To ask what food you think is overrated

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Pasta! Everyone seems to love it but I think it’s seriously overrated and pretty plain/ boring. Would never order it in a restaurant. What food does everyone love but you think is overrated?

Greggs. I don't understand the massive popularity - very greasy sausage rolls and pasties. I miss Ainsley's, they were proper.

Sushi - it looks so pretty but it's just a bit weird. Claggy rice, raw seafood or pointless little bits of cucumber and avocado. The pickled ginger is the good bit.

Lobster, give me a nice fresh crab.

I agree on panettone, also caviar, I have no idea what someone is supposed to like about it or why it is considered a luxury. Also marshmallows, dd loves them but I find them very nothing-y and they certainly don't improve a hot chocolate.

Sourdough bread. Tough as old boots and horrible sour taste. Give me a proper baker's yeasted loaf any day.

Potatoes and pasta.

I don't see the point. Just a bland vehicle for better food. I wouldn't waste calories on them.

Sourdough

‘Pulled’ anything, salted caramel, pasta also, sushi, matcha, everything is ‘maple’ now - just fuck off.

Avocado

Avocado....revolting.

Tea

Caviar, its really really fishy!
Eel, its even fishier 🤮

Potentially niche, but tempeh. Tastes like damp, musty laundry 🤢 (or at least what I'd imagine damp, musty laundry to taste like!)

I love virtually all food but am not a big fan of caviar.

Also things like salted caramel, chilli chocolate etc, why take a good thing and spoil it?

I don’t like things that have been messed about with. Traditional food is traditional for a reason and not usually improved by modern tinkering.

Rice
Sushi
Wraps
Bagels
Salad dressing
Desserts of any kind.

Potatoes in most forms

Sourdough bread (I once had a fairly pricey sourdough sandwich from a nice bakers, full of seafood in a Marie Rose sauce but as soon as you tried to bite it the bread squashed all the filling out the other side and it was a total mess to try and eat).

Brioche buns for burgers (they just fall apart and you end up in a mess)

Beans/chickpeas/lentils. I absolutely hate the texture of them the most but they always have a sort of chalky taste to me too. I was once told if I didn’t like chickpeas or hummus normally, I would change my mind if I had crispy roasted ones. Nope, still awful.

Trifle. All those different textures together is absolutely horrifying to me and I can think of many other desserts that taste much nicer.

Mashed potato and brown bread.

Oysters.

Described to me by a posh friend as ‘like swallowing fish-flavoured bogeys’. I eventually got the chance to try one and he was absolutely right.

Caviar, on the other hand …

I used to live in Japan and did tea ceremony, the matcha was nice in that context as a couple of mouthfuls along with traditional Japanese sweets.
I am truly horrified at the idea of a matcha latte.

That fancy hand carved Spanish ham. Pata negra I think they call it?
To me it's chewy, greasy and way too salty. And too thickly cut.

I'm not overly fussed by oysters. They're alright but I don't really think of them as food? Like you couldn't fill up on them?

Also a lot of steak is too chewy for me. Even Hawksmoor sometimes I don't enjoy. It's also really heavy and feels like I can't digest it easily!

Never understood the appeal of risotto. It just seems like savoury rice pudding? Which to me is awful.

Turkey for Christmas

I agree with pasta, I just don't enjoy it. Please don't hate me but I dont like an english breakfast! I like the individual components but all together its too much.

Yes! The word “dirty” immediately puts me off the food! I would never order it as could not fancy it!

Totally with you on greggs. Their sausage rolls are awful.

Sushi I think can be nice. But often isn't just because it's not fresh and not professional authentic recipe/construction.

Pasta, panettone, caviar, and eggy bread used to be poor people's food.
I love pasta, my mum used to make fresh pasta and gnocchi and slow-cooked ragu.
We used to have eggy bread or pate for breakfast as kids in the 80s in Dalmacija.
I'm not keen on sushi.
Love everything that's home-grown.
Don't understand why people like fast food like McDonald's, Greggs so gross. Not keen on fake food.

Tofu - needs marinating and burning frankly!
king prawns - no thank you
cheesy chips, no thank you
greggs