Turns Out, There’s A Facebook Group Where People Rate Others’ Dishes, And Here Are 50 Of The Most Iconic Ones (New Pics)
Whatever food you might personally love or loathe, you can’t deny that cooking can be an immense pleasure. Though you’ve got to get all the groceries, do the prep work, and finish things off by washing a mountain of dishes, there’s hardly a better feeling than tucking into a dish you made yourself. And if your loved ones enjoy it as well—mission accomplished!
However, let’s be frank: we can’t always tell if our dish worked out. Sometimes, we need a bit of objectivity. One place where you can ask for an open and honest opinion is the ‘Rate My Plate’ Facebook group. Home to 40.1k members, the group invites people to share photos of their food and have it rated by others. You might get a metaphorical gold star for your delish dish… or you might get called an idiot sandwich.
We’ve collected some of the finest and weirdest dishes to show you, dear Pandas, and we’d love your verdict. Would you eat it? Would you avoid it even if you had a ten-foot pole? Scroll down, upvote your fave photos, and share your honest opinions in the comments.
Bored Panda has reached out to the ‘Rate My Plate’ team, and we’ll update the article once we hear back from them.
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That took some serious effort to make a TWELVE LAYER CAKE!!!! I imagine OP might have made two cakes and cut each one with a graded cake cutter into six layer. I’ve seen a tool that has a wire that you can adjust and it passes thru the cake for a perfectly even layer.
I have a cake pan set that is that thin, and I can make six layers at one time. Not sure if that's how they did it or not though. I've seen them do what you've said as well, and either way it just looks yummy. :)
Load More Replies...At first glance ~ seriously ~ I was trying to figure out how someone got that many ribs to stand that perfectly straight ~ 2nd thought ~ how'd they find that many uniformly perfectly ribs ~ 3rd thought (I SWEAR) HOLY C**P THAT'S NOT RIBS THAT'S A SLICE OF CHOCOLATE CAKE!!! DAMN MY STOMACH IS REALLY GROWLING!
I'm impressed by the baking skill, yet I could not even attempt to eat it...
This is a really satisfying picture and i love how neat the lines are. This makes me happy. I could honestly look at this all day
But then as soon as you take something from it it’ll topple over
Load More Replies...Oh! Christmas tree! Oh Christmas tree! How delightful are your ornaments,
Load More Replies...I made this one year for Christmas Eve and my family loved it! However, it is real labor intensive because it takes a lot of time to put toothpicks on every piece of food there. Then you have to attach all of them to a styrofoam Christmas tree in rows going around the “tree”. You can’t make this too far in advance because of the freshness factor. I put fresh herbs in between each line such as parsley, basil, sage, thyme, oregano. It was well worth it but next time, I’ll ask for help. LOL 😝
I applaud your patience I barely have the patience to do a potato hedgehog
I love how this looks, and can only imagine the amount of time that went into assembling it. But if I brought that to work, I would have to place it and walk away, I would be too sad watching all that work go to Hell once people start picking at it
The ‘Rate My Plate’ Facebook group celebrated its second birthday a few months ago. The public group was founded in mid-August 2020, and welcomes members from all over the globe, so long as they promise to follow the rules.
One of the main rules that everyone ought to follow is to set their egos aside. “The group is meant for comments to be made on people’s food so don’t get offended if somebody says something bad about your food,” the team running the show explains. They add that anyone “caught being a snowflake” will end up suspended.
A mashed potatoes castle on a moat of gravy with a meat drawbridge….EPIC !
And unless the peas are well and truly stuck in place using mash, those peas would likely become escapeas.
Load More Replies...Battle positions! Activate plan Omega! The Potato fort is besieged! Raise the bridge, and let the enemy drown in the gravy moat. What?! they have peas for ammo? we are doomed!
What's around it though? Charcoal flavoured Doritos? (Please help this non American or European out).
Purple corn chips. Just like normal corn/ tortilla chips but made with purple corn
Load More Replies...Me too. I can do guacamole but not my favorite. Though i have made it for my wife.
Load More Replies...I cant think of many ways you could present guacamole in unappetizing manner. I'd probably eat it off my shoe!
Load More Replies...At the same time, members of the group are encouraged to be kind to each other. Criticism should never grow into something more, like bullying or degrading comments.
Keep it all food-related, and there shouldn’t be any problem. Post something unrelated to gastronomy, on the other hand, and you might find yourself suspended for a couple of days. The rules are pretty simple to follow, to be fair, and all you have to do is be a decent human being and talk about food pics. Sounds easy, right? At the time of writing, the Facebook group was run by a team of three administrators and one moderator.
Yes. For some reason I really want a plate (and one less baked potato).
Load More Replies...They look to be bulls with horns serving as handles to hold the tray.
Load More Replies...That's one huge Cowboy Steak, makes those lobster tails look so darn small
Ha, I saw the one on the right first and thought it was a dog. Now I want a server with begging dogs as the handles
Load More Replies...Wrong way to layer a scone! Jam first. I had amazing scones at the Queens Garden Party one year, nicest cream I ever had and I don't usually like it.
Well, clearly you know which side of the Devon/Cornish scone debate you are on.
Load More Replies...For someone who’s staying away from carbs, this picture is just…well…cruel.
Lovely! I'm going to presume those are blueberries in the pastry, and not raisins (ptui!)
Cooking, pretty much like any other skill, relies on a person’s ability to focus and learn from their mistakes. Sure, some people might be ‘naturals’ and quickly move on to making complex dishes while the rest of us are stuck looking at our sad scrambled eggs. However, pretty much everyone has the ability to improve.
How much improvement you’ll see really depends on the time you spend in the kitchen and how willing you are to apply the lessons you learned when you failed, massively. Having someone to bounce your cooking ideas off of is absolutely great. Getting them to taste your culinary concoctions is even better.
*proceeds to dump yummy food in food dish*
Load More Replies...But but but, where is the seasoning? I’m dying from food boredom looking at this
The nearest dish will be highly seasoned for sure. Also possibly the pork was rubbed with something before cooking. Can't see any gravy though
Load More Replies...YOU HAVEN'T HAD A PAVOLVA BEFORE!!!!! OHMIGOD!!!! *hands Couldnt_find_a_decent_name a pav*
Load More Replies...Anyone else getting pareidolia ( seeing a face in things ) from those two grapes near the top?
I see why they named it Pavlova, cause my mouth is watering right now (no bell needed). LOL
Load More Replies...How can you look that miserable when holding a giant Yorkshire pudding? Is he nil by mouth?
If he's a Yorkshire man, he could look like that holding the winning lottery ticket or his first born child.
Load More Replies...An attempt was made; Full credit, sir, and you'll knock it out on the next one
Broadly speaking, cooking is made up of two (arguably, unequal) parts. On the one hand, you have the taste. It’s the essence of cooking and will make or break absolutely any dish.
Even if everything looks delicious, the effort wasn’t worth it if the person eating your food ends up disappointed. Personally, we’ve tasted so many meals that look gorgeous but are bland/oversalted/overwhelmingly garlicky. And it ruins the entire experience.
Pumpkin Spice Vegan French Toast drizzled with warm maple syrup topped with almond milk whipped cream… apparently!
Load More Replies...Everyone loves french toast but I would have preferred berries over grapes myself
Now that beats IHOP’s French toast hands down. But I think you need more whipped cream! Lol
Whenever I ask my two children what they want for dinner; it's salad. I'm not joking nor did I bring them up in an ultra-healthy way. They just really like it.
This looks like a beef shank YUM! I put mine in a crockpot with a whole lot of other things. SO good! 👏🏼👏🏼🙌
On the other hand, you have everything related to aesthetics and presentation. And that’s really the docs of the ‘Rate My Plate’ Facebook group. We don’t have the smell and taste to go on, so we’re left to make judgment calls using just one sense: our sight.
And here, things get tricky. We think that you’ll agree that many of us have seen horrible-looking dishes that actually tasted wonderful. But, on the flip side, we've also tasted tiny, beautiful dishes that work as art, but not as food.
You didn’t even pounce them first? Progress!
Load More Replies...I want baked goods now.... why do you do this to us bored panda
I just had noodles for lunch a few hours ago, now I want noodles for dinner too d4mn it
This.... this is a sinfully good idea... better even than using Bailey's for hot chocolate.
I remember buying Tia Maria one year for Christmas and adding it to my coffee at every opportunity. When I caught myself adding it to my first cup of the day I realised some rules needed to be put in place!
It’s actually very hard to judge a meal by just the visuals because some weird flavor combinations can definitely work while others are bound to fall flat. For instance, Bored Panda previously looked at various weird vintage recipes. And though they sound extremely peculiar to us in the 21st century, some flavor combinations actually work quite nicely.
hehe just like me hehe (I'm not even apologising for this one)
Load More Replies...I'd even eat the green beans if I could wash them down with that steak
I would say i would eat this right here for dinner everyday but I'd say that to so many of these dishes
Personally I'm not much of a beef eater but for this I'd make an exception.
Based on the squishy-ness factor, it probably is med rare.
Load More Replies...Who cares? I'd eat a shoe with enough cheese on it!
Load More Replies...For example, Professor Nathalie Cooke, from McGill University, explained to us during an earlier interview that vintage party food recipes from the 1950s are the result of food fashion, but weren’t just a fad.
“That is, the basic flavor combination is something that reaches across the decades. What you’re describing may seem very odd to us in the 21st century, but the taste combinations—savory and sweet (tuna waffles, ham and bananas) or sweet and sour (mayo with lime) are surely very familiar,” she explained to us earlier.
“There were ‘fads’ at mid-century: think of cookbooklets demonstrating how to decorate one’s ham with slices of canned pineapple, topped with the bedazzling red of a maraschino cherry, for example! And you don’t mention the jaw-dropping recipes incorporating marshmallows in main course dishes, recipes that were brain children of corporate marketing departments,” the professor said.
If that's the size of the pudding, I'm dying to see the size of the roast!
Up voting because Yorkshire's are so hard to make well and this a beast!
yes I would, then add coffee and sugar to my creamer please.
Load More Replies...I wouldn't want the job of cutting the first slice. Even if you cut slowly, there isn't enough plate around the cake to catch all that cream.
That's a real winner every single moment of the day. Love them tortilla's!
Looks like the tortilla de papa my dad used to make. He wasn't much for cooking but man were his tortillas delicious.
“But if we were to create one of today’s favorites from scratch, say Pad Thai, we would start from the same basic taste combinations you describe in what at first glance seem like bizarre plate partners,” she told Bored Panda before.
Is it just me or does the middle slits look like a pigs nose?
Spam isn't horrid if it's fried or grilled. I could eat that sandwich.
Bro nah if u don't like spam who ever made it for u probably didn't make it right
Load More Replies...Spam got us through a world war for the snowflakes here. It's not bad, it's just not the best. It depends on the dish. But alone, crispy and fried right, it's good. Quit being snobs.
Is it weird that even though I don't really know what this is, I still think it looks pretty damn tasty!? (Spam included lol)
Chicken phaal. Originated in the Bangladeshi -owned curry-houses of Birmingham, England. It is one of the hottest forms of curry regularly available, even hotter than Vindaloo.
Load More Replies...“Cooking bitter tamarind with water, raw sugar and fish sauce will build the basic foundation (sour, salty and sweet). To that one would add the requisite green onions, bean sprouts, and noodles—and likely some additional flavor notes such as shallot, garlic, and perhaps dried turnip (salty and sweet) to deepen the flavor.”
In other words, tasting the dish is paramount. And we’d love to try most of the food in this list, just to see if they taste as good as—or better than—we imagine.
"Thai red prawn curry" according to the link thru. I'm gonna be looking up recipes, love curry, have shrimps, have at least one person in the house I cannot convince to eat this. More for me. :)
I want to know where they got the plate. That is so pretty
https://bakerrowe.com/products/victorian-skeleton-lady-walking-dog-dinner-plates-set
Load More Replies...What part of England would make this abomination? Span, waffles, not even sure what that's supposed to be under the mushroom, and NO BLACK PUDDING. The cherry tomatoes are wrong too
Load More Replies...I can eat a lot but I don't think I could eat all that for breakfast...and if I tried, the beans would be last to go. Beans for breakfast just seems wrong to me
They look like cheap "pork and beans" and not something I would eat. Spam - a joke to so many people. Grilled tomatoes are an English thing that I could never get behind. So, this isn't going to be my breakfast.
Load More Replies...Those sausages look delicious. Why are the eggs on top of the waffles?
Too bad, the steak had been cooked with other stuff in one pan. The liquid ruined the searing process. Too bad, it actually looks like a yummy rib eye steak.
Too bad it's not twins. Plus, there needs to be a couple of pieces of buttered toast to guard the eggs.
If I had English muffins, I'd swap out the bread. But if not, I'd still be super happy to devour all of that.
lovely poached eggs but do NOT put them on my toast - i want to dip those bad boys
There's some seriously low effort stuff getting raved about on this thread.
Load More Replies...Beans and watery tomatoes ruining the taste of everything else.
Load More Replies...Lookin' good...I think I need some more bread with that butter, though.
I'd lose the black pudding but yes please! Miss a good old brekkie.
If you actually toasted the bread, why butter it after it cooled off?
Zero salmonella because the whites are cooked at a temperature that kills the bacteria. Have you never eaten proper poached eggs? Hard yolks are boiled eggs.
I don't think those are poached; they look soft-boiled to me. But why are the yolks so red?
Load More Replies...Perfectly soft boiled eggs. Some folks can’t make soft boiled let alone poached eggs without over boiling them.
Some countries vaccinate hens against Salmonella and have strict testing processes of laying hens that are ongoing.
Load More Replies...What is that strangely glowingly green, lumpy goo? Did the pie say, "I don't know" around Nickelodeon Studios?
The OP says that this is: Steak pie, creamy mash and mushy peas, covered in gravy. Mushy peas are marrowfat peas that go soft cooked in their own juices. They are meant to be like that. Not a fan personally.
Load More Replies...Because gravy makes everything better!
Load More Replies...Alternately, you could forget about the salad and just have a chip sandwich.
That bottle of wine there? Is it like you put it on the table and it attracts real bottles of wine to join it? If so, where can I get me one of those?
I don't think these are two hot dogs in each roll but rather one hot dog split down the middle and fried on a griddle and then topped with cheese and chili. you get the crunch of the natural casing hot dog and then you split it and you get crunch on the inside too. Used to have a place near where I grew up in Burlington, Vermont, USA called Charlies Red Hots and they were soooooo amazing
This suddenly makes me think we need a savory offshoot of Fruit By The Foot gum...Meat By The Meter...cause I would just unwind that sausage there and go to town until I couldn't move anymore
Pennsylvanian here... PA dutch make some of the best sausage ever. Extreme porky goodness!
"So, Charlie tells me you're a butcher... Do you link your own sausage?"
Who can eat that for breakfast and still desire lunch and/or dinner??
That would destroy the roof of your mouth and everything would squash out when you tried to take a bite. I'd eat it with a fork and knife though. Yumyum.
Ok I would totally eat this cause the smiley fries and pizza remind me of the school lunches I had in 2nd grade
I don't understand why literally every single dish needs to be covered in some kind of unappealing slushy sauce/gravy. What's wrong with normal condiments that do not drown the rest of the food?
In this case, though there's too much of it, the gravy is the whole point of this dish. Better well made gravy than some purchased "condiments"
Load More Replies...It's nice to see everyone here has different tastes. Don't judge others.
Yuck. I enjoy eating my food, not fighting to get it into my mouth and wearing it when I lose the fight. Sandwiches were invented specifically to be *less* messy to eat in hand, not more.
I agree. I love burgers, but if you want a big one increase the diameter NOT the height.
Load More Replies...How do you got about eating this? Would two separate burgers be so terrible?
Terribly unhealthy, would probably exponentially increase my chance of heart disease but I’d eat the whole thing. Probably not in one sitting though
One. Rule. WE HAD ONE DANG RULE! NO. TALL. BURGERS! HAVE YOU GONE MAD!? YOU SPEAK OF THIS AS IF THIS WASN'T YANKEX OUT OF DANTE'S INFERNO!
omg! A hamburger should be able to fit in your mouth, plus this is literally a heart attack waiting to happen. Who'd eat stuff like this???
burger jenga; proper big burger should be wider and flatter, not taller
Then someone lights the elves on fire... and all is right again in the universe.
Whether you're someone who appreciates cooking or simply loves to eat, joining a community centered around food can bring about a sense of camaraderie and shared enthusiasm. One such community, the 'Rate My Plate' Facebook group, provides an arena for culinary enthusiasts to share their culinary masterpieces and clunkers alike. This group offers a delightful blend of the unusual with the truly mouth-watering.
For those interested in exploring the whimsical side of gastronomy, examining the most remarkable recipes shared in the group might just provide that extra sprinkle of inspiration in your next culinary endeavor.
No, not again! He's been getting milk for the past year /j /lh
Load More Replies...out of everything on this list, finally found something I'm capable of making XD
The only thing I recognize on this plate is the carrot and possibly the potatoes? Which makes me sad because it looks yummy!
At lest the tomatoes aren't poured out of a warmed can this time.
Load More Replies...Is it me or does the sushi look warm and the noodles look like putty.
Those are soba noodles (made from buckweat), and they are often served cold, so I think it's a cold dish and the sushi is not warm.
Load More Replies...This is like, almost all food types. Sweet, salty, savory...... i'm not sure how to feel about this
It's sauerkraut, sausages, and mustard. There is no string cheese.
Load More Replies...Lunch or dinner, not a traditional English breakfast
Load More Replies...same as 36, what happened to the egg yolks? maybe its normal and i've just never seen them like that?
Looks like they were cooked sunny side up, but with a lid on the pan to keep the steam in and cook the top a little more evenly.
Load More Replies...Idek how to start trying to figure this thing out. What do I google?!
Half a lasagne with tinned new potatoes according to the OP.
Load More Replies...As a child growing up in Indonesia, my mum sent me to the market to get live frogs for dinner. I saw how they screamed when the butcher's blade decapitated them and how their body twitched as their skin was ripped from them. I never touched any cuisine with frogs ever since then.
This. Seen it in S.E. Asia as well. Killed my appetite 100%
Load More Replies...This can happen, when a cake is still partially raw. As you remove the cake from the oven, the raw dough collapses forming this... "pit" in the middle
No, it’s singing. It’s the Billy Bass the Fish that sings “Take me to the river. Drop me on in…”. Lol. ( does anyone remember those singing fish wall plaques that came out 20 years ago?)
Load More Replies...I know a lot of people serve whole fish including the head, but it's not for me.
Oh my lord- this reminds me of one time I was working over at a kids camp in Belarus. We would have our meals cooked for us and it was all absolutely vile. One day our dinner was a whole fish on a plate lol. I was dying as it was due to appendicitis, the food only made me feel even closer to death.
Right? How do you screw up plating Cheez Doodles? I mean, that's a question. How do you desaturate the natural (uh, default) bright-orange color? (Or colour for that matter.) (Now that I think of it: early morning silver light?)
Load More Replies...Right? Kinda looks like Beggin' Strips (dog treats, no offense, but that's what it looks like)
Load More Replies...All respect vegan bacon, morningstar in particular is delicious
What evil monstrosity is that on the top of the picture? I'm guessing it's veggie bacon, but it looks like a dog treat.
Looks like Yorkshire pudding. After roasting meat, you leave a little of the fat drippings in the pan, pour in a batter, and cook it at a high temp so it puffs up. Crispy edges, tender and a little eggy in the middle, and a nice bit of chew in between. (You can rest and/or slice the roast while this cooks, then eat everything together.)
Load More Replies...Get counseling. He's not worth violating the Geneva Convention over.
you’re right, the cat food wasn’t good enough for him. to the gutters we go!
Load More Replies...This comment made my scrunched up face with disgust soften a bit and take a step back to look at it in a more positive note.
Load More Replies...At a guess, a vegetarian dinner. Carrots, sprouts, boiled spuds, stuffing balls.
Load More Replies...Or Rübenkraut/Zuckerrübensirup (don't know how to translate that but it looks exactly the same)
Load More Replies...Wow. I feel like I'm being really critical, but so far 1 out of 7 dishes looks at all well-prepared (2 if you count the mouth-watering but unmanageable burger). The pearl onions look fine. The fries look like they were cooked at too low a temperature; the veggies look overcooked, and everything looks bland.
what tf is that white stuff edit: thanks izzy and hutt’nkloas it’s either tzatziki or a poorly mixed hollandaise sauce
This looks like a dish out of 'Good Omens', as designed by Raven Sable. (AKA Famine, one of the 4 Riders)
For anyone who’s wondering what the hell this is, this is proper East London food, pie and mash with liquor and eels.
Have y'all always put Listerine on it, or is that something trendy?
Load More Replies...But, I bet the recipe has been in the family for generations and tastes amazing!
Load More Replies...Yeah, I loved this as a kid. My daughter hates fish fingers and beans, I raised a heathen. :D
Load More Replies...It is.... Fake vegan chicken with truffled Velveeta and new potatoes. No thanks.
Load More Replies...Folks need to discover Grandma's recepies. This contains the good ol' handmade mushroom ketchup 🍽
Truffled Velveeta. Apparently the OP did not enjoy it.
Load More Replies...Not nice, but I get it. Lol. I think they just couldn’t figure out how to wrap enchiladas maybe?
Load More Replies...As God is my witness, I will never complain about school lunch again. (Mostly because I'm middle-aged.)
at least this one looks edible unlike the past few monstrosities i've scrolled past. Can't complain too much about instant ramen and cookies.
I legit forgot Sunny D was a thing until seeing this. I haven't been able to find those in years
You have to be careful cooking red cabbage or beetroot, hard water turns it purple or even blue. A squirt of lemon or other acid wil bring it back to red
Load More Replies...Original post said that he cooked the chicken with beets, hence the purple color.
Frey Bentos Steak and Kidney Pie Tin…….. just serve with Smash.
Smash 🤢🤮 god no. Real spuds needed with a pie
Load More Replies...This reminds me of when Ben Stiller saw the old, overly tanned lady in Something About Mary.
mushy peas a staple of british fish and chip shops along with curry sauce and gravy
Load More Replies...Why would you used cheese product slices as In not real cheese to cook with ???? Smdh
I will refrain from my immediate comment as I don’t want to put you off your food……
They called it 'my famous DROPALOAD BEAN BURRITOS' and took it to his girlfriend's home for Mexican night.
Load More Replies...WTF? How did you get a marmite-flavored Pop-Tart? I'm sorry: Pop-Tartare.
I think it’s fudge brownie. Very good, I just don’t recommend trying it with raw ground beef
Load More Replies...Granted when I was pregnant my last time, uncooked meat looked sooooo good & made my mouth water. Me too m
There is no way in hell that’s real. No way. Pandas, we went from food porn to straight up food hell ! Wtaf!
In the beginning, I was like, "Well, blооdy hеll, now I'm hungry!" As I was getting near the end, however, I realized that maybe I wasn't hungry after all...
As I grow older, eating meat looks more and more disgusting and cruel to me.
I was thinking the same thing. I stopped eating meat a couple of years ago because I couldn't mentally separate the meat from it's living animal anymore.
Load More Replies...If it's anywhere between 2 to 4 a.m. on a Sunday wherever you are, do not go through this post.
After all these photos it’s as if I can feel my arteries clogging, lol
BP: where do I complain about the rampant adds? I can no longer listen to music while reading because it's interpreted by beeps from said ads.
Next to the name are three dots. You click on them, click on report and then select the reason (spam, blatant advertising, hate speech etc). I do that when I see these.
Load More Replies...In the beginning, I was like, "Well, blооdy hеll, now I'm hungry!" As I was getting near the end, however, I realized that maybe I wasn't hungry after all...
As I grow older, eating meat looks more and more disgusting and cruel to me.
I was thinking the same thing. I stopped eating meat a couple of years ago because I couldn't mentally separate the meat from it's living animal anymore.
Load More Replies...If it's anywhere between 2 to 4 a.m. on a Sunday wherever you are, do not go through this post.
After all these photos it’s as if I can feel my arteries clogging, lol
BP: where do I complain about the rampant adds? I can no longer listen to music while reading because it's interpreted by beeps from said ads.
Next to the name are three dots. You click on them, click on report and then select the reason (spam, blatant advertising, hate speech etc). I do that when I see these.
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