What are some of your unpopular opinions about food?
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Grilled cheese with peanut butter sounds amazing right now4
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"Salt is okay on watermelon....I can't think of any other fruit I'd tolerate salted."
I think that's a southern thing, I grew up eating that especially if the watermelon wasn't quite sweet or juicy enough.
I think one of the most annoying things here at MFP, especially on the newsfeed, are all the restrictions people place on themselves and some are frankly unnecessary.............just my opinion though!
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I think that most fast food is tasteless and gross.3
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I tried the watermelon with salt today that some of yous mentioned here and enjoyed. maybe I had to let the salt soak in, but the first bite made me cringe but as I chewed on, it’s not too bad.
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I tried the watermelon with salt today that some of yous mentioned here and enjoyed. maybe I had to let the salt soak in, but the first bite made me cringe but as I chewed on, it’s not too bad.
for me...I absolutely love salting anything sweet but it has to be the right kind of salt. I like to use a flaked finishing sea salt, smoked sea salt (Maldon crystal), course grey sea salt or a pink Himalayan. Love the 'crunch' and helps to balance the sweetness of things that are super sweet imo...0 -
If peaches are too green, a little salt improves them, too. But it’s been a long time since I’ve had a greenish peach.0
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I prefer breakfast foods at Dinner and dinner type for breakfast
Example- saute or steamed greens, veggie dishes in a.m.
Pancakes, oats, cereal at night.
Oh and yup- bacon is gross. Lol4 -
Watermelon and straight-up salt sounds weird, but I do know people who love watermelon with feta...
Not me, though. Said it before in this thread but sweet+salty anything is not my thing.1 -
A tomato and watermelon salad with feta is good.2
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SuzySunshine99 wrote: »
Then just go with watermelon + feta + thin-sliced red onion + good balsamic vinegar. 😉😋3 -
When I hear people say that they don't like eating in restaurants because they can cook the same food at home better and cheaper....I think that's just a reflection on the type of restaurant you are going to.
I can probably cook everything on Applebee's menu at home.
I can't cook ANYTHING from my favorite Thai restaurant better or cheaper. I can make a few Thai dishes, but they will never be as good as the restaurant's.
Any ethnic/cultural cuisine, really. Unless you are an expert in that style of cooking, you can't typically re-create it at home.
I don't eat out very often, so when I do, I purposely order something that I will never make at home.16 -
SuzySunshine99 wrote: »
I was skeptical before I tried it, but it was good.1 -
SuzySunshine99 wrote: »When I hear people say that they don't like eating in restaurants because they can cook the same food at home better and cheaper....I think that's just a reflection on the type of restaurant you are going to.
I can probably cook everything on Applebee's menu at home.
I can't cook ANYTHING from my favorite Thai restaurant better or cheaper. I can make a few Thai dishes, but they will never be as good as the restaurant's.
Any ethnic/cultural cuisine, really. Unless you are an expert in that style of cooking, you can't typically re-create it at home.
I don't eat out very often, so when I do, I purposely order something that I will never make at home.
And then there's me who can't cook/doesn't want to cook so the Carl's Jr hamburger I had a month or so ago was pure heaven.
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I tried the watermelon with salt today that some of yous mentioned here and enjoyed. maybe I had to let the salt soak in, but the first bite made me cringe but as I chewed on, it’s not too bad.
for me...I absolutely love salting anything sweet but it has to be the right kind of salt. I like to use a flaked finishing sea salt, smoked sea salt (Maldon crystal), course grey sea salt or a pink Himalayan. Love the 'crunch' and helps to balance the sweetness of things that are super sweet imo...
Chocolate with sea salt is the best.7 -
Watermelon and straight-up salt sounds weird, but I do know people who love watermelon with feta...
Not me, though. Said it before in this thread but sweet+salty anything is not my thing.
I have put salt on pretty much any kind of melon. Really fresh and ripe melons don't need it, but if the flavor is kind of blah a little bit of salt enhances the natural melon flavor. There doesn't need to be so much salt that it actually tastes salty.3 -
cwolfman13 wrote: »Doughnuts are hugely overrated unless it's a chocolate with red chille and bacon from Rebel.
blasphemy... donuts are like, a gift straight from the heavens...
Yeah, but Rebel donuts are a whole other level. They're all sick 😉1 -
Regarding donuts - I do not like filled donuts at all - and would prefer a cake/dense donut than a yeasted one...mind you - I never crave donuts in the least and haven't had one since forever lol!2
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Generally speaking: I dislike burgers that have more than one patty.1
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i hate hot dogs5
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Generally speaking: I dislike burgers that have more than one patty.
YES.
What's funny is it's not the amount of meat that bothers me...I like a thick, juicy burger patty.
But I don't like 2 skinny patties. Maybe it's because the thinner they are, the more they are guaranteed to be overcooked and tasteless.4 -
You don't need to use oil in pan/oven cooking anything and it's a waste of calories. I never understand why people would waste 100 calories for 1 tbsp when you can make it easily with just a quick spray of pam. I have never used oil when cooking in my entire life.
I told this to my friend and she was shocked "omg you HAVE to use oil, how can you cook without it, do you use butter instead"?6 -
Noreenmarie1234 wrote: »You don't need to use oil in pan/oven cooking anything and it's a waste of calories. I never understand why people would waste 100 calories for 1 tbsp when you can make it easily with just a quick spray of pam. I have never used oil when cooking in my entire life.
I told this to my friend and she was shocked "omg you HAVE to use oil, how can you cook without it, do you use butter instead"?
i rarely use oil when cooking because i use baking paper instead.When i do use it i only use olive oil and it's usually 5-10ml. I normally prefer using it on my food after it's been cooked, to get the full flavour.
So yeah you don't need it for cooking but a little bit is good for you.1 -
Noreenmarie1234 wrote: »You don't need to use oil in pan/oven cooking anything and it's a waste of calories. I never understand why people would waste 100 calories for 1 tbsp when you can make it easily with just a quick spray of pam. I have never used oil when cooking in my entire life.
I told this to my friend and she was shocked "omg you HAVE to use oil, how can you cook without it, do you use butter instead"?
I like the taste of olive oil, so for me, it's worth the calories to drizzle it on the vegetables I'm roasting.4 -
Delicious simple foods from Asia that is very unpopular/unheard of in the west:
1.) Cold homemade soybean milk + wheat noodles (Korean style noodle dish)
2.) Rice + raw egg + soy sauce (Japanese breakfast dish). Don't get me started on Natto combined with sliced okra.
3.) Braised frog legs are very delicious. Also stir fried silkworm cocoons! (Vietnamese sides)
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SuzySunshine99 wrote: »Noreenmarie1234 wrote: »You don't need to use oil in pan/oven cooking anything and it's a waste of calories. I never understand why people would waste 100 calories for 1 tbsp when you can make it easily with just a quick spray of pam. I have never used oil when cooking in my entire life.
I told this to my friend and she was shocked "omg you HAVE to use oil, how can you cook without it, do you use butter instead"?
I like the taste of olive oil, so for me, it's worth the calories to drizzle it on the vegetables I'm roasting.
Olive oil is good if you want after for flavor but in cooking has low smoke point which causes oxidation so avocado, coconut are better for cooking if you do3 -
SuzySunshine99 wrote: »Noreenmarie1234 wrote: »You don't need to use oil in pan/oven cooking anything and it's a waste of calories. I never understand why people would waste 100 calories for 1 tbsp when you can make it easily with just a quick spray of pam. I have never used oil when cooking in my entire life.
I told this to my friend and she was shocked "omg you HAVE to use oil, how can you cook without it, do you use butter instead"?
I like the taste of olive oil, so for me, it's worth the calories to drizzle it on the vegetables I'm roasting.
Olive oil is good if you want after for flavor but in cooking has low smoke point which causes oxidation so avocado, coconut are better for cooking if you do
I do use avocado oil for high-heat cooking. It has a nice flavor, and doesn't set off my smoke detector.
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Noreenmarie1234 wrote: »You don't need to use oil in pan/oven cooking anything and it's a waste of calories. I never understand why people would waste 100 calories for 1 tbsp when you can make it easily with just a quick spray of pam. I have never used oil when cooking in my entire life.
I told this to my friend and she was shocked "omg you HAVE to use oil, how can you cook without it, do you use butter instead"?
Agreed you don't NEED it. I wouldn't call it a waste either though, the foods I naturally gravitate towards while dieting are low in fat. I'm actually trying to add "good" fat into my diet to make it more balanced.
But it was supposed to be an unpopular opinion 3
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