People Are Joining This Thread Ranting About Overhyped Foods They Don’t Understand And Here Are 34 Of Them

Consistently mediocre, albeit overpriced. If I go there for a cup of tea, I know about what I'm going to get for four bucks. In most locations, most of the year, I can order white hot chocolate with peppermint and cinnamon, and get as much. It's a safe bet.

Overly spicy food is a no no. You cannot taste anything, and your bottomhole pays a dear price afterwards, all to appear macho!

Fried tofu is the bomb with the right dipping sauce.

Eating chili releases endorphins to give you a natural high, provided the dose is high enough. Depends on your tolerance how hot the chili needs to be to get this effect.

It’s a competition, tbh. Whoever can make themself the most miserable wins. I guess.

I once saw the text on a t-shirt, "tofu is as good as the chef". It is true. Tofu requires a skilled cook, but everyone can learn if they want to. I am one of those who love tofu and I know how to cook it in different ways.

I like spicy food, but the spice needs to be balanced. If all I can taste is the heat, I'm not interested.

Scratch the surface of most pepperheads and you'll find an endorphin junkie. People tell me I'm weird that I can tell flavors of spicy things aside from "hot". Scotch Bonnets are rather sweet/fruity, buht joloki (ghost peppers) have an interesting citrus flavor, jalapeños have an astringent/sour flavor (which is why I prefer mine pickled).

If it doesn't melt my face off then it's not worth my time!

So hot you can't taste it. I think men think it's 'manly' to eat the hottest possible foods..

There actually are people who love really REALLY HOT chillies in their food. I'm not one of them.

The chili episode of the Simpsons

Tofu is good thank you.

Wow. You just throw tofu under the bus there at the last minute for no reason.

Try eating fried tofu, is AWESOME!!! And I don't understand uber spicy chili either. To me chili is comfort food, meant to be savoured and enjoyed. I find no comfort eating something that makes my eyes water. Just a slight kick for me.

Fresh tofu is amazing! Store-bought is always a few days old. Fresh tofu is great as is, older tofu needs some help. Works great to replace eggs/cheese mixture in a vegan quiche, for example.

Yeah, I don't get the Dave's Insanity Sauce. You cannot taste anything and it blows your head off. The only thing it would be good for is a couple drops in a big pot of chilis or stews and soups. It's not like you can sprinkle it on eggs. My husband bought a bottle and it was so old the label started peeling off. We joked that it was because the sauce was so hot you could feel it thru the bottle.

ok to everyone who likes chili,but I really hate it

Lol! I love the finishing shot at tofu.

Reaction to spice - particularly capsaicin, can be trained. For some people, hot is mild, mild is tasteless, etc. When I lived in Mexico, there were a lot more serrano peppers than jalapeno - and most of the jalapenos were red - some were smoked (chipotle) but they were on the low-end. Serranos are about twice as hot, and that's what we used in cooking. And a lot of smoked poblanos and achiotes, etc. Nothing like Habanero or Scotch Bonnet.

This & no one in their right mind would voluntarily eat Tofu. 🤢

Tofu is delicious as long as you use the right type and you know how to cook it. Not all tofu taste the same and have the same texture. It kills me on the inside when people w***y nilly toss raw tofu into a salad and expect it to taste good. And I don't mean to sound like a snob, but when I was in Indonesia, I got to taste tofu that was not mass produced in a factory. My mom buys tofu from a local tofu maker and it tasted richer somehow.

Hit chili, no. Tofu, yes.

Total agreement until I read about tofu. Am I the only addict? I can eat my tofu plain, ahhh.. I must stand up and eat it right now.

For the endorphin rush.

Yeah, I like spicy food, but only when you can actually taste the food. If the only thing you feel is a burning sensation, that just stops being enjoyable.

When I make chili it contains a lot of fresh habanero and jalapeños. We like the heat. I also use honey, cumin, paprika...so there's also a lot of flavor. I've eaten wings you have to sign a waiver for. Usually it's all heat and no flavor. So I know which restaurants have heat and flavor. Some of us just love that spice/heat! Just have to do it right.

It's all relative though. If you were raised on spicy cuisine, it doesn't affect you the same way. I come from a country where the cuisine is quite bland, you'd need to build tolerance to appreciate spicy stuff. I went through a chili-head phase a few years ago and would happily scoff phaal curry and California Reaper-based sauces but now I'm back to struggling with a vindaloo... Maybe it's time to revisit the street markets, get some Trinidad Scorpion chilis and build myself up back again.

Agreed

WHOLEHEARTEDLY AGREE!!

This is just silly. There are types of caviar that aren't expensive, particularly because you're not meant to shovel it in with a fork. I absolutely love caviar, and it has nothing to do with showing off or being rich (I'm not).

I like all kinds of cheeses, I have tried vegan cheese out of curiosity. They have not got it yet. Close, but in a disgusting way.

I love them.... little bit of garlic & fresh squeezed lemon juice = yum!

i really only like pickled cucumbers tbh

I love macarons

It’s gross.

So good

"dried cod tenderized by soaking in lye, which is rinsed out before cooking", if you're wondering.

Another one I don't like the texture of. Love peas. Will even eat them straight from the pod.

If it's prepared and cooked properly, Kale is delicious. Especially Scottish black kale. My family loves it and it's full of nutrients like iron and vitamins.

Candy corn is good

Like a lot of shellfish, it has to be fresh from the ocean. If you have it in a tank at the supermarket where they just sit there it's not worth it. Back on PEI, Canada; 70% of houses are having fresh lobster on Mother's Day right off the boat. Can't beat it.

Or if you’re drunk, the bar closed, and there’s no other place open.

Heads up, Australia! Shots fired!

I like 5 Guys but their burgers aren't worth what they cost.

Maybe they just haven’t had the right type of Pop-Tarts…

Hot Flamin' Cheetos is my guilty pleasure. My butt does not thank me the next day, though