What are some of your unpopular opinions about food?
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Elphaba1313 wrote: »CarvedTones wrote: »seltzermint555 wrote: »I know this is a very unpopular opinion but not about the taste of food.
I think it's kind of gross/inappropriate to snack/eat throughout the day at your work desk. I know, I know, people have different needs and busy jobs and whatever else. But to me, the grazing while working is kind of nasty even if you have a private office and keep it clean. I just would rather not see peoples' snacks except in a designated breakroom. I'm sure part of this opinion comes from my earliest jobs in retail when even a bottle of water was frowned upon. But I have worked in offices with people (usually dieting) who constantly had food all over their desks and spent a good amount of time preparing and heating food and carrying it around with them, to meetings even, and I just found it nasty.
The break room at my office, like many at other employers, has a refrigerator, microwave, coffee machine, water dispenser and no table. So basically your stance would be that no one at my office or many others like it should ever bring their lunch and/or snacks. That is an unpopular opinion. Packing a lunch to be able to plan what you eat is probably one of the most common suggestions made at mfp. On top of that, I am an hourly contract employee. Leaving to find some other place to eat would cost me money and/or time.
I've never seen a break room without tables... Why don't you guys get a folding card table or something?
In our "break room" there's no room for a table, it's a long alcove that runs between 2 corridors - 2 fridges, hot water station, 2 microwaves, 2 sandwich toasters all on a very long bench. if you stand at the bench you can touch the wall behind you with one arm only. It's also a "throughway" between the corridors so if you are making coffee or heating your lunch someone has to squeeze behind you to get to the fridge or to the other corridor. And this is a government department!
Do we work together?!? :laugh:1 -
Carbs are an important building block of life.13
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AndThenIWoreIt wrote: »Carbs are an important building block of life.
Carbs are an important building block of my happiness
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Elphaba1313 wrote: »In our "break room" there's no room for a table, it's a long alcove that runs between 2 corridors - 2 fridges, hot water station, 2 microwaves, 2 sandwich toasters all on a very long bench. if you stand at the bench you can touch the wall behind you with one arm only. It's also a "throughway" between the corridors so if you are making coffee or heating your lunch someone has to squeeze behind you to get to the fridge or to the other corridor. And this is a government department!
We have a long kitchen counter with the sink, coffee maker, microwave etc. all on the counter on one side of the corridor. Other side of the corridor is the bathrooms. So, yeah squeeze by the person making coffee to take a *kitten*.
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lynn_glenmont wrote: »CarvedTones wrote: »lynn_glenmont wrote: »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.
Please identify an example of a food that wasn't toxic before modification and is afterwards.
The CDC, WHO, EUPHA and all the other major health organizations are making evidence based scientific conclusions. IMO, trusting science is more rational than dismissing it because I don't like blanket conclusions. There is no rational basis for assuming that modification makes something unsafe to eat when there is no evidence to support that. Science rarely if ever claims 100% certainty of anything only because it is logistically impossible to ever be 100% certain. That doesn't put an unproven hypothesis that isn't based on any evidence on equal footing.
EDIT - Also, they don't just create some new GMO variant and start selling it as food without extensive testing. Mostly they are making sure there is a benefit to the modification, but they do test to make sure the food is acceptable (taste, texture and doesn't kill anyone) as well as achieving their objective (better, yield, more nutrition, higher tolerance to adverse conditions, world peace, etc).
Each GMO food is its own individual case, so having "zero issues" with GMOs is like having "zero issues" with all potential foods There is nothing magical about the GMO process that guarantees that all foods will be safe for all people. I'm perfectly happy to eat GMOs if they have been well-vetted AND if I am allowed access to information about what the modification is. I'm about basing judgments on as much information as possible, so don't try to insinuate that I'm anti-science or anti-evidence. If the evidence is there, there shouldn't be any objection to letting consumers have access to it in each case.
What if they've inserted protein-generating sequences from wheat into a tomato, and I have celiac disease?
I forget the details, but there was a GMO fish that was being brought to market, and they had subbed some gene sequences from a fish that reaches adult weight more quickly than the original fish they were modifying. I would not eat that UNTIL I was able to obtain further information about the fish they were getting the fast-growth genes from. It was a fish that was also commonly eaten by humans, so for me, it was not a concern.
Given the number of drugs that have been approved and brought to market with horrific consequences during my lifetime, due to inadequate vetting, I reserve the right to make my own judgment about each instance of something new that has been "extensively tested" (in the case of GMOs, these extensive tests appear to be on the order of a year or two, which is hardly enough to judge long-term effects).
Long winded way of saying that no, you can't identify a single instance of the issue that you are worried about. But since I can't prove the sky isn't falling I guess you might as well wear the tin foil hat for protection in case it is.12 -
Most so-called "hyper-palatable" foods are not. Very, very not.
Obviously, many disagree. They may totally eat my share.
P.S. To brussels sprouts subthread: Food truck here makes them fried to brown patches, topped with soft goat cheese and pomegranate seeds. So good!7 -
GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »Roasted Brussels sprouts are the best vegetable.
I thought I hated cauliflower until I tried it roasted with olive oil. My husband is still a bit miffed about all the cauliflower-less years he suffered through our marriage
Roasted cauliflower is truth. That's the gateway. Next try seasoning it with curry powder and a touch of tumeric. So good.3 -
The chicken planks at Long John Silver's are criminally underrated. I know, I know... why are you ordering chicken at Long John Silver's? Wait, why are you eating at Long John Silver's?!!! I don't care if they're deep fried in motor oil, they are really tasty.
I ONLY order chicken at LJS! And I dip it in tartar sauce. My husband thinks it's SO gross. I don't care!
I do the same! It's so good! I use some malt vinegar too.1 -
seltzermint555 wrote: »I know this is a very unpopular opinion but not about the taste of food.
I think it's kind of gross/inappropriate to snack/eat throughout the day at your work desk. I know, I know, people have different needs and busy jobs and whatever else. But to me, the grazing while working is kind of nasty even if you have a private office and keep it clean. I just would rather not see peoples' snacks except in a designated breakroom. I'm sure part of this opinion comes from my earliest jobs in retail when even a bottle of water was frowned upon. But I have worked in offices with people (usually dieting) who constantly had food all over their desks and spent a good amount of time preparing and heating food and carrying it around with them, to meetings even, and I just found it nasty.
You would HATE me then. I eat my breakfast (protein shake and fruit usually) and several snacks at my desk pretty much M-F. I will sometimes eat my lunch if I am extra hungry before my actual lunchtime, or if I have errands to run during lunch. I'm not a slob and there aren't crumbs or whatever all over my desk, so I don't see an issue.
This is me, too. I eat my breakfast, lunch, snacks, and sometimes dinner at my desk. I spend a minimum of ten hours a day at my desk. I see no reason to make that day any longer by taking time out to go elsewhere to eat.4 -
CarvedTones wrote: »seltzermint555 wrote: »I know this is a very unpopular opinion but not about the taste of food.
I think it's kind of gross/inappropriate to snack/eat throughout the day at your work desk. I know, I know, people have different needs and busy jobs and whatever else. But to me, the grazing while working is kind of nasty even if you have a private office and keep it clean. I just would rather not see peoples' snacks except in a designated breakroom. I'm sure part of this opinion comes from my earliest jobs in retail when even a bottle of water was frowned upon. But I have worked in offices with people (usually dieting) who constantly had food all over their desks and spent a good amount of time preparing and heating food and carrying it around with them, to meetings even, and I just found it nasty.
The break room at my office, like many at other employers, has a refrigerator, microwave, coffee machine, water dispenser and no table. So basically your stance would be that no one at my office or many others like it should ever bring their lunch and/or snacks. That is an unpopular opinion. Packing a lunch to be able to plan what you eat is probably one of the most common suggestions made at mfp. On top of that, I am an hourly contract employee. Leaving to find some other place to eat would cost me money and/or time.
I've never seen a break room without tables... Why don't you guys get a folding card table or something?
My previous employee was very strict - no food at our desks. Granted, we had an open showroom with customers wandering around, so we always had to look professional.
But, if you have a private office/cubicle and you're not working in an environment where customers are coming in and out, then I don't see an issue with eating a meal at your desk. However, I think grazing at your desk all day is a bit unprofessional, unless due to medical necessity. You go to work to work. Get your work done and then eat.
Our "kitchen" is a corner of the file room with a microwave, fridge and sink but no tables. As admin staff I am the only one in my workplace without a private office and I I sit right at the door and eat at my desk. I hate it too because clients walk in and hang right over my lunch and I do think it looks unprofessional and it interrupts my lunch - but what can you do? The only other option is to go downstairs and buy my lunch every day and that is too expensive. I think workplaces should provide a lunch area but mine doesnt so 🤷♀️2 -
I work in a very small office and there is no lunch/break room. My biggest problem is my boss has a bad habit of waiting until I'm eating my lunch and deciding to talk to me. I'm working on training him.
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I HATE ONIONS. Absolutely hate them.5
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Asparagus is disgusting3
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I don’t like popcorn. I don’t see why people eat it.5
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I tried pesto for the first time yesterday and I’m not understanding the hype around it. Maybe there’s better out there but it was average to me.
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I want to be part of Canadian culture by eating poutine, but gravy makes me sick.0
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Dole Whip is garbage.4
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SweetLove1988 wrote: »I HATE ONIONS. Absolutely hate them.
I used to hate onions, then I realized onions are in like, everything. Now I love onions. I will eat just plain roasted red onion. red onion on my pizza. etc. so good.0 -
SweetLove1988 wrote: »I don’t like popcorn. I don’t see why people eat it.
I feel similarly. I have always felt like popcorn was a disappointing snack even at the movies. No seasoning/toppings really help it, either, in my opinion. My dad loves those huge tins of holiday popcorn with cheese, caramel & butter (or fancier flavors) and I think they're pretty gross.3 -
seltzermint555 wrote: »SweetLove1988 wrote: »I don’t like popcorn. I don’t see why people eat it.
I feel similarly. I have always felt like popcorn was a disappointing snack even at the movies. No seasoning/toppings really help it, either, in my opinion. My dad loves those huge tins of holiday popcorn with cheese, caramel & butter (or fancier flavors) and I think they're pretty gross.
That's what you give people that you don't know what to get (read like) for Christmas.
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