Order a pizza topped with pineapples at any restaurant in Italy, and you will regret every little step that led you to making this decision. Because if there’s something Italians won’t tolerate, it’s pineapple pizza and cappuccino in the afternoon. But while some of the most controversial food preferences have to do with local culture and its quirks, the rest of it comes from our weird and wonderful personalities.
The same goes with our food opinions. Like, saying that mint choc chip ice cream is gross, tomatoes ruin a burger, or that Greek yogurt is sour cream in disguise. You may not be the most popular person in the room for stating this, but you’re surely not quite wrong either.
So let’s dig deep into the often silenced world of controversial food opinions shared in this viral Twitter thread that will heat up the room temperature and will surely bring out your inner Gordon Ramsay.
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I like milk chocolate and white chocolate but i HATE dark chocolate it's my opinion
To be fair, dark chocolate is just chocolate with less sugar, so this view is justified
Load More Replies...Agree although I think coffee tastes amazing. It just smells even better than that amazing taste.
I somewhat agree, but I will still consume both in dangerous quantities
.. what? You mean you put it inside of pudding?
Load More Replies...Like the kid I saw eating popcorn for breakfast. He looked at me and said "It's just cornflakes without the milk." Fair enough!
My kids love popcorn for breakfast. Salty, freshly made. It's better than cereal!
Load More Replies...I have had salad for breakfast, pancakes for dinner, and just about any other odd time of day you can think up. Bottom line: Food is food.
My go-to breakfast is a turkey sandwich with lettuce and tomato on sourdough bread. I make it in the morning before I leave and eat it at my desk at work.
Cold pizza is a great breakfast. Chocolate cake is as bad as doughnuts, nutrition-wise. So, have some cake with your coffee.
I let my kid eat vanilla ice cream for breakfast. It's way healthier than any cereal he would pick out
Load More Replies...Reheated leftover pizza with an egg on it for breakfast. There, I said it.
"Eggnog is a christmas beverage. -Why ? Because hens lay eggs only in winter?"
It is also disgusting, but that's a totally different topic.
Load More Replies...I like it, oh the reverse side of the planet I like it here too!
Load More Replies...I don't like the sweet/savoury flavour clash. But good for you if you like it, I'm not going to stop you, I'll even serve it to you if you want it, I just won't eat it myself.
I usually hate the combination of fruit and savoury food, pineapple strangely being the only exception.
Load More Replies...I refuse to eat pizza without pineapple! Also canned peach is really good ;).
I love pineapple on pizza (it's AMAZING with bacon). I also love peaches. You've inspired me to put peaches on my pizza :)
Load More Replies...That's a solid reason. I have the same issue with mango.
Load More Replies...I love it! People say it's like "Well why would you put some sweet fruit on your pizza".... What do you think is the ham on the pizza for
I've tried it and its gross...tried it a couple more times and yep still gross lol. At least I can't say I havent tried it...my thought are the only fruit that belongs on pizza is tomato
So you're not a fan of olives or peppers on your pizza either?
Load More Replies...Bored Panda reached out to Stefan Balkenende, a spokesperson of Greenpan.co.uk, a cookware manufacturer that specializes in ceramic-coated pans for healthier cooking. Stefan shared some insights on food opinions and preferences, as well as of ways we talk about food so that it won’t become a sensitive topic.
“No matter where you’re from or what kind of food you eat, the topic of food brings people together, acting as an easy ice breaker when meeting new people. It’s universally appealing,” Stefan said and added: “In fact, last year Dr. Amber Spry, who is the Politics and African American Studies professor at Brandeis University, went viral as she had asked her class ‘how does your family cook rice’ instead of traditional ice breaker questions, which naturally got the class talking, sparking debate and conversation over something so trivial but relevant to everyone.”
Oh yes it is. "Why should someone working 40 hours automatically earn a livable wage? " is a discussion that's now going on in the US. Proposal from the republican party: "If poor people refuse to work as an underpaid wage slave for some fast food company we should stop giving them financial support."
Load More Replies..."Food insecurity" is new wordspin. Use "hungry", or if that's too much, "poor" or "in poverty". Being insecure is considered a weakness, so you're making anyone you call "insecure" appear weak. That's not what you want. Wordspinners also turned "global warming" to the more neutral, iffy "climate change".
yes, but re: climate change, it's not just warming that's happening, it's more extremes. overall, it is warming, but it also means more extreme weather events, more uncontrollable wildfires, etc.
Load More Replies...And no one working a full time job should need to worry about how the rent and utilities are going to get paid either.
yes. or red velvet cookies with white chocolate chips. best thing ever.
Load More Replies...It's so disappointing when you expect a real red velvet cake and find yourself biting into a dyed sponge cake :( . Real red velvet has a flavour all of its own.
Load More Replies...Red velvet cake was extremely popular here in England a few years ago, for some reason. I tried it but it was nauseatingly sweet and the red food colouring gave it a nasty taste. A few people have commented on here that shop bought tastes terrible, so I might have a go at making one if it's supposed to be as delicious as claimed.
No red dye, the color is supposed to come from a chemical reaction between the ingredients.
Load More Replies...i've never got the hype for red velvet cake. I've never had a good one yet. I'd rather have a proper chocolate cake.
Though both types of cake contain cocoa, chocolate cake is lacking that buttermilk and vinegar combination that is so important to red velvet. The two cakes have a similar cocoa taste but red velvet is much more fine and rich.
The creators of food banks have the exact same sentiments as OP. They were suppose to be a short term solution but became part of the social fabric.
sad thing is most users are working , just shows trickle down isnt trickling far enough
Load More Replies...I guess this is geographically specific but, in my opinion, the need for food banks arises when the ruling classes let down the most vulnerable in society. And that really has to stop. Will it? I doubt it. The top 1% has all the cash and they fully intend to keep it that way.
Actually, they arise when the middle class disappears and all services cater to the rich, which means few opportunities to move to the middle class. Rich people pay the higher taxes to feel better about the poor, but simultaneously create a feudal system of very rich and very poor. Food banks become part of the daily landscape
Load More Replies...Damned right... if everyone had enough food, there would be no reason for food banks. And n our "rich country" I can't see why this is a thing. 5 minutes of Bezos time could probably feed thousands.
What on earth has Socialism got to do with food banks? more like Capitalism but then Americans do not know what these words mean, don't you have dictionaries?
According to Stefan, even if a particular food preference seems unusual now, it could easily become more mainstream as time passes. “For example, the idea of drinking bone broth might have seemed odd a few years ago; in fact, in 2016, Google Trends identified an interest score of just 21. Fast forward to January 2020, and it hit a popularity score of 100.”
Moreover, unusual food preferences can be an exciting challenge for a cook. “Part of creating a great recipe is combining different flavors and textures in new ways, perhaps unimagined. What might seem like a bizarre preference could spark inspiration for an exciting new dish,” the spokesperson of Greenpan.co.uk explained.
Took me years in the USA to find a bread that had no sugar. And then I moved back to NZ. I miss that sourdough so much.
There are lots of recipes for making your own sourdough starter, and it's easy enough. You might enjoy the results.
Load More Replies...I am American, and I approve this message. Have you seen our breakfast cereal that is just miniature cookies?
Miniature cookies for breakfast sounds amazing. Ridiculously unhealthy, but amazing.
Load More Replies...I felt self-conscious about this as an American, particularly one that's vegan and pays a lot of attention to the added ingredients... But, then I saw a post on British food, and it was all cheap meat dripping with fat and surrounded by complex starches... Seems like learning English as your first language makes you allergic to green vegetables.
What gets me? The whole "US eats sugar!" coming from the UK. Two words: Trifle. Pavlova. Sugar, fat, and jam. Yeah, that's just fantastic. The fruit totally eliminates the five cups of sugar in there??? (I have UK in-laws. They really do eat like you described. Ugh.)
Load More Replies...Should say the majority of Americans. This is the first one that annoys me a bit.
Sheesh, way to show you cant be bothered thinking. Plenty of foods Americans enjoy are made without sugar, syrups or other sweeteners. Candied walnuts and other sweet things in salads are not the norm (and if you try an UNsweetened cranberry, then you'll understand why they ARE sweetened). Pie with ice cream is a treat for most, not a daily thing, and if it is syrupy, well, bad pie. Based on your spelling, you are clearly from a Brit country, so you have no room to criticize American food. I've spent months in England, for example, and while I had some wonderful meals, some of it was stunningly awful (vegetables cooked to death, ice cold toast), there is candy everywhere, and finding a decent green salad was a struggle.
Yeah this post is weird. Salads with sweet stuff in (like sicilians orange and fennel salad) and sweet stuff with food is common all over the world, like fruit mince pies from England that used to have real meat. Etc. I agree that candy and sweets are too sweet in the US but cranberries? Really?
Load More Replies...It is if you are eating something rare, exotic or not humanly killed. There is no reason anyone needs to consume something like a beating snake heart.
I feel like if you're eating a person you're likely to be judged on your moral character too.
Load More Replies...Maybe. But if you’re putting catsup on a well-done ribeye I’m -never- going to trust you.
I hope by well done you mean done competently (and medium rare).
Load More Replies...This goes along with fat shaming, too. We're trained to think physical fitness reflects moral character, too. I totally mentally judge less than skinny people by the content of their grocery cart, and I try to actively let it go.
Unless if you say that the word "Obese" is every -Ism in the language. That's a clear indicator you're a cu- *cane yoink*
Load More Replies...Yep. I'm from outside Chicago, and my dad was a complete Chicago kid. He would lose his mind when I put ketchup on a hotdog. Why does anyone care? It's like art. If you like it, that's all that matters. Although I do tell people (as a joke) when I use ketchup "I would like that with a sweetened tomato reduction sauce.
Ketchup on hot dogs are best. People that are precious about mystery meat hotdogs make me laugh. They've also probably never had an LA Danger Dog, they have both ketchup and mustard and are smashing.
Load More Replies...It's only cannibalism if you're eating your own species. *continues eating human* For example, this is cannibalism, but i don't care.
Load More Replies...Of course it is, unless you don't have choices. It's an indicator of what you likely believe is moral to eat.
Exactly. If it was humanely raised and killed then eating it is fine. I'm sick and tired of vegans telling me I'm a horrible person for eating meat. Humans are omnivores and at least I'm not committing cannibalism.
Homemade lemon pound cake, made with proper lemons (not that ReaLemon stuff) and real butter, topped with a simple syrup and lemon glaze, is the most wonderful dessert in the world!
Load More Replies...When I was little my mother always made 2 pies. She would make a chocolate meringue pie for my brother... and a lemon meringue pie for me.
I'm inclined to agree with you here. Not because I don't like chocolate, but because after a nice meal, lemon is refreshing whilst chocolate is just sweet sticky goo. I love LMP, especially homemade, but it takes me about 3 hours to make from scratch, and now that I am avoiding lactose, I am struggling to find a lactose-free way to make lemon curd (needs real butter, and I can only get lactose-free spreads that about 50% butter).
Clarified butter should have next to no lactose in it and is easy enough to make.
Load More Replies...YAASSSSSS! Something tart... Lemon, Rubarth, raspberry, etc, over chocolate anything, for me
I'm on the opposite fence. Chocolate is better than lemon. I don't like lemon.
When asked whether a chef could refuse to cook a very unusual order made by a client, Stefan said that “unusual food preferences can be a tough pill to swallow as a chef, but it can be a positive challenge.” “That being said,” the spokesperson continued, “customers should be aware that professional kitchens will have prepped their menus and food orders in advance, so last-minute changes can be difficult to overcome. Likewise, some chefs may find it hard to deviate from what they’re used to, as their menu is an art and experience.”
“Depending on how obscure the food order is, chefs can use it to their advantage and make use of existing ingredients they have and try and incorporate what they would have served in a slightly different way,” Stefan concluded.
Actually all the differnt pasta shapes each have their own specific purpose. They are each speciallised for a particular task, and cannot be interchanged if you are after the best result. E.g. if you cook lasagna with farfalle (butterflies) the result will be wierd (or actually a wrong interpretation of pasta bolognese), as the plates are what holds a lasagna toghether, so it can be cut into blocks. Some of them, like the shells and cannelloni (large tubes) are actually meant to be stuffed. Each type of pasta will interact with the sauce diffently, which will have an effect on the experience of eating the dish. So yes diffent pasta shapes makes the pasta(dish) taste differently, but the shells are not always the best.
Also, there are specific types of pasta that are meant to be served with specific sauces.
Load More Replies...My thoughts too. I was about to say it affects texture more than taste.
Load More Replies...This is the correct answer! Yes, different shapes absorb more or less sauce, which greatly effects the overall taste of the dish.
Load More Replies...ono, shells hold sauce better. penne is really good tho
Load More Replies...They look like brains and taste like snot. I can't help but become suspicious of people who like them. Aliens living among us!
Load More Replies...I saw a science show on oysters and clams. Basically worms in a shell. They have this segmented appendage that comes out like an elephant trunk to go up to the surface to get air. Seriously looks like a grey worm. Oh--barf......never......
I've observed when it comes to oysters there seems to be two groups. Those that love them and those that hate them. Never met anyone in between.
Love raisins... I even have some in my desk. Next thing you'll say biltong is a waste of meat
I'll probably get downvoted because i don't prefer what they prefer but i'd take a nice oatmeal raisin cookie over chocolate chip.
Load More Replies...They're grapes with all the flavor sucked out of them lol.
Load More Replies...Raisins are amazing, that rich fruity sweet taste is just .. mmmmmm.
A raisin is a huge disappointment when you’re thinking it’s a chocolate chip cookie you bite into
Bored Panda also talked to Alex Gunz of "Gourmand Gunno," a London-based professional food reviewer and the winner of Square Meal's 'Critic of the Year' 2014 award.
When asked whether talking about food, especially if one has unusual opinions when it comes to eating, can sometimes turn sour, Alex Gunz told us that it should not and does not need to be a sensitive topic. “The more people are open and willing to discuss their opinions, the less sensitive the topic becomes,” he added.
This person is mightily confused. And need to read up on dairy products.
Then I am too. I've tried Greek yogurt, and if you told me it was actually sour cream I would 100% believe you.
Load More Replies...I mean, it literally is not. They're cultured and processed completely differently.
They might taste similar to some people but they definitely are not the same thing. This was written by someone who doesnt know how yoghurt is made...
proper greek yogurt and proper sour cream are not the same. with what people have available in stores, though, who knows. it's sad what we get stuck with sometimes, especially thinking of the tomatoes above
Yeah that's right. I wish it could be possible for everyone to always taste the real thing.
Load More Replies...No no no no no. We made our own sour cream on the farm. yogurt is a whole other critter. And Greek yogurt is my fave.
Yeah... I asked a Mexican friend of mine who lives in USA if Taco Bell was authentic when it comes to tacos and he said no, because Tacos aren't supposed to be in a hard shell
Taco Bell is like if Rip van Winkle tasted Mexican food once, slept for 100 years, woke up, drank way too much, then suddenly had to recreate "Mexican food" for a thousand people. I mean, I like it. But it's not at all Mexican food.
Load More Replies...Depends on the application. Flour for burritos, corn for everything else.
Yes! Do not sully my tacos al pastor with your gluten wraps.
Load More Replies...most people never get to have really good, fresh, soft corn tortillas. They have a really great flavour and go particularly well with pork. Flour tortillas are much easier to work with, though, and keep good for longer.
Especially people on this site. It's mostly Europeans posting comments here. They wouldn't know good Mexican food if you dumped in on their heads
Load More Replies...Yes, if you're talking about corn tortillas bought in a grocery store. They're thick and rubbery, and nothing like freshly made tortillas, which are thin, tender, and delicious.
Unsweetened tea with milk is nasty. Edit: so it seems this is talking about cold tea, which imo is awful. I was talking about hot tea.
Why would you insult the whole of the UK like that?
Load More Replies...The sweet tea being referred to here is a drink that is served cold. There seems to be confusion in the comments.
There's a big difference between Sweet Tea and Iced Tea. Sweet Tea has 10x the sugar added to it.
Load More Replies...Non-Americans: In this context, "sweet tea" is usually used to refer to the iced variety. Not the hot version of a cup of tea to which you add milk and sugar. "Sweet tea" is never served with milk and comes cold with ice added. There are unsweetened varieties too - also never served with milk, also cold, also with ice added (just no sugar).
Sweet Tea and Iced Tea are two totally different beverages.
Load More Replies...Every dyed in the wool Southerner will drop everything to fight you, en masse, for saying that. (Not a Southerner, in fact I was born in Gettysburg, PA, but I lived in Raleigh, NC for 15 years.)
100% agree with you and I couldn't express it any better
Load More Replies...Sweet teasweetened with high fructose corn syrup is nasty. Sweetened with sugar or honey is delicious - to a point.
Moreover, “Everyone will have their own view on what constitutes 'unusual.' Always important to make a distinction between what preferences might be a function of either religion or health relative to just more personal reasons,” Alex explained.
When it comes to chefs preparing very unusual orders, Alex said that whether the chef would agree to make a special order or not “totally depends on the circumstances (type of restaurant, price point, and expectation of the consumer).” Having said that, he added that “menus exist for a reason, in most cases.”
Breadcrumbs and Vermont cheddar cheese
Load More Replies...Add some horseradish or hot sauce. Crumble some parm on top. Heck, even a bunch of Tabasco sauce when you have a cold. It's only boring if you're boring, lol
bacon, BACOOOOOON!!! Tomatoes too Oh OH and Lobster!!!!! I never eat plain mac n chz
Load More Replies...Poor folks who have never had good mac and cheese. It all depends upon the quality of the cheeses used and the skill of the cook creating the sauce. Also, it doesn't need to be baked. I usually just do it on stovetop, hot, creamy, wonderful.
Well, some Mac and cheese isnt good, but some also is great! I for one just like pasta and cheese, so it works out for me
Anything is improved by grilled cheese, carpet underlay probably is. (Just a guess)
Ok, but grilled cheese made with Mac and cheese is amazing.
Load More Replies...Well you're not wrong. Just like ramen (like the cheap dollar store kind) and other gross things my sisters are obsessed with
Load More Replies...the californian in me is deeply hurt by that statement. but i will agree that Fatburger is better.
Load More Replies...AMEN I'll take Shake Shack over in and out any day of the week, hell, I'll take McDonald's over in and out.
I agree!! There is nothing special enough about their mediocre food to justify drive thru lines wrapped around the building and parades for grand openings.
They microwave most of their food that comes frozen.
Load More Replies...A fast food place on the west coast of America.
Load More Replies...So true! They are almost inedible. Can only eat them when scalding hot with lots of ketchup. So we never buy them anymore...which leaves room for a nice cookie or piece of chocolate for dessert instead. Win!
Load More Replies...Gasp! This hurts hard! Your a disgrace to all that is California (and Arizona)
lmao! Sentient Flesh-Spore is the name of my new death metal band
They're actually giant thistles, though they do look otherworldly.
Love a deep dish, but I love pizza. Even those greasy crackers that are NY style slices are good if you put one on top of another like a calzone.
My brother has a theory about pizza. There are some you like, some you hate, some you don't care about. But people will always eat it, no matter what. It always looks good. I don't think he's off the mark.
I'm Italian, I found pizza that I would never eat again... in Italy.
Load More Replies...If i had a gazillion (insert currency), i would literally travel the world tasting every country and regions' interpretation of a pizza and keep a detailed manifesto including pictures, how it is made, reviews and personal opinions,... This forever expanding manifesto would inspire peace and love through mutual appreciation for the quest and would be my legacy to the world. But I dream....
"Pizza" is the Italian word for pie. If you say "pizza pie" you are saying "pie pie"
We really should give it another name, a loaf of meat just doesn't sound appetizing
Sounds like prison food 😹 But I like it if it's well made, like most foods. They can be good or bad depending on the chef.
Load More Replies...Meatloaf is one of the greatest artists in history, his ability to.... to..... Oh, you mean the food! I've only had it once, during a trip to the states, had lunch in a place called 'Cracker Barrel', I really like it.
Meatloaf is good if you cook & make it right, like a lot of things that need to be cooked. Rather than things that you can eat raw, since those already have lots of flavor.
Exactly. My late mother made a great meatloaf. In college, during Passover, she’d always send me plenty of it to go through that week.
Load More Replies...It can be wonderful or awful, depending upon the ingredients and the cook. I've had both.
and outback ranch (peppercorn), and red robin ranch MMMM
Load More Replies...Ranch dressing varies widely in quality. I tend to dislike most big grocery store brands. Ken's is good.
Only ranch that actually has some quality to it is good. I have had some banger ranches from local wing places. But $2 ranch from the grocery store is gross and disappointing.
I'm from the midwest and I have to 100% disagree with you. That stuff is amazing on veggies, pizza, chicken, salad, and arguably on some deserts
Desperately poor people in the north of England voted for that Tory twat Johnson and his band of corrupt louts because "we've got 9 foodbanks in town now and Labour didn't give us any"
Load More Replies...Than stop taxing healthy food and increase taxes on champagne, caviar and oysters.
There are zero taxes on groceries where I live, but there are still food banks.
Load More Replies...I would rephrase that to "food banks shouldn't be needed." But of course, they are.
Ooooooooh I thought he doesn't like the idea of food banks, no he means as in there shouldn't be people who can't afford enough food, gotcha. Yeah I agree
Yeah, dill is fine but sweet relish just tastes wrong.
Load More Replies...And it needs to take Thousand Island dressing with it! Those can both f**k right off!
You're eating it wrong. Change your bread to something like toasted ciabatta.
Please. You mix that tuna with some shredded cheese and grill like a grilled cheese and you'll be set.
Most coleslaw I've had is tough as wood chips, and about as flavourful.
Turkey and Swiss with thousand island dressing and coleslaw on marble rye!!!
It uses a different mint to toothpaste, or it should be. I'm concerned about what type of mint is in your ice cream.
The same as yours. It just tastes like toothpaste and apparently some people enjoy that.
Load More Replies...BAHAHAHA you idiot have you ever eaten the heavenly soft creamy sweet cream so sweet yet refreshing when the mintyness melts in your mouth and the chocolate pieces with the mint is amazing when you put it together the mix is perfect so good amazing wow I want some now and then you eat it in summer and it's so good have you ever tried it you're crazy if you didn't try why haven't you tried it try it please actually no we must not waste the deliciousness on one who does not respect the minty goodness who taught you this treachery mint is so good wow yeah sorry I think I've gone crazy
It depends where you get your mint chocolate chip from, I've had a lot where it does just taste like frozen toothpaste but when you get some actually good mint chocolate chip it's incredible.
Yes, I do love tea. But uuuuuh, I used to work as a baker and when you wake up at 4 in the morning tea isn't enough to wake you up
Nope mornings and early afternoon Coffee is King. Rest of the time tea. I like to sleep at nightbb
Indeed. Either chai tea latte, or Picard isn't wrong. Tea: Earl Grey. Hot.
There is a big Tea conspiracy on this post! Coffee revolution may begin!
On the fence. Maybe they are too sweet, but they are so soft! They are literally air and sugar.
Candy floss is absolutely rubbish. It’s sugar (and artificial dye if you’re at a fun fair) and tastes like s**t.
I love cotton candy. It feels/tastes like you're eating magical spider webs or unicorn hair
Haha I thought of it looking more like sheep's wool so now I'm picturing a unicorn with sheep's wool but it's coloured like cotton candy! Its kind of awesome. I need an artist to illustrate this.
Load More Replies...Tomatos ruin sandwiches most of the time, not cause of the taste, but cause of the extra moisture
i love tomatoes just not on burgers yup because of extra moisture
Load More Replies...Hell no! They're the only salvation when the burger is dry af even with sauces. 😒 -stares at McDonalds-
You just have to layer it properly, don't put the tomato next to the bread/ bun. Sandwiches should be built not just jumbled together.
what the hell dont @ me even means? they can't even talk straight. they need tomatoes in their lives!
Blot your tomato in a paper towel BEFORE adding to said sammich or burger. Makes a world of difference.
Someone has horrible taste buds... I will say, sweet potato fries are horrible and seem like something the Americans invented...but sweet potatoes are awesome
Sweet potato fries were indeed invented in America, but this comment still feels like unnecessary xenophobia.
Load More Replies...It took me a while to warm up to sweet potatoes, but I like them now. They're best with other root vegetables, fried, or baked with a little oil, salt, and rosemary.
Man, you're missing out. I remembered eating freshly baked/steamed sweet potato and it tasted so sweet as if it had honey. Still my favorite snack to this day, especially during colder months.
The way people prepare sweet potato casserole here in the U.S. with all the sugar and marshmallows is nasty.
I feel like this guy needs his taste buds checked. I prefer sweet potato fries over regular any day of the week. Sweet potato pie tastes like pumpkin pie and mashed sweet potatoes with some butter and cinnamon sugar is slap your mama good
Sweet potatoes are disgusting in my opinion. I love normal potatoes, though.
Me too. I have memories of being fed sweet potatoes from a very very very young age and hating them
Load More Replies...My husband does like sweet potatoes—-except for my sweet potato casserole with pecans and brown sugar streusel on top.
Not a fan of either, TBH (unless the chocolate cake is served with custard). At most, I’d enjoy a lemon flavoured iced lolly, but that’s about it! LOL. I’m more likely to go for sticky toffee pudding as a way of dessert, or honeycomb/bubblegum ice cream! Not very often though, as I’m Type 1 diabetic! 😅
(When I said “at most”, I meant for lemon-flavoured desserts ... just to clear up any confusion!) 😊
Load More Replies...Lemon, no meringue. Chcoolate, no cake. I'm not much of a sweet tooth. Hubby freaks out when I eat a lemon like he eats apples, which I find disgustingly sweet.
As a Greek i laughed a lot cause this poor guy needs to taste a good tomato
I've always liked tomatoes sliced with a pinch of salt on them. I've only ever met one other person that does that but I recommend trying it, it's delicious.
My dear late granny used to sprinkle sugar on sliced tomato & have it on toast; my mum & I still talk about it sometimes & we both think she was a bit mad! LOL. 😂
Try a vine-ripened tomato instead of those pale pink crunchy things from the supermarket. You may change your tune.
When you cut open a tomato, you have to admit it does sorta look like it hasn't been "born" yet (still love 'em though)
It's an acquired taste. You first drink it because you are cold or bored, then for the caffeine, then because you like it. That was my path.
Yeah, I have to admit I’m not a fan of coffee, even though I’m 33. I tried it with plenty of milk & sugar, but it still tasted like something was burnt! LOL. Guess I’ll be a child forever! 🤣
You are making your cookies the wrong way, if your dough tastes sandy.
What kind of cookies are you making? Maybe you're not mixing it enough.
for craps sake people this is a thread on food opinions dont downvote people for these everyone has the right to their own opinion
Load More Replies...I just wish all these folks get good food in life! What a terrible world to live hating shrimp!
I have to disagree with this one.. we put coconut in almost every main course dish..
May i ask with what it's better? I like coconut but i really have no idea how to use it in a meal!
Load More Replies...Everyone not from tropics who never had a store of fresh coconuts at home need to be excused. They have no idea what a "really" fresh coconut is
disagree vehemently. it is one of the most versatile fruits in both savoury & sweet. it enhances the flavour in most dishes
Anyone who had coconut water in US is really unfortunate. Fresh coconut water is the most refreshing and tastes nothing like anything coconut in US
I tried that coconut water and had to immediately spit it out of my mouth. now I can't even smell coconut without gagging
I can order salami and pepperoni on one pizza (not that I would, can't eat pepperoni) ad get two different salamis. Pepperoni is an American created type of salami.
Load More Replies...Once I am crowned Supreme Overlord of the Universe, your death shall be quick & painless...
How did she make the beans? Good grief! The trick, FYI, is to change the water halfway through the cooking process, add in a pinch of bicarb (baking soda). Works a treat in my grandma's recipes, anyway.
Have to admit, beans were ruined for me when my ex-dad’s current partner forced me to eat her “spaghetti bolognese” which would’ve been fine; if she hadn’t thrown a whole tin of baked beans in with the mince! Then she screamed at me for throwing up afterwards. Haven’t had beans or bolognese ever since & I’m so fricking glad I no longer have contact with either her or my ex-dad... 😓
I love pintos or some BBQ with a side of baked beans. Green peas are what I can’t stand.
That’s the statement of a very unhappy person. I even read it in a sad voice :/
okay so i can't be mad at this because when i was like 8 i didn't care for bacon either.
I disagree with this 1000%. I couldn't stand not eating meat.
I HATE sauces on my meat! Even seasoning is a push. I love meat for the taste, no other reason.
Absolutely correct. I see we’ve hit the “most controversial opinion” about food. Look at the downvotes. Demanding meat is entirely social conditioning, and that fact seems to be the most objectionable thing with which a person can be confronted. People may call themselves progressive, support LGBTQ+ rights, claim to support environmental protection, be pet lovers (including doing rescue), actively subject themselves to police violence to protest racism... but the second veganism comes up, holy hell the attacks and bigotry that flies out of these supposedly progressive people. It’s a step too far for so many people and it looks exactly as irrational as it really is.
Former meat lover! Meat actually isn't that great and never was. It's everything that makes that meat interesting. When I stopped eating meat i actually started eating foods I never wanted to try. It "opened" so many taste buds!
Load More Replies...I agree with this. I know so few people who eat meat with condiments/sauce/etc. Lamb must have sauce, beef must have sauce, pork must have.... Honestly, why eat meat? Just drink the sauce.
A really good steak with NO seasoning and NO sauce is the BEST! Just grilled and eaten
How many substitutes have you tried? Sure, it’s not likely to be a 100% same experience, but why does it have to be? You eat different preparations of meat, which produces different textures and tastes. The objection to mock meats is one of expectation and the expectations are usually off. A valid objection is that it’s processed food, but that is ALSO a highly common problem with mass market meat products.
Load More Replies...On a molecular level sure, but that’s no reason to live off old fryer oil and multi-vitamins.
You’re probably the kind of guy who gets “mysterious” illnesses and imbalances all the time and keeps wondering why it happens only to you.
Nice way to get fatty liver, I suppose. Not before getting a diabetes diagnosis, though! 😅
Where did you think your meat comes from? If you can't face that, don't eat it,
And so is the whole "Bloody meat" thing too! I could never understand the appeal...
Unless you're getting your meat from questionable sources, your steak is never going to be "bloody," no matter how little you cook it. The "blood" that some people have an aversion to is actually just myoglobin and water. The myoglobin pigments the muscle. A steak with blood in it would go rancid very quickly. So if you see a pool of red liquid from a steak on your plate, then be horrified that it wasn't permitted to rest long enough and that you're going to be eating a very dry piece of beef.
Load More Replies...I can agree to disagree here. I love meat but, when you bite into the bone.....ugh its just pain. That's why I like boneless meat. But if its something like a rib...omg yesssssss!!!!
How am I meant to hold it next to my mouth and whisper a sweet, 'I love you' and thank you for the happiness' it is about to give me, if there is no bone handle???
These comments are amazingly hilarious!! Thank you dear pandas for another laugh fest! You're all so witty.
Load More Replies...Yes it is. But that’s where meat comes from. The solution isn’t to blind yourself to where it comes from by expecting it to be provided to you boneless and shaped into some form that hides what it really is. The solution is to stop normalizing the killing of fellow animals for our preferences and convenience. But therein lies the most controversial opinion about food (that killing fellow animals is unethical). It’s all about social conditioning.
Soft-shell crabs are the most disgusting thing to ever exist on earth.
Load More Replies...Mushrooms like any other food type come is many varieties. Some are minging, others very nice!
i personally think the texture is terrible but the flavor is there depending on how you cook them
I hate them too, and hate that they are in so many restaurant dishes.
Someone wanna tell him that not all sushi is actually raw? Sashimi, yes, but...
A lot of these posts are just taste preferences, but this one is pure ignorance. Sushi isn't about raw anything. There are a number of fully cooked toppings
Not true, but I don’t understand the sushi thing. I’ve had it several times, and it does nothing for me.
Try different types and with wasabi. Wasabi is a game changer. I've had sushi in Japan at tsukiji and it's truly delicious.
Load More Replies...Salmon is one of my favorite foods, followed by tuna. Fish is yum. You are ew.
no we do not have to pretend. perhaps you could ruin it with awful cooking. otherwise it tastes amazing
I don't know where you're from but here in Kentucky I haven't met a mamaw, granny, whatever that can't cook! We got some super chef grannies here in the Bluegrass state!
When I'm a grandmother, I'm gonna be the best cook in the kitchen, don't you forget it >:0
My kids won't come to my house for dinner, they know better, my cooking is always a disaster.
To be fair, they haven' actually said that it's bad, just that they think it is the worst of the pasta dishes.
Lasagna is my fave food. Really. No, I'm serious. I would love to hurl a million curse words at you but i have to keep my sanity... Not liking lasagna is enough punishment for you.
Big fat chips are the best. You are wrong on all counts here, especially the crinkle cut.
Big fat chips are indeed the best. Not the skinny little things you get at McDonalds
Load More Replies...in no way adding to this post but the potato is like the most completely nutritious food, when not fried and all that.
One with potato blight, probably. Possibly also Ergot, as he's tripping balls if he thinks steak fries are bad.
Load More Replies...If you don't like fried potatoes, try a nice mashed potato or a tasty loaded baked potato 😋
Look at that... someone who doesn't like flavour. Indian food is amazing, and they are the only people who know how to make amazing vegetarian meals... everyone else is trying to make vegetables taste like meat... Indian people say "here is a vegetable in all its glory"
As a vegetarian, I adore Indian cooking for that alone. Also, oh, the spice, the flavor, the felxibility!
Load More Replies...As an Indian, I am very offended. You have never tried a good biryani if you can say that
The entire colonization of the Americas happened because of the search for Indian spices. The food is that good.
As an indian(south), I can confirm that this idiot has no idea what indian food means or tastes like. I am deeply affended. Do you know how many thousands of variety food is made there? I dont think you will ever taste traditional home made stuff, but do you know the meaning of "spices" bro?
India has one of the most diverse cuisines in the world. Saying you blatantly don't like any of it is like announcing you don't like drinks -- any drink... at all. It sounds like you just haven't tasted the right one yet.
Indian food is the best. he is not eating *real* Indian, that's clear.
I feel this! I used to eat peanut butter and banana sandwiches a lot, and when we were poor substitute the banana for whatever fruit we had in the house or when really poor, butter.
Load More Replies...skipping the mayo here. but Peanut butter and banana sandwiches are just amazing!
As a French I can only agree with my fellow Swiss up there.
Load More Replies...American cheese might be trash, but french, swiss and italian cheese is not, period.
American cheese is literally solidified cheese soup, and IS trash. Try this cheddar, my man. Have some gouda. Put a slice of Muenster on your burger. Expand you ideas.
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I'm from Wisconsin and you can get put in the stocks for saying that (ha ha).
I‘m curious. I‘ve heard that Wisconsin is known for its cheese but what is it actually like? Never had some.
Load More Replies...Real cheese is most certainly not trash. As the word trash has been used I can only assume that this guy is american. American cheese is not cheese.
Ketchup is only great when tossed in the trash. What a disgusting and utterly shït invention it is. It fckn ruins everything.
I can never afford to buy pancakes, so to hear that they're ruined by people who put k e t c h u p on them is absolutely and utterly revolting.
Could you not make your own? Just flour, eggs and milk for a very basic pancake.
Load More Replies...LOL!! I can't even see them anymore! RIP to those opinions.
Load More Replies...Funny how half of those opinions are highly upvoted and the other half is highly downvoted. There's no middle ground in that article.
You can eat what you want and I can judge those foods all I like
Load More Replies...Why are people downvoting opinions....on a page for unpopular opinions?
Ever tried a bratwurst they’re amazing
Load More Replies...I'm with you. Unless is in the 80%-90% range, I don't even bother. Of course, I got dowvoted for commenting that up there
Load More Replies...I'm certain I'll get downvoted for this but my controversial opinion on food is......most pizza isn't very good. I have had a few decent one's but most of the time it's greasy dough overloaded with greasy cheese and greasy meat thrown on it. The best pizza's I've had usually have a limited amount of cheese and other toppings.
Agreed on this - about american-style pizza, anyway. Italian pizza is a different beast. The worst pizza I had in Italy was still better than 99% of the American style pizzas I've ever had.
Load More Replies...LOL!! I can't even see them anymore! RIP to those opinions.
Load More Replies...Funny how half of those opinions are highly upvoted and the other half is highly downvoted. There's no middle ground in that article.
You can eat what you want and I can judge those foods all I like
Load More Replies...Why are people downvoting opinions....on a page for unpopular opinions?
Ever tried a bratwurst they’re amazing
Load More Replies...I'm with you. Unless is in the 80%-90% range, I don't even bother. Of course, I got dowvoted for commenting that up there
Load More Replies...I'm certain I'll get downvoted for this but my controversial opinion on food is......most pizza isn't very good. I have had a few decent one's but most of the time it's greasy dough overloaded with greasy cheese and greasy meat thrown on it. The best pizza's I've had usually have a limited amount of cheese and other toppings.
Agreed on this - about american-style pizza, anyway. Italian pizza is a different beast. The worst pizza I had in Italy was still better than 99% of the American style pizzas I've ever had.
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