To ask what food you think is overrated

[Svanam]

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?

Don't try the vegan one!
Pale and insipid
Heavy on the herb - maybe sage
Coats the inside of your mouth with a vegan lard .

Ew! 🤮

Bacon is the food of the gods and the reason why most people can't become vegetarian.

Chocolate. Greasy and overly sweet.

Chicken. Bland with a weird taste and smell.

Anything smoked. Taste of old cigarettes. Although I can cope with smoked cheese.

Brownies. I love most cakes but I don’t get why they are so popular. Also Matcha and Chia pudding - it looks like slime and tastes like slime, no matter how many flavours M&S pair it with to make it sound appetising…..

@Thesummer but roasts aren’t supposed to be exciting, just the exactly right combination of predictable tastes with a nice chewy /creamy / soft mouthfeel.
When you need to know what’s coming, like a Maccys or Greg’s or even sushi or avocado on toast.

Rye bread is overrated. Sweet and a wrong overly wet texture.
Agree lobster is nothing compared to crab.
Tea. Weird tasting.

See if I am ever tempted to eat bacon, I just remind myself that it causes cancer and then I can't bring myself to.

Sadly I can't say the same for alcohol.

Hot honey. FFS does it have to be on everything.

They're not what they used to be (nothing is). They used to be lovely. I could easily do 4 in a sitting 15 years ago.
All the juice and joy has gone out of them now.

Hot Honey bastard Jaffa Cakes in the shop near me. Absolutely no need.

I've never had hot honey or heard of it except on MN, but I don't like cold honey so I can't imagine I would like it.

It makes me think of hot goats cheese. Which is absolutely revolting when it's been heated.

Fish and chips. Two different textures of bland, claggy fried food. Only useful as carriers for salt and vinegar.

I would happily eat a plate of sprouts instead of Christmas dinner. I love them!

Hot honey has spice or chilli added.

I had this very rant yesterday, we went to the pub for lunch they had a new menu. Be as well calling it the Hot Honey menu, who is responsible for this ?

Olives.

Anything that needs a ton of flavour added onto it to make it taste half decent

Oh yes, hot smelly cheese. If blue cheese smells already, why heat it up and ruin a broccoli soup with it, or smear it over pasta so it smells rank.

Also, heated or not: parmesan. If I wanted to eat the grated skin from old men's unwashed feet, I'd have a niche page on the dark web. Do not sprinkle them all over my salad without asking first.

My son thinks Gregg's vegan sausage rolls are food of the Gods. He lives abroad and they're one of the first things I have to buy when he comes home.

Eat 15 in a row and you will instantly love them. I did it once when drunk and now I eat them for pleasure!

I love the 'icing'.

"Pasta! Everyone seems to love it"

Pasta's all about the sauce. Of course it's boring on its own.
I love it in restaurants, but they probably do make a lot of money on pasta meals.

I live sourdough bread as well.

Definitely agree!🤑 Also goats cheese

Potatoes is because they're cheap and quite healthy so a good basic food.
Pasta similar I suppose.

And what's wrong with being a 'vehicle' for other food? Bread is often the same.