What are some of your unpopular opinions about food?

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  • jillybeansalad
    jillybeansalad Posts: 239 Member
    Coconut water tastes like BO smells.

    I tried so hard to like it. Even the flavored ones.
  • pancakerunner
    pancakerunner Posts: 6,137 Member
    Coconut water tastes like BO smells.

    I tried so hard to like it. Even the flavored ones.

    I like the kind with pulp!
  • raymax4
    raymax4 Posts: 6,070 Member
    My unpopular opinion is...

    Soups and salads are not a meal. Salad is a side dish, at best, and I've yet to find a reason for soup to exist :wink:

    I know both of these things are supposed to keep me full without spending too many calories, but I find the satiety short lived. I would rather have a sandwich (with some form of leafy goodness in there somewhere) than eat a soup or salad.

    Salads definitely have their place, and I enjoy them with a wide variety of meals, but they are a side act to the main contender.

    Most soups and salads are not low calorie unless you make then at home. I can make a meal out of a salad but I add meat and cheese most of the time.
  • raymax4
    raymax4 Posts: 6,070 Member
    Coconut water tastes like BO smells.

    I tried so hard to like it. Even the flavored ones.

    I like the kind with pulp!
    coconut milk yes water not so much
  • lun4wub
    lun4wub Posts: 25 Member
    I don't like chocolate, I hate tomatoes, and I think people put bacon into too many recipes. It doesn't always suit everything.
  • pancakerunner
    pancakerunner Posts: 6,137 Member
    raymax4 wrote: »
    Coconut water tastes like BO smells.

    I tried so hard to like it. Even the flavored ones.

    I like the kind with pulp!
    coconut milk yes water not so much

    idk I find coconut water refreshing. especially after hot yoga.
  • pancakerunner
    pancakerunner Posts: 6,137 Member
    I love pancakes (lol, obvi) and waffles, but not for breakfast.
  • ejbronte
    ejbronte Posts: 867 Member
    I love pancakes (lol, obvi) and waffles, but not for breakfast.

    I'll take them pretty much any time.
  • wilson10102018
    wilson10102018 Posts: 1,306 Member
    edited March 2021
    ejbronte wrote: »
    I love pancakes (lol, obvi) and waffles, but not for breakfast.

    I'll take them pretty much any time.

    I've been making pancakes the same way for 50 years and then I saw this video and thought I would try a crepe style pancake.

    Actually very good.

    at the :27 mark.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAjw4blm7M4&t=64s
  • 33gail33
    33gail33 Posts: 1,155 Member
    My unpopular opinion is...

    Soups and salads are not a meal. Salad is a side dish, at best, and I've yet to find a reason for soup to exist :wink:

    Oh wow - hard disagree here! Soup is my absolute favorite food. Salad I can take or leave.
  • 33gail33
    33gail33 Posts: 1,155 Member
    raymax4 wrote: »
    Coconut water tastes like BO smells.

    I tried so hard to like it. Even the flavored ones.

    I like the kind with pulp!
    coconut milk yes water not so much

    idk I find coconut water refreshing. especially after hot yoga.

    It tastes like liquid dirt to me. :smile: I like coconut milk tho.
  • pancakerunner
    pancakerunner Posts: 6,137 Member
    i think brown rice is disgusting.
  • ninasnonsense
    ninasnonsense Posts: 39 Member
    Asparagus is just rubbish expensive broccoli and bacon is absolutely revolting.
  • pancakerunner
    pancakerunner Posts: 6,137 Member
    Asparagus is just rubbish expensive broccoli and bacon is absolutely revolting.

    *TURKEY bacon is revolting
  • kali31337
    kali31337 Posts: 1,048 Member
    Lettuce definitely has a taste and that taste is terrible
  • belgerian
    belgerian Posts: 1,059 Member
    Protein Drinks I would much rather eat my calories than drink them, but of course I am not attempting to gain either.
  • ninasnonsense
    ninasnonsense Posts: 39 Member
    lemurcat2 wrote: »
    Broccoli and asparagus are both delicious, but don't taste alike at all.

    They do to me. Asparagus just tastes like broccoli that's made of disappointment. It's not bad, but it's just pointless when broccoli exists, tastes way better and costs less.
  • lemurcat2
    lemurcat2 Posts: 7,885 Member
    edited March 2021
    In that I think eating a wide variety of different vegetables is important, and like to eat seasonally when possible (here anyway, broccoli and asparagus are in season at somewhat different times, although I grow broccoli and not asparagus typically), I guess I'm pleased they taste different to me, both good in their own ways (and to me asparagus tastes especially good in some dishes I associate with spring and early summer -- it's not quite in season yet, but I adore asparagus with Easter dinner, for example, or in an omelet with leeks).

    Asparagus costs more here too, but neither exactly breaks the bank. Asparagus does tend to taste best in season and local, IME, although it can be good at other times, whereas broccoli (like cauliflower and zucchini, among other veg) tends to have less difference and to be easily available and just fine all year round (which is why I often find asparagus more exciting when good asparagus is available).
  • Idontcareyoupick
    Idontcareyoupick Posts: 2,854 Member
    Asparagus is just rubbish expensive broccoli and bacon is absolutely revolting.

    *TURKEY bacon is revolting

    I prefer turkey bacon to regular bacon because of less fat
  • PAPYRUS3
    PAPYRUS3 Posts: 13,259 Member
    I don't like hot cross buns
  • VegjoyP
    VegjoyP Posts: 2,771 Member
    For weight loss it is eating less calories than you burn. To live a long life and be in optimal health what we eat makes a difference.
    I also believe- backed by science, long term studies and cultures- health is about lifestyle, plant rich diet and active lifestyle.
  • anna_nintey3
    anna_nintey3 Posts: 843 Member
    That fasting is beneficial
  • lemurcat2
    lemurcat2 Posts: 7,885 Member
    edited March 2021
    VegjoyP wrote: »
    To live a long life and be in optimal health what we eat makes a difference.

    On average, sure. Obviously we can all find people who apparently won the gene lottery and had an unhealthy lifestyle and lived long and healthy lives, vs others who ate well and exercised and were in good shape and yet died young or got some terrible disease, etc.
    I also believe- backed by science, long term studies and cultures- health is about lifestyle, plant rich diet and active lifestyle.

    I don't think this -- if not taken to an extreme (such as a claim that only those training super hard or eating a very restrictive diet) -- is controversial or unpopular at all. I also would agree that overall diet and lifestyle and fitness matter for health, all else equal, and think the blue zones are relevant to that (and that lifestyle means more than food and exercise, of course).
  • VegjoyP
    VegjoyP Posts: 2,771 Member
    lemurcat2 wrote: »
    VegjoyP wrote: »
    To live a long life and be in optimal health what we eat makes a difference.

    On average, sure. Obviously we can all find people who apparently won the gene lottery and had an unhealthy lifestyle and lived long and healthy lives, vs others who ate well and exercised and were in good shape and yet died young or got some terrible disease, etc.
    I also believe- backed by science, long term studies and cultures- health is about lifestyle, plant rich diet and active lifestyle.

    I don't think this -- if not taken to an extreme (such as a claim that only those training super hard or eating a very restrictive diet) -- is controversial or unpopular at all. I also would agree that overall diet and lifestyle and fitness matter for health, all else equal, and think the blue zones are relevant to that (and that lifestyle means more than food and exercise, of course).

    I am talking about the Blue Zones- NOT ANYTHING that is a "current" trend, fad, phase or some celerity propaganda. I am talking about elders of Okinawa, Japan, Parts of Costa Rica, Italy and Greece. It is not high fat and low carb. It is a vital way to live.