What are some of your unpopular opinions about food?
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I decided that I don't like green bean casserole because it has the soup. Doesn't matter if you make it from scratch with fresh green beans it still has soup on it.
I don't think Girl Scout cookies are worth buying. They are not any more tempting than any factory made cookie on the grocery store shelf.
Kettle corn is gross.
I don't like peanut butter or bacon added to random things. I don't hate either but not in everything. No bacon cupcakes.
There is nothing wrong with just taking 5 minutes and packing a sandwich and some fruit for your lunch instead of spending a whole day meal prepping for the week.
I think people should be able to get enough protein from normal food and drinking protein shakes sound horrible.
Onions are great.
Soup is great year round.
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White rice is far superior to brown rice.
Dinner rolls made with plain white flower is the best bread. It's not the most useful for sandwiches and what not; I prefer toasted wheat bread for that.
I like magically delicious breakfast cereals (Lucky Charms, Cocoa Krispies, Apple Jacks, etc). I don't care for a lot of the "gran mulch" pushed as healthy cereals.6 -
Kashi cereal is like chewing cardboard. Shredded wheat is like eating hay. Grapenuts are gravel in (barely) edible form.
Golden Grahams all the way! Chex are also acceptable, but not wheat. Corn or rice (or a mix of both). But regular serving sizes of any cereal are pitiful, so I usually don't eat it.3 -
Agree about the Reese's PB cups, they are an insult to peanut butter.
Regarding the Kashi, gotta get that Crunch version!
Celery can take a hike.3 -
food is my first medicine.
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Miracle/shirataki noodles taste and smell like fishy rubberbands.
After the initial bite, anything with erythritol tastes revolting.6 -
PaperDoll_ wrote: »I don't like baked macaroni and cheese. I think it gets too dry. I'd much prefer the stove top stuff from a box.
@PaperDoll_ the Joy of Cooking's baked macaroni and cheese is AMAZING and not the least bit dry.
This looks like a pretty faithful rendition: https://www.bigoven.com/recipe/baked-macaroni-cheese-joy-of-cooking/3963952 -
kshama2001 wrote: »CarvedTones wrote: »S'mores really aren't very good. I don't think that's an unpopular opinion. Marshmallow anything is pretty bad, though oddly enough, I like a marshmallow or two by itself every now and then.
Have you tried making s'mores with dark chocolate?
Have you tried making s'mores with Reese's peanut butter cups?
Using the Ghiradelli dark chocolate caramel squares is an excellent option to make smores with.
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InspiredChocoholic wrote: »Miracle/shirataki noodles taste and smell like fishy rubberbands.
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Could not agree more.1 -
Kashi cereal is like chewing cardboard. Shredded wheat is like eating hay. Grapenuts are gravel in (barely) edible form.
Golden Grahams all the way! Chex are also acceptable, but not wheat. Corn or rice (or a mix of both). But regular serving sizes of any cereal are pitiful, so I usually don't eat it.
Agreed. Corn Chex are IMHO the best of the plain ones. The cinnamon or chocolate ones in milk with a cup of tea is a great light dessert. Though the flavored ones are expensive for such a small box, so I wait for a sale!3 -
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Kashi cereal is like chewing cardboard. Shredded wheat is like eating hay. Grapenuts are gravel in (barely) edible form.
Golden Grahams all the way! Chex are also acceptable, but not wheat. Corn or rice (or a mix of both). But regular serving sizes of any cereal are pitiful, so I usually don't eat it.
Agreed. Corn Chex are IMHO the best of the plain ones. The cinnamon or chocolate ones in milk with a cup of tea is a great light dessert. Though the flavored ones are expensive for such a small box, so I wait for a sale!
I buy the generic Malt-O-Meal bag version of Cinnamon Toast Crunch... yummy! With milk, without milk, it doesn't matter! And it lasts a while.
My dad ate Grape Nuts when I was a kid. I never understood it.1 -
Kashi cereal is like chewing cardboard. Shredded wheat is like eating hay. Grapenuts are gravel in (barely) edible form.
Golden Grahams all the way! Chex are also acceptable, but not wheat. Corn or rice (or a mix of both). But regular serving sizes of any cereal are pitiful, so I usually don't eat it.
Agreed. Corn Chex are IMHO the best of the plain ones. The cinnamon or chocolate ones in milk with a cup of tea is a great light dessert. Though the flavored ones are expensive for such a small box, so I wait for a sale!
I buy the generic Malt-O-Meal bag version of Cinnamon Toast Crunch... yummy! With milk, without milk, it doesn't matter! And it lasts a while.
My dad ate Grape Nuts when I was a kid. I never understood it.
Yes! I'll sometimes get the store brand version of Cinnamon Life when they have it.
I knew someone who microwaved Grape Nuts in milk and added cinnamon sugar and fruit. Ummm, at that point, why not just make oats or barley or something? Those little boxes of Grape Nuts are expensive too
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Honey nut Cheerios is the best cereal.4
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MommyLifts3 wrote: »Honey nut Cheerios is the best cereal.
The stealth kids' cereal; most people seem to think of Cheerios as just across the mythical line that separates "healthy" cereals from sugar bombs.0 -
Honey nut Cheerios and shreddies (especially the banana bread flavour) are the best cereals IMO.
Almond butter is better than peanut butter.
Cashew milk is better then almond.
Avocado toast is overrated. Not bad. Just overrated.3 -
Thanksgiving is like a big party with all the foods I do not like or couldn't care less about.
Least favorite pies? Apple and pumpkin, check
Worst potatoes? Mashed with tons of butter, check
Worst sweet potato format? Canned then coated in sugary things and baked, check
Least favorite poultry? Turkey, check
Worst casserole/dishes? Green bean casserole & stuffing/dressing, check
Ick. Even in my days long before MFP when I ate all of the things without a care in the world, I remember skipping Thanksgiving dinner and getting a nice chicken wrap from a restaurant that night instead.9 -
GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »PaperDoll_ wrote: »
I can't comprehend why so many people love it so much. Makes no sense.
Shrimp makes me think of bugs. Disgusting, rubbery bugs. And that's not a 'vein' you're pulling out when preparing it. That's the poop tract. Prettying up the phrasing doesn't change it :sick:
They ARE bugs. I remember once reading that if you were to cook pill bugs (wood lice, and whatever else they call them in other parts of the world), they'd smell and taste just like shrimp.
CASE CLOSED.
Many years ago, when I was in culinary school, we had a chef instructor who had worked in Morocco, where they ate locusts. He told us that they did taste like shrimp. I'm not easily grossed out, so I might try them.0 -
seltzermint555 wrote: »Thanksgiving is like a big party with all the foods I do not like or couldn't care less about.
Least favorite pies? Apple and pumpkin, check
Worst potatoes? Mashed with tons of butter, check
Worst sweet potato format? Canned then coated in sugary things and baked, check
Least favorite poultry? Turkey, check
Worst casserole/dishes? Green bean casserole & stuffing/dressing, check
Ick. Even in my days long before MFP when I ate all of the things without a care in the world, I remember skipping Thanksgiving dinner and getting a nice chicken wrap from a restaurant that night instead.
I agree with you on the last three. Green bean casserole is gross, stuffing and turkey both suck. Sweet potato casserole with marshmallows and other sweet stuff is an abomination.
however I don't mind mashed potatoes and those are my two favorite types of pie!!1 -
Kashi cereal is like chewing cardboard. Shredded wheat is like eating hay. Grapenuts are gravel in (barely) edible form.
Golden Grahams all the way! Chex are also acceptable, but not wheat. Corn or rice (or a mix of both). But regular serving sizes of any cereal are pitiful, so I usually don't eat it.
Agreed. Corn Chex are IMHO the best of the plain ones. The cinnamon or chocolate ones in milk with a cup of tea is a great light dessert. Though the flavored ones are expensive for such a small box, so I wait for a sale!
I buy the generic Malt-O-Meal bag version of Cinnamon Toast Crunch... yummy! With milk, without milk, it doesn't matter! And it lasts a while.
My dad ate Grape Nuts when I was a kid. I never understood it.
Yes! I'll sometimes get the store brand version of Cinnamon Life when they have it.
I knew someone who microwaved Grape Nuts in milk and added cinnamon sugar and fruit. Ummm, at that point, why not just make oats or barley or something? Those little boxes of Grape Nuts are expensive too
My mom used to make Grape Nuts cereal. Ugh.
Every time I look at them I think about shredded corrugated cardboard and kitty litter.1 -
I can not believe it took me 67 years to realize s'mores can be made with anything other than hershey's chocolate squares. I now feel obligated to try every single combination of everything chocolate-and-something-else, I have a lot of catching up to do.18
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seltzermint555 wrote: »Thanksgiving is like a big party with all the foods I do not like or couldn't care less about.
Least favorite pies? Apple and pumpkin, check
Worst potatoes? Mashed with tons of butter, check
Worst sweet potato format? Canned then coated in sugary things and baked, check
Least favorite poultry? Turkey, check
Worst casserole/dishes? Green bean casserole & stuffing/dressing, check
Ick. Even in my days long before MFP when I ate all of the things without a care in the world, I remember skipping Thanksgiving dinner and getting a nice chicken wrap from a restaurant that night instead.
Yep on the green beans casserole, sweat potatoes, and most stuffings. I didn't grow up with the first two. We'd have green beans amandine and a big salad with homemade dressing with our turkey. I hate stuffing from a box.
Have you tried Cornish game hens for Thanksgiving? Very yummy and no piles of leftovers.1 -
I can not believe it took me 67 years to realize s'mores can be made with anything other than hershey's chocolate squares. I now feel obligated to try every single combination of everything chocolate-and-something-else, I have a lot of catching up to do.
Also try Dandies Vegan Vanilla Marshmallows. Don't get turned off by the vegan label if you aren't vegan (I'm not). It just means they don't use gelatin. They are really good.0 -
CarvedTones wrote: »I can not believe it took me 67 years to realize s'mores can be made with anything other than hershey's chocolate squares. I now feel obligated to try every single combination of everything chocolate-and-something-else, I have a lot of catching up to do.
Also try Dandies Vegan Vanilla Marshmallows. Don't get turned off by the vegan label if you aren't vegan (I'm not). It just means they don't use gelatin. They are really good.
I have some shopping to do...1 -
Cheez-Its... best cracker. Period.3
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Oreos suck10
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CarvedTones wrote: »A substantiated opinion - the case against using GMO products is complete woo. Every major health organization around the world (CDC, WHO, EUPHA, etc) endorses them as safe. Purposefully avoiding GMO products is pretty much anti-science. A lot of common products avoid them because of public perception so we end up avoiding them without trying. There are reasons to hate Monsanto's business practices with respect to GMO crops. It's a real shame; GMO crops have more yield per acre, reducing the amount of farmland that needs to be cleared. They are more tolerant of drought, increasing the food supply in some areas that need it most. They are more bug resistant, decreasing the need for pesticides that often pollute water supplies.CarvedTones wrote: »A substantiated opinion - the case against using GMO products is complete woo. Every major health organization around the world (CDC, WHO, EUPHA, etc) endorses them as safe. Purposefully avoiding GMO products is pretty much anti-science. A lot of common products avoid them because of public perception so we end up avoiding them without trying. There are reasons to hate Monsanto's business practices with respect to GMO crops. It's a real shame; GMO crops have more yield per acre, reducing the amount of farmland that needs to be cleared. They are more tolerant of drought, increasing the food supply in some areas that need it most. They are more bug resistant, decreasing the need for pesticides that often pollute water supplies.
Agreed. I have zero issue with GMOs.
There is no more rational basis for having a blanket opinion about all GMOs than there is for having a blanket opinion about all possible non GMO organisms. Some will be generally safe for all people, with a very low incidence of allergies. Some will be toxic. And there will be foods that fall somewhere between those extremes.
The process of genetically modifying something doesn't make it automatically safe to eat, anymore than the fact that something isn't genetically modified (by humans through gene manipulation) makes it safe to eat.13
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