Repulsive trendy food

[TheUnexpectedPickle]

Inspired by the dried fruit hate thread...

Is it only me that thinks most trendy/"healthy" food is overrated at best, downright nasty at worst?

Cauliflower rice does not have the taste or texture of rice. It's just soggy Cauliflower. Reheated it smells and tastes of fart.

Courgetti is wet and dilutes the sauce with its green sadwater.

Pomegranate, mangos and satsumas do not belong on salad, especially with a garlic dressing.

Advocados are only ok.

Siracha is just expensive hot sauce. There are loads that are better.

Overnight oats have the texture of wallpaper paste and are absolutely repugnant.

And nothing, NOTHING, should be served on a shovel or any other nonsense receptacle.

Decided to try and make a chia pudding back in the days I thought it was a good idea to spend ages fannying about making meals for a weaning baby and she got one stuck on her eyeball and it was HORRIBLE

Into the bin they go!

I love coconut water and avocado, but grew up with those.
Overnight oats - vile!
Those crisps made out of chickpeas - Hippeas or some stupid name - absolutely revolting.

Agree with most of the things on here but have to confess to loving Bubble tea and sushi

Butternut squash - you take your life in your hands peeling and chopping and it tastes of nothing! Quite good for the dog’s licky mat though!

For those making chia pudding, how are you making it? I'm not sure what you're doing, but I love it when I mix with almond milk, some sweetener, a splash of vanilla and then I stir in some double cream when I'm about to eat it in the morning. It's lovely topped with berries, nuts or granola. Sometimes I mix in a flavoured protein powder as well and it's delicious. Just chia seeds mixed with a milk or liquid of any kind wouldn't be very nice at all. That being said, the texture does take some getting used to, but I love it.

@SpaghettiNotCourgetti

I've never had bubble tea but I bet that's disgusting, too. Like frogspawn coming up through your straw

Had it once years ago when visiting friends abroad. It was in a really nice mall and I thought it looked refreshing. It was vile and I couldn't drink it after just one sip.

@Fanacapan

Butternut squash - you take your life in your hands peeling and chopping and it tastes of nothing! Quite good for the dog’s licky mat though!

I wouldn’t say butternut squash was trendy but you should try it roasted with some tandoori spice or paste.

"I wouldn’t say butternut squash was trendy but you should try it roasted with some tandoori spice or paste."

But then would that be considered making it trendy? 😂

This thread has confirmed why I am eternally disappointed going out for something to eat. Too many trends and fads, too much food cooked badly and then the sinking realisation that I have just spent £££ on something I could have prepared to my liking and cooked better at home.

Has anyone mentioned 'deconstructed' yet? That was a very disappointing apple crumble in a wanky arty restaurant I can tell you.

@MotherOfWhippets

I'm so fed up of Vegan food - I'm veggie - I bloody want eggs and cheese! But restaurants seem to kill two birds with one stone now and everything is vegan with bloody jackfruit. I'm not getting at Vegans - it's just means that there's no decent veggie food anymore.

I agree so much with this. Also, I loathe any kind of fake meat, etc. it's generally disgusting in texture and what IS it, exactly? I don't want to eat something so highly processed - there's enough processed food in my diet as it is. I would rather have some halloumi!

Bao buns. Like warm insulating foam

Where are you getting them where they taste like that?!

@Everydaydayisaschoolday

Kale is horrible and tastes of mud.

I recently discovered that you can crisp it in the oven. It's what Chinese take-aways- call 'crispy seaweed'. It's absolutely delicious!

@BlooperReel

Whoever said coconut and aloe waters, THANKYOU! Absolutely rancid and I don't understand the appeal at all.

I will add Rocket, why is everyone obsessed with that bitter tasting shite peers over specs at Pret

Rocket is grim. Tastes like eating a handful of grass. Why is it on everything?

I’ve not read the full thread, got to page 9 and my blood pressure was too high, but what do you people actually eat?

So many things on here are just foods, not pretentious wankery or whatever you want to call them. Lots are just staple foods for other cultures eg quinoa or kimchi, or are basic fairly bland things like avocado.

I suppose if your idea of food heaven is meat and two veg or mince and potatoes etc then yes, these food are too much, but my goodness your meals must be dull.

This thread is attracting the fussy eaters and drama queens. I don’t like jellied eels or KFC so I just don’t eat them.

@phoenixrosehere

Bao buns. Like warm insulating foam

Where are you getting them where they taste like that?!

Pp, I hope you haven't been eating your insulation, I know there's an energy crisis but my god! Bao buns can't be that bad

The only thing I don't like that's been listed are oysters
I tried it plain though. I expect it would have tasted nicer with flavourings on.

@Fanacapan

Butternut squash - you take your life in your hands peeling and chopping and it tastes of nothing! Quite good for the dog’s licky mat though!

Don’t bother to peel or chop it. Halve lengthways and stick on a baking tray. Drizzle oil, salt and smoked paprika on. Roast in a hot oven until soft and a bit brown around the edges. From there you can eat it hot or skin it and mash it up.

So many of the raw ingredients on here I like - my DP is doing keto so there is a lot of cauliflower rice and corgetti going on at the moment. We also have wheatgrass and spirulina in our kale and avocado smoothie every morning ;0 I don't think of any of this as "trendy" just healthy living.

My gripe would be increasingly pubs/restaurants doing really odd fusion food which doesn't work. Too many competing strong flavours all poorly executed. I'd much prefer "boring" old fashioned classics done well than a mish-mash of things that don't really go. I can't actually think of an example off the top of my head but its like they're trying to combine Asian/Meditarian/Middle Easter food all at once

*So many things on here are just foods, not pretentious wankery or whatever you want to call them. Lots are just staple foods for other cultures eg quinoa or kimchi, or are basic fairly bland things like avocado.

I suppose if your idea of food heaven is meat and two veg or mince and potatoes etc then yes, these food are too much, but my goodness your meals must be dull.*

Most of what I’ve read on here sounds like is the lack of having these foods cooked or made properly.

I don’t think there is any food on here so far that I don’t like and most of the supposed new trends I’ve had 10-15 years ago so not actually new but seemingly just arrived to the U.K. and I doubt they are as new here as some think they are.

@PenStation

This thread is attracting the fussy eaters and drama queens. I don’t like jellied eels or KFC so I just don’t eat them.

yup, there are loads of things that I don't like but nobody tries to make KFC into something posh and trendy....not sure about the jellied eels

I don’t go anywhere trendy, which is probably why The occasional posh dinner is nice though!

So many things on here are just foods, not pretentious wankery or whatever you want to call them. Lots are just staple foods for other cultures eg quinoa or kimchi, or are basic fairly bland things like avocado

I suppose if your idea of food heaven is meat and two veg or mince and potatoes etc then yes, these food are too much, but my goodness your meals must be dull

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