What food trends are you tired of?

[IHateWasps]

In my case it's sourdough. I hate sourdough bread and while the pizzas are generally ok, I still prefer regular pizza dough but so many places seem to be switching to sourdough.

Also, putting biscuits on top of other sweet things. What's wrong with just a plain brownie? Sticking a Party ring on top doesn't improve it.

Damn straight

I love a triple cocked chip, me

As a coeliac, I’d like to announce I’ve had my lifetime’s share of Thai red, green and yellow curries. Please, please think of something else to offer us gluten-swervers. It’s not that hard.

Where do you buy the butter?

You are perfectly entitled to dislike root veg and squash but do you not think it might be something to do with local and seasonal rather than lazy?

Not when it's appearing on a menu in May, no.

I live in NI and so everyone does one. The only difference I see from others is the fried soda and potato bread. Also delicious is Clonakilty black and white pudding.

Salted fucking caramel. I hate it. I just want caramel!

Not quite a food trend, but gin. I hate gin and it’s bloody everywhere. People that like gin cannot understand that not everyone else does.

Avocado

@AffIt 😁

I agree with almost everything on this thread!

My personal hate is people re-inventing classics. I once had a spaghetti carbonara that was drenched in grated lemon rind. Because lemon goes really well with parmesan, eggs & bacon (boak).

Or a Chicken Cesar Salad with mango. Crazy fuckers.

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Umm avocado is not a "trend" it's just a fruit!
And whoever said "Mexican food" is just ridiculous!

I never got into Avocado as they are revolting anyway. But seem to be on every menu everywhere.

Yes! I hate pea protein, it just leaves a nasty aftertaste. It's such a disappointment to see an interesting looking new product in the supermarket only to find out it's made of pea protein 😠

I hate avocado anyway but this trend for ‘smashed’ avocado is just wankery bollocks. Anyone that pays £10 for some ‘smashed’ avocado on toast is an idiot.

Small plates menus. You just end up spending loads more and having lots of random dishes that don't really go together.

Everything already said upthread I agree with except for sourdough & avocado which are both lovely.

other things that can get in the sea:

pumpkin spice latte
any sickly flavoured coffee syrups
”pornstar” martinis
shit flat whites
bacon added to everything
outlandish disgusting crisp flavours

Haha! Yes indeed, wanky bollocks. I actually love avocados, (since the 70s) when they were the height of fine dining with prawns & Marie rose sauce. Smashed avocado on toast at £10 a go my arse. Often were consumed by beardy urban lumberjacks who worked in media & pronounced the word little as 'liddle'. Are they even around anymore as not spotted any of late?

Yes, but avocados are enjoying a 'moment' where they are shamelessly shoved into everything. They need to go back to niche obscurity PDQ.

You've just had bad Thai curries! I sympathise, as a vegetarian a lot of pubs were only offering a chickpea curry with rice and microwaved naan until a few years ago. They always tasted like the microwave ready meals from supermarkets. Very annoying in a country filled with good Indian restaurants.

This a million times - I want vegetarian food made with vegetables, I want proper cheese, dairy and eggs or things made with them - I do not want vegan fake meat or cheese, which is just some weird chemical concoction, and nut or oat based dairy.

Vegetarian and vegan are different stop thinking catering to vegan covers all the bases, it doesn't.

Surely that spaghetti would be clap cold before it was eaten? What's the point of it?
No thank you to grazing tables, butter boards, drizzles of this, smears of that.
Nor do I want sourdough bread, brioche or avocado.
I want proper food on a proper plate.
I've never tried triple cocked fries though, is it a wetherspoons thing? 😲

At this stage it could be cooked by a gourmet chef, I’d still not want it. I’ve had sufficient

Tried lotus biscuit for the first today and it's nothing to write home about.
Instantly remembered this thread.

Fake food designed for new vegans which replaces decent vegetarian food.