People Are Joining This Thread Ranting About Overhyped Foods They Don’t Understand And Here Are 34 Of Them
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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Starbucks
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.
And making it hell for real coffee shops! Flat white is not large latte with extra foam, machiatto is an espresso with a small amount of usually frothed up milk, not a giant cup filled with coffee, syrup and enough milk to drown a cow!
Load More Replies...I truly feel they burn their beans in the roasting process. You can taste it. A few years ago, we bought a small home roaster, signed up for monthly green bean delivery, and learned how to roast beans properly to create the various roasts. The coffee is thousands of times better than SBucks.
And that's why it's often referred to as, "Charbucks."
Load More Replies...The beverages (I won't call them "coffee") are not bad. I like to indulge on them from time to time, the same way one indulges on an ice-cream. Not for a day to day basis in my opinion.
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.
Overly spicy food is a no no. You cannot taste anything, and your bottomhole pays a dear price afterwards, all to appear macho!
Some very spicy sauces are quite tasty. Hot One's Last Dab is insanely hot but also has a nice flavour to it. I agree flavourless hot for the sake of hot is dumb but if it's hot but also has good flavour, then go for it.
Load More Replies...Tofu is sublime. Just picked up the definitive book on the stuff, ASIAN TOFU by Andrea Nguyen. It's not only nutritious and sustainable, it is the most versatile food on Earth! The possibilities are endless!
I hated tofu the first time I tried it because mum used a recipe from a New Zealand book where she blended tofu with banana to make a 'dessert whip'. Many years later I tried it as it should be eaten and I love it. I am tempted to try the original recipe again to see if it was just my childish tastebuds, but then I feel sick at the thought of consuming it and reconsider!
Load More Replies...To be fair tastebuds are very different. I used to work for Indian people, they used tons of very hot peppers and were so used to them they hardly felt them. In India as they explained it started as a safety thing, historically they didn't always had clean food/water, and tons of chilli protects you from nasty consequences. That's why lots of Europeans get sick in certain parts of the world, because the locals eat everything with a lot of spice but they omit those so the infected water gets them every time. This Indian family had a girl who was 3. One day they brought home a bag of crisps that were so hot I could not eat one piece and had to wash my hands 10 times. She gobbled it up like it was a bunch of sugar cubes.
In similar vein Romanian cooking traditionally has an incredible amount of fat in everything. Those not used to it get an upset stomach because they don't do as the locals who drink a lot of strong spirits and eat fermented veggies like sauerkraut and those help with the immense amount of fat.
Load More Replies...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.
I believe it...I swear I get jazzed up after eating hot stuff.
Load More Replies...This sounds like what is done here in Trinidad a lot. "We cooked it with ghost pepper or "scorpion pepper" like...I'm good, I like to taste my food and keep my rear nice and cool.
It’s a competition, tbh. Whoever can make themself the most miserable wins. I guess.
It's similar to binge drinking, but with chili, at least you're only hurting yourself.
Load More Replies...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.
Instagram food (so foods with so much added nonsense just for the sake of a photo, not for taste)
Yeah, it's always this strange goop with some berries and/or sliced fruit. Maybe works as dessert, but definitely not as a proper meal.
I had a dessert like that recently and it was good, but I was baffled as to why the garnish they chose was watercress. Maybe it's meant to cleanse the palate but cleanse it for what, you're eating dessert?
Load More Replies...Is it bad if someone just takes a simple picture of what they cooked and posts it on social media? Like, altogether. I haven't done it a while, hence why I'm asking
It's not bad if it's for the right reasons. I only recently really started cooking, and I take pictures of the finished product both to send to friends and family for motivational reasons (I get praise that keeps me going, my sister for example gets motivated to cook by seeing me do it), and to scroll through when I'm looking for inspiration for next week's meals. Posting only for likes is bad with whatever the content is.
Load More Replies...I dunno…my local raw food cafe does AMAZING smoothie bowls and they are ridiculously pretty and tasty!
I must admit that I take photos of my meals but only to watsap them to my sister as she is needing proof I am indeed eating (I have gastrointestinal disorders that have made me borderline anorexic due to fear of puking after eating, which is lessening as I'm now on 9 different medicstions multiple times a day,)
do people actually eat those? or they like commercial pancakes with motor oil?
Caviar
I feel like whoever buys that s**t doesn't actually like it and uses it to flaunt their money
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’ve never had it. I live in the states, east coast. What cheap caviar should I try? How do I eat it? On crackers? I’m assuming not saltines. Thank you in advance for your help. Sincerely, a clueless hillbilly.
Load More Replies...I thought these were blackberries from the picture. To be honest, I think I'd rather they were blackberries!
I thought that too! I wonder who was the very first person to get the wild idea that this was food??
Load More Replies...Explosions of salty fish juice in my face hole? Yeah. Sorry. NO.CAN.DO.
The texture of the little beads that pop in your mouth is amazing. I'm willing to take the fishy taste with it.
I don't like how they're extracted. The fish pregnant with eggs are cut in half while alive and the eggs are scraped out.
Yeah - I’ve never sought out caviar but have tolerated it as a garnish on fancy restaurant food, but ever since I saw a documentary on it with them ultra-sounding the fish and cutting the pregnant ones open, I am turned right off.
Load More Replies...to quote TeFrank1 "tastes like a fish farted on a dirty beach cracker"
Vegan cheese
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.
Close?! It tastes like coconut soap and the ghost of a Victorian child
Load More Replies...Am I the only person here who's ever had a decent vegan cheese? I'm not vegan, but I like to try different foods and I'm not going to let one bad brand deter me from trying something new. I think a lot of you are also bashing something because you think it's just for vegans, when people like my sister have legitimate dairy allergies.
I tried around 20 different vegan cheeses. I really want to like them, but they all taste like the cheapest mass-produced factory cheese from the discounter you can get... (The cream cheese version is okay though.)
Load More Replies...I'm sorry. If it's vegan it's not cheese. Cheese-ish maybe but not cheese.
I don’t get people who trash vegan cheese as edible plastic but have no qualms about eating American singles, Kraft Mac and cheese, Cheese Whiz, Velveeta and other highly processed “cheese” products, just because they’re used to them. That stuff makes me gag harder than vegan cheese.
You are allergic to dairy, you just aren’t a baby cow!🤷🏻♀️
Load More Replies...Vegan here. It depends on the brand. Some brands available in supermarkets are edible plastic. Some are acceptable. If you want heaven on a plate, cough up and buy cashew nut-based cheeses from specialised shops/websites. For instance the Bree from the Greenbay website is worth putting on weight for...!
Oysters, I've never tried them and I never want to, they just look like big boogers to me, sorry for the mental image.
Now I'm imagining a new Hot Pockets item where the filling is oysters, called Snot Pockets. 🤮
Load More Replies...Yes, I've heard. Tried one once, even. Nearly threw up. You can stop lying.
Load More Replies...I don't like raw oysters, but there are a few preparations that I really enjoy. You lost me at "I haven't tried them"
This person is just sad. There is a sought after food that billions of people eat, but because this person thinks they look weird they reject it without trying. Must be a fun person to be around
So this person, without ever trying a food, has decided that it's overhyped.
Pickled eggs, pickled pigs feet, etc. Can't do it nope.
Pickled red onions are really good, especially on sandwiches or tacos.
Load More Replies...Pickled onions on a sandwich are SO good. And now I know what I'm getting for lunch today 😆
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)
Load More Replies...It's a Brit thing, usually bought by people on their way home from the pub with the munchies :p
In bacon? I tried watermelon rind pickle and hated it, but with bacon, I'm re-intrigued.
Load More Replies...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
Macarons. Expensive air cookies that still manage to stick to your teeth.
LOL I was gonna say they're difficult af to make but then I saw I what you did there.
Load More Replies...I think that they are so expensive due to the fact that they are so quite difficult to make properly.
Load More Replies...I get a an assortment every year for my birthday. Expensive, yes. Delicious, you bet.
Store macarons are kinda bad ngl, making them tho...😗👌 Get 'em from the fancy baker.... Dude good macarons are heavenly
Kombucha. I know it is a drink, but still
I do like kombucha, not for any health benefits or fashion, it's just nice and refreshing!
Kombucha settles my stomach aches that I sometimes get after eating.
I wanted to try it for this reason, but having to smell it first was the worst. I think I gotta stick to real ginger ale.
Load More Replies...It's very healthy for your gut! We bought it all the time, now, we make our own :) We try all kinds of different ingredients and really enjoy it.
Omg it's the Emperor has no clothes. "Yeah this is great!" "No no it isn't."
I tried it once and I'm still not sure if it was a bad bottle or if it was supposed to taste like rotten fruit
It can have alcohol if it is still very young (fermentation < ~7-10 days) or if there was too little oxygen during the fermentation process (glass with a narrow bottle neck or a lid)...
Load More Replies...I make kombucha and I really enjoy experimenting with different strengths and flavours. I don’t understand how people can drink and enjoy beer but not booch.
I’m now day 10 into making my first one, but it’s not fizzy at all. Guess I need to read more about fermentation.
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Liver. Just......no.
Why would anyone downvote this? I'm upvoting so you don't have a negative.
Load More Replies...You just have to have good liver and prepare it right. I could eat a ton of it.
I'm sorry...your words make no sense to me.
Load More Replies...Liver makes me ugly cry. My mom tried making me eat it and not leave the table until it was gone. I put up a long fight and she never made me liver again. Pick your battles.
You're lucky. My parents loved it and made us eat it several times a year. All the catsup in the world won't cover that taste. All the fuss we made, I never understood why they put themselves through that. I would never make my kids eat something they hated.
Load More Replies...Love liver! Growing up, we had to have even a bite of it. Both my sister and I got use to it and now I look forward to visiting home so I can have it again. (my wife hates the smell of it)
I quite agree. It's a no from me as well. The texture more than the taste.
And once you find out in science class exactly what the liver does. That was taught in 7th grade for me (I’m 61), so probably taught in 5th grade now.
Load More Replies...This is actually good. It just has a bad rep. Gizzards are great too!
Another of my mother’s favorites that the rest of the family couldn’t stand the sight of. She’d try to fix it as a meal for everyone, and my father would just make some toast and scramble a bunch of eggs for the rest of us and himself.
Lutefisk
"dried cod tenderized by soaking in lye, which is rinsed out before cooking", if you're wondering.
O lutefisk O lutefisk, how fragrant your aroma/ O lutefisk O lutefisk, you put me in a coma/ You smell so strong, you look like glue/ You taste just like an overshoe/ But lutefixk, come Saturday/ I tink I eat you anyvay.
Grew up with this natsy, snot-texured, flavorless mess that still has a nasty flavor. Every damn Christmas...served with overcooked potatoes, peas and nasty white sauce that nobody knew how to cook. Only palatable thing was the cracked black pepper. And I'm from Finland - not Norway where this nastiness originated from
Welcome to our shared nightmare, Jenny. And my mum dares to claim it's delicious with some lanttulaatikko.
Load More Replies...Please don't remind me. There is a reason that I blocked it out of my memory
Load More Replies...This is about the only one I agree with. Even though I am an omnivore, I do have my limits.
I love lutefisk! But you have to prepare it correctly. If it shakes like jelly you're doing it wrong. Make it in the oven so it's firm, and then lots of bacon and mustard. (Coarse, not the kind you put on hot dogs.) and yes, I am Norwegian.
I love lutefisk! With a Nice butter bechamelsauce, crispy bits of salty bacon, potatoes and a strong mustard and stued peas - lots of black pepper I can eat this all day Long!
As far as I understand, if cooked correctly, it is acceptable. Sadly, few do. Also this ain't as bad as the Icelandic shark... 😅
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
Another one I don't like the texture of. Love peas. Will even eat them straight from the pod.
Straight from the pod is the best way! Love them that way. Can eat my way through a whole row of plants if I'm not careful...
Load More Replies...Wondering how difficult it was to find a pic of mushy peas. I am from the United Kingdom of UK, mushy peas are fantastic, especially over chip shop chips. Or on a buttered slice, mushy pea sarnie!
The OP didn’t want to gross the rest of the world out by showing them mushy peas. I’m American and my husband is a Brit who loves mushy peas. I happen to like peas, though not boiled down to mush. When he makes them—-for himself only—-I..I just can’t watch him eat them.
Load More Replies...Mushy peas use marrowfat peas, which are an entirely different type of pea to garden peas.
I'm not crazy about peas but I love split pea soup so if they're anything like that then I'll give them a try
Kale. I don’t care how it’s prepared, there’s just no point to it.
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.
Me: "I hate kale." Internet: "You just haven't used the right recipe!" Trust me, I have prepared it a dozen different ways. I really wanted to like kale, I really did. I absolutely hate the taste no matter how it is prepared.
Not only does it taste awful, how long do you have to chew the s**t so it finally breaks down?!
Load More Replies...Yes! With rookworst. :-D
Load More Replies...I'd rather have broccoli, baby bok-choy, kohlrabi, purple or green cabbage, cauliflower - basically any other green Brassica is better than kale.
Kale was cattle feed until it got a marketing department lol!!! I remember reading a story about this lady who was at the grocery store buying so much kale and the person behind her was like 'excuse me--sorry--can i ask how you prepare it? I've been trying everything' and the lady was like 'i. It's. It's for my peacocks. I could not tell you. Sorry.' XDDDD
It was also used in salad bars…as decoration & to keep the ice clean under the dressings clean!
Load More Replies...In Denmark you can't go trough winter without kale. Specially green kale... og it so good
I was once asked how to store Kale, in the fridge or on the counter. I told them that the best place for Kale is in the trash.
Kale is delicious! One of my favorite salads is chopped kale with shredded brussels
...sprouts and a garlicky mustardy dressing. Kale chips are another fav.
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Candy corn, s***s a*s
Only in moderation though, if you eat too much of it it gets old real fast
Load More Replies...BoredPanda did you honestly censor "sucks?" You do know that censorship is worse than candy corn?
Okay, there are lots of crummy candy corns out there. The only good one is Brach's, which is (or used to be) flavored with real honey.
Can anyone explain to me what candy corn actually is and what it tastes like? We don't have it where I'm from
It's like chewing wax. You're not missing anything.
Load More Replies...Its ranked as the worst halloween candy. It's like sugary wax
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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?
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.
Have to agree it's like all seafood, fresh is the best and lways get it in season!
Load More Replies...Wished this would stop. Animal is boiled alive, often after sitting terrified in a tank with bright florescent lights for dys desperately trying to hide. No thanks.
I love lobster, but I agree that boiling or steaming alive is cruel. Kill it quickly first, like we do with all other meats. It's much more humane.
Load More Replies...If the lobster is from Maine or Canada, it is sweeter and yummier due to the colder waters.
This one I disagree with the strongest. It is one of the finest things you can get, although it wasn't considered as such up until 19th century. Before that, it was the poor man's food and they used to serve it to prisoners.
In colonial times, when it was plentiful, it was poor people food, they fed it to prisoners
I've heard somewhere that it could be considered torture giving prisoners to much lobster.
Load More Replies...I used to love lobster. But now I'm vegan, so no lobster for me. Plus, cooking something alive by dunking it into boiling water seems pretty awful for the lobster.
And throwing a living creature into boiling water is cruel and barbaric. Seeing the poor lobsters in the tanks at the store always gets to me.
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.
Or if you’re drunk, the bar closed, and there’s no other place open.
There's a reason why they did the whole "fourth meal" ad campaign: Taco Bell is food for late-night stoners and drunks. The only time it sounds remotely appealing is if I'm high.
Load More Replies...It’s cheap for feeding 15 teenagers on a Sunday night. And individual packages of burritos and tacos during Covid rules being more strict it was super easy.
The cheap thing is my reasoning too. Plus you don't expect much from them, so your hopes can't be dashed too much.
Load More Replies...It’s probably radioactive, but I could drink their cheese sauce. I’m milk intolerant and that would kill me but I’d die happy
I don't get TB either, especially in America where there is an abundance of authentic Mexican restaurants.
Here in the UK, overpriced for what you get, meagre portions. And no wow factor to make up for it.
How many are there now? There was only one in, like, Manchester, I think, about 5 years ago.
Load More Replies...Taco Bell is America's sketchy 3:00 am döner kebap stand. If that description is remotely familiar to you, that's what it is. And not a good one - a sketchy one. ;)
Actually the Shittiest out of All fastfood chains to consume Pure Trash
Vegemite
Australians are getting a little irate at the dissing of our vegemite. Don't knock it till you've had a warm toast with melted butter and a gentle scrape of vegemite across the surface. Think of it like Wasabi, you have to start with a wee little bit then work your way up to a bit more each time.
I did try some Marmite (at my mother's insistence), which is very similar to Vegemite, and I hated it. It tasted like ear wax. She thinks it's delicious. Maybe it's an acquired taste? Everyone's taste buds are different. It's interesting how wildly tastes can vary between countries and cultures.
Load More Replies...Marmite (the UK equivalent) is so divisive we even say something is 'marmite', i.e. you either hate it or love it, no inbetween.
My husband is very annoying, he says he 'doesn't mind' marmite! Argh 🤯
Load More Replies...If you enjoy umami flavours and you don't like Vegemite, then you're probably not doing it right. My method: Toast your bread and let it cool. Apply a generous coating of butter (not margarine), on top of the butter add a thin scrape of Vegemite and you have perfection on a plate.
Americans will never understand the deliciousness of Vegemite. Growing up in the states I always knew if I had a Vegemite and celery sandwich for lunch people would be disgusted. Sweet. More for me! I think they slather it in thick like peanut butter. I like a heavy schemer but even that'd be to much for me.
The peanut butter mention is apt. Me and UK pals would have the "no, your food is grosser!" debates, and they always offered up peanut butter and jelly sandwiches as the US counterpart. Unless you've had it from childhood, it's hard to acquire a taste for it, either way.
Load More Replies...I want to try vegemite to say I've tried it but can't find it in Canada. Marmite I can find and is way too salty. Is it the same thing? Can anyone confirm?
No they are not the same. Different flavour and texture. Yes Vegemite it somewhat salty but it's best eaten with butter and just a light scrape of vegemite. It's the bomb.
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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.
It's unbelievably expensive. 3 of us ordered regular hamburgers with fries and a milk shake for delivery - it was around $96! I was stunned. They're good but I'd rather have fresh, homemade burgers for a fraction of the price.
Load More Replies...I love it but their burgers are greasy by design. It's that street-style burger wrapped in foil and the juices soak into the bun (which, to me, is great). Shake Shack burgers are the same.
I only go to Five Guys for the fries. They're really good and they give you a lot of them.
I finally gave in to the hype. Burger meat tasted "funny" not like ground beef, fries greasy and limp. Not impressed
Greasy, griddle-fried beef patty that's WAY overpriced. The Five Guys which opened near me in the midst of a college campus closed in about 2 years. Even 'indestructible' young people took a pass.
Pop tarts
Nah, I agree with this one. Too much sugar, especially the frosted ones, and abysmal quality pastry. Toaster strudel, on the other hand, is awesome!
Load More Replies...Yeah, poptarts taste like a frosted piece of cardboard
Load More Replies...Actually, I think Pop Tart brand is nasty; all pastry with almost no filling. I would buy off brand for the kids because they liked them and I tried the Aldi brand once. It was surprisingly good. I actually had filling drip out after I toasted it, and since it was unfrosted it wasn't overly sweet.
No if u don't like pop tarts u don't make them right u gotta get the frosted strawberry or the frosted stores and put it in the toaster p delicious 😋
🎶🎶Have you ever put butter on a Pop Tart? - It's so frickin' good - Have you ever put butter on a Pop Tart? - If you haven't then I think you should🎶🎶
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Hot Cheetos. I absolutely love spicy foods but they taste like bleeda**. whatever that means
Hot Flamin' Cheetos is my guilty pleasure. My butt does not thank me the next day, though
Dunno about where you live, but in So Calif. it's almost impossible to FIND regular Cheetos any more, only Flamin' Hot. I've complained about it.
Fellow SoCal resident here. It's true :( You might OCCASIONALLY find Cheetos Puffs alongside the Flamin' Hot ones, but that's it. Okay, okay, so there's usually bags of Flamin' Hot Limón next to the "normal" Flamin' Hot, I guess.
Load More Replies...Knew a kid in high school who smelled like hot cheetos. Pretty nauseating.
I occasionally crave Cheetos. I love spicy food.Flaming hot Cheetos are literally and figuratively junk food.
Truffle oil
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).
I absolutely love truffle oil! On hot French fries sprinkled with garlic and parmesan, it’s amazing 🤩
Anything truffle. I have the gene which makes truffles smell like something rotting on the forest floor.
I love most foods and will make an effort to try something at least once. However, I cannot get over the smell of truffle oil. I don't know what it is, but it triggers my gag reflex. It's horrible because I feel physically ill if someone around me is eating Truffle fries.
Careful what you say, I make a fortune off of truffle oil in Stardew Valley! 😉
I used it in a pasta dish once & totally ruined it. Plus, it's ridiculously overpriced. I had a burger with actual truffle slices on it & couldn't finish it, it was so gross.
Truffles are amazing! Try the oil in a simple pasta dish! The salt on popcorn!!! It's a bit expensive but make mac n' cheese with truffle infused cheese! Oh! And truffle aioli from stonewall kitchen! Great dip for fries!!!
Beets. My wife tried to convince me to like them by saying "they taste like dirt!" Needless to say, this was an ineffective approach.
Slow-roasted beets? The best! Pan-roasted with balsamic glaze? Yum! Little teeny-tiny baby beets, pulled right out of the ground and devoured on the spot (rinsing optional)? Happiness in a little purple jacket. And don't get me going about beet greens...
Load More Replies...Is this what I know as "beets salad" in german (salad made with cooked beets)?
Load More Replies...One time I ate both beets and blood oranges the same day. Thought I had kidney failure after I urinated.
Spooky. My favourite beetroot recipe is reduce orange juice with a clove of garlic, then glaze your cooked beetroot in it
Load More Replies...You need to wash and cook them before eating you know.
Load More Replies...I have hated beets my entire life. I have tried them every way they make them. And I try them every five years or so to see if I still hate them. I do.
Ranch dressing. It’s vile. People put it on EVERYTHING. gross. Just stop it.
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.
I use the mix with sour cream for dips. Sooo yummy
Load More Replies...Yeah I don't like the pre-made bottle stuff but fresh homemade ranch is tasty
I love it but only certain brands and I don't eat it on everything. I can't stand it on pizza and I had an ex who mixed it into her spaghetti sauce. I told her to never do that in front of my mother.
Well I just use on salad. But I do not judge people who dip in everything. Cause I like to eat onions with spaghetti and people don't usually do that so .......and so many people dip ranch on pizza an stuff
The bottle stuff is pumped full of preservatives. However, homemade ranch with buttermilk and fresh herbs can be quite tasty.
The bottled stuff is vile, but homemade ranch dressing is f*****g delicious. It's light, creamy, and full of herbs.
I live in the Midwest...it's like a food group and I'm here for it. Ranch or Big Mac sauce on the side is my jam.
Raisins
Why add raisins if you could just add chocolate chips? Makes no sense to me
Load More Replies...Raisins are what they feed the poor souls in hell. Hard nope there.
I have read that raisins are provided in Muslem heaven together with the 72 virgins. Can anyone confirm?
Load More Replies...Raisins are good for you. They taste good in cookies and breads never knew why people where afraid of them. And oatmeal even has raisin in sometimes.
I also really dislike raisins. For me, it's the very strong flavour, and the wrinkly, chewy texture. Especially when they've been baked into something. I probably wouldn't detest them so much if people didn't insist on putting them in carrot cake (as far as I'm concerned, as soon as you put raisins into carrot cake, it's no longer carrot cake, it's fruit cake). For everyone who likes raisins; you do you. You can have all of mine!
So agree with you on the carrot cake issue, same with cinnamon bread for me.
Load More Replies...Agree! Grapes that could have been used to make wine.
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Takis ..
I have no idea what this is? Is this some foreign food from foreignland where foreigners come from?
Basically very spicy Doritos rolled into little tubes
Load More Replies...For people who are curios, Takis are spicy little corn chips from Mexico. "Fuego" means fire in Spanish and these chips were banned for a bit in Canada as a teen had to get their gallbladder removed for eating massive amounts of them.
We all know that one girl from school who was wearing a tube top, ripped Jean's and hoop earrings that would always be eating these, everytime you looked at her it's just takis, takis, takis
They are nasty. My son keeps trying to convince me, and himself, that he loves them, eats a couple and then lets the rest go stale. Bleh.
Zucchini pasta
I subscribed to a meal delivery service called Freshly & their zucchini pasta is very, very good.
Courgetti, as it's called in the UK is great with garlic, chillies and lots of tomato. Very low calorie count if you're having a fasting day. If not, add some prawns. Yum!
Load More Replies...Make your own. Seriously, get a spiral cutter for like $5 US and twist it right into the pot, cooks in about 2 minutes, boom, done. Takes on flavor of whatever it is with.
My aunt's recipe, easy fast cheap yummy: - grate as long as possible "noodles" with a normal cheap cheese grater (the 4sided metallic one we have here). - Heat a big pan with frying oil, - fry them for exactly 1minute. - salt&little white pepper, squeeze lemon above, eat immediately. The trick is only o n e minute (al dente instead of raw or sluggy) , the lemon and the "immediately" part
Load More Replies...Zucchini solely exists to give little old ladies something to leave on their neighbor's stoop after dark. You can't kill it in the garden, it's worse than bindweed.
OP is right!! Zucchini is good fried or in bread but it's absolutely vile as pasta. EURGH.
You're missing out my mom brings fresh zs from the garden and makes this with alfredo sauce and MMMMMMM
Nutella
a lot of times generic brands have less sugar and a deeper flavor
Load More Replies...i eat it by the jar, with a spoon. bad for me, i know, but my mouth and brain are happy i did it!
Used to have Nutella until my mom banned it because they use palm oil in it
But...no. quite the contrary. That's the reason why I stick TO Nutella!: the Nutella making company is literally the one which started the "good" palm oil manufacturing, with ethical norms, work safety inspections, sustainable farming, closely monitored and everything!!! Once some environmentalists started some kind of shaming them for the use of "bad palm oil" on the internet, company invited them to the fields, letting them inspect whatever they wished for & interviewing whoever worker they met.... in the end the activists backpedaled and apologised. 😍.
Load More Replies...I, too, require an answer to what the f**k 'nutella snack & drink' is
Load More Replies...You ever have it with strawberry jam? It's like eating a chocolate-covered strawberry sandwich.
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Avocado!
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!
Oooh, I never thought about ACV on it! I usually do a splash of lime juice with salt and pepper. But I might have to try the vinegar some time, thanks for the idea!
Load More Replies...Avocado is best fresh with just a slight pinch of salt...oh yeah.
Don’t you dare. Avocados are the best. Guacamole is the best. Fight me.
Always seems slimey to me. Green slime, like something from Ghostbusters.
A good avocado is like manna from heaven. A bad avocado... literally a punch in the arm is better than a bad avocado. Unforch you can't access good avocado unless you have your own tree and it's at least a few decades old.
We used to have avocado trees when I lived in SoCal. When it's five minutes from tree to plate, still warm from the sun, with that perfect taste and texture.... But then I lived in the UK, and experienced the saddest avocados ever. I smuggled some back from SoCal once so my local friends could understand what we're banging on about with "OMG CALIFORNIA HASS AVOCADOS!"
Load More Replies...Maybe I tried a lacklustre one, but it just tasted really bland to me. Can't understand the hype, but I would never hate on anyone who loves them.
It is bland by itself - give it another go with a squeeze of lemon juice for acidity, and some salt. That's the bare minimum. Also good with some black pepper, or tabasco sauce, or a wee bit of garlic (you don't want to overpower the avocado though)
Load More Replies...I love this as dessert; sliced with condensed milk and cold. It’s the bomb.
I get the hate as I hated it for a long time, until I got all the recipes and realised that avocado o it's own is like eating butter but like butter add some good stuff and you're all set!
Olives
Yes! My best friend hates olives. I love her to death, but whenever there's olives out I give her the side eye (as I take most of them 😂)
Load More Replies...Have some olive oil. I hear it’s good for your heart
Load More Replies...I always hated olives until suddenly one day I didn't. I fell in love with olives after buying a jar of sun-dried black olives produced on a wine farm in South Africa. Now black olive tapenade is one of my favourite toppings, I will eat it on anything!
No to black olives, yes to green, pimento-stuffed, olives!
Load More Replies...Oh my god. And here I am in Utah, with never a muffuletta in sight. *sigh*
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Kimchi, it just doesn't taste as interesting as people say it does
Me too. And fermented food is so good for your gut health.
Load More Replies...I have to disagree with this hard. Especially since there are so many types of kimchi. My favorite is kimchi fried in pork oil and eaten with fried tofu. Omg, amazing!
If you didn't grow up eating it, I find that it takes some finagling. I've made it a couple times, first time I didn't like it at all- my partner did though, so I made it again a while later, shuffled some things around, that time it was much better. Then I made it a third time, made some more slight changes, and that time, I think I got it perfect. I like a short and cold fermentation so the napa keeps a slight crunch in the middle, mild spice, and lots of sweet veg like carrots and daikon. It's much more... "European" I guess, than traditional Korean, which makes sense for me lol.
Maybe you haven't tried GOOD kimchi. Hell, I'm a white boy and love the stuff, if it is made right.
Vegetables fermented with chiles and salt. Process creates lacto-fermentation, similar to sauerkraut, and traditionally uses napa cabbage or Daikon radish.Typically sour, spicy and pungent.
Load More Replies...Did you know: the hot peppers used in preparing gochugaru must be grown in their native soil? If grown in Japan instead of Korea for instance, the pepper is merely irritatingly spicy instead of having the proper flavor. The kimchee itself also relies heavily on having things like shellfish added in for an expanded flavor profile! So if you get cheap kimchee you're only eating spiciness and salt. Proper kimchee is an explosion of savory goodness, and the array of different kinds will have many different textures and flavors~
Shrimp, and any other sea-roaches
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.
I learned how to make shrimp cocktail in a restaurant years ago so I agree. It's rare I go to a restaurant and find decently cooked shrimp. I also grill shrimp and it's a delicate balance between cooked and rubber! I think more people would like shrimp and other fish and seafood if it was cooke properly, not what's served at a Buffett!
Load More Replies...sea roaches...love that. my grandson will not eat them because he says they look like bugs which they do. but, he is also the same kid that willingly ate a candy bar of chocolate covered ants.
To be fair, I imagine that the chocolate bar didn't LOOK like bugs XD It just had bugs IN it!
Load More Replies...What Bubba said " shrimp is the fruit of the sea. You can barbecue it, boil it, broil it, bake it, saute it. Dey's uh, shrimp-kabobs, shrimp creole, shrimp gumbo. Pan fried, deep fried, stir-fried. There's pineapple shrimp, lemon shrimp, coconut shrimp, pepper shrimp, shrimp soup, shrimp stew, shrimp salad, shrimp and potatoes, shrimp burger, shrimp sandwich. That- that's about it"
Totally agree. If a shrimp crawled out from under your bed you would torch the house, not think mmm delicious
Prawns are what we Aussies call them. It also annoys me that crayfish are now called lobsters even though there is no similarity.
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.
I love seafood, but I'm careful where I source it. No dodgy diner seafood, please.
I can't get over the odd flavor of seafood. I don't know if I'm just getting it from the wrong places but I just can't eat it. I'm definitely not criticizing people who do like it though!
Load More Replies...You know how there’s a genotype that makes some people taste cilantro as soapy and broccoli as bitter? I’m convinced there’s a genotype that allows one to taste seafood as disgusting. The smell, the taste, the everything is disgusting to me, no matter how fresh it is. Fresh a*s is still a*s.
I agree. I should love seafood, I grew up near the shore, my entire family loves seafood. To me the smell alone is overwhelming, the taste is just as bad and the texture makes me gag.
Load More Replies...It all tastes like dirty water to me, and yes, I've had straight-from-the-sea fresh and still didn't like it.
Isn’t is so patronizing when people insist you dislike seafood because you’ve only eaten bad seafood? Those people can go suck a mussel.
Load More Replies...I'm the same, just the smell makes me really nauseated, since I was a toddler (so my mum says)
I love most seafood! A HARD pass on sea slug. That sounds gross on so many levels!
I have gotten sick on so many different types of fish, salt water and freshwater, so I just pretty much avoid it now.
are you sure you don't have an allergy/intolerance? bc i thought this about SEVERAL foods i found out later were things i was allergic to.
Load More Replies...You've never had my husband's salmon. It's all in the cooking (but must be very fresh)
Salmon is in my top most-hated foods. I've tried it so many different ways. I've tried cooked, raw, hot, cold. I've had lox at the best places in NYC. I've had broiled, grilled, smoked. I even tried it at The Fat Duck. It all tasted like salmon, and the sad fact is, I just hate salmon. I wish I liked it. It's pretty. But I'll stick to olives, caviar, and blue cheese, I guess.
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Food: Sweet potato
Drink: Kombucha
I can't understand the enjoyment of either, as both taste like dirt
So is sweet potato pie and sweet potato casserole (with brown sugar and pecans on top). I lie, to have a nice big sweet potato as a side dish (instead of a regular Idaho), all soft and mushy inside and just dripping with brown sugar butter. So yummy.
Load More Replies...A roasted sweet potato, split in half with lashings of butter, salt, and pepper, is all the dinner I want sometimes.
I love them with sour cream. I mix in herbs, salt and chili flakes. Yum
Load More Replies...Wow...they are so tasty!! I don't know who is preparing these haters their veggies, but they are far from dirt tasting.
This is honestly the revelation many of us have as adults. "Oh, I don't hate that food, I just hated the way it was fixed at home when I was a kid!" Meat loaf, brussels sprouts, green beans, mushrooms... all are great, but wow, my mom hated cooking.
Load More Replies...If you think they taste bad you've never had them done right! Sweet potatoes are so good for you and so delicious!
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.
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
Personally I buy Amish Country hulless popcorn for the same reason.
Load More Replies..."You're doing it wrong." If it makes you nauseous, you really are reacting to the burning of the corn or the oil - which is doing it wrong. Same for stovetop and microwave.
Load More Replies...The smell of popcorn makes me wanna puke. If I ignore that, I can eat it but I feel like I'm just eating chunks of cardboard.
I kind of understand this one. I mean, I'll eat it, whatever, but I never seek it out. I remember being a kid in school when they'd have movie day, and the teacher would make popcorn. All the kids would start losing their minds, and it was the first time I'd ever even thought about it being a 'cherished' food. I didn't understand it.
Stop downvoting on a matter of opinion!!! Right now not liking popcorn is at -15 points which means this might get someone banned from the site!!! Downvote spammers and trolls only, not for disagreeing!
We load up on popcorn on the cob in the summer and eat it all winter (put the cob in a paper bag and microwave it for exactly 2 minutes). It is much yummier than the packaged stuff! Just let the cob cool in the kitchen sink before you toss it in the trash.
Reading these posts makes me think these are a lot of pizza, burgers, and fries fans. It is interesting to branch out and try other foods. I don't know why some of these foods are considered to be "hyped". Who hypes tofu????
I think some are conflating over hyped with simply being well known. To me, over hyped is akin to saying it's the best and nothing will compare to it.
Load More Replies...Seems like people love hating on some of the healthiest foods you can eat. They might not all taste great, but your body will certainly thank you in the long run.
I think a lot of healthy foods can taste great if you learn how to prepare them well and the way you like best!
Load More Replies...This thread makes no sense! Someone likes some type of food, some don't.
I would say the most overhyped things I've tasted were some of the major food chain meals, didn't live up to the hype. There were some others but those are local to the region and might not be so common elsewhere....but none lived up to the hype.
Are people f*****g serious? They are downvoting the people who say they hate pickles or mushrooms just because they do? People seem to forget that too many downvotes gets a person BANNED and shouldn’t be used to express dislike for someone’s opinion. Unless the person is going out of their damn way to be frigging rude, trolling, or spamming don’t downvote someone! SMH
PLEASE DO NOT DOWN VOTE an opinion you disagree with, it can and will get the poster banned. BP FIX YOUR SYSTEM
This one is genetic. If you don't have the gene, cilantro tastes like soap. If you do have it, it's lovely and herbaceous.
Load More Replies...Kombucha tastes like toes dropped in battery acid yet it's all the rage.
Why isn't foie gras on the list? Apart from the vile treatment of geese it also tastes really bad. I tried it once many years ago and had to discreetly spit it out in my napkin.
What, steatitis on toast just doesn't do it for you?
Load More Replies...Reading these posts makes me think these are a lot of pizza, burgers, and fries fans. It is interesting to branch out and try other foods. I don't know why some of these foods are considered to be "hyped". Who hypes tofu????
I think some are conflating over hyped with simply being well known. To me, over hyped is akin to saying it's the best and nothing will compare to it.
Load More Replies...Seems like people love hating on some of the healthiest foods you can eat. They might not all taste great, but your body will certainly thank you in the long run.
I think a lot of healthy foods can taste great if you learn how to prepare them well and the way you like best!
Load More Replies...This thread makes no sense! Someone likes some type of food, some don't.
I would say the most overhyped things I've tasted were some of the major food chain meals, didn't live up to the hype. There were some others but those are local to the region and might not be so common elsewhere....but none lived up to the hype.
Are people f*****g serious? They are downvoting the people who say they hate pickles or mushrooms just because they do? People seem to forget that too many downvotes gets a person BANNED and shouldn’t be used to express dislike for someone’s opinion. Unless the person is going out of their damn way to be frigging rude, trolling, or spamming don’t downvote someone! SMH
PLEASE DO NOT DOWN VOTE an opinion you disagree with, it can and will get the poster banned. BP FIX YOUR SYSTEM
This one is genetic. If you don't have the gene, cilantro tastes like soap. If you do have it, it's lovely and herbaceous.
Load More Replies...Kombucha tastes like toes dropped in battery acid yet it's all the rage.
Why isn't foie gras on the list? Apart from the vile treatment of geese it also tastes really bad. I tried it once many years ago and had to discreetly spit it out in my napkin.
What, steatitis on toast just doesn't do it for you?
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