To ask what one thing is that ruins a dinner?

[ChloefromSundy]

I'll go first - nothing being crispy and no texture, so slop on a plate.

Coriander

Lack of seasoning used in cooking. I find it irrationally disappointing!

DH being in a sulk because of something minor the DC have done.

This, plus one of them eating with his mouth open and the other one going mental about it.

Salted caramel sauce on a chocolate brownie when it wasn't listed on the menu description.

Hot food on a cold plate.
Dogs/cats begging.

Squeaky aubergine.

Aniseed flavoured foods of any type, utterly ruin a perfectly nice meal.

Overcooked and underseasoned vegetables (side-eye to MIL and her boiled veg for Christmas dinner that she must start in Septembert)

Totally agree with this, never get serviettes or napkins anywhere these days, always having to ask.
Never get given any bloody spoon when its a sloppy wet dish with a broth or liquid component that wont stay on a fork thank you
Spoons too big for delicate dishes as you say

I also hate hard veg and naked food with no sauce.

Balsamic vinegar.

Racist uncle, homophobic MIL.

Farting dog.

Norovirus

Cheese 🤢

The idea of squeaky aubergine and arteries in burgers have made me want to puke 🤢

Same with my mum and chicken lol. How she gets it undercooked but bone dry amazes me every time 🤣

Could be worse, pubic hair

Oil on everything, where they pour it over a dish and just ruin it

I found one in my fajita at a friends house 😱 I didn’t say anything but they kept asking why I wouldn’t finish my food

Eww. Why was her fanjita anywhere near the fajita?!

Peppers
lack of salt

Overcooking of any part of the meal — vegetables, meat, rice or pasta.

🤣🤣

Badly behaved children.

If it's too cold. Fussy children. Noisy twats in a restaurant letting kids listen to ipads at top volume with no headphones. Slow service. Rude waiting staff. Grease. Cheap meat which is too chewy. When the pasta / Rice hasn't drained properly and you get watery sauce or you bite into pasta and scald your tongue on the boiling water it's holding on to. People who bite the spoon / fork. People who chew with their mouth open. People who shovel their food. People who belch. General poor manners.

Also agree mint ruins a meal and a roast where gravy has already been added.

Dil. Even the most minute amount of dil makes everything taste of dill, and it tastes fucking horrible!

I like to be able to taste the individual flavours of the food I’m eating!