What "trendy" foods do you have no interest in trying?
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pancakerunner wrote: »Mochi
I love mochi, but as an asian, this is not a trendy food for me. Similar to Chinese nian gao which is one of my favourite childhood food memories.
I was less than 4, and was awoken in the middle of the night and carried downstairs where to my surprise the house was heaving with guests. I wondered if this was what the grownups did after I was put to bed. Someone shoved a piece of nian gao, or sticky sweet steamed rice cake into my hands. Later I found out that nian gao is traditionally served on New Year's Eve, and one of my parent's party guests must have convinced them to wake me up to see the fireworks. I am still fond of nian gao and recently bought the ingreients to try to make it myself.9 -
Anything from a fast food restaurant6
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pancakerunner wrote: »Freak shakes are unappetizing to me
Me too...that goes for Elmstreet's pancakes or waffles 'things'....
WTH???
yes! also the popular "flex bowls" from IG0 -
A couple of years ago I was in Potbelly's around Thanksgiving and saw they were promoting this ridiculous pumpkin pie shake (whole piece of pie in it, something like 2000 cals for the shake). I didn't know it was a thing, and I don't get the appeal at all.3
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pancakerunner wrote: »pancakerunner wrote: »Freak shakes are unappetizing to me
Me too...that goes for Elmstreet's pancakes or waffles 'things'.... WTH???
yes! also the popular "flex bowls" from IG
I'm not what a flex bowl is. Show me a pic please😁0 -
Poutine!1
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pancakerunner wrote: »pancakerunner wrote: »Freak shakes are unappetizing to me
Me too...that goes for Elmstreet's pancakes or waffles 'things'.... WTH???
yes! also the popular "flex bowls" from IG
I'm not what a flex bowl is. Show me a pic please😁
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^ok....but would this be considered a flex bowl? If so I love 'Flex Bowls'😉
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I typed in "what is a flex bowl" and got "The idea of a flex bowl comes from the IIFYM (If It Fits Your Macros) school of fitness nutrition. Basically the aim of the bowl is to use up whatever remains of your macros at the end of the day.
Having said this, flex bowls can be consumed any time of the day – if you can fit it into your macros!
The beauty of a flex bowl is how versatile and easy they are to put together. They can contain whatever you want (yes, naughty ingredients are allowed!) in whatever quantities you need." (from https://www.myprotein.com/thezone/nutrition/what-are-flex-bowls-iifym-meal-planning/)
I don't bother with using up my macros, so not interested in trying, but in that it can include any foods, I imagine they can be good.
When I typed in "what is" the first option I got was "malort" which isn't trendy, but I seemed to hear about it more last year and this one than ever before, and I have no interest in trying it.2 -
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When I typed in "what is" the first option I got was "malort" which isn't trendy, but I seemed to hear about it more last year and this one than ever before, and I have no interest in trying it.
I'd never heard of that - you made me look! 😆 (It didn't come up that fast in predictive search for me, maybe because you're in Chicago, and I'm not? Google is clever that way.)
I'd try it, though I don't want a whole big bottle. I'm a big fan of green Chartreuse (yellow is OK, just not as good), which gets some hate from a lot of people, too, so I might like it. (Didn't like acquavit, though.)
Never know until I try. 🤷♀️2 -
Nothing but the bagel seasoni g 😖0
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pancakerunner wrote: »Freak shakes are unappetizing to me
Me too...that goes for Elmstreet's pancakes or waffles 'things'.... WTH???
I would take the cupcake on top 😄1 -
AshHeartsJesus wrote: »Nothing but the bagel seasoni g 😖
So, a bagel?
Or the Everything But The Bagel season that is just the toppings that would go on an Everything bagel?
If EBTB, I love that! But I believe it was one of Oprah’s favorite things a few years back1 -
senalay788 wrote: »Not so much food but a method. Mason jar salads. What sick twisted human being came up with this idea.
true.1 -
pre-packaged overnight oats...3
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$10 a bar fried cheese.1
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AshHeartsJesus wrote: »How can you not like bacon wrapped things 😲 I am offended 😄
Bacon/pork is disgusting
I liked pork (before becoming vegetarian in !1974!), more than other meats, mostly the non-smoked types (side pork > bacon). Bacon is seriously over-rated these days IMO (even if I still ate it), especially bacon-flavored everything: Bacon chocolate, bacon martinis, bacon-wrapped everthing no matter whether sensible or not. Tooooo much.
I agree. I used to eat meat and loved the taste of beef, chicken, lamb, and goat but pork was absolutely gross to me.
Pork was the first meat I gave up eating around age 7. I was absolutely unable to swallow it.
Bacon-flavoured sweets/pastries are an abomination.
Salted caramel is another trend I wish would die a speedy death. Because my father had to restrict sodium I grew up eating very little salt and I have a real aversion to the taste of it. Don't mess up lovely caramel with salt!0 -
senalay788 wrote: »Not so much food but a method. Mason jar salads. What sick twisted human being came up with this idea.
Ha! You beat me to it.
I think this trend is due to meal prep meets Instagram.
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claireychn074 wrote: »I don’t know if they’re trendy but “pasta” or “rice” substitutes just made out of shredded or spiralised veg. I love veg and eat a fair amount but I just don’t get the substitution. If I’m eating a bowl of pasta, I want proper pasta!
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goal06082021 wrote: »I attempted the whipped coffee. Can confirm, maximum effort for underwhelming coffee that eventually ends up just being iced coffee with too much milk in it.
I like zoodles and spaghetti squash, but yes, if you make them expecting them to be anything like real pasta, you will be disappointed.
I don't "get" bulletproof coffee. I've never tried it, maybe it's amazing, I don't know. But it's hard to get past the idea of "coffee with butter in it." There's a quasi-vegan coffee shop near my house that has it on the menu alongside all of their woo-smoothies full of turmeric and unicorn pee or whatever, I don't know. If it wasn't literally twelve dollars I'd try it just to see what it's like, but that's too much for "coffee with butter in it."
I tried it. I love fat, but don't find it especially filling, and that includes bullet proof coffee. I started adding protein powder to it, and slowly decreasing the fat and adding fiber, until the fat just came from chocolate, chia seeds and shredded coconut. Now I have a filling, balanced smoothie for under 300 calories.1 -
corinasue1143 wrote: »$10 a bar fried cheese.
what is this?0 -
I have never purchased a protein bar or a protein powder in my life and I have no interest, either. Am I missing something?3
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I have never purchased a protein bar or a protein powder in my life and I have no interest, either. Am I missing something?
No, not unless you would find one tasty or could use the extra protein. There are a few things I enjoy eating (mainly smoothies) where protein powder is a tasty way to increase the protein for relatively few cals based on other options and protein powder is easy to have on hand since you don't really have to worry about it going bad. I wouldn't feel like I was missing out if I could never have it again, however.2 -
I have never purchased a protein bar or a protein powder in my life and I have no interest, either. Am I missing something?
Some are like Snickers bars with a little extra protein. I would never eat as many Snickers as I do protein bars (because "healthy"). I finally stopped buying them.2 -
kshama2001 wrote: »I have never purchased a protein bar or a protein powder in my life and I have no interest, either. Am I missing something?
Some are like Snickers bars with a little extra protein. I would never eat as many Snickers as I do protein bars (because "healthy"). I finally stopped buying them.
...and what's totally funny is that the actual Snickers bar now sell a 'Protein' bar...4 -
kshama2001 wrote: »I have never purchased a protein bar or a protein powder in my life and I have no interest, either. Am I missing something?
Some are like Snickers bars with a little extra protein. I would never eat as many Snickers as I do protein bars (because "healthy"). I finally stopped buying them.
I always checked cals and protein, so that wasn't an issue. I stopped eating them because (1) I decided they just didn't taste that good and I'd rather get protein in other ways and have a real dessert when I wanted; and (2) I haven't been traveling since covid (I used to travel a lot for work and protein bars were one reliable meal replacement at airports).
I didn't eat candy bars pre weight loss (I'm one of those weirdos who mostly ate homecooked from whole foods even when getting fat, so am constantly told that I shouldn't have been able to gain in the first place, and finds some convenient foods actually helpful in weight loss/maintenance), so protein bars weren't really a replacement for them, just something with higher protein so easy to justify. I did have an obnoxious cashier at CVS at one point (she worked there for a while, I tried to avoid her but couldn't always) who would always go out of her way to say "oh, buying the candy bars" when I was buying protein bars (this is when I was still quite overweight), which I found really weird and offensive since I knew what I was eating (I logged, I started eating protein bars only when I was logging), and I suspect she wouldn't have acted like I was stupid about what my eating choices were if I were not fat. Eh, good times.5 -
I have never purchased a protein bar or a protein powder in my life and I have no interest, either. Am I missing something?
No.
I keep some protein bars on hand because they are good for those times where my chronic pain/fatigue is just kicking my butt but I need to get something down. They take 0 work to eat, give me a decent amount of calories/protein/fat/carbs, and taste good. I also like them for tossing in my bag when I know I will be out a long time and may not be able to grab food.
But they are not a normal part of my diet.3
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