What are some of your unpopular opinions about food?
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I have a super controversial opinion, One I've literally never met another soul who agrees with me. I. Hate. Pasta. There's a small amount I can stomach if I have no other option, but pasta/noodles are dead last on my food hierarchy. I've tried fresh, homemade. Different kinds of sauces, soups...No I just really hate something about pasta, Always have.
Ironically I'm not a picky eater, I love all kinds of oddities and weird things. But I draw the line at pasta that is universally adored
Gnocchi is surprisingly fine though, Even if that's closer to the dumpling family.I have a super controversial opinion, One I've literally never met another soul who agrees with me. I. Hate. Pasta. There's a small amount I can stomach if I have no other option, but pasta/noodles are dead last on my food hierarchy. I've tried fresh, homemade. Different kinds of sauces, soups...No I just really hate something about pasta, Always have.
Ironically I'm not a picky eater, I love all kinds of oddities and weird things. But I draw the line at pasta that is universally adored
Gnocchi is surprisingly fine though, Even if that's closer to the dumpling family.I have a super controversial opinion, One I've literally never met another soul who agrees with me. I. Hate. Pasta. There's a small amount I can stomach if I have no other option, but pasta/noodles are dead last on my food hierarchy. I've tried fresh, homemade. Different kinds of sauces, soups...No I just really hate something about pasta, Always have.
Ironically I'm not a picky eater, I love all kinds of oddities and weird things. But I draw the line at pasta that is universally adored
Gnocchi is surprisingly fine though, Even if that's closer to the dumpling family.
Truthfully, I grew up on lots of pasta. Now it's such a waste of calories to me. Same with most breads. I don't crave it. Or pizza!0 -
Funny enough Mac and cheese is actually one of the pastas I WILL eat if I have to, But it's no where near a "comfort" food. It's just "not horrible" haha. I agree with pasta tasting cardboardy, Cardboard with a slimy texture(Sometimes homemade/fresh can taste doughy for variation?!)corinasue1143 wrote: »
I sympathize.
I just don’t love pasta. People talk about Mac and cheese being the ultimate comfort food. No thanks. I just don’t enjoy eating cardboard, no matter how you dress it up. I don’t like the gnocchi I’ve tried. I know you can get all kinds, so some other kind might be ok. I do love southern dumplings. The light, fluffy steamed ones, served over meat, veg, and yummy broth.
. I really like pumpkin gnocchi, it has a surprisingly good flavor but I love squash! I always boil then fry it though so it's not as squidgy and soggy
Hah see I more than make up for my lack of pasta in bread and pizza!! Bread is my "carb" of choice mmmh brioche, bagels, naan.
Truthfully, I grew up on lots of pasta. Now it's such a waste of calories to me. Same with most breads. I don't crave it. Or pizza!
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penguinmama87 wrote: »^^ Sorry, but is food of the gods for me! Has to be oven baked and crispy........ mmmmmmmm!
I think that's the key for me - I think bacon is really good, but it has to be cooked well, and many people simply don't know (or don't bother) how to do it right.
I have family members who insist I am wrong about this and just being a snob, but factory farmed meat simply does not taste as good. I also really dislike milk from the regular grocery store because it tastes like corn. I grew up eating a SAD and thought it was fine tasting, even if I wasn't a fan of the methods, but once I started eating locally raised meat and dairy I couldn't go back to the other.
I can agree with the opinion of milk... I grew up drinking milk straight from my grandfather's dairy cows. Store bought milk is disgusting! I haven't had a glass of milk since my grandfather retired and shut down the farm.0 -
I don't like bagels0
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Noreenmarie1234 wrote: »corinasue1143 wrote: »
Bacon is a vile, horrid absolutely foul gross abomination
I'm team 'NOOOOOO bacon'....even when I ate meat as a kid - bacon was always made for the rest of family - I hated it...along with hamburgers - I'd try to avoid meat as much as I could lol
I’m not a fan of bacon either. Even as a kid all my friends were obsessed with it and I always hated it. I am just not a fan of fatty meat and it makes me feel sick. I haven’t had real bacon in like 15 years. I love the smell of it though. I don’t really care for bacon flavored things either.
Very much the same as you...fatty meat 🤢. I remember my brother just 'losing his mind' if he knew Mom was frying up bacon....Weird how I still like the smell too....very weird indeed!1 -
SuzySunshine99 wrote: »RE: bacon
I like bacon. I mean, it’s fine, and if it’s in something, I don’t complain. I may even occasionally make it for a special breakfast. It’s pretty good if you get good quality, thick cut and cook it just right.
BUT, I do not agree with people who think it’s this “food of the gods” and everything should have bacon. I don’t understand the hysteria.
100%
But I do like various cuts of pork more than bacon, and I certainly don't think bacon is icky, although it's overrated. I can see thinking pigs are cool, smart animals (I do), and not wanting to eat them, but I certainly don't think they taste bad.1 -
penguinmama87 wrote: »^^ Sorry, but is food of the gods for me! Has to be oven baked and crispy........ mmmmmmmm!
I think that's the key for me - I think bacon is really good, but it has to be cooked well, and many people simply don't know (or don't bother) how to do it right.
I have family members who insist I am wrong about this and just being a snob, but factory farmed meat simply does not taste as good. I also really dislike milk from the regular grocery store because it tastes like corn. I grew up eating a SAD and thought it was fine tasting, even if I wasn't a fan of the methods, but once I started eating locally raised meat and dairy I couldn't go back to the other.
I can agree with the opinion of milk... I grew up drinking milk straight from my grandfather's dairy cows. Store bought milk is disgusting! I haven't had a glass of milk since my grandfather retired and shut down the farm.
I read that milk was good for weight loss and had it regularly for breakfast in 2005-06 (I lost 50 lbs), but I realize that's silly and for most of my life I've kind of had in my head that milk is for kids (my parent's view) or just a waste of cals (my view of drinking most things with cals). I don't really like milk (don't hate it either, it's okay), but have no desire to drink it, do never buy it unless I'm making something that needs it. As a kid I thought it was okay, drank it because we were required. I did have farm milk occasionally and didn't perceive it as different.0 -
Re: 'Milk'...another thing I've never liked. I don't know what my Mom was thinking but she would buy skim milk powdered 'milk' and that's what we were expected to drink....Probably a time saver for her as my brother drank milk like crazy.
Never liked the 'real' stuff either though...
Eggnog is another gross thing for me too lol!1 -
Re: 'Milk'...another thing I've never liked. I don't know what my Mom was thinking but she would buy skim milk powdered 'milk' and that's what we were expected to drink....Probably a time saver for her as my brother drank milk like crazy.
Never liked the 'real' stuff either though...
Eggnog is another gross thing for me too lol!
I'm a "whole milk" or bust kind of person. I know it's more calories and all the nutritional advice says "low fat dairy," but we do full-fat everything in our house and it tastes better. I'd rather have less of the "real thing" than more of a less flavorful thing.
I grew up drinking 1% or skim and I don't know how I did it, besides just not knowing any better. Powdered milk is fine for some recipes or to be stashed in case of emergencies. I could put up with powdered if the zombies were coming. But otherwise - blechhhhhh.1 -
I HATE HATE HATE sweet pickles.3
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Sweet pickles = 😫3 -
Sweet gherkin pickles are good.
But not those sweet bread and butter pickle slices...yuk.2 -
Milk. We milked our own cow every morning and evening, so I’ve definitely had my share of Very fresh milk. As the baby, I often got the first glass—hot cream. Real comfort food for me.2
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Is this the disagree thread? Lol
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corinasue1143 wrote: »Is this the disagree thread? Lol
Well, yeah, because they are supposed to be unpopular opinions.3 -
Well, Noreen got 3 disagrees for saying she hates sweet pickles. I'm assuming she probably does hate sweet pickles! ;-)2
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My favorite "pickle" is more of a cucumber kimchi, It's sweet, salty, sour and spicy all in one! But yeah bread and butter pickles are weird to me, They're like dessert pickles!1
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I don't get why people like pickles. All I taste is overwhelming sourness.
However, I am also a supertaster, so that may play into it.2 -
some times it feels like we are chasing our tails here....but...Clausen dill pickles hits the spot1
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Today I stopped taking my oral diabetes medication because I found out it has given me heart disease. My calcium score is 1809 and should be under 300. I went WFPB 7 weeks ago to gain health and haven't lost a pound. Another reason to give up the medication!!5
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I'm generally neutral on pickles - I'll eat them if they're there but I don't go looking for them. The exception is really garlicky crisp pickles, so garlicky they cause a little extra pucker - addictive. I probably reek of garlic for days after the rare occasion I treat myself to a jar 3
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corinasue1143 wrote: »I have a super controversial opinion, One I've literally never met another soul who agrees with me. I. Hate. Pasta. There's a small amount I can stomach if I have no other option, but pasta/noodles are dead last on my food hierarchy. I've tried fresh, homemade. Different kinds of sauces, soups...No I just really hate something about pasta, Always have.
Ironically I'm not a picky eater, I love all kinds of oddities and weird things. But I draw the line at pasta that is universally adored
Gnocchi is surprisingly fine though, Even if that's closer to the dumpling family.
I sympathize.
I just don’t love pasta. People talk about Mac and cheese being the ultimate comfort food. No thanks. I just don’t enjoy eating cardboard, no matter how you dress it up. I don’t like the gnocchi I’ve tried. I know you can get all kinds, so some other kind might be ok. I do love southern dumplings. The light, fluffy steamed ones, served over meat, veg, and yummy broth.
My father loathed pasta. And rice.
When my mother made pasta bolognaise, she would pour over the meat sauce over some potatoes for him.1 -
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Mouse_Potato wrote: »MaggieGirl135 wrote: »@g2renew I’ve only used the recipe for split pea soup from The Joy of Cooking. Beyond delicious! Even my kids loved it. Of course, it is green colored and sadly, my kids would refer to it as horse vomit. Oh, are we having horse vomit tonight? Always the comedians. As an aside, I don’t think anyone in my family has actually has seen horse vomit.
Not to derail the topic, but horses are incapable of vomiting. This is why colic can be life-threatening for them.
"The more you know..."
I was debating if I was going to put this out there. Thanks for posting it!!0 -
As an east texas/west louisiana native....i hate crawfish.3
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re: pickles... only refrigerated pickles are good! Anything shelf stable is vile.1
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I don't like Nutella6
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I also don't like banana splits (more for you @pancakerunner 🤣🤣)0
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