What are some of your unpopular opinions about food?
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pancakerunner wrote: »pancakerunner wrote: »pancakerunner wrote: »SuzySunshine99 wrote: »pancakerunner wrote: »pancakerunner wrote: »Don't bother with whole wheat pasta.
I prefer it, as long as it's a good brand. (Favorite: Bionaturae).
so long as you enjoy it! in my experience, whole wheat penne or rotini isn't bad, but ww spaghettis and linguine doesn't do it for me
I like whole wheat pasta (which I prefer depends on the sauce), but I also just realized I generally don't prefer long skinny pastas like spaghetti or linguine or angel hair. Prefer others like penne, rotini, farfalle, etc.
Ohhh, the pasta shape is a CONSTANT battle in my house. My husband prefers long skinny pasta, and I prefer shapes.
We have both had to compromise. I vetoed angel hair and he vetoed penne/mostaccioli/anything tube-like.
So, we alternate between spaghetti (which I tolerate), and rotini or farfalle (which he tolerates).
He gets excited when I say I'm making pasta for dinner, but looks crestfallen when he sees that it's "shapes" night.
He's got a gluten intolerance, so we get gluten-free pasta and I can't taste the difference at all.
I prefer shapes as well. can’t stand angel hair! My favorite are bow ties and wagon wells ahah
Yes! Wagon wheels were my favorite! I don't eat pasta except Shirataki now though. lol
wagon wheel with parmesan... childhood!
Any pasta with butter and parmesean...adulthood!
Top ramen...adulthood!
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ramen! Thanks for the reminder... now I have to mkae my ramen, cashew and cherry salad
As a noncook, I miss top ramen. It's one of those things I had to give up because one serving will ALWAYS be two bricks for me.
thought I was the only one haha. Haven't had in ages though!0 -
pancakerunner wrote: »pancakerunner wrote: »SuzySunshine99 wrote: »pancakerunner wrote: »pancakerunner wrote: »Don't bother with whole wheat pasta.
I prefer it, as long as it's a good brand. (Favorite: Bionaturae).
so long as you enjoy it! in my experience, whole wheat penne or rotini isn't bad, but ww spaghettis and linguine doesn't do it for me
I like whole wheat pasta (which I prefer depends on the sauce), but I also just realized I generally don't prefer long skinny pastas like spaghetti or linguine or angel hair. Prefer others like penne, rotini, farfalle, etc.
Ohhh, the pasta shape is a CONSTANT battle in my house. My husband prefers long skinny pasta, and I prefer shapes.
We have both had to compromise. I vetoed angel hair and he vetoed penne/mostaccioli/anything tube-like.
So, we alternate between spaghetti (which I tolerate), and rotini or farfalle (which he tolerates).
He gets excited when I say I'm making pasta for dinner, but looks crestfallen when he sees that it's "shapes" night.
He's got a gluten intolerance, so we get gluten-free pasta and I can't taste the difference at all.
I prefer shapes as well. can’t stand angel hair! My favorite are bow ties and wagon wells ahah
Yes! Wagon wheels were my favorite! I don't eat pasta except Shirataki now though. lol
wagon wheel with parmesan... childhood!
Any pasta with butter and parmesean...adulthood!
Top ramen...adulthood!
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LOL, I hated sauce when I was younger, Spaghetti Factory browned butter mazithra was my favorite but usually had butter and parmesan .0 -
I don't like snails, oyster, any raw meat or mince meat pie!!!0
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Generally speaking, wild flavored products are excessive (i.e. flavored chips, yogurts, most packaged foods, etc.) plain is usually better... plain crackers + cheese, plain yogurt, etc.1
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pancakerunner wrote: »Generally speaking, wild flavored products are excessive (i.e. flavored chips, yogurts, most packaged foods, etc.) plain is usually better... plain crackers + cheese, plain yogurt, etc.
Generally agree with this: I like it plain and then add my own, to my own weird specifications.1 -
pancakerunner wrote: »Generally speaking, wild flavored products are excessive (i.e. flavored chips, yogurts, most packaged foods, etc.) plain is usually better... plain crackers + cheese, plain yogurt, etc.
Haha, I am the complete opposite! I HATE unflavored things.
Plain crackers? No thanks I would much rather have honey mustard, BBQ, herb, or buffalo flavored.
Plain potato chips are gross and boring. I only like salt n vinegar, BBQ, sour cream and onion, buffalo ranch, etc.
I never eat plain yogurt, I add my own flavorings.
Plain coffee is gross, I only drink flavored coffee and I add tons of stevia, almond milk and salted caramel SF syrup.
Plain nuts? Not as good as honey roasted, salted, or flavored ones! I am not a fan of plain roasted almonds but LOVE dill pickle, salt n vinegar, cinnamon sugar, or honey roasted ones. Same with cashews and peanuts. I love the flavored ones.
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Fudge is not good.
Even homemade or from cutesy specialty shops.
Tastes like something that someone forgot to bake, but not in a good way.5 -
I don't understand how people can eat eggs without bread. Except maybe hardboiled eggs, MAYBE...
Don't you need something to "soak up" the heaviness?1 -
I don't understand how people can eat eggs without bread. Except maybe hardboiled eggs, MAYBE...
Don't you need something to "soak up" the heaviness?
I never eat bread with eggs (except for a rare egg salad sandwich or with shakshuka or the very rare eggs benedict at a brunch place). I don't find an omelet (veg omelet with a little feta is my preferred egg style) to be heavy at all, and although I need something to help absorb the runny yolk in my over easy eggs, I usually eat them with some veg like broccoli, which does the trick.
For me, bread adds cals without adding to my enjoyment and without adding to my satiety, so it feels like a waste of cals. If I add carbs to breakfast, it's usually fruit, or, much less often and only if I'm doing a big weekend brunch that replaces lunch, potatoes.3 -
SuzySunshine99 wrote: »Fudge is not good.
Even homemade or from cutesy specialty shops.
Tastes like something that someone forgot to bake, but not in a good way.
Agreed. I do recall enjoying it on Mackinac Island, but that was likely a setting-specific aberration.0 -
I don't understand how people can eat eggs without bread. Except maybe hardboiled eggs, MAYBE...
Don't you need something to "soak up" the heaviness?
That's interesting. I think of eggs as a light food. I typically eat them with bread or some other carbs because otherwise I don't find them filling or heavy enough 5 -
SuzySunshine99 wrote: »Fudge is not good.
Even homemade or from cutesy specialty shops.
Tastes like something that someone forgot to bake, but not in a good way.
Agreed. I do recall enjoying it on Mackinac Island, but that was likely a setting-specific aberration.
Send it tome I would happily take care of it for you! 😂2 -
SuzySunshine99 wrote: »Fudge is not good.
Even homemade or from cutesy specialty shops.
Tastes like something that someone forgot to bake, but not in a good way.
I kind of agree. It kind of tastes like burnt brownie batter??? I would rather have a spoon ful of brownie batter or cookie dough 1 -
I don't understand how people can eat eggs without bread. Except maybe hardboiled eggs, MAYBE...
Don't you need something to "soak up" the heaviness?
I never eat bread with eggs (except for a rare egg salad sandwich or with shakshuka or the very rare eggs benedict at a brunch place). I don't find an omelet (veg omelet with a little feta is my preferred egg style) to be heavy at all, and although I need something to help absorb the runny yolk in my over easy eggs, I usually eat them with some veg like broccoli, which does the trick.
For me, bread adds cals without adding to my enjoyment and without adding to my satiety, so it feels like a waste of cals. If I add carbs to breakfast, it's usually fruit, or, much less often and only if I'm doing a big weekend brunch that replaces lunch, potatoes.
And see, I don't worry about my underdone eggs because, as with most proteins, I like my eggs "cooked": sunny side up with crispy whites; no liquid in my scrambles; toasty gold omelets.
Our half-Spanish family loves a tortilla espanol, which is an omelet with potato and onion; you need a little daring to make it because it calls for cooking one side, then using a plate and an overturned cooking pan to flip the omelet and return it to the flame. Our father was a proud expert in this skill. Even here, we go against the grain, liking some color on our potato and onion.
That said, I have no quarrel with an omelet between a couple of slices of bread.
All of which makes me think of a funny scene from the 1950 movie "Harvey", during which, in the midst of a comic crisis, lonely woman Myrtle Mae and groundskeeper Wilson take time out to introduce themselves to each other, and Myrtle crowns the event by offering to make Wilson and egg and onion sandwich.2 -
Quinoa is overrated5
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Noreenmarie1234 wrote: »Quinoa is overrated
yep! I think wheat berries > quinoa0 -
I can't abide smoothies or shakes. Its the texture. Its just so grim.3
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i don't have kids, so not one to talk here... but I think that foods targeted at kids with "hidden veggies" isn't a healthy way tog et kids to like or eat more vegetables in the long run10
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@pancakerunner - Your post regarding 'loving' whipped butter on pancakes made me comment here on my distain with it. 🤣 It's just very disgusting to my palate...too funny0
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@pancakerunner - Your post regarding 'loving' whipped butter on pancakes made me comment here on my distain with it. 🤣 It's just very disgusting to my palate...too funny
Really? Tatse or texture?0 -
pancakerunner wrote: »i don't have kids, so not one to talk here... but I think that foods targeted at kids with "hidden veggies" isn't a healthy way tog et kids to like or eat more vegetables in the long run
I agree! I cringe at those ranch dressing commercials where all the vegetables are dunked in ranch dressing, suggesting that's the only way kids will like them. Or some cheese advertisement, probably Velveeta that says something ridiculous like "make broccoli less broccol-ish!". Ugh.3 -
Cake, donuts etc. I've never liked them. Again a texture thing i think. Like eating actual bath sponge. Cake just isn't nice.2
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pancakerunner wrote: »
No question about that one! There is nothing better than a well made (gooey works too) baked item!
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pancakerunner wrote: »
No question about that one! There is nothing better than a well made (gooey works too) baked item!
dare I say it... moist4 -
is this unpopular? I LOVE the flavor of almond extract. Some people can't stand it!1
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pancakerunner wrote: »is this unpopular? I LOVE the flavor of almond extract. Some people can't stand it!
I've never tasted it but if its like marzipan (marzipan is almond right?) I'll hate it passionately
Salted caramel and salted chocolate. Salt is savoury. Salt has no place in a sweet thing like chocolate. It ruins it completely.0 -
pancakerunner wrote: »is this unpopular? I LOVE the flavor of almond extract. Some people can't stand it!
I've never tasted it but if its like marzipan (marzipan is almond right?) I'll hate it passionately
Salted caramel and salted chocolate. Salt is savoury. Salt has no place in a sweet thing like chocolate. It ruins it completely.
Yep. or like Italian tea cookies 0
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