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To ask you what food/drink trend people are pretending to love?

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mumofoneAlonebutokay · 23/05/2025 21:24

Mines matcha - looks nasty

Previously sweet potato fries but they've kinda died out now

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Gingerkittykat · 23/05/2025 22:06

Is rum and raisin ice cream making a comeback? My grandma used to eat it in the 80s and I would like to try it again.

I think the pistachio trend is overhyped. I've tried the Dubai chocolate, and it was nothing special. I can't believe people will pay £10 for a bar of it. My DD likes pistachio strawberries, but the sauce was too gloopy and sweet for me.

Lastqueenofscotland2 · 23/05/2025 22:06

Matcha tastes like gardening. Horrid

ResumedDeliveryBets · 23/05/2025 22:06

In defence of the negroni, I think cocktail menus generally very much play to the sweet palate.

The negroni has ensured those of us enjoying more bitter flavours are now parting with our money in equal quantities 😆

Poonu · 23/05/2025 22:06

MrsClatterbuck · 23/05/2025 21:33

Same here. I sometimes swap it for granary toast. Also where I am a I can buy sourdough sliced pan. It makes the most devine toast.

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@MrsClatterbuck which brand is that please ?I heart the texture of toasted sour dough

HorrorFan81 · 23/05/2025 22:05

I agree with matcha, any time i have tasted it all i get is grass

MayaPinion · 23/05/2025 22:04

Agree with a PP. Food coming out when it’s ready (I’m looking at you, Wagamama). I hate this. One time my DP was almost finished by the time mine arrived, and it always feels rushed and not relaxed.

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mumofoneAlonebutokay · 23/05/2025 22:03

JohnTheRevelator · 23/05/2025 21:57

Sourdough bread. Salted caramel.

Oo I LOVE salted caramel

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MarySueSaidBoo · 23/05/2025 22:03

Brioche is like eating a burger in a croissant. Just why?!

I do actually like Oat milk and was buying Oatly barista but as a diabetic I couldn't understand why my blood sugars were all over the place. Then I read the label and realised that there is 35g of sugar in a carton of it.

Itisallabitvague · 23/05/2025 22:03

Mezcal - tastes like if mould was a drink....🤮

Pompom12 · 23/05/2025 22:03

Grazing boards, grazing platters - hate them..all the different tastes and textures touching each other - yuck !

Marmite27 · 23/05/2025 22:03

whitewineandsun · 23/05/2025 21:28

I'm dubious about the love of cottage cheese on social media.

The only cottage cheese that’s worth looking at is Longley Farm. All the rest is shit.

DelboytrottersDnecklace · 23/05/2025 22:03

Caramel
Adding salt to it doesn't make it any better

'Dirty' anything turns my stomach

Ditto 'smashed'

I didn't get 'wine o'clock'
I just get headaches if I drink it

'Street food'
Makes me think of finding food in the street and eating it

XWKD · 23/05/2025 22:02

YellowOrangePink · 23/05/2025 21:43

Negronis

I love negronis!

Bloodylovecheese · 23/05/2025 22:01

HouseofDreams · 23/05/2025 21:37

Small sharing plates that come out ‘as and when they are ready’

Traditional tapas you mean? As served all over Spain

ResumedDeliveryBets · 23/05/2025 21:59

Brioche. Too sweet and too much of a sugar paper taste

Y2ker · 23/05/2025 21:58

Champere · 23/05/2025 21:28

Aperol spritz

Yes. It's disgusting.

MrsK · 23/05/2025 21:58

Sea Moss

Dontknowwhattocall13893 · 23/05/2025 21:58

Chick981 · 23/05/2025 21:53

I love Aperol spritz. And Campari spritz which is even more bitter.

Matcha tea for me.

Agree on both points. Also love a negroni so just like the bitter.

Matcha to me tastes liquid seaweed. Some things shouldn't be liquid. Seaweed and cinnamon should not be drinkable

ResumedDeliveryBets · 23/05/2025 21:57

Love sourdough but will at least one restaurant jumping on the bandwagon please realise it needs a bloody steak knife. Don’t serve me zhuzhi toasted sourdough stuff without a weapon to attack it.

JohnTheRevelator · 23/05/2025 21:57

Sourdough bread. Salted caramel.

ScrambledSmegs · 23/05/2025 21:56

FastnetLundyRockall · 23/05/2025 21:48

Kimchi

Proper kimchi is amazing. There's a woman who sells it on our local market, I keep meaning to have a go at making it but cba when hers is so good.

The stuff they sell in the supermarket is vinegary shite, and it's not spicy enough.

IndianaIndiana · 23/05/2025 21:56

Air fryers. I don't understand. I have an oven, the food is lovely. I don't have to wash it everytime I use it. I don't need to find work top or cupboard space for it.

I'm happy to be convinced otherwise but no one has been able to really explain the advantages to me so far!

Dontknowwhattocall13893 · 23/05/2025 21:56

FastnetLundyRockall · 23/05/2025 21:48

Kimchi

Yes I just can't like it and I feel like I should lol. Like I love fermented things, saurkraut, kombucha, sourdough.. but I just can't like kimchi

user1473878824 · 23/05/2025 21:55

Archaea · 23/05/2025 21:35

Dried lemon slices in drinks instead of fresh.

I was with you on this until I had a LIFE CHANGING vodka and tonic and three swigs sips in I was on Amazon ordering them. And giant ice cubes.

Jobsworth7 · 23/05/2025 21:55

I was going to say matcha even though I am addicted to the Nespresso pods in oat milk. They don't taste nice so why do I like it?