What "trendy" foods do you have no interest in trying?

pancakerunner
pancakerunner Posts: 6,137 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Me: dalgona coffee + poke bowls... :/
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  • VegjoyP
    VegjoyP Posts: 2,772 Member
    New plant based gluten free foods, various I see at Wholefoods and on line
  • AndreaTamira
    AndreaTamira Posts: 272 Member
    Noreenmarie1234 wrote: »
    mushroom coffee

    That's a thing?
  • AndreaTamira
    AndreaTamira Posts: 272 Member
    Whipped coffee.

    From what I can tell it is just fancy looking instant coffee which needs extra steps and time to prepare, removing the one advantage instant coffee has over superior tasting "real" coffee.

    I'd probably try it if somebody offered it to me, but I have no interest in going out of my way for this drink.
  • lemurcat2
    lemurcat2 Posts: 7,885 Member
    glassyo wrote: »
    I'm so sheltered. I have no idea what foods are trendy.

    It's so location or person specific. I went from "what's trendy, anyway" to "those things are not trendy!"
  • dragon_girl26
    dragon_girl26 Posts: 2,187 Member
    WeatherJane wrote: »
    While I think they do look pretty. I have no desire to eat anything with glitter added to it. I've seen lots of glitter coffee and glitter pastries lately.

    Wait a minute...people put glitter in coffee???
  • pancakerunner
    pancakerunner Posts: 6,137 Member
    I agree with basically all the foods listed above... except sushi bc I love sushi (sashimi...)
  • pancakerunner
    pancakerunner Posts: 6,137 Member
    chuckle_bunny wrote: »
    Smoothie bowls. Too many funky textures.

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    I agree!
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 34,204 Member
    I'll try anything (as long as it's vegetarian): I think that's fun, and sometimes there are wonderful surprises. That's not to say I'll order a whole big portion of something I'm unexcited about, or prepare some complicated dish that's less than actively intriguing. Offered a free taste, though, I'm in.

    IME, trendiness is completely tangent to enjoyability.
  • lemurcat2
    lemurcat2 Posts: 7,885 Member
    edited December 2020
    The only things listed that I think could be considered trendy are mushroom coffee (I've tried it, didn't think it was horrible tasting, but it's not replacing coffee or tea for me) and smoothie bowls (which just don't appeal since one of the things I like about smoothies is that I can drink them). Maybe the BeyondBeef or ImpossibleBurgers are still trendy, not sure where I come down on those (I would try them out of curiosity to see if they really do taste like beef).

    Poke bowls are great, and of course sushi (I also prefer sashimi) is too, but neither are at all trendy, IMO (poke bowls maybe a few years ago, and sushi in the '80s, perhaps?). But you can all call me a grinch if you like, that's okay!

    (If you like sushi, I don't see why you wouldn't try a poke bowl, though. There used to be a poke place in my office building and it was a pretty easy to make a nutritious, reasonable cal meal from there.)
  • pancakerunner
    pancakerunner Posts: 6,137 Member
    lemurcat2 wrote: »
    The only things listed that I think could be considered trendy are mushroom coffee (I've tried it, didn't think it was horrible tasting, but it's not replacing coffee or tea for me) and smoothie bowls (which just don't appeal since one of the things I like about smoothies is that I can drink them). Maybe the BeyondBeef or ImpossibleBurgers are still trendy, not sure where I come down on those (I would try them out of curiosity to see if they really do taste like beef).

    Poke bowls are great, and of course sushi (I also prefer sashimi) is too, but neither are at all trendy, IMO (poke bowls maybe a few years ago, and sushi in the '80s, perhaps?). But you can all call me a grinch if you like, that's okay!

    (If you like sushi, I don't see why you wouldn't try a poke bowl, though. There used to be a poke place in my office building and it was a pretty easy to make a nutritious, reasonable cal meal from there.)

    Generally speaking, I don't like things in bowls. Poke bowls, grain bowls, smoothie bowls..
  • dragon_girl26
    dragon_girl26 Posts: 2,187 Member
    edited December 2020
    lemurcat2 wrote: »
    The only things listed that I think could be considered trendy are mushroom coffee (I've tried it, didn't think it was horrible tasting, but it's not replacing coffee or tea for me) and smoothie bowls (which just don't appeal since one of the things I like about smoothies is that I can drink them).

    That's pretty much my opinion on smoothie bowls as well. I don't really understand the point of putting something in a bowl if I can make it portable by putting it in a cup and drinking it through a straw. I mean it looks pretty, I guess, but I think I'd more likely be wearing it than eating/drinking it. (That's my other concern...how do you consume it? With a spoon? I guess I've never really asked.)
  • lemurcat2
    lemurcat2 Posts: 7,885 Member
    pancakerunner wrote: »
    lemurcat2 wrote: »
    The only things listed that I think could be considered trendy are mushroom coffee (I've tried it, didn't think it was horrible tasting, but it's not replacing coffee or tea for me) and smoothie bowls (which just don't appeal since one of the things I like about smoothies is that I can drink them). Maybe the BeyondBeef or ImpossibleBurgers are still trendy, not sure where I come down on those (I would try them out of curiosity to see if they really do taste like beef).

    Poke bowls are great, and of course sushi (I also prefer sashimi) is too, but neither are at all trendy, IMO (poke bowls maybe a few years ago, and sushi in the '80s, perhaps?). But you can all call me a grinch if you like, that's okay!

    (If you like sushi, I don't see why you wouldn't try a poke bowl, though. There used to be a poke place in my office building and it was a pretty easy to make a nutritious, reasonable cal meal from there.)

    Generally speaking, I don't like things in bowls. Poke bowls, grain bowls, smoothie bowls..

    Do you eat salad in bowls? (I do recall you are skeptical about soup.) Stew? Chili?

    I often use bowls even when a plate would work (for pasta or a pasta-like dish? sure).
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    ReenieHJ wrote: »
    Is sushi still considered trendy? That'd be one. :)

    IDK...I've been eating sushi for 30 years...I'd say it's past being any kind of trend. Most of the Japanese restaurants in my area have been around for a very long time.
  • amart4224
    amart4224 Posts: 345 Member
    cwolfman13 wrote: »
    weird...so people are just sitting at home eating canned ravioli, Ramen, and spaghettio's when literally everything else in the store is readily available...weird trendy foods.

    Or perhaps not eating them and just adding to their stockpile for the end of the world. I noticed when this first started, grocery stores here were cleaned out of all dry pasta and canned goods. I assumed it was people buying them for long term storage, not just everyone suddenly having a pasta craving 😂
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    amart4224 wrote: »
    cwolfman13 wrote: »
    weird...so people are just sitting at home eating canned ravioli, Ramen, and spaghettio's when literally everything else in the store is readily available...weird trendy foods.

    Or perhaps not eating them and just adding to their stockpile for the end of the world. I noticed when this first started, grocery stores here were cleaned out of all dry pasta and canned goods. I assumed it was people buying them for long term storage, not just everyone suddenly having a pasta craving 😂

    Probably initially...and then they realized they spent all of their money on canned ravioli just like they did toilet paper and have to choose between making rent and grocery shopping...so they're stuck with canned ravioli for weeks on end.
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 34,204 Member
    dragon_girl26 wrote: »
    lemurcat2 wrote: »
    The only things listed that I think could be considered trendy are mushroom coffee (I've tried it, didn't think it was horrible tasting, but it's not replacing coffee or tea for me) and smoothie bowls (which just don't appeal since one of the things I like about smoothies is that I can drink them).

    That's pretty much my opinion on smoothie bowls as well. I don't really understand the point of putting something in a bowl if I can make it portable by putting it in a cup and drinking it through a straw. I mean it looks pretty, I guess, but I think I'd more likely be wearing it than eating/drinking it. (That's my other concern...how do you consume it? With a spoon? I guess I've never really asked.)

    To me, it looks kind of like a stew, or chunky soup. Only cold. Only fruit/seed/nut.

    I like fruit. Cold is OK, in season. Why not? 🤷‍♀️

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