What are some of your unpopular opinions about food?

BaVIP073

IHateMyThyroid wrote: »

Kale tastes disgusting served raw, no matter how much you massage it. It needs to be cooked.

I agree. Also, I'd rather have collards or mustard greens over kale in any form.

workinonit1956

This is not the first time I’ve heard that peanut butter and carrots are good together. Must try asap.

lynn_glenmont

Copper_Boom wrote: »

Carrots and peanut butter taste amazing together. I had no idea that wasn't a normal combination until my coworkers all said I was nuts.

I bet they'd be good pureed together like hummus.

Noreenmarie1234

Chocolate and mint is a terrible combination! I think I am one of the only people who feels this way. Everyone seems to just love mint chocolate baked goods and candies, but I just find them pretty gross. I would so much rather have chocolate/pb or chocolate/caramel or any other combo!

Also not a fan of white chocolate peppermint baked goods or popcorn. Mint just doesn't belong in baked goods or snacks for me, lol. Only gum and mints.

LisaCross887

I don't like coffee.

hesn92

Noreenmarie1234 wrote: »

Chocolate and mint is a terrible combination! I think I am one of the only people who feels this way. Everyone seems to just love mint chocolate baked goods and candies, but I just find them pretty gross. I would so much rather have chocolate/pb or chocolate/caramel or any other combo!

Also not a fan of white chocolate peppermint baked goods or popcorn. Mint just doesn't belong in baked goods or snacks for me, lol. Only gum and mints.

ohh but those andes mints are sooo good...

whatalazyidiot

Bacon is overrated.

New_Heavens_Earth

hesn92 wrote: »

Noreenmarie1234 wrote: »

Chocolate and mint is a terrible combination! I think I am one of the only people who feels this way. Everyone seems to just love mint chocolate baked goods and candies, but I just find them pretty gross. I would so much rather have chocolate/pb or chocolate/caramel or any other combo!

Also not a fan of white chocolate peppermint baked goods or popcorn. Mint just doesn't belong in baked goods or snacks for me, lol. Only gum and mints.

ohh but those andes mints are sooo good...

Yes they are. I have fond memories of when my grandfather would come home from business trips with a handful of them, bunches of stickers, and souvenirs from where he went.

lemurcat2

whatalazyidiot wrote: »

Bacon is overrated.

Agree. I mean it's good, I don't dislike it, but it's not all that.

IHateMyThyroid

Like Spinnerdell, I'm totally pro-fruitcake. If you think you hate fruitcake, you've probably eaten a garbage American fruitcake with icky chemical-laden candied fruit. A nice homemade one with dried fruits only, decent citrus peel (which can be really hard to buy in America), and dark, dark, dark cake is gorgeous. And actually pretty easy to improve health-wise except for the sugar in the fruit. It's so heavy that making one with all whole grain flour is indistinguishable from white flour, you can cut the fat radically without affecting the texture much, and unrefined sweeteners like blackstrap molasses taste good with the other flavors.

IHateMyThyroid

whatalazyidiot wrote: »

Bacon is overrated.

Yes! I can totally take or leave bacon. And I can't abide the texture of undercooked animal fat, so the only time I'm tempted to take it rather than leave it is if it's been cooked so crisp it shatters and has no rubbery bits at all. So mostly I don't eat bacon.

GottaBurnEmAll

whatalazyidiot wrote: »

Bacon is overrated.

I think the smell of bacon is better than what it actually delivers. I actually think that about most meat. For example, most grilled meat disappointed me most of the time. Especially steak cuts that we could afford.

I'm going by memory here, because I've been a vegetarian for about six years now.

GottaBurnEmAll

Here's one I haven't seen, but since everyone is talking about fruitcake:

I think putting alcohol in desserts/candy absolutely ruins them. I like it in savory dishes, it's wonderful in a mushroom gravy, but in pecan pie? No.

Caveat: I don't drink, but I felt this way when I did drink.

pinuplove

GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »

whatalazyidiot wrote: »

Bacon is overrated.

I think the smell of bacon is better than what it actually delivers. I actually think that about most meat. For example, most grilled meat disappointed me most of the time. Especially steak cuts that we could afford.

I'm going by memory here, because I've been a vegetarian for about six years now.

I feel this way about coffee. Smells amazing. Tastes like bitter disappointment.

L1zardQueen

GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »

Here's one I haven't seen, but since everyone is talking about fruitcake:

I think putting alcohol in desserts/candy absolutely ruins them. I like it in savory dishes, it's wonderful in a mushroom gravy, but in pecan pie? No.

Caveat: I don't drink, but I felt this way when I did drink.

I’ve another, freshly squeezed orange juice and then add some champagne. Ugh

whatalazyidiot

GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »

whatalazyidiot wrote: »

Bacon is overrated.

I think the smell of bacon is better than what it actually delivers. I actually think that about most meat. For example, most grilled meat disappointed me most of the time. Especially steak cuts that we could afford.

I'm going by memory here, because I've been a vegetarian for about six years now.

Totally! I have just never been that into it. The smell makes you think it's going to be amazing, then it's just like.. eh ok. It's bacon. Cool.

MoHousdon

whatalazyidiot wrote: »

GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »

whatalazyidiot wrote: »

Bacon is overrated.

I think the smell of bacon is better than what it actually delivers. I actually think that about most meat. For example, most grilled meat disappointed me most of the time. Especially steak cuts that we could afford.

I'm going by memory here, because I've been a vegetarian for about six years now.

Totally! I have just never been that into it. The smell makes you think it's going to be amazing, then it's just like.. eh ok. It's bacon. Cool.

Dipped in pancake syrup or on a cheeseburger are really the only ways I like bacon. I HATE bacon flavored stuff. Tastes like a dirty ashtray.

kimny72

GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »

Here's one I haven't seen, but since everyone is talking about fruitcake:

I think putting alcohol in desserts/candy absolutely ruins them. I like it in savory dishes, it's wonderful in a mushroom gravy, but in pecan pie? No.

Caveat: I don't drink, but I felt this way when I did drink.

As someone who does drink, I'll second this. Much better to sip some nice alcohol along with your dessert rather than add it to it, IMHO.

IHateMyThyroid

GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »

whatalazyidiot wrote: »

Bacon is overrated.

I think the smell of bacon is better than what it actually delivers. I actually think that about most meat. For example, most grilled meat disappointed me most of the time. Especially steak cuts that we could afford.

I'm going by memory here, because I've been a vegetarian for about six years now.

Big agree on normal-person-budget steak! The flavor and texture are always, "What's the point?" I had a truly great steak exactly once in my life, and the memory has permanently ruined normal steaks. Which can't be a bad thing for the whole saturated fat percentage. Plus the memories of the truly great steak are calorie- and saturated-fat free!

hesn92

GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »

Here's one I haven't seen, but since everyone is talking about fruitcake:

I think putting alcohol in desserts/candy absolutely ruins them. I like it in savory dishes, it's wonderful in a mushroom gravy, but in pecan pie? No.

Caveat: I don't drink, but I felt this way when I did drink.

I agree. Way to ruin a perfectly good dessert. I've also heard of people putting alcohol in a watermelon and that just appalls me. Why would you ruin a watermelon like that?