What are some of your unpopular opinions about food?
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I'm on the nope train for eggnog.
There was this kids cookbook we used to have back when I was little that had a recipe for "eggnog". It was basically just milk with vanilla and tiny bit of sugar frothed in a blender with nutmeg sprinkled on top. That was pretty tasty.2 -
GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »I'm on the nope train for eggnog.
There was this kids cookbook we used to have back when I was little that had a recipe for "eggnog". It was basically just milk with vanilla and tiny bit of sugar frothed in a blender with nutmeg sprinkled on top. That was pretty tasty.
Egg-less eggnog?
Sounds better than the real thing to me, anyhow. 3 -
GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »I'm on the nope train for eggnog.
There was this kids cookbook we used to have back when I was little that had a recipe for "eggnog". It was basically just milk with vanilla and tiny bit of sugar frothed in a blender with nutmeg sprinkled on top. That was pretty tasty.
Egg-less eggnog? Sounds better than the real thing to me, anyhow.
That's why it was good 1 -
GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »I'm on the nope train for eggnog.
There was this kids cookbook we used to have back when I was little that had a recipe for "eggnog". It was basically just milk with vanilla and tiny bit of sugar frothed in a blender with nutmeg sprinkled on top. That was pretty tasty.
Egg-less eggnog? Sounds better than the real thing to me, anyhow.
Oh, vanilla milk! My mom used to make that for us for a treat instead of chocolate milk sometimes!2 -
GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »I'm on the nope train for eggnog.
There was this kids cookbook we used to have back when I was little that had a recipe for "eggnog". It was basically just milk with vanilla and tiny bit of sugar frothed in a blender with nutmeg sprinkled on top. That was pretty tasty.
Egg-less eggnog? Sounds better than the real thing to me, anyhow.
Oh, vanilla milk! My mom used to make that for us for a treat instead of chocolate milk sometimes!
Well see, if she'd just had my kid's cookbook, she could have sprinkled nutmeg on top and called it "eggnog" and made you feel all fancy!3 -
Yes! Raisins are gross and I don’t understand why people enjoy putting them in perfectly good desserts 😂
I was so pissed one time I thought I was buying chocolate covered almond and it was raisins -_-
I threw the whole thing out lmao
Also, I don’t buy Tim Horton’s coffee - I was talking about food/donut wise. I need to try McDonald’s coffee though. A lot of people seem to like it.
Tim Hortons donuts/food isn't that good either.0 -
To you. Lol. But I was comparing it to DD which to me is completely trash.singingflutelady wrote: »Yes! Raisins are gross and I don’t understand why people enjoy putting them in perfectly good desserts 😂
I was so pissed one time I thought I was buying chocolate covered almond and it was raisins -_-
I threw the whole thing out lmao
Also, I don’t buy Tim Horton’s coffee - I was talking about food/donut wise. I need to try McDonald’s coffee though. A lot of people seem to like it.
Tim Hortons donuts/food isn't that good either.
I’m on the eggnog is disgusting side as well. Taste like rotten milk to me.
The only holiday drinks I actually care for is hot chocolate and peppermint mochas!0 -
Packaged eggnog is not that great, even the better quality ones.
Homemade (the dangerous kind
), using the Fannie Farmer cookbook recipe (I think it is; I have it copied out) with a dozen eggs, a couple of pints of heavy cream, whole milk, sugar, crazy amounts of bourbon and rum, fresh-grated nutmeg, eggs separated/beaten, cream beaten, more, all folded carefully together: silly big amount of work?
Whole different story. You can't really drink it; it mostly needs to be eaten with a spoon. Haven't made it in years, but I'm utterly certain I'd still wallow happily in the stuff, and emerge just as sated and stupified as I ever did.
I saw a video on YouTube the other day where a guy made a single serving of homemade eggnog using a cocktail shaker. It looked really cool. If anyone is interested in looking it up, the account is the "Educated Barfly" and the recipe is "One Off Eggnog." Might be worthwhile for anyone who wants the real stuff but is concerned about how much they'd drink of it!6 -
nutmegoreo wrote: »Crafty_camper123 wrote: »
I drink one a year because it is a family tradition. By itself eggnog is too thick and sweet. I think mine ends up being mostly dark rum with a splash of eggnog for appearance sake.
I like egg nog. After I've cut it in half with milk. Bonus points if I added rum and nutmeg. But by itself it is very gloppy feeling.
All that's missing are the Oreos!
I'm surprised Oreo hasn't made an Egg Nog flavor.
They need to bring back Gingerbread.0 -
I find pies to be extremely underwhelming, especially for the amount of calories they are. The crust is meh and the fillings (apple, pie, pumpkin, etc) don't do anything for me unless they're half whip cream. Give me cake or soft cookies instead.3
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I can't bring myself to eat any food that comes in metal cans. Not just because of leachates from the can liners, although that is a big problem, but also it just freaks me out that you can't see what's inside and the contents could have gone bad (if the vacuum was compromised) and you wouldn't even know until after you open it. They get so easily dented too. I've tried to get over it but it's probably not going to happen. I only eat canned foods that come in glass jars. I wish canned beans in glass jars and frozen cooked beans were more widely available in supermarkets though. It would make my life so much easier.RelCanonical wrote: »I find pies to be extremely underwhelming, especially for the amount of calories they are. The crust is meh and the fillings (apple, pie, pumpkin, etc) don't do anything for me unless they're half whip cream. Give me cake or soft cookies instead.
Me too. I'd rather have cake, cookies, brownies, or some kind of quick bread.5 -
laurenq1991 wrote: »RelCanonical wrote: »I find pies to be extremely underwhelming, especially for the amount of calories they are. The crust is meh and the fillings (apple, pie, pumpkin, etc) don't do anything for me unless they're half whip cream. Give me cake or soft cookies instead.
Me too. I'd rather have cake, cookies, brownies, or some kind of quick bread.
I'd SO much rather have pie than any of those (although good cookies would be a close second). IMO, the best dessert is a good homemade pie (the trick is having a good crust) with an excellent fruit filling, not too sweet (I'm not into pumpkin that much, am picky about pecan, and would argue that NO good pies have whip cream anywhere near their filling, ugh, although on top is fine with something like pumpkin), and then ice cream on the hot pie. Best pies are (1) strawberry-rhubarb, and (2) apple. A really good key lime pie is something I will not turn down also.
Cake sucks by comparison and is over-rated in general, although some cakes are nice. I actually am a huge fan of olive oil cake and there's a lemon and lavender cupcake I've made that is delicious and not too sweet.
Quick breads are just okay, although I like a cinnamon coffee cake which I think is basically similar.
Brownies are lame, I'll put them in the donut category of rarely worth the calories, although they aren't as pointless and unpleasant as fudge.
Other desserts not mentioned can be good, including a good cannoli (but bad cannoli is very bad).
There are things I am forgetting, but I think there's a theme, which is that good desserts should not be too sweet, and the best desserts do not involve chocolate (although I love unsweetened brewing chocolate, have a weakness for chocolate covered nuts, and am fond of small portions of Chocolove Extreme Dark Chocolate (88%), or the occasional piece of chocolate more generally, so long as it is in small amounts).1 -
laurenq1991 wrote: »RelCanonical wrote: »I find pies to be extremely underwhelming, especially for the amount of calories they are. The crust is meh and the fillings (apple, pie, pumpkin, etc) don't do anything for me unless they're half whip cream. Give me cake or soft cookies instead.
Me too. I'd rather have cake, cookies, brownies, or some kind of quick bread.
I'd SO much rather have pie than any of those (although good cookies would be a close second). IMO, the best dessert is a good homemade pie (the trick is having a good crust) with an excellent fruit filling, not too sweet (I'm not into pumpkin that much, am picky about pecan, and would argue that NO good pies have whip cream anywhere near their filling, ugh, although on top is fine with something like pumpkin), and then ice cream on the hot pie. Best pies are (1) strawberry-rhubarb, and (2) apple. A really good key lime pie is something I will not turn down also.
Cake sucks by comparison and is over-rated in general, although some cakes are nice. I actually am a huge fan of olive oil cake and there's a lemon and lavender cupcake I've made that is delicious and not too sweet.
Quick breads are just okay, although I like a cinnamon coffee cake which I think is basically similar.
Brownies are lame, I'll put them in the donut category of rarely worth the calories, although they aren't as pointless and unpleasant as fudge.
Other desserts not mentioned can be good, including a good cannoli (but bad cannoli is very bad).
There are things I am forgetting, but I think there's a theme, which is that good desserts should not be too sweet, and the best desserts do not involve chocolate (although I love unsweetened brewing chocolate, have a weakness for chocolate covered nuts, and am fond of small portions of Chocolove Extreme Dark Chocolate (88%), or the occasional piece of chocolate more generally, so long as it is in small amounts).
Wow, we are the exact opposite. I don't get how you like desserts that aren't too sweet but you like pie. The filling on pies is way too sweet for me which is why I don't like it. Like for example this homemade apple pie recipe: https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/12682/apple-pie-by-grandma-ople/ contains a cup of sugar total in the filling alone (not counting the sugar in the apples and the crust), divide by 8 slices in a pie, that's a lot of sugar! I love pecans themselves, but pecan pie is literally just sugar goo with pecans on top of it in a pie crust. Also there are only a few desserts I like that DON'T involve chocolate (like banana or cranberry bread, and I also like lemon-lavender cupcakes), and if I'm having a dessert, 80% of the time it will be chocolate related.2 -
laurenq1991 wrote: »RelCanonical wrote: »I find pies to be extremely underwhelming, especially for the amount of calories they are. The crust is meh and the fillings (apple, pie, pumpkin, etc) don't do anything for me unless they're half whip cream. Give me cake or soft cookies instead.
Me too. I'd rather have cake, cookies, brownies, or some kind of quick bread.
I'd SO much rather have pie than any of those (although good cookies would be a close second). IMO, the best dessert is a good homemade pie (the trick is having a good crust) with an excellent fruit filling, not too sweet (I'm not into pumpkin that much, am picky about pecan, and would argue that NO good pies have whip cream anywhere near their filling, ugh, although on top is fine with something like pumpkin), and then ice cream on the hot pie. Best pies are (1) strawberry-rhubarb, and (2) apple. A really good key lime pie is something I will not turn down also.
Cake sucks by comparison and is over-rated in general, although some cakes are nice. I actually am a huge fan of olive oil cake and there's a lemon and lavender cupcake I've made that is delicious and not too sweet.
Quick breads are just okay, although I like a cinnamon coffee cake which I think is basically similar.
Brownies are lame, I'll put them in the donut category of rarely worth the calories, although they aren't as pointless and unpleasant as fudge.
Other desserts not mentioned can be good, including a good cannoli (but bad cannoli is very bad).
There are things I am forgetting, but I think there's a theme, which is that good desserts should not be too sweet, and the best desserts do not involve chocolate (although I love unsweetened brewing chocolate, have a weakness for chocolate covered nuts, and am fond of small portions of Chocolove Extreme Dark Chocolate (88%), or the occasional piece of chocolate more generally, so long as it is in small amounts).
We are dessert twins, except for the fact that I do like brownies. Though come to think of it, I preferred blondies. Hmmm. And I do sweeten my brewing chocolate.
One of the best desserts I ever had was on our honeymoon. The restaurant served a parfait of the best strawberries laced with cannoli cream (the ricotta kind, which imo, is the only kind that should ever be in a cannoli).2 -
laurenq1991 wrote: »laurenq1991 wrote: »RelCanonical wrote: »I find pies to be extremely underwhelming, especially for the amount of calories they are. The crust is meh and the fillings (apple, pie, pumpkin, etc) don't do anything for me unless they're half whip cream. Give me cake or soft cookies instead.
Me too. I'd rather have cake, cookies, brownies, or some kind of quick bread.
I'd SO much rather have pie than any of those (although good cookies would be a close second). IMO, the best dessert is a good homemade pie (the trick is having a good crust) with an excellent fruit filling, not too sweet (I'm not into pumpkin that much, am picky about pecan, and would argue that NO good pies have whip cream anywhere near their filling, ugh, although on top is fine with something like pumpkin), and then ice cream on the hot pie. Best pies are (1) strawberry-rhubarb, and (2) apple. A really good key lime pie is something I will not turn down also.
Cake sucks by comparison and is over-rated in general, although some cakes are nice. I actually am a huge fan of olive oil cake and there's a lemon and lavender cupcake I've made that is delicious and not too sweet.
Quick breads are just okay, although I like a cinnamon coffee cake which I think is basically similar.
Brownies are lame, I'll put them in the donut category of rarely worth the calories, although they aren't as pointless and unpleasant as fudge.
Other desserts not mentioned can be good, including a good cannoli (but bad cannoli is very bad).
There are things I am forgetting, but I think there's a theme, which is that good desserts should not be too sweet, and the best desserts do not involve chocolate (although I love unsweetened brewing chocolate, have a weakness for chocolate covered nuts, and am fond of small portions of Chocolove Extreme Dark Chocolate (88%), or the occasional piece of chocolate more generally, so long as it is in small amounts).
Wow, we are the exact opposite. I don't get how you like desserts that aren't too sweet but you like pie. The filling on pies is way too sweet for me which is why I don't like it. Like for example this homemade apple pie recipe: https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/12682/apple-pie-by-grandma-ople/ contains a cup of sugar total in the filling alone (not counting the sugar in the apples and the crust), divide by 8 slices in a pie, that's a lot of sugar! I love pecans themselves, but pecan pie is literally just sugar goo with pecans on top of it in a pie crust. Also there are only a few desserts I like that DON'T involve chocolate (like banana or cranberry bread, and I also like lemon-lavender cupcakes), and if I'm having a dessert, 80% of the time it will be chocolate related.
That is way too much sugar! One of the joys of baking your own pie is that you can control how much sugar you add. I made apple pie for Thanksgiving with Granny Smiths which were pretty tart and only used half a cup of sugar. It was just sweet enough.4 -
laurenq1991 wrote: »RelCanonical wrote: »I find pies to be extremely underwhelming, especially for the amount of calories they are. The crust is meh and the fillings (apple, pie, pumpkin, etc) don't do anything for me unless they're half whip cream. Give me cake or soft cookies instead.
Me too. I'd rather have cake, cookies, brownies, or some kind of quick bread.
Brownies are lame, .
I... I don't know how to react to this.
It always hurts when you discover your heroes have tragic flaws.
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laurenq1991 wrote: »RelCanonical wrote: »I find pies to be extremely underwhelming, especially for the amount of calories they are. The crust is meh and the fillings (apple, pie, pumpkin, etc) don't do anything for me unless they're half whip cream. Give me cake or soft cookies instead.
Me too. I'd rather have cake, cookies, brownies, or some kind of quick bread.
Brownies are lame, .
I... I don't know how to react to this.
It always hurts when you discover your heroes have tragic flaws.
Knife to the heart, no?
You just have to hope they've never had a really good one.
I'm still waiting for that perfect doughnut to come along.5 -
laurenq1991 wrote: »laurenq1991 wrote: »RelCanonical wrote: »I find pies to be extremely underwhelming, especially for the amount of calories they are. The crust is meh and the fillings (apple, pie, pumpkin, etc) don't do anything for me unless they're half whip cream. Give me cake or soft cookies instead.
Me too. I'd rather have cake, cookies, brownies, or some kind of quick bread.
I'd SO much rather have pie than any of those (although good cookies would be a close second). IMO, the best dessert is a good homemade pie (the trick is having a good crust) with an excellent fruit filling, not too sweet (I'm not into pumpkin that much, am picky about pecan, and would argue that NO good pies have whip cream anywhere near their filling, ugh, although on top is fine with something like pumpkin), and then ice cream on the hot pie. Best pies are (1) strawberry-rhubarb, and (2) apple. A really good key lime pie is something I will not turn down also.
Cake sucks by comparison and is over-rated in general, although some cakes are nice. I actually am a huge fan of olive oil cake and there's a lemon and lavender cupcake I've made that is delicious and not too sweet.
Quick breads are just okay, although I like a cinnamon coffee cake which I think is basically similar.
Brownies are lame, I'll put them in the donut category of rarely worth the calories, although they aren't as pointless and unpleasant as fudge.
Other desserts not mentioned can be good, including a good cannoli (but bad cannoli is very bad).
There are things I am forgetting, but I think there's a theme, which is that good desserts should not be too sweet, and the best desserts do not involve chocolate (although I love unsweetened brewing chocolate, have a weakness for chocolate covered nuts, and am fond of small portions of Chocolove Extreme Dark Chocolate (88%), or the occasional piece of chocolate more generally, so long as it is in small amounts).
Wow, we are the exact opposite. I don't get how you like desserts that aren't too sweet but you like pie. The filling on pies is way too sweet for me which is why I don't like it.
You realize you can control that by how you make the pie, right?
IMO, a well-made, delicious pie will not have a super sweet filling.I love pecans themselves, but pecan pie is literally just sugar goo with pecans on top of it in a pie crust.
There are a huge variety of ways to make a pecan pie (which is why I said I'm picky about them). Most are awful, but there are good ones.2 -
GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »laurenq1991 wrote: »RelCanonical wrote: »I find pies to be extremely underwhelming, especially for the amount of calories they are. The crust is meh and the fillings (apple, pie, pumpkin, etc) don't do anything for me unless they're half whip cream. Give me cake or soft cookies instead.
Me too. I'd rather have cake, cookies, brownies, or some kind of quick bread.
I'd SO much rather have pie than any of those (although good cookies would be a close second). IMO, the best dessert is a good homemade pie (the trick is having a good crust) with an excellent fruit filling, not too sweet (I'm not into pumpkin that much, am picky about pecan, and would argue that NO good pies have whip cream anywhere near their filling, ugh, although on top is fine with something like pumpkin), and then ice cream on the hot pie. Best pies are (1) strawberry-rhubarb, and (2) apple. A really good key lime pie is something I will not turn down also.
Cake sucks by comparison and is over-rated in general, although some cakes are nice. I actually am a huge fan of olive oil cake and there's a lemon and lavender cupcake I've made that is delicious and not too sweet.
Quick breads are just okay, although I like a cinnamon coffee cake which I think is basically similar.
Brownies are lame, I'll put them in the donut category of rarely worth the calories, although they aren't as pointless and unpleasant as fudge.
Other desserts not mentioned can be good, including a good cannoli (but bad cannoli is very bad).
There are things I am forgetting, but I think there's a theme, which is that good desserts should not be too sweet, and the best desserts do not involve chocolate (although I love unsweetened brewing chocolate, have a weakness for chocolate covered nuts, and am fond of small portions of Chocolove Extreme Dark Chocolate (88%), or the occasional piece of chocolate more generally, so long as it is in small amounts).
We are dessert twins, except for the fact that I do like brownies. Though come to think of it, I preferred blondies. Hmmm. And I do sweeten my brewing chocolate.
One of the best desserts I ever had was on our honeymoon. The restaurant served a parfait of the best strawberries laced with cannoli cream (the ricotta kind, which imo, is the only kind that should ever be in a cannoli).
I like blondies, so I think the twin thing works!.1 -
laurenq1991 wrote: »RelCanonical wrote: »I find pies to be extremely underwhelming, especially for the amount of calories they are. The crust is meh and the fillings (apple, pie, pumpkin, etc) don't do anything for me unless they're half whip cream. Give me cake or soft cookies instead.
Me too. I'd rather have cake, cookies, brownies, or some kind of quick bread.
Brownies are lame, .
I... I don't know how to react to this.
It always hurts when you discover your heroes have tragic flaws.
I was wondering why I was suddenly overcome with sadness 6
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