What trendy foods do you refuse to purchase?
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fitoverfortymom wrote: »I didn't know LaCroix was trendy. As a fomer soda junkie, sparkling water has saved my *kitten*. My favorite is still a lime Perrier in a glass bottle, though. That is probably SUPER annoying.
I've also been a sparkling water and club soda drinker for years. Never had LaCroix. I've seen it in stores and thought it was pop. I hope sparkling water is going trendy so I don't get looked at like I'm from outer space every time I order a club soda our tell someone I have a keg in my fridge for sparking water.0 -
jennybearlv wrote: »lemurcat12 wrote: »jennybearlv wrote: »minniestar55 wrote: »Coconut oil, gluten free stuff, matcha tea stuff.
I was wondering if anyone had mentioned coconut oil yet. I keep hearing it is so healthy. What? Since when is saturated fat healthy? If saturated fats are healthy now why not butter, lard, or ghee? That's what is in my pantry and used in moderation. I've never even seen a recipe calling for coconut oil.
Here you go: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/02/dining/02Appe.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
Discussion of the health stuff AND recipes.
So, there is no proof that it's healthy.
Right. It's probably not unhealthy (contrary to what they used to think), but no reason to think it's better than olive oil or has magical health properties. I use it, olive oil, or butter, depending on what works best flavor-wise (and I agree the trendiness is annoying).0 -
lemurcat12 wrote: »I live in hipsterville. Old Style beer is popular around here. It is gross. I don't get it.
Old Style is in somewhere? Weird. Kind of cool (yeah, it's absolutely terrible), but weird. There's a million old Old Style signs on genuine old dive bars around here still, but I don't think it's trendy even in hipsterville. Too much of a mainstream standby for too long.
And in Oklahoma, I had never seen or heard of it until the last few years. First I saw it on the TV show "Shameless" and just assumed it was one of those prop beers like the cans that just say "BEER" used for the show... Then all of the sudden it started showing it up in the local bars. That and Hamms... Which is also disgusting. PBR has been around here a long time but definitely has had a resurgence as of late.
Old Style is a Chicago (Cubs) thing so... Shameless (US) is in Chicago makes since.
It's a Chicago thing for sure, although their market share has been plummeting since the 80s and isn't particular high here now. They used to outsell Bud and Miller, then just Bud (which had problems in Chicago), and now, not even close (and craft beers are of course more popular than they used to be). I believe you can still buy Old Style at Wrigley, but there was a flap about how the vendors don't sell them in the stands anymore, just A-B products.
Which reminds me, there's an funny old conspiracy theory about how Harry Caray was a secret operative for A-B (told to me, non-seriously, by a guy who worked for G. Heileman back in the day, although I doubt anyone really believes it). Neither Comiskey nor Wrigley used to sell Bud, but after Caray was fired by the Cardinals (or "fired" under the conspiracy theory) and ended up working for the White Sox, Comiskey started selling it. And then after he ended up with the Cubs, the Wrigley did. All a secret A-B plot.
Chicago ballpark beers: http://www.chicagotribune.com/dining/ct-white-sox-beat-cubs-when-it-comes-to-beer-in-2016-20160406-story.html
Also: http://chicago.eater.com/2015/4/3/8338391/where-to-eat-at-wrigley-field-home-of-the-chicago-cubs1 -
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fitoverfortymom wrote: »I didn't know LaCroix was trendy. As a fomer soda junkie, sparkling water has saved my *kitten*. My favorite is still a lime Perrier in a glass bottle, though. That is probably SUPER annoying.
I didn't know it was trendy either. It's been available around here for quite a while. We just bought their peach-pear flavor, it's actually pretty darn good.0 -
Peach-pear is my current favorite flavor.
Here's a piece on how it got popular: http://www.vox.com/2016/6/20/11666314/lacroix-sparkling-water-seltzer0 -
The new chocolate strawberry yogurt from Greek Gods. It was on sale last night. It was gross.0
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Kale, I can't stand it
Juices (just because I would rather eat my calories than drink them)
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quiksylver296 wrote: »fitoverfortymom wrote: »I didn't know LaCroix was trendy. As a fomer soda junkie, sparkling water has saved my *kitten*. My favorite is still a lime Perrier in a glass bottle, though. That is probably SUPER annoying.
Being from the Pacific Northwest, LaCroix is relatively new. Or maybe I never noticed before, but everybody seems to be drinking it now.
i used to live in portland and never saw it anywhere.. now all my friends who are there drink it everyday. Im pretty much in a never ending trendy food life.. hoping from one trendy city to another ha.0 -
canadianlbs wrote: »
I saw bee pollen in the baking aisle at Walmart yesterday. It was with the all the special flours and baking add ins.
On another note, kale is vile.2 -
jennybearlv wrote: »lemurcat12 wrote: »jennybearlv wrote: »minniestar55 wrote: »Coconut oil, gluten free stuff, matcha tea stuff.
I was wondering if anyone had mentioned coconut oil yet. I keep hearing it is so healthy. What? Since when is saturated fat healthy? If saturated fats are healthy now why not butter, lard, or ghee? That's what is in my pantry and used in moderation. I've never even seen a recipe calling for coconut oil.
Here you go: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/02/dining/02Appe.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
Discussion of the health stuff AND recipes.
So, there is no proof that it's healthy. I definitely see how the flavor would fit into coconut heavy cuisines like Thai. It might work for baked goods when you want them more sweet than buttery, but it sounds more like the people in the article were using it to eat vegan, not because it was better tasting than butter. The article says movie theaters were using refined hydrogenated coconut oil for popcorn which would give a neutral flavor, so virgin coconut oil would be a poor substitute. I call trendy nonsense on coconut oil.
There is a place for coconut oil, although I do think the health benefits are mostly unsubstantiated. I use it for cooking tempeh bacon in because it gives it a great flavour. It's also great for making your own chocolate!
I know some people use it as a spread by itself... I would never do that, it sounds so gross to me. I just use a vegan butter substitute!
I pretty much use olive oil way more than coconut oil- but I do keep coconut oil around because it's a great vegan solid fat, which can be useful
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VeganRaptor wrote: »jennybearlv wrote: »lemurcat12 wrote: »jennybearlv wrote: »minniestar55 wrote: »Coconut oil, gluten free stuff, matcha tea stuff.
I was wondering if anyone had mentioned coconut oil yet. I keep hearing it is so healthy. What? Since when is saturated fat healthy? If saturated fats are healthy now why not butter, lard, or ghee? That's what is in my pantry and used in moderation. I've never even seen a recipe calling for coconut oil.
Here you go: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/02/dining/02Appe.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
Discussion of the health stuff AND recipes.
So, there is no proof that it's healthy. I definitely see how the flavor would fit into coconut heavy cuisines like Thai. It might work for baked goods when you want them more sweet than buttery, but it sounds more like the people in the article were using it to eat vegan, not because it was better tasting than butter. The article says movie theaters were using refined hydrogenated coconut oil for popcorn which would give a neutral flavor, so virgin coconut oil would be a poor substitute. I call trendy nonsense on coconut oil.
There is a place for coconut oil, although I do think the health benefits are mostly unsubstantiated. I use it for cooking tempeh bacon in because it gives it a great flavour. It's also great for making your own chocolate!
I know some people use it as a spread by itself... I would never do that, it sounds so gross to me. I just use a vegan butter substitute!
I pretty much use olive oil way more than coconut oil- but I do keep coconut oil around because it's a great vegan solid fat, which can be useful
the smoke point for coconut oil.... and others like ghe, sunflower oil, avocado oil and ect can be used for high heat. Olive oil has a super low smoke point and is better off used raw.0 -
I tend to be wary of any food that suddenly becomes trendy. Even if I do eventually add something to my diet (like chia seeds) it's usually after I did a Google search for something like "good sources of protein/fibre/iron/etc." and crunched the numbers for myself. I use the same technique to add non-trendy foods like lentils
One trendy food I DO NOT like, though, is vegetable juices. My boyfriend loves them, but then he'll drink them all day instead of eating and devour five ice creams in a row at night because he's just so hungry. It just seems silly. I'd rather eat my food really.
I also resist café-made smoothies with exotic ingredients like açaí and whatnot that cost like $10 each. I can make my own smoothies, with ingredients that I know what they are! I don't need to pay a premium!
I also hate Starbucks. But so does basically every Australian, so on that one I follow the trend.1 -
I use olive oil for my vegetables and have a cheap bottle to use in place of shaving cream, animal fat / butter for dinners, and coconut oil is for the skin
I also have peanut oil.0 -
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chickpea water foam. don't make me do it.
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Way to go for posting something I've never heard of and sounds "trendy". At first, I was trying to see the point in this, but then the article mentioned it was a decent substitute for vegans.littlefish0128 wrote: »chickpea water foam. don't make me do it.
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https://www.wired.com/2016/05/mysteries-chickpea-water-magical-substitute-eggs-no-really/canadianlbs wrote: »
I was the same way when I read that post.
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VeganRaptor wrote: »jennybearlv wrote: »lemurcat12 wrote: »jennybearlv wrote: »minniestar55 wrote: »Coconut oil, gluten free stuff, matcha tea stuff.
I was wondering if anyone had mentioned coconut oil yet. I keep hearing it is so healthy. What? Since when is saturated fat healthy? If saturated fats are healthy now why not butter, lard, or ghee? That's what is in my pantry and used in moderation. I've never even seen a recipe calling for coconut oil.
Here you go: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/02/dining/02Appe.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
Discussion of the health stuff AND recipes.
So, there is no proof that it's healthy. I definitely see how the flavor would fit into coconut heavy cuisines like Thai. It might work for baked goods when you want them more sweet than buttery, but it sounds more like the people in the article were using it to eat vegan, not because it was better tasting than butter. The article says movie theaters were using refined hydrogenated coconut oil for popcorn which would give a neutral flavor, so virgin coconut oil would be a poor substitute. I call trendy nonsense on coconut oil.
There is a place for coconut oil, although I do think the health benefits are mostly unsubstantiated. I use it for cooking tempeh bacon in because it gives it a great flavour. It's also great for making your own chocolate!
I know some people use it as a spread by itself... I would never do that, it sounds so gross to me. I just use a vegan butter substitute!
I pretty much use olive oil way more than coconut oil- but I do keep coconut oil around because it's a great vegan solid fat, which can be useful
the smoke point for coconut oil.... and others like ghe, sunflower oil, avocado oil and ect can be used for high heat. Olive oil has a super low smoke point and is better off used raw.
According to the charts I've seen (such as this one), coconut oil has one of the lowest smoke points of all commonly used oils. Extra-virgin olive oil is in the same neighborhood, but light/refined olive oil has a significantly higher smoke point.0 -
The chickpea water/aquafaba is really great for making meringues! Some people find it difficult to succeed in making them using it, but I found it was fine- and everyone I served them to actually preferred them to the egg version, surprisingly
I want to experiment with making chocolate mousse using it. It's quite funny because it looks, smells, and tastes so gross before whipping but it ends up pretty delicious!1 -
Seaweed. Can't get past the idea of it!0
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I don't eat frozen foods. I would rather make my own. All the sodium in them are horrible. I will at least try something once. If I don't like it I wont eat it again. If I like it I will continue to eat it.1
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paperpudding wrote: »Salted caramel has been a popular new flavour in Australia in last year or so.
Salted caramel ice cream, cookies, chocolates etc
I do not like salted caramel so I haven't bought any of them
i love anything salted caramel. i don't eat to be trendy. i eat what i like!1 -
VeganRaptor wrote: »
The kinds of coconut oil that are supposed to be healthy have a smoke point similar to EV olive oil: http://www.seriouseats.com/2014/05/cooking-fats-101-whats-a-smoke-point-and-why-does-it-matter.html
More refined coconut oil does have a higher smoke point, but that's what's supposed to be bad for you: http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/12/24/ask-well-is-coconut-oil-a-healthy-fat/?_r=0
I don't know why there's this myth that olive oil and coconut are vastly different for cooking or that coconut oil is good for frying. (I don't fry and only high heat, like in a wok, quite rarely, and use peanut or sesame oil for the latter, if I have them around, as it seems to fit better with Asian food anyway. Olive is fine for medium-heat sauteeing and so on.)
On the idea that olive oil becomes unhealthy at high heat, this is worth a read: http://www.seriouseats.com/2015/03/cooking-with-olive-oil-faq-safety-flavor.html1 -
VeganRaptor wrote: »jennybearlv wrote: »lemurcat12 wrote: »jennybearlv wrote: »minniestar55 wrote: »Coconut oil, gluten free stuff, matcha tea stuff.
I was wondering if anyone had mentioned coconut oil yet. I keep hearing it is so healthy. What? Since when is saturated fat healthy? If saturated fats are healthy now why not butter, lard, or ghee? That's what is in my pantry and used in moderation. I've never even seen a recipe calling for coconut oil.
Here you go: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/02/dining/02Appe.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
Discussion of the health stuff AND recipes.
So, there is no proof that it's healthy. I definitely see how the flavor would fit into coconut heavy cuisines like Thai. It might work for baked goods when you want them more sweet than buttery, but it sounds more like the people in the article were using it to eat vegan, not because it was better tasting than butter. The article says movie theaters were using refined hydrogenated coconut oil for popcorn which would give a neutral flavor, so virgin coconut oil would be a poor substitute. I call trendy nonsense on coconut oil.
There is a place for coconut oil, although I do think the health benefits are mostly unsubstantiated. I use it for cooking tempeh bacon in because it gives it a great flavour. It's also great for making your own chocolate!
I know some people use it as a spread by itself... I would never do that, it sounds so gross to me. I just use a vegan butter substitute!
I pretty much use olive oil way more than coconut oil- but I do keep coconut oil around because it's a great vegan solid fat, which can be useful
the smoke point for coconut oil.... and others like ghe, sunflower oil, avocado oil and ect can be used for high heat. Olive oil has a super low smoke point and is better off used raw.
According to the charts I've seen (such as this one), coconut oil has one of the lowest smoke points of all commonly used oils. Extra-virgin olive oil is in the same neighborhood, but light/refined olive oil has a significantly higher smoke point.
high quality real extra virgin olive oil has a smoke point of about 200 degrees 207 to be exct. coconut oil is about 350.
edit it depends on quality.. raw.. refiend ect. My family who lives in italy send me the real stuff which has a smoke point of around 200. Ive tested these smoke points various times in my culinary career. put oil in pan turn it on when it smokes take the temp with a candy thermometer.0 -
This seems like it applies pretty well. I just saw these at HEB for 4.98.2 -
Miracle whip is the worst. I would rather eat a plain sandwich then have some of that nasty stuff on it.5
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dragon_girl26 wrote: »And eggnog flavored things will be trend very soon...blech.
yeah; really not a good thing.
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I'll admit, sometimes I'll try trendy stuff to see what all the fuss is about, but it's more because I'm curious about taste and not for the "super" food aspect.
My aunt has decided (even after the doc told her she wasn't) that she's gluten intolerant, and I split a gluten-free pizza with her once. I might as well have just eaten cardboard. I have other family members who were touting (and selling) acai berry miracle juice and gave me free samples. Meh. My mental function stayed the same, despite their wild claims. I also had a psychiatrist once try and sell me on a MLM scheme for mangosteen juice. Never went back to him.
I like coconut oil for my putting on my hair after a shower.
Kombucha, I just can't. Same with kefir.
Alkaline water. Give me a break.
The relatively recent vitamin D insanity is irritating me, too. Not a food per se, but still not a bandwagon I'm jumping on.1
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