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“I Refuse To Believe A Single Soul Wants To Eat It”: 35 People Share Overhyped Foods
Interview With Author
It's natural for people to have different tastes – taste in music, movies, interior design, clothes. The same goes for food. Different people like the taste of different things. Some people have a sweet tooth, others go crazy for all things savory. But can we say there are foods that almost everyone likes? Pizza, maybe?
Redditor YarnSpectre wanted to know if there are popular foods people just don't get the hype about. They asked netizens 'What's one food everyone seems to go crazy for, but you just don't understand the hype?' And the people delivered – from parsley, truffles and pumpkin spice to olives, kombucha and bacon. Wait, there are people who don't like bacon?!
Bored Panda reached out to the author of this thread, YarnSpectre. She was kind enough to chat with us and tell us more about what inspired the post on r/AskReddit.
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#1
Aussie here. Oreos….meh, there’s plenty of way better biscuits around
Michelle Carlson 1 year ago
The Oreo Thins are pretty good - a good balance of the chocolate and the creme. The regular are too much for me.
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Chewie Baron 1 year ago
Nothing comes close to a bourbon cream biscuit. There’s not much I wouldn’t do for a bourbon!
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Petra Schaap 1 year ago
sure there are better cookies, but these will still do every now and then.
"It was just one of those weird random thoughts," YarnSpectre says when we ask her about the inspiration for this thread. The Redditor explained that her brain just sometimes goes to weird places.
In her opinion, the most overhyped popular food is the croissant. Apparently, not everyone feels this way – 142 million people in the US alone enjoyed croissants in 2020. Their popularity is undeniable, but their haters are plenty as well. And YarnSpectre is not alone in this.
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#2
People like how fondant looks, I refuse to believe a single soul actually wants to eat it
K Davis 1 year ago
I don't mind it, especially on Christmas cake with marzipan. Trick is not to have it too thick and eat it evenly with the sponge
Charles McChristy 1 year ago
Liking and not minding are two entirely different things.
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HTakeover 1 year ago
Royal Icing is actual icing. Fondant is basically decorative marshmallow that lost all of its puff.
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XanthippeⓐWulf🇨🇦️️🇬🇧 1 year ago
I don't use it often, but when it's requested I make my own. Homemade fondant is different (or at least the recipe I've use). Store bought always tastes strange like waxy, sweet chemicals 😖 if you make it at home, you can adjust the sweetness, consistency, and even add flavoring.
Rayna Sussek 1 year ago
Full disclosure: my younger sister, my niece & I despise fondant. I have a baker friend, he used marshmallow fondant, for my nephew's (younger sister's son) for his birthday cake. Sister, niece, & I COULD NOT stop eating that fondant. I wanted a bucket of it.
UncleJon_TheMadScientist 1 year ago
I dunno, I've had fondant that tastes like play-dough... and some that had a nicer frosting-like flavor...
BannedFromABoatShow 1 year ago
My daughter loves it! She’ll try to sneak pieces off the block it comes in when I’m trying to roll it out. I tell her all the time she’s wrong and it’s nasty. Horrible stuff tastes like solid crisco.
#3
Energy drinks like Red Bull or Monster
tori Ohno 1 year ago
All energy drinks are gross. They taste like a cesspool of chemicals and fake ingredients. Give me coffee or tea thank you very much. Or how about a good night's sleep instead.
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Did you hear that? 1 year ago
It's the effect of the drink that I love and I've the years my brain has associated the taste with the energy. Pavlovian response and all.
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Sky Render 1 year ago
I tried one recently. It tasted like those old Flintstones vitamins and made me get irrationally angry for a few hours after drinking it. Never again.
Ovata Acronicta 1 year ago
Monster Ultra series is pretty all right. Original is phenomenally disgusting though.
Irishgal 1 year ago
The sugar free watermelon one is awesome. I agree the original ones are yuck!!lol
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Spooky Demon Bat (they/them) 1 year ago
It tastes like flavored battery acid, but if I'm in dire need of caffeine, I will ashamedly purchase one
devotedtodreams 1 year ago
They smell like gummy bears - I mean, the smell is even stronger than when you open an actual bag of gummy bears! Because of thieir penetrating smell, I've never had an ounce of desire to try an energy drink...
Blogger Peter Michaels described croissants as "pretentious, overpriced toast." "I mean, they can't decide if they're bread or cake," he wrote on his blog back in 2021. "You can eat them for breakfast? Can't be a cake."
Croissants had some haters among other commenters in this thread as well. User Scherbatskyyyyyyyy wrote: "I eat to be full, so having a bite with [a] paper-like break with lots [of] air inside is not for me, especially [if] it costs $4 and I'm still hungry."
#4
Foie gras. F*****g gross. Texture is rotten, flavor is no better, plus the animal suffers for it?? No thank you.
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 1 year ago
Zoidberg: "What is this? Goose liver? Fish Eggs? I ask for rich guy stuff and you give me this garbage?"
XenoMurph 1 year ago
True, I was slightly drunk once and tried some. I'm ashamed that I did. It's animal cruelty. Delicious, wish it could be done without the cruelty. Truly delicious.
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CatWoman1014 1 year ago
I had some in one of my courses at a restaurant in Toronto. I liked it, a lot, but when I found out how it’s truly made I felt super guilty. The goose is literally force fed until it’s fat and then killed for its liver. Poor goose. It’s actually outlawed in some places as to get it truly authentic it comes in a cruel way
Shane S 1 year ago (edited)
I listened to a podcast once where they interviewed a guy who figured out a way to get the geese to overeat willingly. It’s been probably 8 years or so ago. I wonder if ethical foie gas is still a thing.
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Pandapoo 1 year ago (edited)
Can you give me a brief of why it’s cruel. I could google, but I don’t want to look at any gross images right now. Edit: never mind. Cat woman explained below. That’s awful.
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quentariel 1 year ago
As a vegetarian I never accuse people for eating meat as long as I don't have to. But this goes way over my limit to be quiet!
Nikole 1 year ago
When I was around 14 I had to explain to my adult uncle why I was horrified he’d eaten veal.
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David 1 year ago
In France the geese and ducks suffer, but nearly all places in the US use the Romanian method for feeding, and nearly all US Foie Gras is cage free with some even free range. The abuse is mostly out of the system in the US and mostly just still exists in france. I have been to a Foie Gras farm that was cage free, with the Romanian Method for feeding, and it was not suffering. I mean if the animal lived to an old age they would have health issues from the diet, but they dont live that long
Shane S 1 year ago
I thought ethical foie gras existed and this confirms it.
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Raw oysters
Eastendbird 1 year ago
Agree, absolutely love oysters. If people don't like them - that's fine, all the more for me!
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Terry Tobias 1 year ago
I can't eat anything with a weird texture. My mother told me that I wouldn't eat babyfood; I'd just split it out. I went from formula straight to solid food. My father would give me steak bones to suck on before I even had teeth. Needless to say, I can't eat clams, oysters, or anything with tapioca. However, I did get to try caviar once and loved it. The texture wasn't objectionable to me whatsoever! I wish I could afford to buy some myself.
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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 1 year ago
Huge NOPE for me. First I'm allergic. Second I have a degree in food science and would never touch filter feeders even if I wasn't allergic to them. You have no idea how many human pathogens can end up in shellfish.
Tamra 1 year ago
Thank you Ray. You just cemented my lack of desire to try these things. 😂
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hearditontheX 1 year ago
Pretty sure I would at a minimum gag if I tried one
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PFD 1 year ago
Whole family wend to a nice restaurant for a seafood platter type meal once. None of us had eaten oysters before. We tried them together - all of us started retching and one of the kids vomited instantly. Veeeery classy. Revolting things.
Hagebumi 1 year ago
It is a thing in my head. Never tried one, but because of the look and how people consume them and how the smell..I don't think I want to try one ever.
XenoMurph 1 year ago
I wish I had your determination. I tried once. Snot on a fork.
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CatWoman1014 1 year ago
They’re really good. I tried one for the first time recently and I found it delicious. I think you have to like mushrooms though because the texture is very similar
#6
Hot Cheetos or takis. Anything with the artificially colored spicy powder
Mama Penguin 1 year ago
I love hot Cheetos, although I don't love what they do to me afterwards.
White Sauce Hot Sauce 1 year ago
I'm here for a good time, not a long time. Give me all the spicy chips.
Jeff White 1 year ago
I'm with the OP. Anything is artificial power "cheese" or "spice" gives me the heebie-jeebies
People really had a lot of preferences to share – the post got over 13k comments. YarnSpectre says she didn't expect that kind of reaction. "I was very surprised. It was overwhelming," the author admits.
Still, the Redditor doesn't think it's fair to yuck other people's yums. "It's fine to politely say 'I don't care for that', but not ok to criticize or pick apart what you think is wrong with it," YarnSpectre shared with Bored Panda.
#7
Pumpkin spice. It’s fine, but absolutely not anything to make a fuss about
Susan Bosse 1 year ago
For me, it just signifies the season. I don't eat or drink everything pumpkin spice but it is definitely a favorite and has been since I was little. Pumpkin bread was the first quick bread recipe I ever learned!
Jane No Dough 1 year ago
In baked goods I'll enjoy it, but adding it to anything and everything like they do in the US every September is overkill.
nottheactualphoto 1 year ago
I saw this in my local grocery store this past September. pumpkin_sp...60ba30.jpg 
SheamusFanFrom1987 1 year ago
Haven't had anything pumpkin spice ever, save for pumpkin chowder with a bit of cumin and pepper in it. Is it any good?
AngryRobotsInc 1 year ago
Pumpkin spice doesn't have any pumpkin in it. It's just a mix commonly used for pumpkin pie (why you'll also see it sold as Pumpkin Pie Spice). Blend of cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, and clove (and occasionally allspice). So pumpkin spice will go well with anything that pairs nicely with those spices.
Load More Replies... CD Mills 1 year ago
I love a nice piece of pumpkin pie, all of those spices enhance the taste of the pumpkin. You can throw that particular blend of spices into all these other products, that contain zero pumpkin and it doesn't make them taste like pumpkin pie because the main ingredient of pumpkin is missing. People are goofy critters.
#8
Those dry a*s Walmart sugar cookies
Tabitha 1 year ago (edited)
They’re dry when they’re stale. But taste (and coat the inside of your mouth) like Crisco when fresh. Cookies aren’t all that difficult to make, and are so much better homemade, especially when they’re still warm from the oven, not to mention they make your house smell heavenly while they’re baking.
Beth Vega 1 year ago
I agree but I still manage to over or under-bake every time!
Load More Replies... CatWoman1014 1 year ago
I hate them and everything with that fake icing taste and to add insult to injury you can also taste the dye. However I know people who would inhale these like they’re loaded with crack. So I guess some people like the taste of food dye and sugar 🤷🏻♀️
#9
Kombucha
Beans 1 year ago (edited)
I first tried Kombucha in the states many years ago and I was like why TF am I drinking vinegar, lol. I was having gut issues and decided to start drinking it here in Australia, to improve my gut flora, and I love it now, though I do hate that ever brand puts Stevia in it. But whenever I have an upset stomach it works wonders. Some brands are better than others though.
Joann Hart 1 year ago
Grow your own, much better for you than that dead stuff in a bottle
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Jahl 1 year ago
Actually it's just another type of vinegar and vinegar is good for us
Load More Replies... El Cucuy 1 year ago
I drink it the Russian way...with a very small splash of vodka. I also love it without. A Russian friend of mine used to make it for me and bring me in a big jar every couple weeks or so. I could drink it every day.
София Харитонова 1 year ago (edited)
OMG. I'm Russian and I've never heard of combucha with vodka. We do not drink everything with vodka, btw. (And we used to grow combucha in jars and call it "Chainyi grib" (literally "Tea mushroom") before it became something fashionable).
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It doesn't, usually. The whitish discs are the yeast cultures that do the fermenting, called 'scobies'. There is usually only one; this is probably a jar that someone is using to store spare scobies. In any case it's removed before bottling/drinking.
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#10
Truffles… WTF?…. Tastes like leaf mold mixed with aged compost and everybody’s like oooooohhh… it’s expensive so I love it…….nobody needs truffle oil on their French fries damn it
Barong 1 year ago
Love them. But they aren’t something you could just eat a bunch like other mushrooms, which I also love. Even if you don’t necessarily like it it’s hard to not agree that the taste is unique, and powerful. I worked for a high end catering company in NYC and we would get cases of them in and I would shave this slices for various dishes. If it’s an acquired taste I certainly acquired it then. Mushrooms varieties other than portobello/cremini/button are not commonly found in restaurants in the US. Chanterelle, morel, woodsear, enoki, lion mane, lobster, porcini, oh so many delicious and unique flavors. But, truffles outshine them all in its unique firm texture, aroma and flavor.
Matthews 1 year ago
I really want to try them someday, but your comparison to mushrooms makes me pause. I’m allergic to mushrooms, so maybe truffles would be a no go? I’d hate having to learn it the hard way with such an expensive ingredient.
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Hphizzle 1 year ago
Is no one going to comment on how the picture looks like cat poop on top of kitty litter? Or is it just me?
JayWantsACat 1 year ago
Truffle oil isn't made with truffles and has a different flavor than actual truffles. I agree that truffles are overrated, especially for the expense, but they are more pleasant than truffle oil, in my opinion.
Anyone-for-tea? 1 year ago
I hate truffle oil on anything, it tastes like you’ve thrown decaying soil mulch over my food. Although I still don’t think I could be convinced to try a truffle!
Load More Replies... Susan Bosse 1 year ago
Wrong!!! I need them. I love Rosemary sweet potatoes with truffle oil. Truff marinara and Truff mayo are fantastic!!!
Jcusack 1 year ago
They are good when used slightly, but I agree above where you get truffle fries that are soggy from all the oil dosed on top. Use it to enhance other flavors, not to be the only flavor...
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XanthippeⓐWulf🇨🇦️️🇬🇧 1 year ago
Noooo! They are quite good, but they have to be fresh. One of our neighbors has a pecan orchard so they let us go dig up some of the truffles that grow there in exchange for the avocados we grow. Most of the stuff that people think is what truffles taste like isn't really truffles. Truffle oil is typically a recreated truffle flavoring or may contain a smidge of old truffle residue. The flavor itself should be subtle with a really lovely aroma, and the flavor profile is like mushrooms where they can add a hint of nutty, earthy, or meaty taste depending on the type. It should really blend well with whatever dish it's in. It shouldn't scream TRUFFLE! If you eat something with truffles & you're like omg this truffle flavor is strong or overwhelming, it's either not fresh, or manufactured truffle flavoring.
SirWriteALot 1 year ago
Truffles split the world in two ... there are those who hate it and those who love it. There is no middle ground. No gray area. Also, depends on the type. And if they're still good (I recently caught a whiff of a rotten one. OMG, so nasty)
#11
Wings. Lotta work and mess for nibbles of wet meat
Lotekguy 1 year ago
Wings maximize the crisp skin and sauce- to- bland meat ratio.
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This person should never come NEAR Maryland. He is NOT going to like crabs.
George Costanza 1 year ago
The joy is the sauce and crust to meat ratio. Buffalo wings give you lots of sauce and crispy skin/crust for every bit of meat. It's perfect. A buffalo drumstick or breast just would not work the same.
Auntriarch 1 year ago
Absolutely! My nephew barbecued 3 chickens in harissa sauce and I snarfed the wings off all three...
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Lotekguy 1 year ago
So what's your point? Them's the lip-smackinest parts.
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ScoobyLinny 1 year ago
I'm not a vegetarian but I have problems with meat, I'm kinda disgusted by it, and wings are definitely up there. The threads and stuff near the bone?...
Donald Furr 1 year ago
Loved them in the 1970’s @ 10cents a pound they were an affordable and tasty treat! Now they are just too expensive for my budget.
#12
Boba , S**t is overrated asf
Hans Georg 1 year ago
Would one eat the bubbles or are they just for decoration and trash?
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Robert Beveridge 1 year ago
Tapioca is one of the world's great desserts, but why would you ruin it with tannin-infused despair?
Lyoness 1 year ago
While I absolutely disagree about bubble tea I'm laughing my a**e off at "tannin-infused despair".
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~nope~ 1 year ago
You can also get popping boba :) I hate tapioca too lmao I always get the popping ones or jelly cubes
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Angela Castro 1 year ago
You're nuts! The first time I had it I was hooked, but only the real stuff! It's the texture! Tapioca pudding on steroids!
Neuroscientist and taste expert at the Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia, Brian Lewandowski told Brain Facts that the differences picked up in the different zones are there, but are too minute to actually matter.
"All regions of the tongue that detect taste respond to all five taste qualities. There are some mild regional differences in sensitivity for different taste qualities, but these differences are small enough that they do not play a clear role in taste perception."
#13
Caviar
Jane No Dough 1 year ago
Another instance where there are many different kinds, and the taste varies significantly. Also depends what it is paired with as most of us don't just dig into a bowl of caviar like it was cereal.
Zaphod 1 year ago
I don't like salmon roe (shown in picture). I like the smaller egg varieties better. Like tobiko, the orange smelt eggs found on sushi that pop on your teeth. I've only had sturgeon caviar once, but it was delicious.
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Pyla 1 year ago
With the poaching of sturgeons in the Columbia river, my hope is that this food will die out.
L. Murphy 1 year ago
Agreed. People are selfish asshats who only care about themselves. Just f**k an entire species so they can munch their status snacks.
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Der Kommissar 1 year ago (edited)
Good with creme fraiche and toast point. Sevruga or Beluga. Salmon roe or smelt eggs are caviar substitutes.
#14
Kale. I never understood what people saw in it.
Max Fox 1 year ago
I prefer baby kale. Spinach has a weird grittiness, which I don't understand.
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Petra Schaap 1 year ago
you just have to know how to prepare it. For generations of western Europeans this is just a wintervegetable and not a hype.
Superb Owl 1 year ago
I have tried so so many ways to prepare kale, none of them make it good.
Irishwoman abroad 1 year ago
Have you tried colcannon? (Traditional Irish dish)? It's basically yummy mashed potatoes with kale, served with a k**b of butter on top and accompanied by sausages. The only palatable way to eat revolting kale!
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Zaphod 1 year ago
It is so trendy and people pretend that it is good. I remember when it was only used to decorate salad bars.
kate h 1 year ago
Came here to say this! SOOooooo much kale covering that chipped ice ;)
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Maggie Fulton 1 year ago
Raw kale tastes like cardboard. Cooked, it tastes a lot like spinach and is pretty tasty.
Hex Gurls 1 year ago
LISTEN TO ME: OVEN, 420 DEGREES. KALE: WASHED, OILED, SALT, GARLIC POWDER CHILI POWDER, ON BAKING SHEET FOR TEN MINUTES
Mare 1 year ago
Again...it's the way it's prepared that make or break the food ^^ If you treat it like greens (US), it's delicious. Same as spinach. In the Netherlands, kale is kind of our staple food in the winter. Delicious with mashed potatoes, boiled short ribs, sausages & pork meat. Apart from that, it's as versatile as broccoli or spinach
#15
Nutella. It’s just ok.
Flora Porter 1 year ago
For an adult palate, it's way, way too sweet. Luckily there are good alternatives, like Bonne Maman.
Beans 1 year ago
The US and Australian ones are sweeter than the European version. My mother always laments that Nutella tasted better in Europe. I can confirm, it tastes sweeter and cheaper here. I still like it though
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Alexej Dvorak 1 year ago
To be fair, and I don't know if this applies in all markets, but here they made some major change to the recipe a couple of years ago, and it's really "meh" ever since. Before it was maybe not the best, but at least unique in a good way.
Petra Schaap 1 year ago
its ok every now and then. We always have a jar of Aldi Knockoff, but i dont understand people eating it with a spoon or pour it on everthing.
DoNotGoGentleIntoThatGoodNight 1 year ago
Are we talking specifically Nutella or Chocolate hazelnut spread in general?
#16
Red velvet cake. I've had ones that were supposed to be excellent but it's just red cake.
HTakeover 1 year ago (edited)
Excellent write-up here: https://www.allrecipes.com/article/why-is-red-velvet-cake-red/ TLDR version: in the 1800s, a bit of cocoa powder was added to cakes because it helped break the proteins down & keep it fluffy. Not enough to be a chocolate cake though. Fast forward some time it made its way to the US south where they used buttermilk, baking soda, etc. as leavening in just about everything. Those acids mixed with the cocoa and had a reaction, causing the whole thing to turn a ruddy brown/red. Edit: that was before Dutch processed cocoa changed the chemistry of it all.
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M Keith A2Z 1 year ago
If you're making it with red food coloring you're making it wrong. It's supposed to have vinegar in it which reacts with the baking soda and causes a red tint and tangy flavor on top of the chocolate flavor.
Bobby 1 year ago
The vinegar/baking soda/buttermilk reacts with the cocoa, and this won't happen if you use Dutch processed cocoa, you need natural cocoa to get the color change
Load More Replies... George Costanza 1 year ago
But come on, it's still cake. It's not like it's BAD cake - cake is cake.
Nina 1 year ago
If it's just red cake, something went wrong. It's so much better than just red cake. It has more flavours and textures than regular cake and is sooooo delicious. I'll be honest: you gotta have a good one though. There's tons out there that are just dry cake with some cream cheese smacked on, those do not deserve the label.
Mark (it/urgh) 1 year ago
Yeah and there's no d*cks in Spotted D*ck either, gonna whinge about that too? 🙄
D20 Games 1 year ago
A real red velvet cake is neither a vanilla cake or chocolate cake, it's both. It will have a HINT of chocolate flavor, you should still be able to distinguish the vanilla and chocolate flavors. And if you can taste the red food coloring, then the person who made it f****d it up. They used too much liquid food coloring, or too much gel. Baking is a science.
jenjie.newt 1 year ago
Red velvet cake is now simply chocolate cake with food coloring. Real red velvet requires a chemical reaction between ingredients
We can explain scientifically why some people like a certain food and others hate it. It's apparently in your genes. Research scientist on sensory, flavor and consumer sciences Nicholas Archer writes: "The receptor proteins are produced from instructions encoded in our DNA and there is significant variation in the DNA code between individuals."
#17
Turkey. As a non-American living in the US, it's a f*****g miserable bird. Everyone is like Yeah but if you brine for 37.5 hours in this mixture, dry rub it for 22.7 hours, it tastes so good! Spend that amount of time and effort and any kind of meat is going to taste better than the turkey. Not to mention that people are prepared to destroy their major asset trying to cook it. Lastly, there is no turkey based fast food chain in the US. Y'all claim to love it so much but the market knows the truth.
Brocken Blue 1 year ago
I really don’t understand this. Whenever I read that people think turkey is dry and tasteless I just wanted to invite them over to my house for dinner. Salt is necessary, paprika and rosemary are just for fun. But it’s not that time intensive a thing to prep as the OP implies… andi t’s one of my favorite meals ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Load More Replies... JayWantsACat 1 year ago (edited)
You can love things in different ways. I love turkey but I don't want it every day. And it's preparation is partly why we don't have it all the time. Its something special for a certain occasion. It's a holiday tradition which is why we put up with cooking it. We associate it with a certain meal from a certain time of the year and that's what makes it special. I don't eat things I love all the time. Does that mean I don't love them?
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 1 year ago
Well at the same time, you can get a turkey sandwich just about anywhere. No turkey sandwich chains, but sliced turkey breast is a staple.
Shane S 1 year ago
And ground/minced turkey is a popular substitute for those wanting to decrease the fat in ground beef.
Load More Replies... Zaphod 1 year ago
I have deep fried a turkey for the last 20 Thanksgivings. It is THE MOST MOIST bird you have ever had. Perfectly crispy, but not burnt, skin. Also, a 20 pound bird cooks in only 40 minutes. Just be sure to set up in the yard, away from any structures. And follow Alton Brown's instructions for safety, especially the ladder set-up. (Instructions found at FoodNetwork.com)
Sugar Shack 1 year ago
^this^ we have a turkey fry every year. If done right, it is AMAZING
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David L 1 year ago
Intensively farmed animals, low standards of animal husbandry will always result in a stressed and flavourless meat. You can't beat free range Norfolk Black and Norfolk Bronze turkeys from small farms for birds that have been well looked after and that is reflected in the flavour of the meat.
Becky Samuel 1 year ago
And the price. Good luck getting one for under £75.
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Ace 1 year ago
Roast turkey does not need any of that - just put it in the oven for thee required time, turning once, cover with foil only if your oven is too hot at the top. Easy peasy, and once you;ve let it rest for an hour or two while you prepare the roast potatoes and all the other veg it will never be in the remotest bit dry, unless you've overcooked it in the first place.
Dorie McKernan 1 year ago
Agreed. We had duck at Thanksgiving and it was amazing. Never missed the turkey once. And all the yummy sides work just fine with duck.
Sheila Carty 1 year ago
I do love duck, but man, all that fat! I'd rather pay extra and get a cooked one from an Asian takeout joint
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Charles McChristy 1 year ago
1) I guess you never heard of Boston Market, because they definitely sell turkey year round and are fast food. 2) You've just never had it prepared properly.
Sarah Jones 1 year ago
If you’ve got to do a roast dinner for lots of people, 2 chickens beats 1 turkey
#18
Matcha! It tastes funny!
Francois 1 year ago
I almost had to throw up when I tried matcha latte. Why people drink this vomit inducing drink is beyond me.
Bored something 1 year ago (edited)
A coffee shop matcha lattee is nothing like a real matcha. Traditionally made there is no milk or sugar. Sorry, autoincorrect.
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WishIWasAFlapperGirl 1 year ago
I work in a Japanese restaurant and we have matcha green tea. I can't stand the stuff myself, plenty people do though, so each to their own. Does anyone remember the Sea Monkey Kits you used to have as a kid? To me, matcha smells like the powdered food you would feed the sea monkeys. Takes me back to my childhood, but not exactly the way I'd like!! LOL
Tumbah 1 year ago
Now this is how you explain that something is not to your taste. With respect.
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It definitely is an acquired taste. I didn't like it at first either but when I was in Japan, there's matcha flavored stuff EVERYWHERE. I ate it enough so now it's almost like nostalgia for me (haven't been to Japan in almost 10 years :( )
Beans 1 year ago
Same. Though I much much prefer black sesame desserts after going to Japan many times
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SheamusFanFrom1987 1 year ago
The earthier, the better in this case. Otherwise, it just seems you may have boiled your matcha for way too long...
Laura Williams 1 year ago
Never drank it. Smelled funky in its dry form. I can't get past my nose then I don't taste it.
Kiera DeCanio 1 year ago
I personally love matcha. First time I tried it I loved it. Bassetts ice cream in Philadelphia has a phenomenal green tea(aka matcha) ice cream and it's my favorite food possibly ever.
A 2013 study found that each person has a unique set of genetic variations and almost no two people have the same aroma perceptions. In fact, they claim that any two individuals have genetic differences that translate to differences in 30% of their receptors.
#19
Licorice!! Tried it for the first time about 2 years ago. Gulped it down in front of people, all the while fighting the urge to spit it out. Yucckkk
Rieschelle Roberts 1 year ago
Black licorice: You either love it or hate it. I've never yet met a person who could go either way. Myself, I'm on the 'Love it' side.
Francois 1 year ago
Being Dutch I love black licorice; not that evil stuff shown in picture. Nobody is forcing you to eat it and it’s not everywhere.
mandy the capibara 1 year ago
wholehartedly agree! That black tar that hides in this picture pretending to be licorice, is the herpes of the licorice world, and has nothing to do with the good old Dutch stuff ( I especially love the salty ones, or the beehive shaped ones)
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Superb Owl 1 year ago
I only eat two kinds of candy: chocolate and licorice – they also go together very well! (On another note, "chocolate" and "licorice" have four c:s between them, and three different pronunciations for the letter.)
Petra Schaap 1 year ago
i love licorice in every shape. In the Netherlands you'll only find it as candy, so visiting Scandinavia is always heaven for me. They use it in everything edible and I love it :-D
Zaphod 1 year ago
"Eating more than 57g (2 ounces) of black liquorice a day for at least 2 weeks could lead to potentially serious health problems, such as an increase in blood pressure and an irregular heart rhythm (arrhythmia)."-NHS
Ovata Acronicta 1 year ago
Yes. Actual licorice can be unhealthy in large quantities and people with certain sensitivities will want to avoid glycyrrhizic acid in whatever form it takes (that being what causes issues listed). Also, take note that a lot of "licorice" candy is just anise, so you do not risk the same health problems with it. Never hurts to be cautious!
Load More Replies... Grace Briseno 1 year ago
the only ppl i've ever met that genuinely liked black licorice were dutch or descended from dutch people. idk why, but in my experience it seems like it's built in for them to like it lol
Jennik 1 year ago
My father, who was Dutch, used to give us salted licorice for sore throats. I hate licorice in all forms but especially the salted one. I used to hold it in my cheek and spit it into a pot plant when no-one was looking. On the other hand, my partner loves licorice and when we were in the Netherland a few years ago we went to a specialty store so he could buy bags of all the different types.
#20
Every time McRib comes back, I’m SUPER excited for it. I bite into one and then…the spongey texture hits me and makes me remember why I don’t need to buy it ever again. Then, somehow, McRib season rolls around again 2 years later — and there I am in line…
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 1 year ago
It's just a frozen patty of mechanically shredded pork pressed into a riblike shape. The frozen food companies have been making them for fifty years. The only thing missing is the sauce. Just buy some Swansons and use your own BBQ sauce and bread.
Kevin the Manager 1 year ago
I once took the McRib off the bun and ate around the little "bones," loudly complaining about how little meat the "ribs" had on them. The looks I got from the parents in the PlayPlace were priceless!
jmdirks 1 year ago
When they first came out with McRib I thought they were pretty good. But now the quality has gotten so much worse.
Susan Bosse 1 year ago
They're so gross. I don't eat McDonald's much anyway but puke on these. My brother and sister used to eat them like crazy back in the day. I don't think they'd either one touch one today.
#21
Can it be a beverage? Cause I kind of hate IPAs but everyone else seems to love them - and I like beer, just not IPAs.
Egodeist 1 year ago
Pale Ales are the laziest form of brewing (having worked in the industry) and, to me, each and every one of them tastes like carbonated dishwater.
Sugar Shack 1 year ago
100%. There has been a bit of a brewery and microbrewery explosion in the US. It seems that about 90% are IPAs FFS. Enough already! GIve me a good stout...
Sue User 1 year ago
I will settle for a good amber ale. Good allseason bear. Love stout but not grreat when it is 105F outside
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Ovata Acronicta 1 year ago
Personal taste varies a lot but yeah I am in the camp of thinking IPAs are gross. I don't drink at all anymore so it's whatever, but I was more a stout/porter type.
Ovata Acronicta 1 year ago
One time when Dad was still drinking we'd gone to a restaurant and he was going to order a beer he'd never ordered before, an IPA. I said "You're not going to like it," and so he spite-ordered it anyway. He didn't like it. I said, "take the lemon out of your water and squeeze it into your beer, it'll cut the flavor" and he listened to me then lol
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Robert Millar 1 year ago
Samuel Smith's Tadcaster brewery, Yorkshire Pale Ale. Traditionally brewed in stone vats. Nectar. India Pale Ales are based on a similar recipe, but stronger in every way. Just calling a beer "ipa" and adding extra hops to another generic brew doesn't cut it.
Amy Pottorff 1 year ago
They smell like cat p**s and their flavor is similar to their smell and I've tried at least 100. I know I hate IPAs but my bf loves them, I figured if I tried enough different ones, I might find one I like...... or gain a tolerance.......im still searching
Pablo Ramos 1 year ago
I like beers with full flavor, but the thing about let's see who makes them the bitterest, is frankly dumb
#22
Chick-fil-A. I had a sandwich. Is was... okay, but that's about it.
Shane S 1 year ago
It’s too sweet. You can tell they add sugar to the breading
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Hugendubel 1 year ago
They are yummy , if you knew what companies support you would be able to buy very little
INGI 1 year ago
which is why we, the educated people who care, make informed decisions as much as possible. And we choose what's important to us. If the trumpers can boycott their cheap "beer," we can choose not to eat over-salted hate chicken. It tastes funny annyways.
Load More Replies... Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 1 year ago
A couple years ago they made a move into Portland. They're afraid to open in the city proper so they stick to the suburbs. Fact is I know food trucks that have better chicken. You want to move in on the Portland, Oregon food scene, you better be really really good or the competition will eat you alive.
ConstantlyJon 1 year ago
Sorry to everyone, but CFA is delicious. I honestly love just about all of their food. The mac n cheese is the best thing on the menu. Nuggets are the best in the biz. Fries are right up there with MCD. The sandwiches are good but not the best thing there by a long shot. They do lemonade and milkshakes better than anyone. Their biscuits (the American ones) beat every breakfast chain out there. Chicken minis with the honey butter are fantastic. And of course, speed and service are bar-none. I don't eat there everyday like a lot of people do, but I eat there often enough. I understand people don't agree with the founder's beliefs (who has been dead for years, btw), but that doesn't mean the food is bad. Also, both CFA's I've worked at, we had LGBTQ+ management. The people who work there are different from the owners, as with all companies.
Anony Mouse 1 year ago
They get caught every couple years making donations to anti-LGBTQ groups, then they aw-shucks we won't do it again. Then they do it again. I stopped eating there because I don't want my money to go to those kinds of groups, but occasionally someone will bring it to work. I've tried it once or twice, and honestly it mostly just tastes like grease.
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Kylie 1 year ago
When they opened here there were cars lined up for miles and police controlling traffic. I don't get it. It's just fast food.
Gardener of Weeden 1 year ago
Fast food with a side helping of Massive propaganda.
Load More Replies... LGBTQpanda 1 year ago
I have friends who call it "hate chicken" because of the discrimination. I'd rather get out my air fryer than eat from there.
#23
Most red velvet cakes are just sh**ty vanilla cake with red food coloring. Get one (or make one) the correct way with non-Dutch-processed cocoa powder, buttermilk, and vinegar. It's an incredibly smooth, very different type of chocolate cake.
DarkGlassSphere 1 year ago
So it's suppose to be not just red cake with the taste of a coloring.
gremlinnn he/she/they 1 year ago
Red velvet cakes ARE different! They have vinegar which turns the cocoa (NOT dutch-processed kind) red and changes the flavor.
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Alyssa Phillips 1 year ago
A chemical reaction between the chocolate, buttermilk, and vinegar causes a deep red color. If you have to use food coloring you're probably doing it wrong and it won't taste right.
JelliTate 1 year ago
Oooooh honey!! A real red velvet cake would blow some folks’ mind!! With cream cheese frosting???
Rachel Mion 1 year ago
real red velvet cake does not have cream cheese frosting. no wonder so many don't like it. the real thing is fantastic.
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Bryan Miller 1 year ago
You have red velvet cake on this list twice and it's literally the best tasting thing on the list. You need new taste buds.
Bryoney Blakley 1 year ago
Actual red velvet cake is delicious! Vanilla cake with red food coloring is not red velvet cake and not delicious
D00FINSHMERTZ 1 year ago
True red velvet cake is different. And more maroon than red. Sooo good. We had it for our wedding paired with fresh chocolate covered strawberries 🤤
#24
I mean, people go crazy in both directions, but cilantro. There’s the whole “does it taste like soap or not” thing, but it’s usually presented as “people either think it tastes like soap or they find it amazing”. I am neither. It doesn’t taste like soap to me, but I also don’t love it. Meh.
T'Mar of Vulcan 1 year ago
Coriander does taste like soap to me, but then so does rocket. Yuk.
Max Fox 1 year ago
I've never heard of that arugula tastes like soap to some people! Well, now I have!
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Alison Marchand 1 year ago (edited)
So bizarre, I have always read that it is genetic...weirdly though I used to taste the soapiness and hated cilantro for that reason, then years later I tried some again and now actually enjoy it and use it pretty often. I don't taste the soapiness anymore
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Susie Elle 1 year ago
Eh, it's fine, as long as it's used modestly. Some salads have entire leaves sprinkled over it, the taste is very overpowering.
K B. 1 year ago
It's a genetic thing. Some people have a gene that makes it taste bad, most do not. Receipt- https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.britannica.com/story/why-does-cilantro-taste-like-soap-to-some-people%23:~:text%3DOf%2520course%2520some%2520of%2520this,flavored%2520aldehydes%2520in%2520cilantro%2520leaves.&ved=2ahUKEwjbgq3EwNSDAxV1CnkGHQhVClEQFnoECBAQBQ&usg=AOvVaw2B3j4qrpUwIBtgFWoS6yLc
Jessica N 1 year ago
I have the soap gene but yes have "eaten" soap. We used to get our mouths washed out for swearing as kids lol
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ME BEAN 1 year ago
If you think cilantro tastes like soap, then you have a “condition” (it’s not really, but I can’t think of a better word). Some people have something that makes cilantro taste like soap to them, even though it actually doesn’t. My dad has it! I’m not gonna eat it straight, but I LOVE it in salsa, and I love it IN things to add some great flavor.
#25
Riced cauliflower
Helena 1 year ago
It is my favorite filler type thing. I add it in when making meatloaf/meatballs to lighten the texture. etc
XanthippeⓐWulf🇨🇦️️🇬🇧 1 year ago
TIL: I've used grated or minced cabbage and grated carrots as filler, but never thought to use riced cauliflower!
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SirWriteALot 1 year ago
Just had it once but I actually like it. Of course, you need to like cauliflower to begin with but it's a nice variation.
Caro Caro 1 year ago
Low carb "rice". I tried it once and it was horrible.
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Green bean casserole. (I'm an American)
Raymond Core 1 year ago
That doesn't look like any green bean caserole I've had and I've had many, many.
Kylie 1 year ago
I was just thinking that. But hey BP just heard green beans.
Load More Replies... Upstaged75 1 year ago (edited)
That pic is NOT a green bean casserole. I don't like it in an case, but the fried onions on top are yummy. :)
The Original Bruno 1 year ago
Not a fan of green bean casserole, but that is not green been casserole
Herringbone 1 year ago
This is the first time I have heard of green bean casserole. What fresh hell is this?
Lyoness 1 year ago
It's a recipe that Campbell's soup and French's (brand that makes fried onions in a can) came up with in the 1950s. You mix cooked green beans with cream of mushroom soup, a dash of soy sauce and some french fried onions and bake, then top with more onions and bake a bit longer until the topping is crunchy. Not haute cuisine - it's a McDonald's level side dish - but traditional for a lot of people in north america during the hols.
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Philip M 1 year ago
Make it with fresh green beans, mushrooms and cream instead of canned stuff and its totally different...only thing that i store buy is the french fried onions
Sue Blankenship 1 year ago
I make it like that too, and I fry my own onions. Store bought are too salty.
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#27
Sweet pickles/relish
Susan Bosse 1 year ago
Omg!! Thank you!!! I HATE sweet relish. Mom used to make bread and butter pickles and I liked those but never loved them. I'm a dill pickle girl all the way!
VonBlade 1 year ago
Exactly. Unfortunately all brands are frightened of sour or sharp tastes. Even the "crunchiest, sourest" dill pickles are too sweet. I want my face to turn inside out when I bite them. (although I can also eat lemons like oranges and really enjoyed my daughter in laws 'worlds sourest, for practical jokes, candy').
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Sally Signup 1 year ago
I like dill pickles but some can be too strong. My favorites have always been Claussen pickles. Unfortunately they keep shrinking the jar and upping the price, so I haven's bought any in years.
Mental Liberals 1 year ago
Yum! Make my own bread & butter pickles! Also make a killer jalapeño relish! YUM!!
#28
Mint flavored drinks or candy. I like some mint gum or a peppermint but it’s disgusting in actual food
Angry Panda 1 year ago
No I love mint with anything. Might be controversial to some people. Some say “tastes like toothpaste”
Tabitha 1 year ago
Overdone, and the wrong kind of mint, yes. But done well, using the proper amount plus the mint flavor that actually complements, instead of overpower, the food it’s added to, it is scrumptious.
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SheamusFanFrom1987 1 year ago
Have to disagree here, sorry. I like mint in sodas (particularly 7-Up) and those Andes mint chocolate remain one of those chocolates that I will always try to get when opportunity arises.
David Paterson 1 year ago (edited)
There are many completely different plants each called "mint". Good mint eaten raw, in crown mints and in mint jelly, is delicious. Peppermint cauterises the taste buds. It tastes awful and even worse stops you from tasting anything else. Spearmint is OK only in chewing gum. They are completely different flavours and annoyingly all called "mint".
Grace Briseno 1 year ago
anybody who thinks mint flavour whatever tastes like toothpaste is out of their minds. do you even brush your teeth??
#29
What about lobster? I can dig it with drawn butter and I ain’t mad at it. But if I’m gonna pay $29.99 for a lobster. I’d rather eat shrimp.
Zaphod 1 year ago (edited)
Lobster is not usually worth the cost. But, I lived in San Diego in the late 80s. I would drive down to Puerto Nuevo in Baja California, Mexico (80km across the border). They had steak and lobster with a view of the ocean for less than $8. That was worth it.
David 1 year ago
Haha - reminds me of a steak and lobster dinner I got in the 80s in the Philippines. The lobsters were small. For all I know could have been something else like very large crawdads or something. And I don't recall what cut the steak was supposed to be. But it was really cheap for American money and the service was excellent. Basically they were trying to be a really fancy restaurant with what they had. And a pitcher of strawberry daiquiri would fill our glasses (5 or 6 of us) with a tiny bit left over and cost $2 / pitcher.
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Lotekguy 1 year ago
If you can find it, monk fish can replicate the taste and texture of lobster for a fraction of the cost and fewer steps required from plate to palate.
Load More Replies... Susan Bosse 1 year ago
Give me crab legs all day long. Lobster is rubbery. I've had it at home to Red Lobster to high dollar exclusive restaurants. It's all rubbery to me.
Zaphod 1 year ago (edited)
Also, I prefer snow crab over king crab. It is sweeter. It is really easy to clean, once you get the hang of it.
Load More Replies... Mental Liberals 1 year ago
Roaches of the ocean! Used to be a poor person's food. then elitists made it expensive.
nottheactualphoto 1 year ago
I'm not a fan of the sea-bugs. But I love the shellfish: clams, mussels, oysters, scallops...
Robert Beveridge 1 year ago
Lobster in the eighties on an isthmus in Maine. Three fifty a pound. Just out of the water. There's nothing like it in the world. Too bad we'll never see those prices again.
Tim Quinlan 1 year ago
Any lobster pound on the water between Saco and Scarborough, Maine has the absolute best, fresh off the boat, relatively cheap ($5.99/lb) lobster that I've ever had. Baileys in Scarborough is a favorite who also deconstructs and sells the meat by the pound - grab a couple of tails and a fist full of knuckle meat, it's so fresh you don't even need buttah but it doesn't hurt. If you got any type of shellfish that smells bad, then it is bad and best not eaten. Fresh fish (and shellfish) shouldn't smell funky
Der Kommissar 1 year ago
People should differentiate between East Coast and West Coast lobster. One is superior in taste.
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#30
Ranch Dressing.
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 1 year ago
OMG same and I'm an American! WTF is it with the ranch and ranch flavored everything? I thought I hated salad until I was in my 20s and discovered vinaigrette. I didn't hate salad. I hated ranch dressing!
Geoffrey Scott 1 year ago
wife says my Bleu cheese smells like feet, Don't care, love it,
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Malakai 1 year ago
Nothing beats homemade buttermilk ranch imo, but my problem is how everyone and everywhere I know drown their stuff in it. My dad will use half a bottle on a handful of grape/cherry tomatoes, to which I'm like....why did you even get the tomatoes???
gremlinnn he/she/they 1 year ago
The tomatoes were just an excuse to eat ranch
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Ovata Acronicta 1 year ago
I'm gonna raid a Sysco truck and steal a big bag of their buttermilk ranch though. Nothing bottled tastes remotely decent.
Jane No Dough 1 year ago
Ranch hater here also, will only eat the Jalapeno Ranch, and even that only if I'm desperate!
ME BEAN 1 year ago
RANCH ON EVERYTHING I can tell you ain’t Midwest. OR if you are: you are a psychopath. Ranch on fries, ranch on chicken tenders, ranch on chicken sandwiches, ranch on cheese curds 😍 ranch on grilled cheese to make it taste like cheese curds, ranch on rabbit food, ranch on pizza (don’t knock it till ya try it, I thought it would be gross and THEN I TRIED IT), ranch on quesadillas, ranch on….
#31
Nutritional yeast.
It does NOT taste like cheese. It smells like what I imagine an early to mid severity case of trench foot would.
Tiago Cortinhal 1 year ago
it is amazing on food. I love it. Specially with foods with umami (mushrooms for example).
Captain McSmoot 1 year ago
This post is complete garbage. Nutritional yeast adds great mellow flavoring to dishes. To their point, most any cheese smells like "an early to mid severity case of trench foot".
No spam 1 year ago
Yep, have to disagree there. It’s not supposed to taste like cheese so as long as you don’t expect that and can taste it for what it is you’ll be good. It’s one of those exceptions that even though it smells “off” it tastes good. I literally used it last night in a lovely creamy sauce with sundried tomatoes and garlic over chicken and it was so good. It’s also pretty great on popcorn!
Johnnynatfan 1 year ago
My wife bought this to make some traditional Belarusian food thinking it was like regular yeast. Needless to say nothing happened and we did not get the tasty food.
#32
anchovies
Hagebumi 1 year ago
A long time I thought I hate it, but then I was in Italy and my Italian wasn't that good and accidently I ordered a pizza with anchovies. I am a very proud person and I did not want to admit my mistake so I sayed nothing and ate it. Since this time I love it more than it's good for me.
Beans 1 year ago
Haha this is the way. Good for you. I still am not a fan on anchovy on pizza but I really like it in dressing
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Giraffy Window 1 year ago
I appreciate them as a flavour enhancer in tomato sauces, antipasta, and spring rolls, but I won't eat an identifiable one.
kate h 1 year ago
I love anchovies! Among their many uses, a quick snack of crackers spread with cream cheese and an anchovy is yummy!
Mare 1 year ago
or finely sliced on top of a tomato slice with a dash of pepper! Yummie :D
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#33
Macarons. I never cared for them either. I had one yesterday at a potluck, homemade ones. They were seriously something else, with some sort of butter cream and jelly inside. Never had anything quite like it. Now I wish I had grabbed a few to take home. Still won't eat store bought ones though.
Jane No Dough 1 year ago
Depending on where you are buying them, most "store bought" macarons shouldn't be legally permitted to call themselves macarons!
David Paterson 1 year ago
Store bought macaroons taste like a mixture of sawdust and sugar. Sawdust from a hardwood tree, like oak.
Susan Bosse 1 year ago
Store bought are dried out. Homemade ones? There's no comparison. I make them and it's so fun when they turn out because they're a PITA to perfect!!
Jennik 1 year ago
I've had macarons from all sorts of high-end restaurants and specialty bakeries and they have still been disappointing for me - look pretty but not much flavour. I was at a high tea once where the were blue cheese macarons on the savoury level of the tiered cake plate. No-one except me paid any attention to the waiter who was explaining this so I quietly watched as people kept taking one, believing it would be sweet, and then gagging at the blue cheese flavour. Priceless!
Cobain Dianna 1 year ago
When i was in Spain and France on the border cities,they sell macarons as traditional food and a bag of 10 macarons costs 45Euros (almost 50$). Just ridiculous
#34
Olives.
WeeBitOfSumfin 1 year ago
I was so anti olives until I went to Greece and bought some locally made olives from this little market vendor. My mind was blown! Green, black, brown. Huge! Like a plum huge. Not these teeny weeny small store bought, jarred bunny droppings. They were super cheap, we bought them in bulk and ate them as snacks, sitting on a beach. Amazing! Sometimes you can get similar ones in Lidl (I'm in Poland).
JoyfulZebra 1 year ago
Used to hate olives, but I really like them now. Guess tastebuds change as you age.
Zaphod 1 year ago
Olives are the one thing I hate. One piece can taint a whole slice of pizza. Green, black or Kalamata, it doesn't matter. Still, I try one every year or so to make sure that I am not wrong. It is strange that I like olive oil, though.
Erla Zwingle 1 year ago
"Olives" is way too general a term for something that comes in so many different types and flavors. For somebody growing up in the Fifties, "olives" were flavorless little black nubbins out of a can. Pointless. But once you discover the real thing, there's no going back. The best things EVER.
#35
Poutine. Cheese curds are a big nope from me. Especially on soggy fries. I’ve had someone tell me “but they squeak on your teeth!” as if that would somehow change my stance lol
Caitlyn Bennet 1 year ago
Minnesota here how dare they insult the squeak.
Load More Replies... DonS 1 year ago
Soggy fries ? The ratio of gravy and fries was off in your poutine. A good poutine keeps the fries "unsoggy" and then there's breakfast poutine (breakfast potatoes, eggs, bacon, sausage, gravy or hollandaise sauce) ! The perfect meal after a night out.
Nikki D 1 year ago
I've never heard of breakfast poutine but I suddenly NEED to have it.
Load More Replies... Nicole Weymann 1 year ago
I like my fries with sauces - but I'm a dipper, not a soaker. I'll never understand the logic of first properly frying them to a nice crisp and the ruining it by drenching them.
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Tambot 1 year ago
Poutine is my favourite food. I LOVE it. My question is, anyone else love it with ketchup too? I feel like there will be people with strong opinions on this one!
Bohemiangirl 1 year ago
Yeeeeessssssss....... my friends think I'm weird though
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Marie-Stéphanie Fradette 1 year ago
DON'T DISRESPECT POUTINE! I'm a Quebecker and this is part of our soul!!
Drippy Potato 1 year ago
Same, I moved back to the US recently and I miss poutine so much.
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#36
Spaghetti squash.
Just. No.
Moë 1 year ago
It’s good with butter Parmesan and black pepper and if you make that feta tomato recipe in it is very good
Susan Bosse 1 year ago
I make it all of the time. We had it with chicken Marsala two days ago. Fantastic!!
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Firstname Lastname 1 year ago
I personally love how versatile it is, but sometimes when I struggle to cut through it I wonder if it really is worth it at all.
Sweet Taurus 1 year ago
I've never made it with a red sauce. Just butter, garlic and salt. I introduced my husband to it and it's become his favorite side. I'm surprised I like it because I am not a big veggie eater.
Kevin the Manager 1 year ago
Okay, I must say that I agree wholeheartedly...if the recipe suggests that the squash is *pasta*! If the dish is billed as a "squash" recipe, then it works in my mind.
Dorie McKernan 1 year ago
All depends how it's prepared. Roasted with butter and salt and a bit of parmesan. Top it with mozzarella, cheddar mix and a few tomatoes. Even my 2-year-old loves it.
#37
Sushi.
The Original Bruno 1 year ago
I'm'unna defend OP again on this. I happen to like sushi, but all sushi has some commonality that I could imagine people dislike. I could imagine some blend of wassabi, ginger and maybe even cheese, shrimp, noori, peppers, onions, avocado that could taste so good that maybe someone who generally doesn't like sushi might like it anyway, but then you're really just hiding the sushi.
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Lydsylou (she/her) 1 year ago
I hate the fish. I tried a vegetarian one but that was also disgusting
Bored something 1 year ago
I find it hard to give sushi a blanket no when there I so much variety. Unless you hate rice. Then it's fair but say rice, not sushi.
BrownTabby 1 year ago
It’s perfectly easy to give it a blanket no because even with its variety, it has commonalities that can’t be boiled down to “don’t like rice”.
Load More Replies... Giraffy Window 1 year ago (edited)
I can't abide fish (no, I'm not landlocked; I've had fish so fresh I watched it caught and cooked) But I really enjoy the vegetarian and fusion varieties of sushi (our local place does a spicy miso chicken maki. So good.)
#38
Kimchi.
Beans 1 year ago (edited)
Me too. When I went to Korea it was an acquired taste, I love it now. It's strangely addictive. It's like my body can tell it's good for me
Load More Replies... David Paterson 1 year ago
Certainly overhyped in Korea. Where they even have kimchi for breakfast. Don't.
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#39
I've lived in Texas for the last ten years, and I just don't understand why everyone here goes so crazy for jalapeños. They're alright, but they put them in literally everything except breakfast cereal. It's overkill.
Jeremy James 1 year ago
That would be some breakfast cereal. Introducing Sugared Jalapeño-O's! From the makers of Churro-O's.
Freddy M. (He/Him) 1 year ago
Slice some jalapenos, dehydrated them, put then in a bowl of milk, voila (I am not a good cook this sounds terrible try at your own risk)
Load More Replies... Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 1 year ago
Jalapenos are kind of the perfect pepper for Tex-Mex. Not too hot, but they have some nice flavor, unlike bell peppers and Anaheims.
Donald 1 year ago
Fresno chilis are where its at, Jalapenos are good too but they can be really variable in their spice level. I've had Jalapenos that taste like a bell pepper and ones that will make you sweat.
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Kevin the Manager 1 year ago
I thoroughly enjoy cayenne pepper mixed in with my maple syrup for chicken and waffles. The spicy-sweet combination works almost every time, from stir-fry sauces to ice cream toppings. Crispy bacon with habanero honey? Yes, please!
#40
Goat cheese. I've tried and tried. Tastes absolutely terrible.
Tamiko 1 year ago
You can have my share as well, never been a fan of goats cheese or milk.
Load More Replies... Ovata Acronicta 1 year ago
There is an inherent goat flavor to goat products. Kind of an acquired taste. I'm not big on it, personally, but I'll try dishes with goat stuff.
Kevin the Manager 1 year ago
Chevre is bomb on pizza! Fresh tomato, basil, whole garlic cloves, and large chunks of chevre! Send me your portion, Panda!
mysterious(all pronouns) 1 year ago
It's pretty good, not my favorite, but not the worst either.
Beans 1 year ago
You need a good brand. Some taste kinda gamey and goaty. had a great French one that was mild and smooth
Ace 1 year ago
No, even the lightest, freshest varieties still all have the same aftertaste. I live between France and Switzerland and have on more than one occasion been presented with goats' cheese that someone has tried to get me to enjoy by not telling me it was goat; Grrrrrr.
Load More Replies... Hannah Rees 1 year ago
There are so many varieties! (I'd personally eat most) but understand that as with most food it's an acquired taste - or not. I couldn't bear it until some random moment in my 20s.
#41
Alcohol. It tastes terrible.
Hagebumi 1 year ago
Thank you ! I don't like alcohol at all but I really hates beer. But everybody around me go nuts for it. There are people who do it in and over their food. Disgusting. Alcohol is from rotten things like fruit or corn. Why I am supposed to like something that tastes rotten. Cake with Cointreau or Rum, and meat with wine..I don't get it.
Giraffy Window 1 year ago
Oh, a beef stew done in wine or beer should absolutely not taste like wine or beer wjen the dish is finished cooking. It's a shame someone somewhere ruined it for you by not knowing what they were doing.
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Marika 1 year ago
Thank you, I can't stand it either and especially hate the warm feeling in my throat, yuck! Okay, I have to admit that I like it for cooking. But only savoury dishes, I detest sweet desserts when the alcohol is still there (Black Forest cake was the nightmare of my childhood XD)
Gardener of Weeden 1 year ago
PERSONALLY - I hate the taste of alcohol. Even in the sweetest fruitiest drinks I can taste it. Once I was about to take a bartender to task for serving my friend virgin watermelon pitchers ( that is what he ordered - just to watch his friends get drunk on fruit juice.). Absolute vodka tastes like lighter fluid (smirnoff tastes like kerosene) wine and champagne ( including Dom) is just nasty.
Raymond Core 1 year ago
Alcohol is oderless and tasteless. What you are tasting is the plant material the alcohol was brewed from. Good moonshine goes down smoother than spring water but white lightning will take your breath away.
Mark (it/urgh) 1 year ago
True. I detest the taste of raw alcohol. I can detect a single drop of vodka in a pint of water, I hate it that much.
Keira Pendragon 1 year ago
xD As has been said Many Many a time, you don't drink alcohol for the flavor friend.
#42
Crumbl Cookies
#43
Avocados and Guac.
David Paterson 1 year ago
My sister in law is a vegan and won't touch avocados. Something to do with being cruel to bees. Ten years ago, avocados would go from unripe - yuk - to overripe - yuk - in the blink of an eye. Not a problem with the latest varieties.
Papa 1 year ago
I'm curious about her reasoning. Bees are likely used to pollinate avocado trees, but they are also used to pollinate many other crops, notably almond trees, but I don't see how that's being cruel to them.
Load More Replies... StankleBerry 1 year ago
Again, guac has its place where it can enhance a dish. But just on tortilla chips as a dip, yuck
#44
Coffee. Not really a food but I can’t stand the smell or taste. Literally everyone I know loves it
T'Mar of Vulcan 1 year ago
I like my coffee very creamy and a bit sweet. Apparently this is blasphemy.
Jane No Dough 1 year ago
Love coffee when I've made it myself. Colombian, Kona, Sumatran, Ethiopian, etc... Extra strong, if you can see through it I don't want it. Hard pass on flavored coffees, creamers, lattes, cappuccinos, Starbucks, Panera, DD, and the worst - restaurant coffee!
Lucie Van Pelt 1 year ago
I could mainline black coffee. Cream or sugar ruin the taste for me. No Starbucks, though. It's just plain nasty.
Captain McSmoot 1 year ago
You know where they don't serve coffee? Hell. You'd like it there. How dare you?! :)
The Original Bruno 1 year ago
I firmly believe that anyone who enjoys the taste of coffee has been at some point in their lives conditioned/addicted to it. My evidence: No child likes the taste of coffee.
Keira Pendragon 1 year ago
My child told me at 6 that they sold their soul for coffee >.> Not even Chocolate coffee. No Coffee coffee. It might be an acquired taste, but it's Very easy to acquire.
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Must Be Bored Again 1 year ago
When my ex used to grind his coffee beans and brew a pot, the smell to me was the exact same smell as when the cat does their big business somewhere besides the litter box!! He'd be in the kitchen, I'd come out saying "oh no, the cat did something". He'd just give me the side eye look and "no, I just making coffee". I would be happy that I didn't have to go find the mess and clean it up.
Lydsylou (she/her) 1 year ago
I like mocha when there's more chocolate than coffee and I like frappe but I was almost sick drinking a latte it was disgusting
#45
Ketchup.. yuck!
Brian Droste 1 year ago
I like ketchup on fries, hotdogs and hamburgers. Otherwise nothing else I can think of.
Captain McSmoot 1 year ago
Well, not everyone is intelligent. Case in point: read the above post.
#46
Mayonnaise
Mark (it/urgh) 1 year ago
But the underlying taste is always the same; egg. That's what they don't like. Is it so hard to get these things through people's thick heads?
Load More Replies... Captain McSmoot 1 year ago
Mayonnaise gives people the experience of seeing what their food would taste like if it were just one hour from going completely bad, but, for now, it has only just soured.
#47
Honey. I don't like honey-flavored things. I can't explain it.
DarkGlassSphere 1 year ago
Honey (real, natural honey) and honey flavored things, are absolutely different things.
Papa 1 year ago
Many honey flavored foods do contain honey, but it's the lower quality honey (I worked as a beekeeper for a few years). The taste and quality of honey can vary widely depending on what plant the nectar was taken from. Honey from alfalfa, clover, and sunflowers is some of the best. Horsemint honey is good also. There's a lot of honey made from Chinese tallow trees, but it's dark, with a strong flavor, and is one of the varieties used to flavor foods instead of being bottled to use on the table.
Load More Replies... Mike F 1 year ago
Depends on the type. It is derived from the flower food they primarily feed from. Clover honey is the most popular and I am allergic to it. In the southern US "sourwood" (a type of tree) is plentiful and popular and is awesome on biscuits as it has a sort of "spicy" flavor compared to clover honey but most folks I know don't care for it in say tea. Biscuits with real butter and sourwood honey is a religious experience.
mysterious(all pronouns) 1 year ago
My dad's cousins make honey and sell it, and we usually have an abundance of real honey, so I haven't had any of the fake stuff, but real honey is delicious.
Captain McSmoot 1 year ago
Honey is amazingly delicious. Honey flavored, along with most flavored things, are usually borderline, if not complete, trash.
#48
Peanut butter is disgusting. My grandfather used to call me unamerican for hating it and I always thought it was a weird insult. But it turns out it's not as common in other parts of the world? I married a Russian guy and he didn't grow up eating peanut butter and can't stand it either. Our son doesn't eat it either. I love that none of us eat it. I mean, I never think about it, but when I do remember, it makes me feel cozy.
WeeBitOfSumfin 1 year ago
It's amazing with plum jam (we call it "powidła" here) it's a long cooked plum jam, with almost no sugar, until it gets brownish purple. It's like a roasted plum pulp, not sure how to describe it. It goes so well with peanut butter.
Eastendbird 1 year ago
Calling you "unamerican" for hating peanut butter is a very American thing to do!
Petra Schaap 1 year ago
depends on the peanutbutter. As it is a staple food in the Netherlands, i grew up with it. We used to get the cheap Aldi one that was hard as stone. If you were even able to get your knife out, the bread would curl around your knife when you tried to apply it. Didnt eat it for a long time until i discovered the more expensive ones are actually smooth and nice. And now you have so many different ones. Also the brandname of the peanut butter is "HELAES" wich is only funny when you're Dutch, but it is hysterical :-D (and apparently NOT on purpose what makes it even funnier)
Himory TheDreamer 1 year ago
Not common here either. My partner hates it which is funny because he loves a local sweet made from it that tastes the exact same. (My theory is that he tried a sugar free version which even I, a sugar hater, will admit is inedible).
Captain McSmoot 1 year ago
Grandpa was right. Maybe you should consider moving. Peanut butter is utterly delicious. Even people with a peanut allergy miss and wish they could still have it; I know plenty.
Lydsylou (she/her) 1 year ago
I have 7 siblings and only one of us can even tolerate peanut butter. Even then she only eats it if there's nothing else. I really don't get the hype
T'Mar of Vulcan 1 year ago
It's okay with syrup (here kids grew up eating peanut butter and syrup) or some nice jam. But that's it.
StankleBerry 1 year ago
LIVE FOR PEANUT BUTTER! But there are many brands and some are nasty. Especially Skippy. Too much sugar.
Mark (it/urgh) 1 year ago
"I love that none of my family eat peanut butter, it makes me feel cosy." Weird flex but ok 👍🏼
#49
This will probably be an unpopular opinion - but Bacon.
Keira Pendragon 1 year ago
They didn't say they didn't like it. Just that it's overhyped. And I agree, of all the items on this list, it's genuinely the most overhyped. It's so hyped that commercials and some people act like it should literally be in everything. That's textbook over-hype.
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Kylie 1 year ago
Looks like they threw some kind of sauce on it then put it under the griller (broiler).
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Grant Caldwell 1 year ago
I hate bacon. I don't understand why everyone loves it. Hate the smell, I hate the taste, and I hate the feelings.
Captain McSmoot 1 year ago
There are plenty of vegan options for bacon. This should let you know how delicious bacon is.
What do you think ?
Amelia Jade 1 year ago
It is a really weird concept to me that if someone doesn't like something they assume everyone else must be lying about liking it. I hate lima beans, I've never once considered that everyone who says they like them must be faking it for some odd reason. I just assume people have different tastes.
Nykky 1 year ago (edited)
It was the opposite way for me. I always wondered why I was such a weirdo and hated mint when everyone else loved it. Turns out, I'm allergic! Lol. But have you ever tried pressure cooking Lima beans in a dish for the cooker? I hate them too, cannot stand them, unless I put them with a dish that goes into the pressure cooker. It's like all those flavors get crushed into the beans and it actually makes them edible!
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R Dennis 1 year ago
THAT should be on the list! Half of the stuff on it is delicious... marzipan tastes like fraud.
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VonBlade 1 year ago
I love how through these people reply "well if you add half a pound of bacon and some cheese to it it's delicious". I mean, yeah of course it is. You could add those things to red velvet cake and it would be delicious.
Nykky 1 year ago
I mean, salt and fat are the things to typically make things taste great. It's why restaurants are terrible except for every once in a while. They load every dish up on the sodium and fat. Ever taken a look at IHOP's chicken sandwich? It has over half the DV of recommended sodium.
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Alethea Fletcher 1 year ago
I'm English. I hate tea. (As in the drink). You can imagine how well that goes down here...😬🤣
Nikki Sevven 1 year ago
I'm American, and the idea of putting milk into tea makes me gag. Love Twinings Earl Grey, but with no sugar and no milk, and it has to be Twinings because no one else gets the bergamot right. Also love Chinese black tea with Chinese takeout, also unadulterated.
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Freddy M. (He/Him) 1 year ago
A lot of people in these comments are saying that you can't dislike something since it's a category under which a lot of things fall, but usually there's a lot of common taste, texture, ingredients, etc. that is used as a defining feature for most of the category. And when you reference the exceptions to this conformity as reasons why someone can't dislike something, then you're mostly just picking holes in what we define as being in the category, not what they dislike. When someone says they dislike or like food, such as sushi or alcohol, we well know what they mean, trying to nitpick doesn't really get us anywhere (I'm just giving my view on things here, I may be wrong but this is how I see it)
DinsdalePiranha 1 year ago
Right after the holidays and no one mentioned my favorite — fruitcake!
Amelia Jade 1 year ago
It is a really weird concept to me that if someone doesn't like something they assume everyone else must be lying about liking it. I hate lima beans, I've never once considered that everyone who says they like them must be faking it for some odd reason. I just assume people have different tastes.
Nykky 1 year ago (edited)
It was the opposite way for me. I always wondered why I was such a weirdo and hated mint when everyone else loved it. Turns out, I'm allergic! Lol. But have you ever tried pressure cooking Lima beans in a dish for the cooker? I hate them too, cannot stand them, unless I put them with a dish that goes into the pressure cooker. It's like all those flavors get crushed into the beans and it actually makes them edible!
Load More Replies... R Dennis 1 year ago
THAT should be on the list! Half of the stuff on it is delicious... marzipan tastes like fraud.
Load More Replies... VonBlade 1 year ago
I love how through these people reply "well if you add half a pound of bacon and some cheese to it it's delicious". I mean, yeah of course it is. You could add those things to red velvet cake and it would be delicious.
Nykky 1 year ago
I mean, salt and fat are the things to typically make things taste great. It's why restaurants are terrible except for every once in a while. They load every dish up on the sodium and fat. Ever taken a look at IHOP's chicken sandwich? It has over half the DV of recommended sodium.
Load More Replies... Alethea Fletcher 1 year ago
I'm English. I hate tea. (As in the drink). You can imagine how well that goes down here...😬🤣
Nikki Sevven 1 year ago
I'm American, and the idea of putting milk into tea makes me gag. Love Twinings Earl Grey, but with no sugar and no milk, and it has to be Twinings because no one else gets the bergamot right. Also love Chinese black tea with Chinese takeout, also unadulterated.
Load More Replies... Freddy M. (He/Him) 1 year ago
A lot of people in these comments are saying that you can't dislike something since it's a category under which a lot of things fall, but usually there's a lot of common taste, texture, ingredients, etc. that is used as a defining feature for most of the category. And when you reference the exceptions to this conformity as reasons why someone can't dislike something, then you're mostly just picking holes in what we define as being in the category, not what they dislike. When someone says they dislike or like food, such as sushi or alcohol, we well know what they mean, trying to nitpick doesn't really get us anywhere (I'm just giving my view on things here, I may be wrong but this is how I see it)
DinsdalePiranha 1 year ago
Right after the holidays and no one mentioned my favorite — fruitcake!
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