What are some of your unpopular opinions about food?
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joyanna2016 wrote: »Bakery muffins always look better than they taste.
Yup. Mostly too big, pretty much always too oily-gooey, and often way too sweet.
Homemade can be really good. Maybe the occasional bakery, but not most.
I'm old. Muffins used to be a type of bread, a quickbread, sometimes sweet/fruity, sometimes savory, sometimes rather breadlike (with the baking-powder-raised texture, rather than yeast-bread texture).
Now they're pretty much always a pseudo-healthier side branch off from cake.
The basic muffin recipe in my copyright-1960 home economics class textbook uses a tablespoon of sugar and a tablespoon and a half of fat per cup of flour (plus a bit more fat to grease the muffin tins - no nonstick yet, then).
When I look up "basic muffin recipe" online, the first search result, in the write-up, cites a traditional ratio that's a little different (more fat than above, no comment on sugar) but she says she doesn't prefer it. Her "basic muffin recipe", per cup of flour, uses 1/4C of fat, and 1/4C sugar (plus an optional 1Tbsp coarse sugar to sprinkle on top.). So, around 4-5 times as much sugar, and 2.6 times as much fat, as that 1960 basic muffin.
Just a random example, of course.
Is that wrong? Not saying it is But it's for sure different.2 -
joyanna2016 wrote: »Bakery muffins always look better than they taste.
Yup. Mostly too big, pretty much always too oily-gooey, and often way too sweet.
Agreed. Whenever someone brings mini muffins (I don't even bother with the big ones), I am always surprised and disappointed by how sweet they are, and cannot eat more than a bite. My mom used to make occasional muffins when I was a kid, to eat with weekend breakfast, and they were always a treat, so it's too bad, or maybe not, as less temptation for me.0 -
pancakerunner wrote: »I think sriracha sauce is overrated and not good
I might feel differently if there weren't any added sugars to so many of the brands I've found.
I got one recently that advertises itself as "no added sugar". (Has raisins, dates, tangerine and lime juice concentrates, so LOL.) But it's pretty tasty. Yellowbird Organic brand, I got Lime-Garlic-Date. I think I maybe bought it at Whole Foods?
Truth in advertising: I didn't buy it because "no sugar added" or "organic". I'd been looking for a vegetarian sriracha that looked good (many have fish sauce), and I know a funny story about "yellow bird", so it caught my eye on an end-aisle display.
This really belongs better on the underrated foods thread, but I find I often like fruit-sweetened things. When well-formulated, the fruit adds nice extra flavor notes, vs. plain sugar. High on the list of examples is Bionaturae brand all-fruit spreads, the best jam-like products I've ever had, including homemade examples (and I know how to make good jam). They're really thick with fruit, and so delicious. I especially like Sicilian Orange and Wild Berry, but they're all good.
https://www.bionaturae.com/fruit-spreads.html
I have no financial stake in the company, just appreciation for the product.2 -
Hummus is an overrated dip IMO1
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pancakerunner wrote: »Hummus is an overrated dip IMO
I used to love it but now the ONLY kind I like is super creamy, very little if any garlic and strait from an authentic source/ heavier on tahini.
I'd much rather have strait tahini!0 -
pancakerunner wrote: »Hummus is an overrated dip IMO
Totally agree. I don't really like hummus at all. There was the hummus fad where everyone was dipping everything in it and putting it on everything!1 -
Cocoa powder, especially after over a month on an anti-inflammatory diet, is amazing on frozen grapes and bananas. And in coffee, drinking it black has been really hard!2
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Sweet potato and sweet potato pie is way better than pumpkin
Purple/ Hawaii sweet potato way better than regular and pumpkin
Cherry pie and other berries better than apple pie
Having a baked potato instead of chips is far superior and satisfying3 -
Sweet potato and sweet potato pie is way better than pumpkin
Purple/ Hawaii sweet potato way better than regular and pumpkin
Cherry pie and other berries better than apple pie
Having a baked potato instead of chips is far superior and satisfying
SO agree...I actually do not like apple pie in the least and 'hate' apple-baked anything!1 -
Sweet potato and sweet potato pie is way better than pumpkin
Purple/ Hawaii sweet potato way better than regular and pumpkin
Cherry pie and other berries better than apple pie
Having a baked potato instead of chips is far superior and satisfying
SO agree...I actually do not like apple pie in the least and 'hate' apple-baked anything!
Apple pie is hit or miss with me. I also love cherry pie! Not crazy about blueberry pie but like blueberry muffins0 -
I hate the smell of bagged popcorn in the microwave or movie popcorn. I also dislike the taste and texture of red meat, so I don't eat it. I don't like brussel sprouts no matter how I cook them. I don't like fast food--greasy and not very appealing when you see the real thing instead of the advertisements on TV. Cheese smells like feet, even vegan cheese. I don't like soda at all or southern sweet tea (here in NC it is sickeningly sweet). I don't like the taste and texture of peaches although I do like nectarines.1
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On the pie note. Not a fan of lemon meringue.1
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pancakerunner wrote: »On the pie note. Not a fan of lemon meringue.
I don't like meringue at all...I've tried swiss meringue and French meringue...it just tastes like sugary nothingness. Like cotton candy...no flavor, just a sweet cloud.1 -
SuzySunshine99 wrote: »pancakerunner wrote: »On the pie note. Not a fan of lemon meringue.
I don't like meringue at all...I've tried swiss meringue and French meringue...it just tastes like sugary nothingness. Like cotton candy...no flavor, just a sweet cloud.
I do kind of like the texture of meringue. but don't like BAKED meringue... like meringue cookies or divinity0 -
I actually like sweet potato casserole0
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SuzySunshine99 wrote: »pancakerunner wrote: »On the pie note. Not a fan of lemon meringue.
I don't like meringue at all...I've tried swiss meringue and French meringue...it just tastes like sugary nothingness. Like cotton candy...no flavor, just a sweet cloud.
I had a Key Lime pie that was insanely amazing years ago, a friend of mine's mom from South Carolina made.
Key Lime over Lemon merangue 100x
I like fruitcake ( don't eat it though)
Cake batter is awesome but cake is empty feeling
Same with brownie batter although gooey brownies are good.
Blondie brownies are better than chocolate
Home made cookies are much better than store bought.0 -
pancakerunner wrote: »On the pie note. Not a fan of lemon meringue.
Hah! I dislike most fruit pies other than lemon meringue.
I'll still eat the hell out of the crust tho.0 -
pancakerunner wrote: »On the pie note. Not a fan of lemon meringue.
Hah! I dislike most fruit pies other than lemon meringue.
I'll still eat the hell out of the crust tho.
On the crust note... I'm not a fan of traditional pie crust but love graham cracker crusts every pie should have a graham cracker crust lol 3 -
pancakerunner wrote: »pancakerunner wrote: »On the pie note. Not a fan of lemon meringue.
Hah! I dislike most fruit pies other than lemon meringue.
I'll still eat the hell out of the crust tho.
On the crust note... I'm not a fan of traditional pie crust but love graham cracker crusts every pie should have a graham cracker crust lol
The best ice cream flavors incorporate graham cracker crust swirls, too!2 -
Am i the only person who doesn't like Pizza?0
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I honestly do not enjoy pizza. Even a gluten free vegan white, which would be what I would eat is not a temptation. I feel so crappy after eating pizza, even way within my calories that I stopped liking it.0 -
pancakerunner wrote: »pancakerunner wrote: »On the pie note. Not a fan of lemon meringue.
Hah! I dislike most fruit pies other than lemon meringue.
I'll still eat the hell out of the crust tho.
On the crust note... I'm not a fan of traditional pie crust but love graham cracker crusts every pie should have a graham cracker crust lol
That reminds me when I was a teenager I used to crumble up graham crumbs (or buy a box of it pre ground) and mix them with melted butter and brown sugar/sugar and eat a big bowl of it. It was like a huge bowl of just graham cracker crust. Mmmmmmm. Now I am craving it, lol.3 -
I honestly do not enjoy pizza. Even a gluten free vegan white, which would be what I would eat is not a temptation. I feel so crappy after eating pizza, even way within my calories that I stopped liking it.
It took me a long, long time to like pizza: growing up, we never ate it. The first time I tried it was at age 8 at a birthday party, and to me it was gloopy, sloppy, ugly and just yucky. Many years later, probably college age, I came around to it, as people around me were eating it, and I was joining in. Same story with coffee and wine.0 -
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I honestly do not enjoy pizza. Even a gluten free vegan white, which would be what I would eat is not a temptation. I feel so crappy after eating pizza, even way within my calories that I stopped liking it.
It took me a long, long time to like pizza: growing up, we never ate it. The first time I tried it was at age 8 at a birthday party, and to me it was gloopy, sloppy, ugly and just yucky. Many years later, probably college age, I came around to it, as people around me were eating it, and I was joining in. Same story with coffee and wine.
I ate it a LOT as a kid and teen. I got tired of feeling like crap/ bloated sick after eating it. I do have one, a white pizza from a place called Manny and Olga,s in Washinggton DC, Georgetown. oMG 😋 I would not eat it now as a cegan but man if they did have a vegan fluten free one i probably might...lol0 -
I want to throw up when I smell, eat mustard.1
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Miracle whip should be banned3
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I used to love cooked onions in all kinds of dishes. I married a man that hated onions..even cooked ones. So, I stopped adding onions to food and now I cannot stand onions and I can smell onions on people from a mile away! He ruined me!1
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