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.

Buttercream actually has five, forgot Swiss and German but another country could make it differently than the others and it would still likely count as buttercream as long as it has butter as butter as a major component.

I really don’t feel this thread is horrible or mean-spirited. My impression generally is of a bunch of open-minded people willing to try new foods, of which - inevitably- there will be the occasional item they really dislike. And that’s what’s they’ve posted about here.

The people who are actually suspicious of ‘foreign muck’ and have eaten meat and two veg for the last twenty years are unlikely to have much to contribute to this conversation!

Once I had a Chinese dessert made with 'bubbles' (is it sago or tapioca used?) and it was quite delicious.

I'm certainly not against trying emerging trends food (and have even come to appreciate the 'sweet vs savoury' of a burger in a brioche bun). Never say never.

The only thing that I've tried that I really couldn't stomach (ha!) eating again is tripe. Had it in Spain once (as a tapas dish). Even covered in a very garlic-laden tomato sauce, it was still too 'earthy' (that's the polite word for it) tasting for my liking.

Absolutely, @Clytemnestra4 . I see no place for the Offence Police on this thread.

I will eat almost anything, but “pretentious” food is often not very nice. I like “forrin food” very well indeed, thank you, but if I eat a Jack fruit I’d like it as nature intended, not in a plant-based cauliflower-crust Jack-fruit infused quiche.

And, as OP stated, all presented as “healthy” when very often it really, really is not.

But if the Offence Police don't show up, how will we know how much more sophisticated, worldly and open-minded they are than the rest of us bubble-tea-hating plebs? 🤔

Anyway, next time I'm handed a small cake topped with a mountain of tasteless sweet ---- overly colourful shite, I'll be sure to check the frosting's cultural provenance, so that I can do equal opportunities slagging-off.

I reckon a lot of the modern food trends have nothing to do with taste but are all about what looks good in a SM opportunity. Cupcakes and rainbow coloured brioche buns being the thick end of the wedge.

But if the Offence Police don't show up, how will we know how much more sophisticated, worldly and open-minded they are than the rest of us bubble-tea-hating plebs?

Not offended in the slightest, just don’t get how foods can be “pretentious” and “wanky”. It’s a weird concept to me.

Buttercream is, to me, just butter and icing sugar in a 1:2 proportion with a dash of vanilla essence, milk if required for consistency and colouring.

I have no idea which of the 5 (!) versions that is - or maybe it's the 6th one - generic British like wot yer mum made it.

Yeah I reckon there's got to be a British version of buttercream, surely?

@ThumbWitchesAbroad

Buttercream is, to me, just butter and icing sugar in a 1:2 proportion with a dash of vanilla essence, milk if required for consistency and colouring.

I have no idea which of the 5 (!) versions that is - or maybe it's the 6th one - generic British like wot yer mum made it.

Yep that's the recipe I use, although my carer was pining for the butter cream his mother made so I used stork and ordinary sugar for the 'gritty' consistency.

As for 'forrin food', I've lived with and learned from housemates / landlady from Ghana, Jamaica, India, Hong Kong.

I've had holidays in Australia, Indonesia, a few South American places, Mauritius and I ate the local food in all of them.

There is a reason 'classics' stay around A few years ago it was all, "deconstructed" which was actually not constructed, mince beef and mash is not a 'deconstructed cottage pie'.

@SpaghettiNotCourgetti

But if the Offence Police don't show up, how will we know how much more sophisticated, worldly and open-minded they are than the rest of us bubble-tea-hating plebs? 🤔

Anyway, next time I'm handed a small cake topped with a mountain of tasteless sweet ---- overly colourful shite, I'll be sure to check the frosting's cultural provenance, so that I can do equal opportunities slagging-off.

Nobody’s saying there’s an issue with not liking bubble tea. It’s more the ignorance of being asked what ‘trendy’ food you find gross and answering ‘tofu’ or ‘kimchi’ which are everyday staple foods.

It would be like if someone said ‘which fashions do you just not get?’ If you said ‘oh I don’t get why everything has unicorns on it,’ then you’d be mentioning a trend. If you said ‘I don’t get saris,’ then you would just be mentioning a normal piece of clothing that is worn in another country.

Although I do agree with cakes that seem to be made to be viewed rather than eaten and definitely can see that as being influenced by social media. I wonder if also influenced slightly by baking programmes etc.

Nobody’s saying there’s an issue with not liking bubble tea. It’s more the ignorance of being asked what ‘trendy’ food you find gross and answering ‘tofu’ or ‘kimchi’ which are everyday staple foods
5-10 years ago you couldn’t get kimichi or Gochujang or even Mochi in supermarkets , only in speciality shops or online, now they are more accessible, First in higher ends places then in most places now , hence why it’s trendy. Some like it some don’t, a lot of people don’t use it properly so that’s probably why they don’t get it.

But if saris suddenly became fashionable here many would say I do not get the sari trend. One they are not always practical and secondly not particularly suited to our climate

@queenofarles

Nobody’s saying there’s an issue with not liking bubble tea. It’s more the ignorance of being asked what ‘trendy’ food you find gross and answering ‘tofu’ or ‘kimchi’ which are everyday staple foods 5-10 years ago you couldn’t get kimichi or Gochujang or even Mochi in supermarkets , only in speciality shops or online, now they are more accessible, First in higher ends places then in most places now , hence why it’s trendy. Some like it some don’t, a lot of people don’t use it properly so that’s probably why they don’t get it.

This makes sense, but it's so annoying seeing people's traditional foods become a trend. Of course, the people who actually cook that food everyday (e.g. Korean restaurants): are they seeing any of the profit of its popularity or is business going elsewhere?

Appreciating is good, but go and eat it at a proper place, not some bastardised version ripping off the original. Just my opinion.

Kimchi IS a trend when its sold in the UK on chips in a university cafeteria.
When it is sold as part of Korean food then it is part of Korean food.
Matcha latte is another example.

Personally I hate the smell of kimchi and can smell it when it's sold somewhere even if its subtle. But that's because I got food poisoning in South Korea (not from Kimchi) and so the association is there. So sorry yes I'm a hater.

The taste for food is often acquired - so it’s not surprising that so many posters find new foods challenging and if you don’t really enjoy exploring new foods, I can see why you wouldn’t bother.

I have followed the research on fermented foods, and eat some, but I can't make myself eat kimchi or sauerkraut. I'd like to, but it isn't pleasant.

I love sriracha, fruit in salads and avocados 😂 I also like overnight oats!

We all like different things. Although I agree with the courgetti being shite.

Watermelon steak is another one I'm not big on.

OP, I agree with you on most.

I just don't get overnight oats. I like oatmeal, but they are just like chewy oats with watery ,ilk. Hard to digest too.

If people don't want to make their oatmeal in the morning and are unwilling to use quick oats, you can make great oatmeal in a slow cooker overnight.

@Everydaydayisaschoolday

Kale is horrible and tastes of mud.

Kale is delicious roasted with honey, mustard, oil, garlic and salt mmmm

@phoenixrosehere

But if the Offence Police don't show up, how will we know how much more sophisticated, worldly and open-minded they are than the rest of us bubble-tea-hating plebs?

Not offended in the slightest, just don’t get how foods can be “pretentious” and “wanky”. It’s a weird concept to me.

Pretentious foods are usually foods that have been invented or chosen to show off, but are not actually all that good. It could be to show off how healthy you are, or sophisticated, or rich, whatever. Or people following food trends to be hip rather than because they are really keen on the food.

@Nomoresmoresthensnores

Bubble tea is the most recent 'emperors new clothes'. It will soon have its day and go the way of other fads. Because it's a fiver each and just not nice. When I had one my teen said I acted like grandma does in macdonalds

I love bubble tea The taro one is delicious with oat milk. I like the chewy bits

@OhWhyNot

But if saris suddenly became fashionable here many would say I do not get the sari trend. One they are not always practical and secondly not particularly suited to our climate

Says someone who I'm guessing has never worn one.

They can be surprisingly warm, you have the palyu to pull round you if it is cold or over your head if it is raining.

There are multiple ways to wear it and no matter how much weight you gain o lose it will fit.

Going to a restaurant and being charged £15 for a cauliflower steak.
It’s a big slice of a 70p cauliflower ffs