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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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Elea Bell
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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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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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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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Leo Domitrix
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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...

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

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!

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

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.

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

I love peas raw and sweet and crunchy, straight from the pod.

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

Me thinks you haven’t had ‘proper’ mushy peas. Some restaurants like to mash garden peas and call them mushy peas. Not in my book they’re not.

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

Mushy peas use marrowfat peas, which are an entirely different type of pea to garden peas.

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

Mushy peas over proper chip shop chips or with a good quality steak pie, chips and gravy 😍😍

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

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

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

They are utterly disgusting. I like peas, I like how they taste but mushy peas don't taste like that and look like they've been 'pre-chewed' yuk!

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

Tinned peas are an abomination; mashing them up is even worse! When I make mushy peas I take beautiful baby peas, gently mash them a bit with butter and little bit of double cream and they are absolutely divine

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

i thought i hated them until i had them with a nice mince pie , love them now

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

You disrespect the British name,go drink a cup of tea and think of what you have done ,I am ashamed a fellow British would say that,

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

Give me raw, fresh from the pod, or steamed peas, but please don't much them!

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

I never did outgrow my hatred for peas. They're fine in a casserole or soups but don't expect me to just eat a plain heaping pile of them.

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

Encountered mushy peas on my first visit to the UK. Looked like green mashed potatoes.

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

I like my peas very lightly cooked. Mushy peas are disgusting.

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

Love peas.. my mom made tasty peas vegetables, in paratha filling, cutlets, samosas, pulav and usal...

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

Mushy peas aren't made with fresh peas, they're made with dried peas. They are a relic of the days before freezing. Loved in Lancashire, along with another type, parched peas.

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

Damn I f*****g love that texture. Hard pees are disgusting!

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

Mushy peas seem bizarre to me. Fresh peas can be eaten raw. I often add some peas to pasta water, then drain and serve the resulting dish with olive oil, garlic, pepper and grated cheese. No roast chicken meal is complete for us without some nicely cooked peas, four minutes is being plenty in boiling water or the microwave. Not canned!

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

Try fresh peas straight out of the pod. They have a lovely nutty flavour. Most people overcook them. Steam them for 5 minutes.

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

Real peas are delicious; mushy ones are like puke. I briefly worked in the kitchen at a bingo hall and had to microwave them. They'd always overflow and afterwards I'd be cleaning up shrek snot. Disgusting.

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

My grandma grows peas and let me tell you when they arent coated in pesticides and chemicals they are like little veggie bombs when you bite down on them. I'll eat them straight from the pod. Delicious!

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

All in the matter of how it's cooked. I abhor peas in many forms, but pea protein in meat substitutes is my favorite. Wasabi peas are great. Mushy peas...no, thanks.

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

texture is a big factor in food, or anything rlly, to me. peas, corn, and things in small pieces don’t work for me. love rice tho.

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

Peasssss!!! I love them so much in every way. Mush, whole, half, any peas!!!

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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

Considering one of my favorites is pea soup, I'd say my taste buds and texture sense are very different from the op's

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

if you've overcooked them so much they're mushy you have made an error.

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

Not so much mushy peas, but I do like peas as a side dish or in a stir fry.

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

We love peas here at Sub Continent. It us tasty. I don't know mushing.

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

People here??? What the f**k are you talking about??? What a f*****g piece of s**t bigot this prick is. By the way Nobody likes mushy peas.

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

Brits squash them so they'll stay on the backs of their forks. 🤪

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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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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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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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