What are some of your unpopular opinions about food?
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idontcarroll wrote: »Kale is absolutely disgusting.
I like it raw, mixed with other greens in a salad. Cooked, not so much.1 -
Me, too Suzy. But I can’t even chop it for a salad. I have to buy the bagged salad mix because I want it chopped really, really fine.0
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Instant mashed potatoes are actually really good.
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I love canned peas4
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I love this thread!
Rice pudding is vile! Any dessert that calls up rice and bread is disgusting - I'm looking at your bread and butter pudding. Spinach and pumpkin are the work of the devil. Wholemeal pasta should be banned. Eggs are overrated.
White rice, white bread, potatoes and pasta from normal, non-wholemeal flour are gifts from God1 -
Noreenmarie1234 wrote: »Instant mashed potatoes are actually really good.
right?! I hate when people are like "omg no you have to use ReAl potatoes"3 -
pancakerunner wrote: »Noreenmarie1234 wrote: »Instant mashed potatoes are actually really good.
right?! I hate when people are like "omg no you have to use ReAl potatoes"
We grew up on instant mashed potatoes: our mother worked fulltime, and they were a real time saver for her. While I do like mashed potato made from whole potatoes better, I have no complaint about instant.4 -
I never had them until I was an adult and they taste weird to me, but of course it makes sense it's what you are used to. My mom also worked fulltime, but mashed potatoes have always been something of a holiday/for company kind of dish for us. I love them, but make them rarely, even though they don't actually seem very time consuming.1
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Regarding the 'fake' potatoes - I don't think I've ever had them. Perhaps at a crappy little diner during a road trip? How different are they to the real thing?0
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Regarding the 'fake' potatoes - I don't think I've ever had them. Perhaps at a crappy little diner during a road trip? How different are they to the real thing?
I think that's unanswerable, more or less.
The plainer, cheaper brands IME can be IMO more starchy seeming (sort of dry despite containing liquid, in a weird way) compared to plain potatoes mashed (but also without a lot of added butter, milk, cream, etc.).
Some of the brands have odd things added to make the flavor supposedly richer, I guess. Some of those have an odd taste, to me.
Some brands I've had are not too bad, but to my taste, not as satisfying as real mashed potatoes. Part of it is that most are more a "whipped potato" texture, very smooth, and grew up eating mashed potatoes with a slightly less fully-smooth texture (but not full of chunks or anything). That's a personal preference issue, I think.
I used to keep some instant mashed potatoes around to thicken soups, or to have as the occasional spur of the moment side, since I don't usually buy potatoes (just don't eat them often enough). They're one of the things that started seeming not worth their calories when I started counting, so mostly I just wait and eat mashed potatoes at holiday meals.
I may be prejudiced by (1) having been brought up in a home where we never had instant, and (2) having gone to a school where many of the entrees were - believe it or not - gravy. Could be beef gravy, hamburger gravy, pork gravy, chicken gravy, whatever. You'd get a big heap of instant mashed potatoes (the cheap starchy kind) with a ladle-full of kind of poor gravy, with a few meat shreds in it. One of these was the lunch entree at least 1-2 times per week. It can put a person off the whole concept, I think. 🤷♀️5 -
Regarding the 'fake' potatoes - I don't think I've ever had them. Perhaps at a crappy little diner during a road trip? How different are they to the real thing?
They’re not “fake” potatoes. They are made of real potatoes, just dried, not fresh.
I don’t eat them on their own as a side, but I like certain stews and curries spooned over mashed potatoes, and they work very well for that.3 -
SuzySunshine99 wrote: »Regarding the 'fake' potatoes - I don't think I've ever had them. Perhaps at a crappy little diner during a road trip? How different are they to the real thing?
They’re not “fake” potatoes. They are made of real potatoes, just dried, not fresh.
I don’t eat them on their own as a side, but I like certain stews and curries spooned over mashed potatoes, and they work very well for that.
Ha! That's why I put the word in quotations😉
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Curious if they use them at places like Denny's/Perkins, etc., ?0 -
regarding instant potatoes... these are good too. find them in the deli or refreigerated section
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pancakerunner wrote: »regarding instant potatoes... these are good too. find them in the deli or refreigerated section
When I had a wisdom tooth removed, I lived off of those Bob Evans mashed potatoes (and ice cream lol) and they are pretty good!1 -
I won’t eat instant mashed potatoes - I think they are gross and mashed potatoes are so quick and simple to make anyway it doesn’t even seem worth it. But I do like those cheesy boxes of dehydrated scalloped potatoes. Grew up eating them and although they are probably gross too to most people they seem like nostalgic comfort food to me.2
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Instant mashed potatoes are a great shortcut for potato bread, and the finished product actually has a better texture than dough made with scratch-mashed potatoes, in my opinion.5
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Going to get a lot of flak for this, but I think apples and grapes are more unhealthy than they are healthy3
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pancakerunner wrote: »Going to get a lot of flak for this, but I think apples and grapes are more unhealthy than they are healthy
I'm sure there are better options regarding fruit 'health' wise - am curious what makes you think apples and grapes are 'unhealthy'?
I rarely even eat fruit - just not my thing. I actually prefer vegetables for sure😉1 -
pancakerunner wrote: »Going to get a lot of flak for this, but I think apples and grapes are more unhealthy than they are healthy
I think it depends but over all for me grapes are ok if it's maybe 4 or 5. Apples I think are ok if they don't upset your stomach. It is really relative though for each person and where they are. I used to eat a ton of apples when I was much younger and a marathon runner but now I feel sick if I eat a whole apple.
I think that any meat consumed by average American is more detrimental and unhealthy because we are not the same as our ancestors plus the animals are much differently raised
. Don't get me started on factory farms...3 -
On that note...
I really dislike crunchy raw apples. I don't hate them, but would never have them unless there was absolutely nothing else to eat. I only like them cooked.0
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