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It is probably impossible to find a food that everyone loves, there will always be someone who hates it with all their heart. Even the most common things that a lot of recipes may contain. It is interesting how different people can eat the same thing, but have a different reaction to the taste or even perceive it differently. 

Even though the Latin maxim says that there is no point in disputing tastes, people love to give their opinions on food. Reddit user jamboamericano wanted to know people’s opinions on foods that are hyped up but “quite simply suck.” They received 3k responses so take a look at the most popular ones that quite a lot of people agreed on.

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

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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People Are Joining This Thread Ranting About Overhyped Foods They Don't Understand And Here Are 34 Of Them I don't get the appeal of chili that is made to be as hot and spicy as humanly possible, to the point that it hurts to eat it. "I make my chili with the five hottest peppers known to man and a dash of snake venom to kick it up a notch" Why?

That, and tofu.

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Nathaniel
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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People Are Joining This Thread Ranting About Overhyped Foods They Don't Understand And Here Are 34 Of Them Instagram food (so foods with so much added nonsense just for the sake of a photo, not for taste)

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

I feel like whoever buys that s**t doesn't actually like it and uses it to flaunt their money

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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).

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

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Nathaniel
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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People Are Joining This Thread Ranting About Overhyped Foods They Don't Understand And Here Are 34 Of Them Oysters, I've never tried them and I never want to, they just look like big boogers to me, sorry for the mental image.

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T.Milly
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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People Are Joining This Thread Ranting About Overhyped Foods They Don't Understand And Here Are 34 Of Them Pickled eggs, pickled pigs feet, etc. Can't do it nope.

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zak
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Pickled onions on a sandwich are SO good. And now I know what I'm getting for lunch today 😆

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john smith
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You're so right. Before they shut down their Canadian brick and morters, I used to make a special trip to M&S to buy British pickled onions. Malt vinegar gave them a unique and tasty flavour. (Now I'm going to have to try to buy some on Amazon, lol)

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DramaDoc
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Pickled watermelon rind in bacon is like candy from heaven.

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Mrs. Jan Glass
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In bacon? I tried watermelon rind pickle and hated it, but with bacon, I'm re-intrigued.

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Red Hair Blue Soul
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Red beet "pickled" eggs are amazing. They taste nothing like eggs pickled using pickling spice. They are pretty popular in the Pennsylvania Dutch community. I love them

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Tamra
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I love pickled eggs, but some sort of satanic alchemy occurs within my gastrointestinal tract after I've eaten them, and I end up crop-dusting everyone in the house. I'm no longer allowed to eat them.

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Trisha Howson
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Me too I don't like pickled things. The smell is overwhelming to me and I don't like pig feet or things that are usually pickled.

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Lauren Rainey
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Listen scrambled ok sunny side up delicious boiled amazing pickled ehhhhhhhhhh

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Bri Nicole
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I love pickled eggs but the green thing in that picture is confusing.

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Kelsey Rivera
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I only like pickled mango, and pickled guava ( from Hawaii btw it is a big thing here )

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Mama Penguin
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I tried pickled eggs once in a German restaurant just outside of Boston. They were pink because the pickling liquid had beets in it and they were served with homemade brown spicy mustard. They were so tasty.

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Brenda
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I like almost anything pickled. Eggs and pigs feet not so much

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Ervin Conn
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Giardiniera is just pickled vegetables and I like it. It doesn't only have to be cucumbers for me. I have consumed many strange pickled items. Ring Bologna is amongst the weirdest.

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Ash
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I LOVE pickled eggs so much... I like the red beet eggs, but my absolute favorite is my mom's homemade pickled eggs with fresh dill from the garden... mmmm mmm!

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Skipper Laine
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When my siblings and I were little and we pestered our mom about what was for dinner, she would always say "Pickled pigs feet"! I was shocked when I later found out that they were a real thing!

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Seabeast
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I love pickled eggs, but you can keep the pigs feet. My partner likes pickled herring, but it's too slimy for my liking.

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King Joffrey
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I live in the UK where this is popular in some of the more traditional pubs but I've never even dared to try it.

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Pamela Blue
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8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I lived in the UK in the 70s & 80s, and I got to love pickled eggs and pickled onions. They came with a "Ploughman's Lunch" at the pubs.

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Huddo's sister
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Pickled eggs are not hyped here in Australia. I don't think I know anywhere except maybe a fish and ship shop that stocks them, so they are clearly not high-end food.

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Tricia Burcell
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Love me some pickled eggs!!! 😍 And pickled beets, asparagus, green beans, carrots, cauliflower, garlic, etc etc

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Mr. Pigeon
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

pickled eggs aren't that bad just as longas they are not bad, believe me you can tell if they've flipped....:P

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Felicity Goddard
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I love pickled eggs. We have them with fish and chips. Yummy yum yum.

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Toll Tolladay
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A packet of ready salted crisps and a pickled egg was considered a meal in the mendips.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Beet juice pickled eggs is a big NO!. German style pickled eggs are fantastic though.

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Sandra Givens
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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Beet eggs are a really nice addition to a summer meal salad. Hard cook 6-8 eggs, cool and peel. Meanwhile, drain the liquid from a can of beets into a saucepan, add about 3-4 ounces of vinegar and half a cup of sugar, a cinnamon stick if you like or a few cloves. Heat to boiling, simmer for a few minutes. Put the sliced beets into a bowl or clean quart Mason jar, add the eggs and a sliced onion if you like it, pour the warm beet liquid over the eggs, onions and beets and refrigerate overnight. Very pretty when sliced.

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Jose Carlo
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I had pickled stuff before. Its actually VERY good and healthy

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Russell Bowman
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In Eastern Europe they pickle watermelon . .. that is where I draw the kine.

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Mrs S
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Love pickled eggs, but I don't get them at the gas station. Make my own.

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Birdy
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A fart storm - and everyone in the vicinity suffers. In the UK they're sold in pubs...imagine that on top of a few pints of beer...yeeks

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Liberal Disease
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I've made these on several occasions. I really like them! I used to eat pickled pigs feet and ears when I was younger. You know, growing up in an Italian family, you see, and try, all kinds of things! No meat any longer...

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Mrs. Jan Glass
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The ones at Philippe's in LA, home of the original French dip sandwich, are pretty good. They're purple.

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Remi (He/Him)
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm interested in a picked egg. Most picked things I've tasted have been good (there were these wayyy too sour gherkins that weren't until I poured in some honey and gave it a shake)

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Hobby Hopper
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Pickled eggs are awesome though! I can't get enough. I don't get the weird looking pink ones from the store though; I use my leftover dill pickle juice to pickle eggs at home. My mouth is watering just thinking about it.

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Aunt Riarch
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I made pink pickled eggs, put a couple of slices of beetroot in for the colour, and a clove of garlic and strip of orange peel for flavour

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I like pickled anything. Eggs, okra, beets, peppers, anything.

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Liz Reid
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I like some pickled stuff. Gherkins, onions/shallots, beetroot, red cabbage I like. I tried a pickled egg . It was a nope from me.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It adds a nice flavour to the eggs. Didn't like them as a kid, but grew to enjoy them.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Pickled eggs yum. Pickled peppers too, especially in a gumbo!

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People Are Joining This Thread Ranting About Overhyped Foods They Don't Understand And Here Are 34 Of Them Macarons. Expensive air cookies that still manage to stick to your teeth.

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

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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People Are Joining This Thread Ranting About Overhyped Foods They Don't Understand And Here Are 34 Of Them As someone from the UK I don't get why so many people here love mushy peas. I find peas relatively tasteless and gross as they are, mushing them just makes the texture gross as well

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Robert T
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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People Are Joining This Thread Ranting About Overhyped Foods They Don't Understand And Here Are 34 Of Them Kale. I don’t care how it’s prepared, there’s just no point to it.

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Christien Newbury
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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People Are Joining This Thread Ranting About Overhyped Foods They Don't Understand And Here Are 34 Of Them Lobster. I uh, I don't get it. It always tastes a bit flavorless and just alright to me. Then I see people dip it in butter and yea thats fine and all and it tastes great, but then I get the feeling I'm just tasting the butter and what the f**k is the point of this $30 dish exactly?

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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People Are Joining This Thread Ranting About Overhyped Foods They Don't Understand And Here Are 34 Of Them This will not be popular…Taco Bell.
Only edible if it’s absolutely drenched in hot sauce. It’s mushy, bland, makes me bloated, and strangely, sometimes gives me a headache. 2 out of 5 times found a hair in the burrito. I gave up.

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People Are Joining This Thread Ranting About Overhyped Foods They Don't Understand And Here Are 34 Of Them Five Guys. Not sure if it’s the same as in the US (I’m in the UK) or I just got a dodgy meal but it was just greasy overpriced mess.

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People Are Joining This Thread Ranting About Overhyped Foods They Don't Understand And Here Are 34 Of Them Hot Cheetos. I absolutely love spicy foods but they taste like bleeda**. whatever that means

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Mama Penguin
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The majority of truffle oil isn't actually made with truffles. The main ingredient is a chemical designed in a laboratory to mimic the aroma of truffles (synthetic 2,4-dithiapentane).

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People Are Joining This Thread Ranting About Overhyped Foods They Don't Understand And Here Are 34 Of Them Beets. My wife tried to convince me to like them by saying "they taste like dirt!" Needless to say, this was an ineffective approach.

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People Are Joining This Thread Ranting About Overhyped Foods They Don't Understand And Here Are 34 Of Them Ranch dressing. It’s vile. People put it on EVERYTHING. gross. Just stop it.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When it was first introduced, it was a packet mix that you combined with mayonnaise and real buttermilk. It was delicious then. You can still buy the mix and that's the only way to prepare it IMHO.

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

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

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Nathaniel
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have no idea what this is? Is this some foreign food from foreignland where foreigners come from?

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

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T.Milly
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I subscribed to a meal delivery service called Freshly & their zucchini pasta is very, very good.

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

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think I'd actually like it if there was less sugar and more hazelnut.

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

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T.Milly
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Avocados are one of my most favorite things in the world. Guacamole is so good. Avocado with a little apple cider vinegar & olive oil... pinch of salt ..... Aaahhh, I'm making myself hungry!

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People Are Joining This Thread Ranting About Overhyped Foods They Don't Understand And Here Are 34 Of Them Kimchi, it just doesn't taste as interesting as people say it does

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People Are Joining This Thread Ranting About Overhyped Foods They Don't Understand And Here Are 34 Of Them Shrimp, and any other sea-roaches

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Shrimp is pretty cool if it's cooked well. Not overcooked and not drenched in seasoning. With most of these you just got to cook it lightly with minimal additions to keep the true taste.

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Seafood. It stinks, it looks gross, and every time I've been convinced to try it it's been rank. My husband and I have agreed many times that we'd have to be starving to death before we ever considered seafood as a meal. I do not understand how anybody can enjoy it. It creates a visceral negative reaction in me.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I love seafood, but I'm careful where I source it. No dodgy diner seafood, please.

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People Are Joining This Thread Ranting About Overhyped Foods They Don't Understand And Here Are 34 Of Them Food: Sweet potato
Drink: Kombucha

I can't understand the enjoyment of either, as both taste like dirt

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People Are Joining This Thread Ranting About Overhyped Foods They Don't Understand And Here Are 34 Of Them I don't think it sucks but I don't get why popcorn is so cherished.

I don't like the flavor, the texture, or the f*****g kernels that get stuck in my teeth. The smell is always terrible to me and it lingers.

But what I really hate is having to explain to people offering it to me that I actually don't like popcorn, no, I really don't, yes, even that type, yes it's a popular snack, no, I really don't like it.

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Rens
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I absolutely adore have popcorn sweet and salty being my favourite, I just hate the kernels, because they always get stuck in my teeth. I would love to find the special popcorn without kernels

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