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We all know what an enticing food photo is when we see one. It’s the type of picture that would make your mouth water and trigger cravings while you’re scrolling through at 3 am.
On the flip side, there are food photos that will immediately suppress your appetite. It’s the type of snapshots you will see on this list, all of which came from the “That’s It, I’m Food Shaming” Facebook group. As the name suggests, the community is all about giving bad publicity to horrible-looking snapshots of random dishes. And you’re about to see why.
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#1
Tucker Cahooter 2 days ago
As Aussies love meat pies and love pizza, this looks like a winning combination to me
Betty Spaghetti 2 days ago
I’d need a side of steamed veggies or something to help soak up the grease but I’d eat this
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nottheactualphoto 2 days ago
That looks like ham to me, Batman; it's supposed to be guanciale. And we did not follow correct procedure with that egg yolk.
Barbara Wilcock 2 days ago
Pasta,ham,(cured or uncured) and egg yolk. Not the American version with cream and cheese
Alewa 2 days ago (edited)
I think so, almost. I suppose the egg yolk is supposed to be crac ked and get half cooked by the hot pasta. But US American chickens and eggs are highly polluted with salmonella and other germs. They have to wash the eggs. You wouldn't want to eat them raw.
Load More Replies... George Costanza 2 days ago
The pasta is the only thing that appears to have even remotely been cooked.
persephone134 2 days ago
Parisians ripping off the tourists again. It's unlikely that any local would eat there.
#3
Marie 2 days ago
This needs to be said, it's French from Québec/Canada and not from France. Only North Americans could come up with something like that.
Anony Mouse 2 days ago
Couldn’t pin this on the US, so you had to broaden it to “North American”. Sad.
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Emilu 2 days ago
Oh hell no. Admittedly, I'm a weirdo that doesn't like Oreos, and I don't mind bacon but rarely eat it. I volunteer my serving to @ƒιѕн, lol.
Trillian 2 days ago
The other way round, I don't like bacon but don't mind Oreos. This combination is vile anyway.
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Taking food photos became a hot trend when social media platforms like Instagram took off. From then on, people flooded timelines with the “This is what I’m eating” type of posts.
However, a study by Brigham Young University found that viewing too many food photos may make these dishes less appetizing.
#4
Nikole 2 days ago
Yeah, I don't see how it could be cooked, unless they roasted it first and then deep fried it.
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Littlemiss 2 days ago
I have eaten this! I don't recommend it, individually cooked pieces taste better
#5
Lyone Fein 2 days ago
People who think that adding sweetness to bacon is weird don’t remember the old days when eating pork chops with maple syrup was normal.
Louisa johnson 2 days ago
Or if you’re in the UK pork with apple sauce. It’s a winning combination.
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Lyone Fein 2 days ago
This is just a simple dinner made by someone who doesn’t know how to cook too much. No shame.
Researchers referred to it as a “sensory boredom,” where you essentially grow tired of the taste just by seeing a picture of a particular dish. They also noted that the over-exposure to food images increases satiation, or the drop in satisfaction from repeated consumption.
However, the authors of the study also clarified that sensory boredom may only happen if you look at a “decent number of photos” at a given time.
#7
Celyn Adams 2 days ago
Looking at these photos makes me feel so good. I used to think I was hopeless in the kitchen… but clearly I was wrong. I’m actually much better than them.
#8
UnclePanda 2 days ago
If the 'icing' was savory, maybe. Could one do this with cream cheese or something similar?
Lee Gilliland 2 days ago (edited)
It's probably cream cheese and therefore unsweetened but ick.
#9
michael Chock 2 days ago (edited)
Add some flowers and say it in French. If you need to ask the price, you cannot afford it.
Debby Keir 2 days ago
Petals can be very tasty - we grew nasturtiums, and had it in salad every season.
LakotaWolf (she/her) 2 days ago
I actually quite like rose petals. Have tried other edible flowers as well and I enjoy them. When I was still with my ex and we would go out to eat with his parents (always to the same Japanese restaurant) I used to eat the (edible) orchid that was placed on the "combination boat" as a garnish/decoration XD
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Presentation of dishes can also have a profound effect on our food choices. According to a 2023 study published in Food Quality and Preference, messy food presentations in photos lead to unhealthy dietary habits.
As researchers explain, neatly presented food photos reduce the person’s need for instant gratification, ultimately leading to healthier eating.
#10
Ace 2 days ago
Hot dog type sausages are (usually?) pre-cooked, you can actually eat them cold if you want.
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LakotaWolf (she/her) 2 days ago
Hey, at least they included some dietary fiber in the form of the mint-leaf garnish XD
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sturmwesen 2 days ago (edited)
I think it's supposed chicken curry not gravy.. which doesn't make it any better
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#12
Billo66 2 days ago
Please tell me thats rosemary covered in chocolate not pine twigs. Both are bizarre.
Na Schi 2 days ago (edited)
This is a specialty in the alpine in Europe. Only the really young branches are harvested and dipped in chocolate. What I've heard, it should taste refreshingly sweet.
LakotaWolf (she/her) 2 days ago
I'd try it! Honestly it sounds interesting XD
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Emma London 2 days ago (edited)
Those are new growths at the end of the pine tree / spruce branch, which are totally soft and edible. You can make mead or syrup out of them and they are very nutritious. With chocolate, I would eat them in a heartbeat!
Laserleader 2 days ago
Spruce tip tea is a common North American Native food, and these look like they are for steeping. Usually fresh grown tips are boiled and the broth is the tea while the needles are pulled from the core which is soft and tender little veggie. But no one tries to eat the actual needles so this is obviously for tea.
Stephanie Did It 2 days ago
I doubt that tastes like wild hickory nuts, though
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According to food waste nonprofit ReFED, the United States had 240 million tons of food supply go unsold or uneaten in 2024. The organization also estimated that the 63 million tons of food in the country end up as waste.
#13
michael Chock 2 days ago
Sub sandwich roll with pepperoni, pizza sauce, chopped yellow onion and cheese. But why is it pink?
B 2 days ago
Marin means 'marine' or seafood in French AFAIK. So maybe the pink stuff is tuna or something.
Load More Replies... Bill Swallow 2 days ago
More like a pepperoni pizza sub. ('Sous marin" is 'submarine' in French, if I recall correctly. And 'Pain a Sous Marin" would be 'bread of submarine' (Sub sandwich roll).)
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#14
Ellie Sakurai 2 days ago
It's very common here in Brazil to have hard boilled eggs on pizza. I swear, the teste is good
Val 2 days ago
I've never thought about putting eggs on a pizza. Mine would be soft boiled, though.
Emilu 2 days ago (edited)
The 'Aussie' pizza as it's usually known by down here (for reasons? Lol) consists of ham/bacon (sometimes one or other, or both), cheese and egg. The egg is cracked on top and cooked with the rest of the pizza toppings, though. I like pineapple and mushrooms with mine, but I'm bias as I like pineapple and mushrooms on all pizza. (Edit: D**n that druggo egg!)
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UnclePanda 2 days ago
I think it's 7-layer dip. Much more disturbing to me - is it sitting on a trash can lid?
LakotaWolf (she/her) 2 days ago
Looks like perhaps a storage tote since I see a latch/locking handle? Not that that's any better/cleaner XD
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We will now turn the conversation over to you, dear reader. Which of these photos threw you off the most? More controversially, which ones would you actually consider eating? Let us know in the comments!
#16
Bill Swallow 2 days ago
Minimalist, true, but more to the point, Completely Erroneous Fish 'N Chips.
Load More Replies... Daisydaisy 2 days ago
Well this is something a toddler would thoroughly enjoy. And to be fair it's the only food that looks edible out of all of these!
#17
Nicole Weymann 1 day ago
"interesting". But then many yummy stews or casserole style meals look anything but appetising, so I'd still be curious enough to try it - hoping the yellowish/white-ish stuff is something like egg rather than mayonnaise or mustard.
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#19
Norm Gilmore 2 days ago
Says it's microwaved but it doesn't look like it's gone anywhere near a microwave :-)
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LakotaWolf (she/her) 2 days ago
I'd probably dash a bit of rice vinegar over it first, but same!
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#21
Emilu 2 days ago
Apparently ramen and cheese is a popular combo (I think that's a slice of plastic cheese? I can't speak a dot of French, lol). Never tried it but the amount of people that say it's good does make me a bit curious.
joann fielding 1 day ago
I don't think you're supposed to use the flavor packet with the cheese.
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Multa Nocte 2 days ago
"Beef ramen and a slice of cheese - what about you, I'll take care of that, a craving."
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#23
Did I say that out loud? 2 days ago
I mean,it works for some cheeses, but it's still a no from me.
#24
WindySwede 2 days ago
"Whats the matter, you haven't touched your tryptobeef?"
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#26
Emilu 2 days ago
Not loving the idea of the spam, but looks like a decent budget-ish meal (compared to other things on this thread, anyway).
Norm Gilmore 2 days ago
The picture comes up as ham cubes which makes it sound quite tasty :-) That salads looking good too!
Load More Replies... Lyone Fein 2 days ago
Someone has a thing about none of the food touching any of the other food?
#27
Emilu 2 days ago
So, as someone who speaks no variant of French and can't Google Translate a picture, could you please humour this pleb as to what that square thing under the peas is meant to be? Canned salmon?
Nicole Weymann 1 day ago
I think they're talking about some toasted bread ("pain toasté"), so maybe the salmon was put on there (or between two slices?), then the sauce béchamel, then half a can of peas.
Load More Replies... Fenouille Fenouille 2 days ago
This I can almost see. After all it could be considered a poor boys’ salmon pie.
Pernille 2 days ago
The Canadians needs to stop getting recipes from their downstairs neighbours.
LakotaWolf (she/her) 2 days ago
As a citizen of the US, I assure you that this is not a US "recipe" XD
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Sue Denham 2 days ago
Flashback to the seventies. I thought we'd all come to our senses since then.
Fraxinus excelsior 1 day ago
I'm probably going to get downvoted or called gross or something, but I'd quaff this,I love aspic,there's never enough in pork pies anymore.
Michael MacKinnon 2 days ago
Vegetable aspic...what happens when you eat...too many vegetables....
#29
michael Chock 2 days ago
Bacon in lasagna is not a bad idea. Everything else in this photo is.
Nicole Weymann 1 day ago
From what I deduce the caption is like "How do you guys make lasagna, mine always come out crispy, not soft like I want, help me please". Short, minimal answer would be "more liquid" (sauces mostly). The longer answer would include several layers of lasagna sheet pasta rather than spaghetti (mostly for authenticity) with bolognese sauce and béchamel sauce between sheets, bottom layer also béchamel, top layer again bolognese, béchamel and mozzarella cheese with some grated parmesan.
Multa Nocte 2 days ago
This person is asking for help making their lasagna softer and not as crispy as it turned out.
#30
Nicole Weymann 1 day ago
Looks a bit pale, but out of all the pictures I've seen (so far 30+) it's among the top three most appetising.
LakotaWolf (she/her) 2 days ago
When you can barely tell which bits are pasta and which are celery(??? or is that green pasta?), you're doing something wrong. XD
Scott Rackley 2 days ago
I think the green is spinach pasta. The caption says linguine in white sauce with ham.
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nottheactualphoto 2 days ago
I eventually caught on that these are Canadian French.
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#32
Daisydaisy 2 days ago
I'm sorry to see so much French (?) being spoken around these meals. I thought the French were famously brilliant chefs and very fussy about good food?
Val 2 days ago
To be fair, it's mostly Canadian French. Although we still have unbelievable cuisine, this is mostly satire. Think of American "girl dinners."
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George Costanza 2 days ago
Just some dbag trying to make something that will photographically get them clicks on the internet.
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#35
michael Chock 2 days ago
It looks bad, but it is french ham on pasta with a cheese sauce. I would eat it.
LakotaWolf (she/her) 2 days ago
Yep - I think some of these are just badly-taken photographs, which make the food look way worse than it actually is.
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michael Chock 2 days ago
A little salt, a little pepper, and right into the trash! Ok, fine, on a salad would work.
Emilu 2 days ago
It's still cooking. What's the problem? (I mean, the pan may be a bit off temp-wise looking at how some has browned and some is still pink, but...)
#37
Emilu 2 days ago
... I'm sorry, but that looks like something my family's lab would have puked up (he didn't chew, he just swallowed. Friend and I found out the hard way when he puked and his dinner came up completely intact).
LakotaWolf (she/her) 2 days ago (edited)
Fenring has done that a time or two when he eats too fast XD If they hork it up soon after eating, before any digestion has taken place, it's "regurgitation" instead of "vomiting". In fact, just a couple of weeks ago, I fed Fenring, and a few minutes later I heard him make a funny sound. I looked over and watched him gracefully and delicately hork out 3 perfect, intact kibbles from his meal. He looked at me. We made eye contact. I said "don't you da--" and he snapped his head down and re-ate them XD Ah, dogs. It's worth noting that canines DON'T really "chew" - their teeth aren't suited to "chewing" like we do. We have broad, flat molars for grinding/chewing. A dog's molars are shaped like a mountain ridge and are designed to "shear" or "snip" meat into pieces to be swallowed. Their molars are like the blades of scissors. So, to wit, they CAN'T chew their dinners, really. Sometimes they'll catch kibble in their molars while eating and crush/break them, but it's not "chewing". Dogs were made to swallow their dinners XD
Load More Replies... Daisydaisy 2 days ago
Call me fussy if you will, but I don't eat food that can't be distinguished from vomit
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#40
Nicole Weymann 1 day ago
...someone who kiIIed your puppy? (I'm trying to deduce what prompted the hate crime)
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LakotaWolf (she/her) 2 days ago
He's posting to a Photoshop help page and was asking for the fork to be removed via Photoshop.
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#46
Daisydaisy 2 days ago
Is that mould? Surely this is a meal prep that was suddenly interrupted three weeks ago and hasn't been touched since?
kwondae 2 days ago
This is chicken in half-mourning, a french receipe. Truffle slices under the skin
Annik Perrot 2 days ago
And it's usually made with a "poularde"(fattened young hen), not à chicken.
Load More Replies... nottheactualphoto 2 days ago
That quantity of truffles would be enormously expensive, like hundreds of dollars. And the flavor would be overwhelming.
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LakotaWolf (she/her) 2 days ago
Some of the commenters on Facebook are insisting this is chicken salad. I'm not convinced XD
LakotaWolf (she/her) 2 days ago (edited)
I have bravely gone to this person's FB page and found their original entry for this. This is the (google translated) "recipe": "I made myself a delicious chicken salad for lunch today 😋🤤👌 - 1 cup of chicken - 2 slices of bacon - 1/2 red onion - Wild garlic (about 6 large cloves) - Sea salt - Crácked black pepper - 2 tablespoons of Hellmann's mayonnaise - I put everything in the food processor to make a paste and then added 2 sliced shallots 😉 It tastes heavenly!" --- friend, there is NO WAY that that is only two tablespoons of mayo.........
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Bill Swallow 2 days ago
At a (rough) guess, because sour cream is often used in pastries (particularly Sour Cream Donuts)?
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Ray Carrillo 2 days ago
This would be better deconstructed. And reconstructed with new ingredients.
Emilu 2 days ago (edited)
Don't eat Spam raw... preferably, don't eat it at all (unless you grew up with it and it's a comfort food/I learned how to cook with this sort of thing, then I get it).
nottheactualphoto 2 days ago
Spam is already cooked when it comes out of the can.
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Gingersnap In Iowa 2 days ago
Well I was going to have a little snack but I've seemed to lost my appetite.
Hugo 1 day ago
Well, they speak a variety of French in Quebec. But I don't think French cuisine has reached them yet.
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JK 2 days ago
Next time someone says bad things about British food, im sending them here. British food might be boring, but at least its safe to eat!!
Norfolk and good 2 days ago (edited)
British food isn't boring. That's a stereotype that came from the Victoria era when people were starving and again from US soldiers during WWII while the UK had rationing. One thing we definitely do well is dessert. Bakewell tart, Victoria sponge cake, jam roly poly, Eton mess, sticky toffee pudding, Battenberg cake, trifle, apple crumble...
Load More Replies... Gingersnap In Iowa 2 days ago
Well I was going to have a little snack but I've seemed to lost my appetite.
Hugo 1 day ago
Well, they speak a variety of French in Quebec. But I don't think French cuisine has reached them yet.
Load More Replies... JK 2 days ago
Next time someone says bad things about British food, im sending them here. British food might be boring, but at least its safe to eat!!
Norfolk and good 2 days ago (edited)
British food isn't boring. That's a stereotype that came from the Victoria era when people were starving and again from US soldiers during WWII while the UK had rationing. One thing we definitely do well is dessert. Bakewell tart, Victoria sponge cake, jam roly poly, Eton mess, sticky toffee pudding, Battenberg cake, trifle, apple crumble...
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