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What are some of your unpopular opinions about food?
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The only sweet stuff I like to eat is fruit.0
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I don't have special memories associated with pears, but they are one of my favorite fruits (all kinds of pears). For me they are a perfect dessert.0
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I have a love/hate relationship with pears. The scrawny little tree we planted 16 years ago is now a towering fruit factory, swamping my kitchen with a tsunami of fruit in late summer, certainly a blessing, but also a bit of a curse with the flurry of canning involved with saving every smidgen.0
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Cherries have always been top of my favorite fruits list; partly because you have to wait for summer to really enjoy them.
My Spanish father's favorite fruit was cherimoya. We actually had the chance to try them during a trip to Spain. They taste kind of like a sweet pear; the texture is a little more delicate. The black seeds in the white flesh are a pretty layout, and there's a hint of danger to the fruit because you should not eat the seeds, which can make you sick.
I think I do a lot of association:
I love figs because I first tried them in Egypt (in defiance of the sensible warning not to eat fresh things washed in the Nile - I got lucky).
Pomegranates have a special place because a few years ago, I told my nephew the story of Persephone and Hades, illustrated with a pomegranate, which we split open, de-seeded and ate out in the back yard (pomegranates are messy and my sister wouldn't let us play in the kitchen). My nephew loved the story, loved the pomegranate, and now we make a little annual ceremony of it.
One of my very favorite fruit of all is a ripe pear, and this is because back in 1980, I gave myself a graduation gift of my travel overseas without family. It was to Greece, on a tour, in search of the gods. One afternoon, on our little cruise ship, I took a pear out onto the deck. In the distance was a small rowboat with a father and son fishing. They waved to me, and I waved to them. The incident lasted about 5 minutes, in the sun, on the water, three strangers making long-distance contact, and a deliciously ripe, juicy pear punctuating the scene. Every time I eat a pear, I think of Greece and that tiny, sweet incident.
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Something that annoys me is when people expect high protein low calorie options to be exceptional and just as good as the real thing. For example light bread or egg white angel food cake or protein powder fluff or protein chips or protein bars or protein donuts or protein cakes or keto protein puffs or sugar free ketchup or sugar free syrup or sugar free anything etc.
I never expect a “health” food with high protein low calorie to taste incredible like the real deal. But most of my family members and friends expect that and that’s why they don’t like those foods.2 -
Noreenmarie1234 wrote: »Something that annoys me is when people expect high protein low calorie options to be exceptional and just as good as the real thing. For example light bread or egg white angel food cake or protein powder fluff or protein chips or protein bars or protein donuts or protein cakes or keto protein puffs or sugar free ketchup or sugar free syrup or sugar free anything etc.
I never expect a “health” food with high protein low calorie to taste incredible like the real deal. But most of my family members and friends expect that and that’s why they don’t like those foods.
right. apples to oranges.1 -
bottled salad dressing is an abomination1
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pancakerunner wrote: »bottled salad dressing is an abomination
No, I totally agree. I'd go as far as to say all ready-made salad dressing is an abomination. It's so easy to make.0 -
I don't mind bottled salad dressing but the low calorie/fat free ones are basically just water. I'd rather just take the calories!0
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No, I totally agree. I'd go as far as to say all ready-made salad dressing is an abomination. It's so easy to make.
agreed! nothing beats fresh ranch!0 -
is this unpopular? idk. Cookie dough ice cream is, in general, not worth it.1
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steak sauce ruins steak3
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Jazz up fresh watermelon with ground cinnamon!!0
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I like oranges but find them a little bit inconvenient to eat, and occasionally you get one that's not as good. That's why I prefer clementines. (I love orange juice, but rarely drink it because it's high cal to satisfaction ratio. I do drink it when I stay at a hotel that has fresh squeezed, it's my little indulgence.)
Gosh, I cannot stand anything about oranges.
Off the current trend of this conversation but I mention in another post that I cannot stand tacos.. No matter from where or how they are made0 -
RockingWithLJ wrote: »
Gosh, I cannot stand anything about oranges.
Off the current trend of this conversation but I mention in another post that I cannot stand tacos.. No matter from where or how they are made
I don't eat tacos, but, if you don't mind me asking, is there a particular aspect of tacos that deters you (like an ingredient, or the presentation, or the typical way of eating a taco)?0 -
I don't eat tacos, but, if you don't mind me asking, is there a particular aspect of tacos that deters you (like an ingredient, or the presentation, or the typical way of eating a taco)?
I don't really eat tacos either -- on the rare occasion I'm somewhere I might get a taco I always prefer enchiladas or (if Chipotle) a lower cal fajita bowl, but am also curious as to this answer. I think hard shell tacos (the only thing I knew growing up) are awful, but there are soft shell.
Also don't get hating everything about oranges, but that's why it's an unpopular opinion!1 -
To me, saying you don't like tacos is like saying you don't like sandwiches. There are so many variations, with different "wrappers" and different fillings. But, I suppose if you don't like Mexican spices or flavors in general, you probably don't like any traditional tacos.4
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Cheddar cheese- like a fermented orange chalk- bacon (agreed) like ham with fat taped onto it- donuts (the bagel was put to an oily death) - nuts (unless in butter form- and pistachios are ok)0
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I cant handle eggs when the white and yolks arent mixed together (fried, boiled poached ect) yet my favourite food ever is Quiche... *shrug*0
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xDaynarose wrote: »I cant handle eggs when the white and yolks arent mixed together (fried, boiled poached ect) yet my favourite food ever is Quiche... *shrug*
I can't stand cooked egg yolk by itself but love runny egg yolk... and I like egg whites by themselves lol2 -
Hate mushrroms
Avocado is very overrated1 -
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Circus peanuts are good.2
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caitlinbc87 wrote: »Circus peanuts are good.
Circus peanuts are BARELY one step above packing peanuts on the food scale3 -
Circus peanuts are BARELY one step above packing peanuts on the food scale
I'd rather eat packing peanuts...at least they wouldn't taste like artificial banana.4 -
Watermelon is best WITH the seeds -- same stands for grapes and cucumbers!!1
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"plant based" is totally misleading and think needs to be better regulated.0
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pancakerunner wrote: »"plant based" is totally misleading and think needs to be better regulated.
So true. Pretty much everything now says "plant based".
'Plant based food is defined as a finished product consisting of ingredients derived from plants that include vegetables, fruits, whole grains, nuts, seeds and/or legumes.'
Which is basically every type of food. So reeses have peanuts, does that mean they are plant based?0 -
Noreenmarie1234 wrote: »
So true. Pretty much everything now says "plant based".
'Plant based food is defined as a finished product consisting of ingredients derived from plants that include vegetables, fruits, whole grains, nuts, seeds and/or legumes.'
Which is basically every type of food. So reeses have peanuts, does that mean they are plant based?
Not really...it's my understanding that if it's labeled "plant based", that means there are no animal products used. So, reeses would not be labeled plant based.
It's a way of saying "vegan" without saying "vegan". Which is a distinction because not everyone who does not eat animal products is a vegan. They might still wear leather, silk, etc.3 -
SuzySunshine99 wrote: »
Not really...it's my understanding that if it's labeled "plant based", that means there are no animal products used. So, reeses would not be labeled plant based.
It's a way of saying "vegan" without saying "vegan". Which is a distinction because not everyone who does not eat animal products is a vegan. They might still wear leather, silk, etc.
You'd think so, but there are "plant-based" products that include dairy. Marie Callender's, for example, just came out with two "plant-based" pot pies -- one with faux beef and one with faux chicken . . . but there is dairy in the pie dough. It's a free-for-all.
(I agree with you that most people would expect it to be what you said, "vegan" without saying it).1
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