And this years culinary cliches go to....

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Salted Caramel and pulled pork.

Delicious but everywhere.

Anything to add?

I've been eating them for years - it's the folk that 'discovered' them after the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony that have made them a cliché!

Sorry, not a cliché. They are 'iconic'. Apparently

And the jam jars cost more than drinking glasses. The ones with lids with a hole in to take a paper drinking straw? That'll be a fiver please.

Fancy burgers! I mean, I love them but jesus, have we not run out of things to put in a burger yet?

thenightsky am agog - why would anyone want their food served on a slate!? Just - why?

"Street food". Just get a hot dog from a greasy van and shut up about it. People trying to pass themselves off as "authentic street food traders".

savoury lollipops (previously known as 'on a cocktail stick')
runny scotch eggs
whole iberico ham
handcrafted or posh anything

(and that's just M&S party food lol)

Hot rock steaks.

If I wanted to cook my own dinner I'd eat at home for fuck's sake.

Clean eating.

Huge weird burgers. There is a reason peanut butter and jam are not usually on a burger.

Imported sweets.

Pumpkin Spice anything..I do NOT want it in my coffee, on my bun, in my beer, on my pretzels.. ENOUGH!

Is that the near £400 iberico ham from M&S? I was very when I saw that.

Churros

YUP. Lidl had one for 1/10 of the price. Should you require an entire ham for your party.

Street food
Burgers
Paelo/clean eating.

All dead in the water.

Messed-about-with profiteroles.

" Add message | Report | Message poster thenightsky Fri 26-Dec-14 22:16:50
pan fried... where else would you fry food if not in a pan? I don't get it "

In a deep fat fryer, there don't seem to be many of us that remember these!

Burgers or steaks served on wooden chopping boards. Obligatory knife jammed in the wood.

Just breeding grounds for germs. BOKE.

Having a 'shot' (or a double shot) off something non alcoholic in your skinny soy latte. Ten years ago shots were vodka etc, not salted vanilla coco bean

I'm with you about the burgers. We went out for lunch on Sunday and ds1 had a 'yee haw' burger which was a 1/4 pounder, salad, pulled pork, chilli and sour cream ???? You couldn't taste anything individually it was vile.

Oh and people putting the shit smears in their plates that they do masterchef - the problem is i see this in my Facebook done with ketchup next to their fish fingers stacked on top of micowave chips.

yy to serving on slates and other poncy receptacles. We went to the filling station for a quick pre theatre meal and the tiny skewers I ordered came on a gigantic piece of slate set in an oak board. The poor girl just about fainted with the effort of carrying it, and we were sat right next to the kitchen. It also had a bucket of chips on said slate.

Also, paper napkins under plates in cafés. Wtf, it's a waste of a napkin! I wanted use it to wipe my hands and face but if you put a sticky piece of cake on it it's useless and you get bits of napkin on the fucking cake. Why?! Why for the love of Verna?

Anything served "3 ways"!!! Cauliflower seemed massive this year and "sliders"!!

YY to "dirty" burgers - usually impossible to eat properly.

And sweet & salt popcorn.

And popping candy in everything.

Chicken and chorizo
I like chicken
I like chorizo
Not together. In everything from pasta to sandwiches..

Fusion foods

Anything cooked with a 'twist'

Artisan bread

I always think that artisan bread just means you pay more as the baker doesn't wash his hands first.