…you get the picture.
Al Christensen 3 years ago
It's your food for your tongue, not for the benefit of hidebound traditionalists.
Wood Carver 3 years ago
Meat goes on fire, salt is ruining it Ock, this is tradition. *bonks with club. How do we get good food if not by experimenting.... hell we used to keep a guy for trying stuff we hadn't tried before in case it killed him.... here dude try this mushroom... nope that one doesn't go in the risotto.
Load More Replies... Tim 3 years ago
I'm of two minds on this kind of topic. One, I love when cuisines are mixed. You want Korean BBQ tacos? Right this way, my friend and God Bless America. Two, it's kind of sad that traditional ways of cooking are dying out. It's similar to dying languages. As we globalize more and more, cultures are vanishing and cooking is one of the biggest ways that they can stay alive, even if just a little.
Con O Cuinn 3 years ago
I put parmesan cheese on ramen noodles, just to insult two cultures at once
gerard julien 2 years ago
it's perfectly ok to be creative but then don't give it the traditional name, call it whatever else you want. Sometimes traditional dishes are sort of the same in different countries and they have different names. In Europe for instance traditional recipes have been around for centuries and when people order them they know exactly what they're gonna get. a bit of respect is all we ask. thank you very much.
Niall Mac Iomera 3 years ago
All those traditional foods broke tradition when they were first invented
ChickyChicky 3 years ago
How do people think food dishes came to be? Just popped suddenly out of one specific region? Food is always about sharing, experimenting, changing it up.
#11
Anything tastes good when you put sugar on it. People who think they like rhubarb are just kidding themselves. No one liked rhubarb. They like sugar.
Edit: rhubarb was capitalized and it doesn't deserve it.
Jihana 3 years ago
I love rhubarb. If I only liked the sugar I'd just eat sugar. I also love the Rhubarb & Rose line from Molton Brown.
Lakota Wolf 3 years ago
I've never tried rhubarb by itself, but have always wanted to try it. I have never heard of people putting sugar on it by itself. I'm going to try it soon now, you've inspired me to get off my heiny and try it for real! :D
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RafCo (he/him) 3 years ago
You are right. Tomatoes plus sugar = ketchup. And Ketchup is an affront to humanity, nature, and all that is holy.
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Pat Bond 3 years ago
Eh! What rubbish is this? You don't necessarily need to add sugar to Rhubarb it's naturally sweet, and bloody delicious especially in a crumble.
Seán Hannan 3 years ago
Most rhubarb crumble contains a metric f*cktonne of sugar... and it is delicious.
Load More Replies... Seabeast 3 years ago
Rhubarb is a culinary mystery. The leaves are toxic, the roots aren't much better. So who decided one day to cut the petioles up into chunks and boil them up with honey or sugar? "Hey, let's try this and see if it either kills us or makes a tasty dessert!"
Ashley Schriber 3 years ago
Just 'cause you enjoy something with sugar doesn't mean you ONLY like the sugar. If that were the case, we'd all just be pouring sugar in our mouths.
Rachel Smith 3 years ago
I don't get this one. You make like rhubarb cake or pie because the sugar and other ingredients mellows out the flavor a little and makes it yummy. Have you ever had straight cinnamon on it's own? It's not pleasant..but guess what you add sugar and other ingredients and it mellows out the flavor and makes it yummy.
Paulina Wu 3 years ago
I love eating rhubarb straight from the plant. all the fun is in its sour taste
PandaGoPanda 3 years ago
Having just ordered 15kg (33lbs) of rhubarb to share with colleagues, I'm now going to stock up on sugar ...
#12
Why are french fries not suitable for breakfast but tater tots are? I should be able to eat whatever I want for breakfast even if it’s not typically a breakfast food because it’s still mostly the same.
Owen Jarvis 3 years ago
All food is food. Food doesn't have a schedule. Eat a curry for breakfast and cereal for dinner. The food doesn't care.
Bad_Wolf 3 years ago
Love this reply. Food just wants to be eaten dammit 😅
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Rachel Smith 3 years ago
Food schedules are a societal construct my dude. Eat anything anytime you want, that is my favorite thing I've learned as an adult.
Wood Carver 3 years ago
I love left over fried rice and an egg for breakfast. Do you, don't let people say no.
Michael Largey 3 years ago
Tater tots are not suitable for breakfast because you could have had hash browns.
Kayjunmoon 3 years ago
I have no idea what a gator tot is but when you are in charge of your own eating schedule, eat what you want.
Susan Reid Smith 3 years ago
A tater tot is a one or two bite size piece of seasoned shredded potato.
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Ashley Schriber 3 years ago
Yeah, I don't get why people complain about wanting to eat breakfast foods for dinner...but not about wanting to eat *anything other than the socially accepted set of breakfast foods* for breakfast. Breakfast is far more restrictive in terms of terms of the foods you're supposed to eat, and you want to keep to those restrictions throughout the day?
#13
The cookie part of the Oreo is better than the stuffing part
Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago
Used to be, but I suspect they swapped out some of the better ingredients for cheaper alternatives. A lot of the snacks I remember from childhood have apparently done that. Almost every time I revisit old favorites, I find them rather tasteless in comparison to the great flavor(s) they used to have. Some even leave my mouth feeling like it’s coated with plastic from whatever they’re using as oil or “butter” now. The cheaper changes are NOT for the better.
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CalicoKitty 3 years ago
Oreos are okay. The biscuit kind of tastes like chocolate and the stuffing is sweet, and that's about it. The chocolate flavour is unremarkable and not very prominent, and the "creme" leaves a sensation that I'm sure has to do with whatever oil they make it with. I prefer the Arnott's version of chocolate-biscuit-creme-sandwich myself.
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Loki’s Lil Butter Knife 3 years ago (edited)
LIES! BLASPHEMY! SLANDER! (In all reality I actually think Oreos are pretty bland. Yes, I know I’m going to cookie hell.)
Taking My Antidepressants 3 years ago
I used to scrape the middle out, eat it, then throw away the cookie...
Tezdon Robinson 3 years ago
you know when you were a kid you were eating the cream instead of the cookie
Diana Pahule 3 years ago
Everything about Oreos is disgusting. Dry chalky cookie, pure sugar and shortening. Blech
#14
Horseradish is amazing and belongs on more than just roast beef
Michael Largey 3 years ago
The eternal question : "Do I want to live long, or do I want to live happy?"
Load More Replies... Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago
Sandwiches, and not just roast beef sandwiches. Brings a bit of tang to some of the more bland meats. Just put it on them sparingly so it doesn’t overwhelm.
Mark Secker 3 years ago
spoiler alert - unless you're in a high end Sushi restaurant in Japan that "wasabi" you'r served or squeeze out of that tube is almost certainly horseradish, so yes it's used on more than roast beef
#15
Mayo on fries. Never realized how controversial it was until I moved to the States
Caro Caro 3 years ago (edited)
YES. A good quality mayo is great on/with fries. *me checking freezer* :D
TotallyNOTaFox 3 years ago
How about putting Ketchup and Mayo together on them? That's quite popular here in Germany
Rob Chapman 3 years ago (edited)
On that note, why is putting ketchup on fries, tater tots or potato wedges perfectly normal, but tell someone you put ketchup on a baked potato and they look at you like you're insane.
Donny Bereznak 3 years ago
Texture of the baked potatoes being fluffy, vs the crunchy outside of fries.
Load More Replies... Nathaniel 3 years ago
Should we introduce brown sauce into the mix? Export it to the colonies?
Pat Bond 3 years ago
HP is better on a bacon buttie for my taste. Mayo with chips is a complete winner, nothing controversial in the slightest. For controversy ask an Italian if they should put cheese (Parmesian) on fish, you will see sparks fly.
Load More Replies... Loki’s Lil Butter Knife 3 years ago
Hey, in parts of Scotland where I’m originally from we put curry sauce on fries 🍟 .
Anjali Jeter 3 years ago
Pretty much a staple in the whole of the UK - I've lived in three of four countries and have visited the other one a few times, and it can be found pretty much everywhere. Though tbh, I prefer what the Midlanders call ''Curry Sauce'' on my chips to what it generally means here in Manchester, where I currently live.
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Johan Barnhoorn 3 years ago
Dutchie here! Fries with mayo are so good but put in some satesauce (pindasaus) with it and you have the best dip ever! According to me though :)
Jan Rosier 3 years ago
Well, think I already replied this before... some people have the nerve to actually call Hellman's mayo. Absolutely no taste ! Belgian mayo is the ticket. Higher on acidity, and consistency as if it came out of a concrete mixer. By the way, don't get me started on the Dutch with their sweet 'frietsaus' (fries-sauce) ;-)
Caro Caro 3 years ago
The Dutch have frietsaus (yuk) but also a great mayo. Brand is Zaanse Mayonaise and it is so delicious.
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#16
Pickle juice is delicious!
Vorknkx 3 years ago (edited)
In the Slavic world, it's known as a potent anti-hangover elixir.
setsuriseikou 3 years ago
Also, if it's homemade and contains no garlic or horseradish, you can make nice cookies with it, just use it instead of water. Yeah, I know, sounds outrageous, but it really works well with the sweetness of cookie dough.
Loki’s Lil Butter Knife 3 years ago
Pickle juice is sometimes given to runners during long distance races to help with cramps.
#17
Cream cheese in sushi is f*****g gross
blobby_grrl 3 years ago (edited)
WHO EVEN DOES THIS GIVE ME THEIR ADDRESS AND I WILL PERSONALLY HIRE MY CAT TO ASSASSINATE THEM (free advertising moment- she works 200 buckaroonies an hour and always gets the job done)
mehoi 3 years ago
I could imagine a crispy salmon skin with cream cheese being tasty as sushi or hand roll..? Or maybe I'm just hungry..?
Aria Whitaker 3 years ago
You would imagine correctly! They often put the cheese in with salmon...and yes, it is VERY tasty. Those here who are knocking it have no idea.
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AJay 3 years ago
I had no idea this is a thing, and I am now super grossed out. Why would someone do this?
No One 3 years ago
I get them like this occasionally, they’re either Philadelphia rolls or bagel rolls. Don’t knock it ‘til you try it.
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Wood Carver 3 years ago
If you can accept salmon in your sushi, stop it with all the other "that's not real sushi"....The Vancouver-based Japanese chef Hidekazu Tojo created the B.C. roll in 1974 when he used salmon skin in place of the traditional anago (salt-water eel), which was difficult to obtain in the West Coast. It's fish on rice not mana of the gods folks.
spirit wolf 3 years ago
Pass on the salmon... forget about it! But ikura on the other hand is the stuff of dreams. My dream atleast.
Load More Replies... Spinstapink 3 years ago (edited)
not true- my bf makes an awesome salmon/cream cheese/dill spread.
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#18
Red velvet is b******t
alias D. 3 years ago
I mean the only reason I like it is because my monkey brain goes BRIGHT COLOR! Must CONSUME!
Load More Replies... Anjali Jeter 3 years ago
There's a baker local to me that makes real-deal, traditional Red Velvet Cake and that is not BS. It's amazing and worlds away from what most people think of when they hear ''Red Velvet.' The fake coloured c**p people claim as ''Red Velvet'' is pure nasty and a complete scam.
Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago
It’s not even a flavor, it’s just chocolate cake with a huge amount of red food coloring. Yuck.
RafCo (he/him) 3 years ago
Traditional red-velvet cakes do not use food coloring. The red colour comes from non-Dutched chocolate. The Dutching process is a process by which chocolate is treated with an alkalizing agent to reduce the natural acidity in the chocolate. This process also has the effect of turning the chocolate from a deep earthy red colour to the brown colour that you are used to seeing. A real red-velvet cake has a light citrus flavour, which comes from the cocoa, not from any added fruit, as does the red colour. The use of coloured devil's food cake is a fairly new invention. The again the difference being that devil's food cake is made from chocolate, whereas red-velvet is made from cocoa. You will note that if you buy real cocoa powder, it will have a red colour to it.
Load More Replies... Dynein 3 years ago
The original red velvet cake is based on a chemical reaction involving cocoa and buttermilk/vinegar. It doesn't include food dye and isn't red so much as a rusty brown. You can find recipes if you include the word "original" in the google search and only consider recipes that call for little to no dye at all (and which fuss a lot about the right type of cocoa and flour and the correct amount of .buttermilk/vinegar). I've been meaning to try it out myself but am not sure of how to get all the ingredients here in Germany.
Jrog 3 years ago (edited)
The real red velvet is amazing. The sour cream added to turn the cocoa pink adds a lot of complex flavors. Unfortunately, it is almost impossible to find these days, killed by the shamless scam "replica" made with red coloring in the dough.
Ripley 3 years ago
It's mostly the correct cocoa that's really hard to find. The acid mix only works with non-Dutch process cocoa, and that seems to be pretty rare these days.
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lara 3 years ago
Most people out of the south do not know how to make a Red Velvet cake. And do not even think about using that cake mix. Red velvet is very tender, has a chocolate base taste, a cream taste, and is very light. I have never had a good Red Velvet out of state nor from a bakery. And most have NO idea about white velvet frosting.
Mickipickie 3 years ago
It only tastes different from chocolate because the food coloring taints the flavor
#19
You can use ground cinnamon in meat dishes 😋
g90814 3 years ago
was gonna post this. gives it a 'bite' without being hot.
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Deborah B 3 years ago
Not too much, but a small amount, I also use a star aniseed and a *tiny* sprinkle of clove powder, especially if I'm doing a lamb or beef stew.
Erica Ventura 3 years ago
Yep, I put cinnamon in my chili all the time. You can't really tell what it is but it adds an additional depth of flavor that is amazing.
Load More Replies... Susan Widomski 3 years ago
Sorry. Cinnamon makes me think of sweet dishes. I don't care for it in savory recipes. There are many other Greek dishes I love.
#20
Roasted marshmallows are only worth eating if they have been fully caught on fire first. Burnt sh’mellows hit different.
Jihana 3 years ago
Even more controversial: I don't like marshmallows at all. They are far too sweet for my taste.
Jackie Nettleton 3 years ago
I hate them for the texture it’s cloying and I can’t understand why people like them
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Barbara Kayton 3 years ago
Eating perfectly golden toasted layer after layer is an art. Setting it on fire 🔥 is just not for me.
Jrog 3 years ago (edited)
Science hat on: That's because the sugar browns, initiating Maillard's reactions in large quantity and combining the carbon and the aminoacids in the food into a lot of tasty, flavorful, wonderful-smelling aromatic molecules. After some time the heat is too much, and the sugar starts caramelizing, breaking down into other carbon compounds, giving off the characteristic smell and turning the aromatic molecules into other less-chemically-complex-but-more-in-your-face-flavor stuff.
Beck 3 years ago
Scorched marshmallow that is runny on the inside with cold chocolate and graham crackers make the PERFECT SMORE
Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago (edited)
Though I do admit that I like a bit of char on my roasted marshmallows, burnt to a crisp is too much for me.
Deidre Lippnik 3 years ago
I refuse to eat smore flavored things cause the marshmellow isnt toasted. Its b******t
#21
Circus Peanuts and Candy Corn are NOT food and are completely repulsive!......
Aria Whitaker 3 years ago
These terrible, no-good abominations..... Marshmallo...91cac8.jpg 
Michelle A 3 years ago
All rejected, neglected, and abandoned candy corn are welcome! Circus peanuts bleh!
Susan Widomski 3 years ago
The tastes are reminiscent of childhood. That is the only fondness I have for them, childhood memories.
Mickipickie 3 years ago
And if circus peanuts aren't food, the we can finally get rid of Lucky Charms cereal. Because the marshmallows are really just chopped up circus peanuts!
#22
Vanilla is the best flavor of ice cream.
Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago
Sometimes, yes. Sometimes, no. Though it IS a good base to add other flavors to, or to add to another food, like pie.
Al Christensen 3 years ago
Yes, there's some really good vanilla ice cream and a whole lot of bland "vanilla" ice cream which I suspect is just unflavored.
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John Dilligaf 3 years ago
edit : *good* vanilla ice cream is best flavor . Unfortunately there's a a lot of bland, poorly flavored "vanilla" out there
Hippopotamuses 3 years ago
When I was a kid, we called vanilla ice cream, plain ice cream. I didn’t even know it was a flavour until I was about 10.
#23
I love beets because they taste like how dirt smells
Lucinda Speer 3 years ago
... and patchouli oil smells like dirt smell, too.
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madbakes 3 years ago
I've seen this before, and I just don't understand. I love roasting beets, and I scrub them thoroughly. I never smell or taste dirt (though to be fair I have a terrible sense of smell)
Starbelly Eleven 3 years ago
They're light and sweet! I think people are smelling the actual dirt on the outside of an unwashed beet and not eating them and saying they taste like dirt. They are excellent with goat cheese, balsamic drizzle, and a bit of z'atar and pistachios sprinkled on.
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Philly Bob Squires 3 years ago
When I was a pup I would ask my Mom for "dirt beets" meaning whole fresh beets!
#24
Truffles are overrated. They are used on everything as a buzz word and generally don’t even need to be there to begin with.
Owen Jarvis 3 years ago
They are usually added so sparingly, that I'm still not sure I know what a truffle tastes like. I would quite like to eat a whole one, just to find out.
Rachel Smith 3 years ago
Get a truffle and find out. Or get some truffle oil which is probably much more affordable. They have a very strong earthy flavor, usually you want to shave it onto whatever you are eating with it. The reason not a lot is used in dishes is because the flavor is very strong.
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Martin Burley 3 years ago
So, truffles are good because they taste earthy, but beetroot is bad because it tastes earthy?
Fiat Panda 🇮🇹 3 years ago
Personally I don’t like black truffles, really over powering smell that hits you when you walk in to a restaurant. The white truffles though are delicious, completely different. Shaved over a couple of poached eggs! Yum!
Loki’s Lil Butter Knife 3 years ago
I truly wish that I could enjoy truffles but the scent makes me physically ill.
Celtic Pirate Queen 3 years ago
I agree. I have no idea why people think they're so great. They totally ruined a perfectly good cheeseburger.
#25
Bananas do NOT go in fruit salad!
The texture does not match the rest of the fruit, and the mush ruins it
TheAquarius1978 3 years ago
Wrong, bananas are a MUST on fruit salad, their texture os no different than grapes or kiwi, and the flavor they give its amazing.
LandAhoy 3 years ago
Bananas are slimy and mushy. Kiwis and grapes are juicy, bursting with juice. You can't juice a banana. Completely different texture. I like the flavour of banana but not the texture, its like vomit . Anyone agree?
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Bored Retsuko 3 years ago
I thought having different textures in one dish (dessert) was a good thing. Am I weird?
Jihana 3 years ago
The acid in the juices from the other fruits keeps the bananas (and apples) from getting brown.
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Tiny Dancer 3 years ago
All fruit is welcome in my fruit salad. Now, let's talk about that lettuce, ewww! A bowl with whatever fruit I have available all chopped up is fruit salad. Anything loaded on a bed of lettuce is simply a salad.
RafCo (he/him) 3 years ago
Americans and Europeans only ever get one kind of banana, and it's a clone. You are missing so much diversity of fruit. But I would agree, fruit in general in Europe and the US/Canada are without flavour. Most of it has been frozen and shipped and when you get it its just terrible. I tried buying a Mango in the US and it was bitter. I also find that greens and meat in the US also lack a lot of flavour. Not so much in Europe, very good greens and meats. I think this is why Americans have to put sauce and melted cheese on everything, otherwise there is no taste.
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Unless it is a very good steak, burgers are better.
Susan Widomski 3 years ago
A well cooked steak (to your liking) is wonderful. A burger - you get to top it with all your favorite stuff. Two different experiences.
Al Christensen 3 years ago (edited)
I've fallen out of love with steak. There are so many tastier options.
René Sauer 3 years ago
then it must be a pretty good professional burger. because fast food burger are vile...
Randolph Croft 3 years ago
I have made burgers out of tenderloin. Kobe tenderloin. We made 'sliders' which are about ⅓ the size of an average burger. I figured out the cost of each, just for laughs, and they would have cost about $23US each. Cost. We'd sell them at $40. It was a special party and they asked me to do the 'burgers'. So I FAFO that they were cool, tasty, tender, well seasoned, everyone loved 'em but I will NEVER do that again.
#27
too much cheese on/in food stops being enjoyable
Aunt Riarch 3 years ago
Who are these savages Caro Caro? (Clutches pearls. Also clutches cheese)
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Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago (edited)
Depends on the type of cheese and what it’s being put on/in.
Philly Bob Squires 3 years ago
No such thing as too much cheese. It's right up there with "leftover wine!" LOL!
#28
Bacon is fine, but is vastly over appreciated. It’s salted meat. Chill out everyone.
The Other Guest 3 years ago
:::Kronk's shoulder angel voice::: No, no, they've got a point.
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Indosidius 3 years ago
In the past we had Johnny Cash, Bob Hope and Steve Jobs. Now we have no Cash, no hope and no jobs. Kevin Bacon better be immortal.
Marleinah Smith 3 years ago
No, there's the smoke...that gives it the bacon flavour we love so much.
Niki 3 years ago
Bacon is a known carcinogen. I hate that it's so glorified when we KNOW it is causing cancer. (And before anyone starts typing "Everything causes cancer so we might as well eat it," no, everything does NOT and eating correctly helps prevent it.)
Michael Largey 3 years ago
Very true. Doctors say that every piece of bacon you eat takes 9 minutes out of your life. Based on that, I died in 1732.
Load More Replies... Tim Douglass 3 years ago
I love the whole "bacon goes on everything" culture, since it was created as an advertising campaign to overcome declining bacon sales when people realized it was tremendously unhealthy. Everyone thinks loving bacon is hip and pop-culture, but it's really just Madison Avenue at its finest.
Captain Panda 3 years ago
FIRED for even thinking it's not what it is. And what is it? It's AMAZING!!!
#29
Most British food is awful, like terrible, yet nobody will admit it.
EDIT: A lot of people seem to think I’m not British. I am. Whenever I eat out, it’s foreign food for this guy. Keep your Sunday dinners to yourself.
Aunt Riarch 3 years ago
Not sure what kind of British food you are talking about, but I pity you
Loki’s Lil Butter Knife 3 years ago
Nothing beats an expertly made Shepherd's pie.
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Patrick Linnen 3 years ago
The more I read about English cooking ( recipes, their history, and the history of the cuisine itself), the more I am convinced that the dreariness is the result of post-war rationing. There are plenty of very tasty English recipes. People get surprised when I tell them the meal they liked was English cuisine.
Julie 3 years ago
Interesting. I definitely know I didn't try enough English food while I was there, but I didn't know what to look for or where to go. Sadly we ended up eating from American chains mostly except for a Chinese restaurant in London and when I made gumbo for my friends from there.
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Emma S 3 years ago (edited)
I know I'm biased being a Brit but i think the rest of the world judges British food too harshly. Sticky toffee pudding, jam poly poly, spotted d**k, shepherds pie, tikka masala, Yorkshire puddings, fish and chips with mushy peas. Nothing better than a full English or proper Sunday roast. 😋
Susan Stewart 3 years ago
I visited my sister in England, and had nothing but tasty food .... not sure where you have been eating?????
Pat Bond 3 years ago
Eh? This person is talking s**t. Would be interesting to see the menu in their local pub, it must be food from everywhere else but the UK. What a numpty.
Pamela Blue 3 years ago
Then you must live with a bad cook. A great deal of British food is very tasty.
Donkey boi 3 years ago
Before the war, Great Brittan was the top of the food chain. Unfortunately, rationing had a huge effect on the British public forcing people to create simple but nutritious meals. The Boomers grew up on that food and when they tried to get experimental, they got carried away it went terribly wrong (Looking at you 1970's!!!). The age of convenience followed and those boomers fed their kids pretty much solely out of the freezer (Glad I grew up in rural Ireland), creating a generation that didn't have a fecking clue how to cook. Now almost all of the UK think that "British food" consists of cottage pie, fish & chips and a Sunday roast! But historically, some are so liked that another nation will adopt it as their own....
Donkey boi 3 years ago
You know the saying "As American as Apple Pie"? Whelp, it's British. What about a nice Italian Lasagne? Sorry, but that's also British, the Italians only added tomato to a British dish. Fancy an Indian? Balti & Tikka Masala invented in Brittan, by a Brit (Granted with a massive Bangladeshi influence). What about a slice of Madeira cake? Surely that comes from the island of Madeira? No, again British! The list goes on........... Although..... sadly it has not grown much in recent years. But with a renewed effort and huge multi-cultural society to draw from things could improve.
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Canned fish is awesome! Not just sardines and anchovies but you can get all kinds of fish in cans, even stuff like clams and even squid! And if you prefer food without too many additives or processing, look at the back of the can, it typically says something like "ingredients: fish, salt, some sort of oil (veg or sunflower or something) and with some, the processing is so minimal the fish is just cooked in the can after sealing during the pasturization process. Try kipper snacks, they kinda have a smokey bacon taste. Fantastic treat/snack
Owen Jarvis 3 years ago (edited)
Kippers are amazing. Add a little butter and Mmmmm. Also, canned mackeral fillets in tomato sauce are perfect on toast. It doesn't sound good, but it is extremely good.
Some Cool Guy 3 years ago
John West natural kippers on toast is one of my go to meals. Simple, tasty and oily fish good
Load More Replies... Loki’s Lil Butter Knife 3 years ago
When I used to work and live in Spain the quality of the canned tuna and fish was wonderful. It came packed in this lovely olive oil that would sometimes be infused with fresh peppers or crushed tomatoes. I miss it so much in the UK and the US.
Roland Gosselin 3 years ago
Also try canned smoked cod liver. It's delicious on toast with some salt, pepper and lemon.
Daniel Atkins 3 years ago
Every time I see or hear Kippers I think of the Fawty Towers episode "The Kipper and the Corpse" What a classic.
#31
I don’t enjoy eating 3 times a day, it’s a chore.
Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago
Then don’t. Follow what your body says, not the arbitrary rules others impose on you. As long as you’re well nourished and healthy, who TF cares if you only eat once a day?
Owen Jarvis 3 years ago (edited)
I usually have two meals a day and snack in between. It works for me. :] Healthy-ish snacks.
Bunzilla 3 years ago
More frequent, smaller meals are actually better for you than fewer, larger meals.
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#32
I love to eat lemons the way that most people eat oranges. People act like that’s crazy, but it’s normal to eat citrus and normal to enjoy sour candy, so why not also eat a sour citrus?
BlackestDawn 3 years ago
Maybe I've "destroyed" my mouth in this regard but yeah, sour candies hardly ever fell sour to me. Mostly it's when they have a sour powder in them since I get a much bigger amount at a time when it "hits".
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kit cat chunky 3 years ago
lemons are actually really tasty if u cant handle the sour just put some sugar on it
Roland Gosselin 3 years ago
Same with very mild onions, white or red. Bite into them like an apple!
#33
I legitimately think Diet Coke has a better flavor than regular.
I don't drink the diet versions of any other drinks, but for whatever reason I just think Diet Coke has a better taste!
Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago
That’s why I usually only have it as a treat once in a while. But I disagree about Diet Coke. The artificial sugar gives me a headache.
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Boris Long-Johnson 3 years ago
I think it’s the “new coke” recipe where as coke is “old coke”. But may be wrong.
#34
Chicken and fries require absolutely no sauce/ ketchup, if the chicken is juicy enough and the fries are cooked well, why add stuff to take the taste away? So pointless
Benita Valdez 3 years ago
Big thing for me is the oil. Alot of places overuse the oil and it taints the food flavor and gives it an aftertaste to me. I freaking hate that I notice the oil flavor so much more after working at a restaurant as its ruined so much fried food for me
Rachel Smith 3 years ago
Depends on the fry, if they're not salted enough they are not good without sauce
#35
I hate the texture and taste of avocado. Grass flavored Play Doh
Veria Robinson 3 years ago
Ty I thought it was just me Alvacado is gross I can't get past the texture sorry not sorry
JMil 3 years ago
When I eat avocados straight I add salt and a squeeze of lime juice (does that still qualify as straight?).
Marie Dahme 3 years ago
Try a seasoning called Everything but the bagel. It makes avocados 🥑 just pop!
Load More Replies... RafCo (he/him) 3 years ago
You must live in North America or Europe. Avocados don't keep well, so your fruit is frozen and shipped that way. It ruins the flavour and the texture of your fruit. I love avocado, and will eat it with a spoon. In my country we usually sprinkle a small amount of sugar to eat it for dessert. Or we sprinkle a bit of pepper to enhance the natural flavour.
Benita Valdez 3 years ago
I love avocado. I'll just cut it in half and eat plain with a spoon; it's a great snack. Occasionally, I may put a little lemon and salt if I happen to have lemons but usually I just eat them as is
Jordi Sharpe 3 years ago
Avocado goes well with so much. I especially like it with a bit of salt and red wine vinegar.
#36
Shrimp are the cockroach of the sea.
Vorknkx 3 years ago
Biologically, crustaceans are the closest relatives of spiders and insects... so, yeah.
Sanchez Vasile 3 years ago
totally different chemistry, color, arrangement and consistency, it's like caviar compared to fish intestines. I didn't eat, but I never saw shrimp eat popping out of a crushed bug, either.
Load More Replies... Owen Jarvis 3 years ago
I think I would find it hard to eat a cockroach, but now I ask myself.... why?
Tuna Fish 3 years ago
Because they don't come in a chilled glass with cocktail sauce on the menu.
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Christof Irran 3 years ago
I can't agree or disagree with that statement as I have never yet eaten cockroach. And neither do I plan on doing such.
Jordi Sharpe 3 years ago (edited)
Delicious, delicious cockroaches. BTW, I think those are prawns. EDIT: Never mind. They look quite similar, but I forgot prawns only become pink after cooking.
#37
East Asian noodles are way superior to Italian pasta. Both in the available variety and overall taste/texture. Most Italian pasta is the same thing cut into different shapes.
Morganne 3 years ago
Not really. Because Italian pasta recipes don't really vary. But with noodles, they have a lot of different types and ingredients that usally taste completely different from one another and soak up flavor differently too.
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Firestorm Glow 3 years ago
Umm? Ok so Italian pasta AND East Asian noodles are both good, but pasta is actually NOT the same thing cut into different pieces. There many different ways to make it, and don’t even get me STARTED on how many recipes. Carbonara, Ragù, Pesto, etc.
Nikki Sevven 3 years ago
Italian pasta comes in different shapes and weights to better match with the varying sauces. You're not putting bolognese on capellini or aglio e olio on ziti.
Rachel Smith 3 years ago
I think ok is talking about store bought pasta ...but even then you can get many varieties nowadays. I like pasta and noodles.
Nathan Pogorzala 3 years ago
The make believe ramblings of a potentially fictional character? :D
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Approximately .5 ml of peppermint extract added to the mix for a pumpkin pie makes it next level delicious. The reason I consider this controversial is because no matter how many pies get consumed at Thanksgiving dinner with compliments, nobody else does this and I'm pretty sure people don't believe me.
Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago
Cripes. If this gets out, then pumpkin spice “everything” will become pumpkin peppermint “everything”. Isn’t it bad enough already? Do we really have to make it worse?
Sanchez Vasile 3 years ago
on the contrary, mint extracts and especially the synthetic menthol are cheap and well spread, while spices are expensive and localized.
Load More Replies... RafCo (he/him) 3 years ago
First time I ate pumpkin pie, I had just moved to America, in San Fransisco. Our neighbor was a Sioux woman who planted a little pumpkin patch in her tiny yard. She wanted us kids to try a "real pumpkin pie" before we get exposed to the store bought stuff. She showed us how to make it the "Sioux" way (not that I remember so don't ask), and I have to say, nothing has ever been as good as that. The smell from her kitchen was next level amazing, and that pie was the best thing I had eaten since moving to this country.
#39
Baked beans are disgusting.
Roland Gosselin 3 years ago
I agree. The Brits have somehow managed to convince themselves that baked beans are good, but pretty much everyone outside of the UK knows better.
BG 3 years ago
Baked beans found outside of the UK are a very different product. USA baked beans could be considered a desert.
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M O'Connell 3 years ago
Someone who thinks white bread is a waste of calories?
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I super hate cold pizza. You lose the flavor profile of the sauce and cheese. I need it piping hot
Cee 3 years ago
Absolutely!! OP is just flexing.. “flavour profile”? Dude, it’s Pizza Hut
Load More Replies... Nathan Pogorzala 3 years ago
I will not take food advice from someone who uses the phrase "flavor profile". Ill eat a piece of pizza i found under the seat of my car if it slides out.
tHeBoRdEsTpAnDa 3 years ago
Yeah, cold pizza's ok but it's better hot. Also, I prefer thin crust, the bread doesn't fill you up so much so you can eat more
Penguin2224 3 years ago
I do like cold pizza 🍕 but I definitely think they are right about loosing the flavour
#41
Hummus is absolute garbage. The different "flavors" are b.s., they all taste the same. Like a dirty armpit.
Caro Caro 3 years ago
What's your secret? TELL. .... oh, sorry: Please :)
Load More Replies... Sydneywhite 3 years ago
I'll happily make up a big bowl of it and eat it with just some fresh veg to dip or some cracker or something. Hummus is amazing.
Marie Dahme 3 years ago
Hummus and dirty armpits have never been spoken together in the same sentence before
Aunt Riarch 3 years ago
Tasty mud though. And yes shop bought is pretty unimpressive
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#42
Soda is a superior beverage to wine or beer.
Roman Hans 3 years ago
Me too. Unless you're entering a Rotting Teeth competition.
Load More Replies... Sydneywhite 3 years ago
Yeah no I don't really drink alcohol but if I had to choose it definately wouldn't be that artificial sugary garbage over a beer or wine, but then I haven't drank a soda for about 18 years, the stuff is horrid.
DuchessDegu 3 years ago
I hate wine and beer, I really don't see the appeal of a sour or bitter drink!
M O'Connell 3 years ago
Wine and beer smell like something that's gone bad in the fridge. Liquor all smells like a component of paint rather than a beverage.
Load More Replies... Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago
Depends on what I’m eating. And where. And with whom. Context is important.
Casey McAlister 3 years ago
I don't like sugary drinks at all. They leave a weird taste in your mouth and you need another drink to wash it down.
tHeBoRdEsTpAnDa 3 years ago
I don't drink alcohol, so I agree. If my friends are going to the pub I just get a lemonade or diet coke
Marie Dahme 3 years ago
Wine May better than soda but a few shots of tequila makes you forget all about the wine.
What do you think ?
tuzdayschild 3 years ago
This is yet another post of people criticizing others for having their own opinion. We're allowed to like what we like.
Freya the Wanderer 3 years ago
What I like is pineapple on pizza, scrambled eggs with mushrooms, fresh fruit, and craft beer!
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The Other Guest 3 years ago
My coffee-deprived brain read "samosas" as "mimosas" which seemed an odd accompaniment to curry...
Load More Replies... RedBadgerCan'tSwim 3 years ago
It's basically clickbait. And we keep clicking.
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UpQuarkDownQuark 3 years ago
Comedian Matteo Lane said it best. “Pickles are cucumbers soaking in their own píss.”
Erin Nakucyj 3 years ago
Normalise people liking what they want ffs. Who cares how people like their food?!
Anna Nilsson 3 years ago
No one gonna mention all this beautiful cakes that's totally non-edible because of all the sugarpaste? No?
tuzdayschild 3 years ago
This is yet another post of people criticizing others for having their own opinion. We're allowed to like what we like.
Freya the Wanderer 3 years ago
What I like is pineapple on pizza, scrambled eggs with mushrooms, fresh fruit, and craft beer!
Load More Replies... The Other Guest 3 years ago
My coffee-deprived brain read "samosas" as "mimosas" which seemed an odd accompaniment to curry...
Load More Replies... RedBadgerCan'tSwim 3 years ago
It's basically clickbait. And we keep clicking.
Load More Replies... UpQuarkDownQuark 3 years ago
Comedian Matteo Lane said it best. “Pickles are cucumbers soaking in their own píss.”
Erin Nakucyj 3 years ago
Normalise people liking what they want ffs. Who cares how people like their food?!
Anna Nilsson 3 years ago
No one gonna mention all this beautiful cakes that's totally non-edible because of all the sugarpaste? No?
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