Page 7 | To ask you what food/drink trend people are pretending to love?

mumofoneAlonebutokay · 2025-05-23T20:24:06+00:00

Mines matcha - looks nasty Previously sweet potato fries but they've kinda died out now

mickandrorty · 24/05/2025 10:30

Dubai chocolate was awful i was so annoyed I spent money on it.
I do really like matcha tea but I buy strawberry and chocolate flavours, use full fat frothed milk to make it, then tell myself I'm having a nice healthy drink.

iliketheradio · 24/05/2025 10:30

Squirrelblanket · 23/05/2025 21:25

Sourdough toast. It tastes ok but every time I've had it, I've been worried about breaking my teeth. It's hard!!!

It’s probably overtoasted. It doesn’t need to be as toasted as much as regular bread.

DrinkFeckArseBrick · 24/05/2025 10:25

I genuinely like most of the things mentioned on here. Not sure why you think people are pretending

TheAmusedQuail · 24/05/2025 10:19

soupyspoon · 24/05/2025 10:17

The best ones I have ever had were in a wine bar in Madrid, we go to quite often. Never had them like that anywhere else. In oil, thick good quality oil

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Spanish picky bits (aka tapas) are the best. I had roasted small green (quite bitter but delish) peppers swimming in oil, with crusty bread.

Need a hol now.

GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER · 24/05/2025 10:19

MrsMillyFluff · 23/05/2025 22:28

Kale in whatever form ( raw/air fried etc) it's bland and inedible. You may as well be a cow munching on grass in a field 😳

IIRC it used to be seen/grown as cattle feed!

soupyspoon · 24/05/2025 10:17

TheAmusedQuail · 24/05/2025 10:08

No, but I've just looked them up and NEED them. The addition of whole anchovies! I'd disappear into my puckered little mouth from overdoing the saltiness.

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The best ones I have ever had were in a wine bar in Madrid, we go to quite often. Never had them like that anywhere else. In oil, thick good quality oil

TheAmusedQuail · 24/05/2025 10:08

soupyspoon · 24/05/2025 10:05

You've had gildas I take it?

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No, but I've just looked them up and NEED them. The addition of whole anchovies! I'd disappear into my puckered little mouth from overdoing the saltiness.

SewingIsMySuperPower · 24/05/2025 10:07

whitewineandsun · 23/05/2025 21:28

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

When I was on slimming world I made cottage cheese pancakes. And they are actually bloody lovely 🤣

soupyspoon · 24/05/2025 10:05

TheAmusedQuail · 24/05/2025 10:02

OMG, I LOVE olives! Preferably the really bitter green ones. They pucker your mouth but as so salty and savoury. But the black ones will do too.

It's the intensity of the umami flavour for me. Even nicer when mixed in with some feta and tiny pickled onions.

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You've had gildas I take it?

LowDownBoyStandUpGuy · 24/05/2025 10:05

Dubai chocolate for me, it’s ’viral’ and ‘selling out everywhere’ apparently but why? It’s rank and it looks like someone has smooshed up grass and shoved it inside some chocolate.

I don’t mind some cottage cheese on a baked potato but didn’t know it was currently a trendy food but might explain why Tesco keep selling out, I did think it was weird.

TheAmusedQuail · 24/05/2025 10:02

MyDeftDuck · 24/05/2025 00:26

Olives……….green or black…….YUK! What is so appealing about them?

OMG, I LOVE olives! Preferably the really bitter green ones. They pucker your mouth but as so salty and savoury. But the black ones will do too.

It's the intensity of the umami flavour for me. Even nicer when mixed in with some feta and tiny pickled onions.

LindtCurves · 24/05/2025 09:57

Old trend but... Cupcakes!

Just why? I think people just buy them becaus they look pretty but the topping tastes far too rich and sugary, and underneath is just... standard sponge?!

soupyspoon · 24/05/2025 09:56

Talking of medicinal things, the reason Italy, among other countries, have 'bitters' is because some of their diet is made up of bitter leaves and aromats and bitter herbs and seeds etc is because its good for digestion. Sometime we're not particularly good at in the UK

So I always feel suitably healthed up after several Camparis.

starfishmummy · 24/05/2025 09:55

whitewineandsun · 23/05/2025 21:28

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

Many decades ago I used to like cottage cheese (there were some lovely flavours). Made the mistake of buying some recently and instead of the decent sized separate curds it used to be, it was a tub full of mush. Ugh

Hwi · 24/05/2025 09:53

justasking111 · 24/05/2025 00:26

The first two I think of them as medicine

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You are absolutely right, in the Western diet they are medicines, not food.

soupyspoon · 24/05/2025 09:53

Didimum · 24/05/2025 09:39

I agree. This thread is tiresome. It's fine to not like things. Mumsnet seems to love to give itself a pat on the pay for somehow thinking they are outing all that's disingenuous. Hint – liking an Aperol Spritz is not it. Trends have existed since humans have.

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Why do people ruin lighthearted chit chatty threads?

I might start a thread on this. It will be dead serious.

No tongue in cheek comments allowed, I will be reporting anyone with a dry sense of humour. (probably will struggle to make it into double figures)

NotSmallButFunSize · 24/05/2025 09:51

Those colour sharing boards, where everyone brings food of a certain colour - why? Seems like you just end up with tons of absolute crap snacks, no "real" food just junk.

Also I never believe people really enjoy most Michelin star restaurant type food - mostly looks like tiny portions of weird stuff covered in foam, for 5x the price of a normal meal. Pretentious shite

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mumofoneAlonebutokay · 24/05/2025 09:41

Didimum · 24/05/2025 09:39

I agree. This thread is tiresome. It's fine to not like things. Mumsnet seems to love to give itself a pat on the pay for somehow thinking they are outing all that's disingenuous. Hint – liking an Aperol Spritz is not it. Trends have existed since humans have.

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It's just a lighthearted moan at the state of the world 😄😄

Join in, have a grumble on a Saturday morning before going about your day

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Didimum · 24/05/2025 09:39

GreyCarpet · 24/05/2025 08:44

Ha ha this thread is so funny with people saying stuff like “I don’t follow trends”

But is anyone actually eating and pretending to like things they don't because it's 'on trend'?

Surely people become aware of something (maybe because of a trend) and try it. If they like it, they continue eating it and if they don't, they don't.

I don't believe anyone is actually forcing themselves to eat food they don't like so people must just like things they've tried. Surely...

I agree. This thread is tiresome. It's fine to not like things. Mumsnet seems to love to give itself a pat on the pay for somehow thinking they are outing all that's disingenuous. Hint – liking an Aperol Spritz is not it. Trends have existed since humans have.

LostMySocks · 24/05/2025 09:34

Foostit · 24/05/2025 01:12

I actually do love that!

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Me too.

It had completely passed me by until we had a family holiday in Italy. Tried it as an early evening drink served with a few salty snacks. Ended up bringing home loads of bottles of the local brand as so much cheaper than Aperol.

Only like it on a hot day though.

Valeriekat · 24/05/2025 09:05

Woahtherehoney · 23/05/2025 21:39

I love an Aperol spritz 🤣 my go to in the summer.

coconut water is awful, the weirdest texture and flavour.

Coconut water fresh from the car count is lovely though.

ItGhoul · 24/05/2025 08:57

Aperol Spritz is really old news, it has been around for at least 15 years

It’s been around for over a century. People have been drinking it in Italy since about 1920.

I find it quite weird that someone would think that, just because they personally don’t like something, everyone else must be lying about liking it.

GreyCarpet · 24/05/2025 08:44

Ha ha this thread is so funny with people saying stuff like “I don’t follow trends”

But is anyone actually eating and pretending to like things they don't because it's 'on trend'?

Surely people become aware of something (maybe because of a trend) and try it. If they like it, they continue eating it and if they don't, they don't.

I don't believe anyone is actually forcing themselves to eat food they don't like so people must just like things they've tried. Surely...

KimberleyClark · 24/05/2025 08:35

Was never keen on sweet potatoes, which don't fry well as they do not contain enough starch (yes, people, that is why they are praised as low carb).

They have a revoltingly slimy texture when mashed too.

JMSA · 24/05/2025 08:15

Dragonfruit.
They’re overpriced and taste of nothing. But have become ‘trendy’.