What are some of your unpopular opinions about food?
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These ideas are certainly unpopular around here:
- Kid’s menus at restaurants and kids meals at fast food places should be banned! Kids should eat the same things as adults but smaller portions. When I was a kid my parents would request an extra plate for us kids and share their food.
- Fake meat is worse for you than meat because it is very processed
- Gluten free foods are only better for people with Celiac disease or other real gluten issues. Somehow gluten free became an advertising claim that has no significance to most people. But the general public seems to think it’s “healthier”
- I understand Organic but according to WHO if the entire global population decided to eat only organic there is not enough farmable land mass on our planet to feed the population. So I have a hard time justifying eating organic.
- Most “natural” claims made by the food industry are false. I trade in “natural” chemicals made in factories.3 -
SuzySunshine99 wrote: »Seafood and cheese do not belong together.
I'm looking at you, lobster mac and cheese....
I first heard this on an episode of "Chopped". It was flung at a contestant who had dared to do such a thing, during the course of a show whose very concept is the bringing together of food that doesn't belong together. The judge, who I believe was Scott Conant, was horrified. Indignant. He snapped at the contestant and wilted the poor man. In typical contrarian mode, I snarled at the tv: "Oh yeah? Ever heard of a tuna melt? Ever heard of bagels and lox with smear of cream cheese?"
The same judge had railed against raw red onions some time before this. So in my fantasy as hostess to this pick person, I would serve him a pasta dish of salmon with parmesan cheese, and sprinkled with raw red onions. And as a good guest, he would have to force it down.
(This is about as dark as I get.....)8 -
Olives - the most fowl tasting things god put on earth !!!2
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Onedaywriter wrote: »- Gluten free foods are only better for people with Celiac disease or other real gluten issues. Somehow gluten free became an advertising claim that has no significance to most people. But the general public seems to think it’s “healthier”
I'm not a "gluten free" person by any means but I am so glad the gluten-free market exists because now there is a wider variety of pasta available made with peas and beans; these usually have a much higher protein content per calorie so when I'm cutting they come in handy. True, some of them taste like wet newspaper but there are brands that I actually like (mostly the Banza chickpea-based pastas.)
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ddavenport6962 wrote: »Olives - the most fowl tasting things god put on earth !!!
But...but...we need them for olive oil.......3 -
I hate cabbage - in ALL forms. Cooked it smells like nasty feet. Raw it's like chewing rubberbands. NO. Thank. You. My hubs loves cole slaw, and I can't even fathom why ANYONE would like that nasty stuff.0
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Ground turkey is not an acceptable substitute for ground beef.9
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Onedaywriter wrote: »
- Fake meat is worse for you than meat because it is very processed
This only makes sense if you're starting from the position that processing, in and of itself, makes something "worse" for you. I don't adopt that as a default starting position.
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janejellyroll wrote: »Onedaywriter wrote: »
- Fake meat is worse for you than meat because it is very processed
This only makes sense if you're starting from the position that processing, in and of itself, makes something "worse" for you. I don't adopt that as a default starting position.
Beyond just being processed, as that is a pretty broad definition, it is about the INGREDIENTS in meat subs. Soy, corn, oils, gums, stabilizers...appalling2 -
pancakerunner wrote: »janejellyroll wrote: »Onedaywriter wrote: »
- Fake meat is worse for you than meat because it is very processed
This only makes sense if you're starting from the position that processing, in and of itself, makes something "worse" for you. I don't adopt that as a default starting position.
Beyond just being processed, as that is a pretty broad definition, it is about the INGREDIENTS in meat subs. Soy, corn, oils, gums, stabilizers...appalling
I'm pretty cool with corn. I'm literally eating some right now.6 -
pancakerunner wrote: »janejellyroll wrote: »Onedaywriter wrote: »
- Fake meat is worse for you than meat because it is very processed
This only makes sense if you're starting from the position that processing, in and of itself, makes something "worse" for you. I don't adopt that as a default starting position.
Beyond just being processed, as that is a pretty broad definition, it is about the INGREDIENTS in meat subs. Soy, corn, oils, gums, stabilizers...appalling
Not all the newest at all. Beyond meat is much better. Im vegan but don't really ever use fake meat- if at all really.0 -
kale is not a superfood1
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Sakura_Tree wrote: »kale is not a superfood
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Nothing is a superfood. The whole concept is ridiculous. Nutrition is wholistic.8
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pancakerunner wrote: »Sakura_Tree wrote: »kale is not a superfood
truth
Kale is barely food...3 -
pancakerunner wrote: »
So true, like the acai berry trend. And spinach.0 -
Kale is delicious.
(Hey, you said unpopular. Not true.)1 -
pancakerunner wrote: »
"Big Kale"? Hmmm. I'm doubtful.
P.S. I like kale.
ETA: That some people - money motivated or not - promote things as "superfoods" does not rebut my point that the whole "superfood" concept is at least a red herring when it comes to nutrition, and possibly an outright bogus idea. The very widespread, diverse claims you're pointing out, in fact, underscore that "superfood = bogus" is an unpopular opinion, which is the point of the thread.2 -
Everyone has their own tastes, but I think kale is delicious. Raw kale massaged with salt and olive oil and dressed with pickled red onions or sauteed kale with lots of garlic and red pepper flakes or ribbons of slow cooked kale in a creamy potato soup . . . it really can be quite delightful.4 -
pancakerunner wrote: »
"Big Kale"? Hmmm. I'm doubtful.
P.S. I like kale.
ETA: That some people - money motivated or not - promote things as "superfoods" does not rebut my point that the whole "superfood" concept is at least a red herring when it comes to nutrition, and possibly an outright bogus idea. The very widespread, diverse claims you're pointing out, in fact, underscore that "superfood = bogus" is an unpopular opinion, which is the point of the thread.
http://www.americankaleassociation.com/
https://www.mindbodygreen.com/0-22984/the-strange-mystery-of-who-made-kale-famous-and-why.html0 -
pancakerunner wrote: »pancakerunner wrote: »
"Big Kale"? Hmmm. I'm doubtful.
P.S. I like kale.
ETA: That some people - money motivated or not - promote things as "superfoods" does not rebut my point that the whole "superfood" concept is at least a red herring when it comes to nutrition, and possibly an outright bogus idea. The very widespread, diverse claims you're pointing out, in fact, underscore that "superfood = bogus" is an unpopular opinion, which is the point of the thread.
http://www.americankaleassociation.com/
https://www.mindbodygreen.com/0-22984/the-strange-mystery-of-who-made-kale-famous-and-why.html
Meh. Pretty much any commodity food has a marketing association behind it, that does a lot of the same things companies do to market more-prepared or more-processed foods. Everyone once in a while, one hits the ball out of the park. I'm still a skeptic about "Big Kale".
Main point: There are no superfoods.3 -
I struggle to think of any good that I really dislike. I can only thing that comes to mind is tripe / offal. I've never even eaten it but the idea of doing so even makes feel like puking.
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Speaking of "superfoods"...
Pomegranates are NOT worth the trouble.6 -
SuzySunshine99 wrote: »Speaking of "superfoods"...
Pomegranates are NOT worth the trouble.
My nephew and I had a lot of fun with pomegranates: I had told him the story of Persephone and Hades. He was curious about the fruit that condemned Persephone to half a year underground, so I bought one. My sister refused to let us play with it in her kitchen, so we took the pomegranate, a knife and a bowl of water to the back yard, cut open the pomegranate and used the bowl of water to winnow out the seeds. My nephew had a ball, tried the seeds and liked them. Not enough to sacrifice six months of sunshine, but he liked it.2 -
Ketchup is nasty.
Anything artificial banana or artificial orange are nasty.
Grilled cheese isnt the same without using the fake Kraft single slices instead of real cheese.
Maple syrup sucks unless it's real, homemade maple syrup with the slight smokey taste from being boiled down over a fire. Even the store bought real maple syrup doesnt compare.0 -
pancakerunner wrote: »pancakerunner wrote: »
"Big Kale"? Hmmm. I'm doubtful.
P.S. I like kale.
ETA: That some people - money motivated or not - promote things as "superfoods" does not rebut my point that the whole "superfood" concept is at least a red herring when it comes to nutrition, and possibly an outright bogus idea. The very widespread, diverse claims you're pointing out, in fact, underscore that "superfood = bogus" is an unpopular opinion, which is the point of the thread.
http://www.americankaleassociation.com/
https://www.mindbodygreen.com/0-22984/the-strange-mystery-of-who-made-kale-famous-and-why.html
Meh. Pretty much any commodity food has a marketing association behind it, that does a lot of the same things companies do to market more-prepared or more-processed foods. Everyone once in a while, one hits the ball out of the park. I'm still a skeptic about "Big Kale".
Main point: There are no superfoods.
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The use of the word "flavor" or "natural" in an ingredient list doesn't mean anything. It will still be a bunch of chemicals combined in a factory to make the food or drink taste good. This was such a let-down when I learned about it. "Natural flavors" are the worst! Such a marketing ploy, and it works. My favorite crackers have these
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silverpl2525 wrote: »The use of the word "flavor" or "natural" in an ingredient list doesn't mean anything. It will still be a bunch of chemicals combined in a factory to make the food or drink taste good. This was such a let-down when I learned about it. "Natural flavors" are the worst! Such a marketing ploy, and it works. My favorite crackers have these
ikr? I too was thinking it was such an unassuming ingredient...I didn't question that they ('natural flavorings') would be dubious in nature! The public really need to question and do their research on the stuff they buy - source it and do your homework!0 -
SuzySunshine99 wrote: »Speaking of "superfoods"...
Pomegranates are NOT worth the trouble.
My nephew and I had a lot of fun with pomegranates: I had told him the story of Persephone and Hades. He was curious about the fruit that condemned Persephone to half a year underground, so I bought one. My sister refused to let us play with it in her kitchen, so we took the pomegranate, a knife and a bowl of water to the back yard, cut open the pomegranate and used the bowl of water to winnow out the seeds. My nephew had a ball, tried the seeds and liked them. Not enough to sacrifice six months of sunshine, but he liked it.
You proved my point exactly. "Playing" with food might be fun for kids (I liked dissecting pomegranates as a kid, too), but as an adult, it's way too fussy for me, with very little reward.0
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