What are some of your unpopular opinions about food?
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brainybird43 wrote: »I hate cottage cheese.
I also hate raw onions, but don’t mind if they’re cooked.
I was always grossed out when my childhood babysitter would make sandwiches with nothing but raw onions & some kind of mayonnaise/miracle whip. Disgusting.0 -
kellyjellybellyjelly wrote: »debrakgoogins wrote: »seltzermint555 wrote: »It's the all day grazers I was referring to, primarily. People who have a half eaten bag of Doritos, a handful of gummi bears, and a half eaten bowl of chicken noddle soup on their desk at all times. The people who spend thirty minutes painstakingly preparing their instant oatmeal and then bring it to their 9:30 am meeting. That sort of thing. ugh!
If someone is paying such close attention to me at my office that they know how often and what I eat during the day not to mention how long it took me to prepare my oatmeal, I think they need to work a little harder and worry less about me. We have a huge cafeteria but I never eat there. I prefer to use my breaks and lunches to get stuff done.
One thing about work food - I don't think anyone should reheat fish in the microwave or deliberately burn popcorn (yes, I used to work with someone who did that). It smells up the office.
A guy that used to work with me once put a cup of Ramen in the microwave & forgot to add the water. It smelled up the whole store.
My son did something similar with malt o meal, but he was 3 at the time
He just wanted a bowl of hot cereal, poor baby!
My microwave was never the same.1 -
workinonit1956 wrote: »Me too! I love bananas and eat them daily but banana flavoring is awful. Cherry too.
I never really liked artificial grape products. I can semi-tolerate the grape flavored water enhancers, but definitely not a flavor I would pick out often.0 -
workinonit1956 wrote: »Me too! I love bananas and eat them daily but banana flavoring is awful. Cherry too.
Oh, I love fresh or frozen cherries, but cherry flavoring tastes like cough syrup! I ordered a drink once that involved some cherry-flavored liqueur and gagged on the first sip.
Yuck like this! Just awful. Reminded me of drinking cough syrup/mixed with downing nothing but artificial sweetener.
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It's something about the texture of quinoa or grits that makes me sick.1
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I’ve never had grits. I feel like it’s an American/southern thing, but I can imagine I wouldn’t like it. Lol.
I do like quinoa but not warm - it has to be a cold salad for me to eat it.
Also, I just realized how much I don’t care for other fish besides tuna or salmon. Everything else is blah.1 -
I like grits, but like a lot of regional comfort foods, there is a lot of nostalgia tied up in them and I am not sure I would choose to eat them if I hadn't tried them until I was an adult. Actually, I am pretty sure I wouldn't.
Speaking of nostalgia, I have another item for the thread - shrimp boiling. When I was young, we would visit some of my favorite older relatives in the FL panhandle and whenever there was a big family gathering (and it was whenever we were there) they would do a shrimp boil. Boiling shrimp makes some people want to retch; some people will tolerate it at best because they enjoy boiled shrimp. Very few people enjoy the odor of a shrimp boil. It stirs up a lot of emotions for me and makes me smile. Shrimp boiled with Old Bay is one of my absolute favorite foods.3 -
I like grits. I never had them until I was an adult and a friend from NC made me cheesy grits. That's a great way to introduce them (well, to me at least), but also I like polenta, so why not grits? Anyway, I rarely have them, but I sometimes order shrimp and grits if we go to a southern-influenced restaurant that has them prepared in a way that seems interesting (soul or southern fusion seems to be a thing that you find here sometimes).1
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Pepsi Max is the best of all diet sodas. Also- greek yogurt tastes exactly like spoiled milk (gosh that ones really been weighing on me).
I'm right there with you on the Pepsi Max. No other diet pop even comes close (although I do like Diet Dr. Pepper). Here's mine. Pumpkin anything tastes like *kitten*, coffee, wine & beer are disgusting. I love Fireball.
For those of you who don't like kit-kats or reeses cups, have you tried the dark chocolate versions? That's the best versions of those candies.0 -
Ranch is disgusting
Mayo is even worse
Eggnog is the grossest thing ever
Bacon on doughnuts .... this ain't it chief (that means it's also gross)
Nacho cheese is a no for me
Avocados are nasty by themselves but decent (edible) on bread
Poached eggs are inedibly disgusting2 -
My #1: Corn, in any form other than popped, salted, and buttered, is overrated and a waste of everyone's time.
others receiving votes:
- bananas are gross
- I strongly dislike the texture of beans, in all forms
- Granny Smith > any other apple variety... fight me.
- I don't like avocado unless made into guacamole
Ummm I think you meant to say gala apples 😉 haha
I think you both meant to say honeycrisp apples1 -
Here's another: I can't bring myself to like grapefruit. It's only good with a lot of sugar sprinkled on top, but that defeats the purpose lol.
I also like my bananas very spotty, just before rotten.1 -
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.
My daughter did a speech in FFA about GMO's & how just about everything we eat has been genetically modified at some point. She gets so angry when people talk about making sure nothing the eat has GMO's she just wants to shake them & tell them they the truth about it.8 -
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CarvedTones wrote: »
It's all relative. My wife is like, I can't finish this (cake, cheesecake, brownie etc) & I'm like the things I do for you. Guess I'll take one for the team, again.6 -
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.
Why are you ordering chicken at LJS? Because it's insanely delicious, that's why!3 -
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.
Same here. At least when I eat at my desk, I know my desk is clean & I don't have to deal with a food that I don't like the smell of, other people's bad manners & especially the sound of someone who can't chew with their mouth closed.6 -
kellyjellybellyjelly wrote: »Traditional American Thanksgiving dinner is over rated. When’s the last time you went out to a nice dinner and ordered turkey?
On the other hand in left over sandwich form it’s delicious.
Definitely! If offered both turkey & ham during Thanksgiving I'll go for the ham & maybe eat a little bit of turkey.
Stuffing is my favorite!
This might sound mean, but my grandma's pumpkin pie is seriously one of the most disgusting, revolting things ever made. My mom said before that she takes a can of pumpkin pie & basically adds no spices. I remember one Thanksgiving or Christmas my sister & I argued over who had to take it. I ended up tripping out of the suburban that year & the pie broke my fall. So in the end no one had to take it.
How can anyone mess up pumpkin pie? (No spices, I guess! ) It's the easiest thing. Dump, stir, bake. I know there are fancy schmanchy recipes out there, but the one on the Libby's can has never failed me (I don't add the whole can of evaporated milk, though).
By making it5 -
MrSunshinez wrote: »It's something about the texture of quinoa or grits that makes me sick.
Agree on quinoa texture. Blech! I've never had grits.0 -
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kellyjellybellyjelly wrote: »brainybird43 wrote: »I hate cottage cheese.
I also hate raw onions, but don’t mind if they’re cooked.
I was always grossed out when my childhood babysitter would make sandwiches with nothing but raw onions & some kind of mayonnaise/miracle whip. Disgusting.
That wasn't a babysitter...that was a psychopath!3 -
I love cheese grits, the creamy cheesy texture.....
Hate grapefruit, tastes so acidic to me but I enjoy all other citrus fruits.2 -
quiksylver296 wrote: »
I love the *kitten* out of some blue cheese, but this reply had me laughing so hard, I had tears in my eyes.2 -
Grits are one of my all-time favorite foods, but only the stone-ground, slow-cooking kind, a la "My Cousin Vinny", with liberal additions of butter and cream, carefully weighed and logged, of course.2
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I think plantain chips are the only chips worth eating.
And sun chips lol2 -
I've never had grits. I think I need to try them.2
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My husband makes peanut butter and bologna sandwiches.
Grits do not belong in fusion foods.
I will not eat chitterlings, maws, pig feet, pizelles, or chicken feet. I don't care what a local delicacy they are, no.
Poached or runny eggs are food poisoning in waiting to me. So is *gasp* rare steak.
Kale is delicious, except for kale chips. Those are just dead leaves.
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New_Heavens_Earth wrote: »My husband makes peanut butter and bologna sandwiches.
Grits do not belong in fusion foods.
I will not eat chitterlings, maws, pig feet, pizelles, or chicken feet. I don't care what a local delicacy they are, no.
Poached or runny eggs are food poisoning in waiting to me. So is *gasp* rare steak.
Kale is delicious, except for kale chips. Those are just dead leaves.
Wait, what's a pizzelle to you? To an Italian like me, it's this:
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GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »New_Heavens_Earth wrote: »My husband makes peanut butter and bologna sandwiches.
Grits do not belong in fusion foods.
I will not eat chitterlings, maws, pig feet, pizelles, or chicken feet. I don't care what a local delicacy they are, no.
Poached or runny eggs are food poisoning in waiting to me. So is *gasp* rare steak.
Kale is delicious, except for kale chips. Those are just dead leaves.
Wait, what's a pizzelle to you? To an Italian like me, it's this:
Those are so delicious!2 -
quiksylver296 wrote: »MrSunshinez wrote: »It's something about the texture of quinoa or grits that makes me sick.
Agree on quinoa texture. Blech! I've never had grits.
Yeah, grits? All I can say is maybe there are some good recipes out there that you can add to them but to me it's like eating buttery sand.0
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