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Food that is overrated

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Jellywobblescobbles · 13/12/2022 20:53

I’ll start - those square,overpriced rock-hard thin tasteless crackers that are everywhere- honestly pointless. Give me a basic cream cracker/Ritz/melt in mouth aldi garlic thingy - anything not rock hard with my cheese please!😀

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Fusciainertia · 13/12/2022 21:38

Yorkshire pudding - a soggy bland holder of bland gloop

Dreikanter · 13/12/2022 21:39

Lobster.

I just can’t - partly because they’re lobsters and should be ambling around the sea bed doing whatever it is that lobsters do, and partly because they just taste bland (usually smothered in butter).

Oysters, scallops, avocado, fennel and tea I have absolutely no problem with.

Or black pudding (has that been mentioned yet?)

Probablymagrat · 13/12/2022 21:39

Caviar its just vile, oily fishy yucky muck.

Avocados just tasteless, and you can never trust them, 50% of the time they are black and stringy.

Chilli, its just painful at both ends and adds nothing but heat, no actual flavour at all and kills all other tastes.

Neverknowinglysensible · 13/12/2022 21:42

Tomatoes. Just why?
Soggy pustules of flavourless mush.

kittenkipping · 13/12/2022 21:48

whirlyhead · 13/12/2022 21:31

Sparkling water. Tastes like water that died centuries ago.

olives - I’d rather eat a chair arm.

onions. Especially at the moment as my partner has stuffed his socks with them and gone to sleep, and the bedroom reeks.

Wait- what?!! Stuffed his socks with them? Why? Whatever for?

For me ice cream. Can't stand it. Yes I've tried your favourite. Yes I know about phish food/ honeycomb/ real vanilla/ and all the other kinds . I just don't like it.

Winter2019 · 13/12/2022 21:51

Mashed potatoes- bleurgh... I looove chips, boiled potatoes, roast potatoes but not mash...

Tartifletti · 13/12/2022 21:54

Falafel. Unless they are one specific brand from Ocado that are made with spinach and so are not so dry.

Sidge · 13/12/2022 21:55

Avocados. Tasteless and pointless. They’re like pears in that they’re only edible for about seven minutes.

Mushrooms. Fungus of Satan.

Olives. Nasty bitter nuggets of disgustingness.

Knockagain · 13/12/2022 21:56

Could someone try and explain what truffle tastes like, what it’s similar to or is it totally a taste on its own? Always been curious.

AnneLovesGilbert · 13/12/2022 21:56

Angrymum22 · 13/12/2022 21:36

Artichokes.
I love stem ginger in cheese but not fruit. But I do come from the north where we eat cheese with Christmas cake.
I committed the ultimate sun last week, after much resistance I served Yorkshire puddings with roast chicken. I may never be able to show my face in Yorkshire again.
They were just wrong.

Yorkshires go with everything. My grandpa had them with jam.

I like cheese with fruit cake. The difference is I get to choose that, not have cake foisted on me within the cheese.

IntentionalError · 13/12/2022 21:57

Fillet steak. Soft, pappy & tasteless. Ribeye is much nicer.

Scones (IDGAF how you pronounce it) Nasty dry things with an unpleasant texture. I prefer my jam & cream on a Victoria sponge.

Sourdough bread, the proper artisan stuff. It’s all crust & no bread, it’s difficult to bite into & chew, it’s overpriced & it doesn’t keep for more than a day.

Greensleevevssnotnose · 13/12/2022 21:57

MrsTerryPratchett · 13/12/2022 20:59

Oysters. Snotty, chewy seawater.

Bleaugh. I cannot believe anyone likes them. Including DH who swears he does. Lying toad.

And yes, I've had them in all the ways everyone suggests, straight off the boat etc. all terrible.

I love oysters so good

djt87 · 13/12/2022 21:57

I've never met anyone who agrees with me...but bacon is vile

AnneLovesGilbert · 13/12/2022 21:57

Knockagain · 13/12/2022 21:56

Could someone try and explain what truffle tastes like, what it’s similar to or is it totally a taste on its own? Always been curious.

Literally just like earthy musty dirt. They look rank as well. And you’re meant to be appreciative and grateful because they’re expensive.

Greensleevevssnotnose · 13/12/2022 21:59

Knockagain · 13/12/2022 21:56

Could someone try and explain what truffle tastes like, what it’s similar to or is it totally a taste on its own? Always been curious.

Truffle tastes like really good sex! Musky delicious and addictive. Like nothing else on earth.

JennyForeigner · 13/12/2022 21:59

whirlyhead · 13/12/2022 21:31

Sparkling water. Tastes like water that died centuries ago.

olives - I’d rather eat a chair arm.

onions. Especially at the moment as my partner has stuffed his socks with them and gone to sleep, and the bedroom reeks.

can I have your olives

comical2023 · 13/12/2022 22:00

I love literally everything on this thread especially truffles and marmite on anything and fruit with cheese and olives and falafel

Postgraddope · 13/12/2022 22:00

Any kind of seafood 🤢
Turkey

determinedtomakethiswork · 13/12/2022 22:01

AnneLovesGilbert · 13/12/2022 21:03

Another one, sorry. Anything done 3, 4 or 5 ways. Please prepare or cook it one way properly.

And a final one, I promise. Anything deconstructed. If I’m paying for someone to make me something I wouldn’t do myself I would like it constructed.

Constructed should go without bloody saying shouldn't it?

gawditswindy · 13/12/2022 22:01

Any sweet, creamy, milky flavoured coffee. A red cup doesn't make it less of an affront to proper coffee.

Knockagain · 13/12/2022 22:01

Literally just like earthy musty dirt. They look rank as well. And you’re meant to be appreciative and grateful because they’re expensive.

Truffle tastes like really good sex! Musky delicious and addictive. Like nothing else on earth

Thanks! That’s cleared it up then 😁

ChangedmynameagainforChristmas · 13/12/2022 22:03

@djt87 · Today 21:57
I've never met anyone who agrees with me...but bacon is vile

I do. I hate the smell of it and I hate the way the kitchen smells even after I have washed up

PestorPeston · 13/12/2022 22:04

Knockagain · 13/12/2022 22:01

Literally just like earthy musty dirt. They look rank as well. And you’re meant to be appreciative and grateful because they’re expensive.

Truffle tastes like really good sex! Musky delicious and addictive. Like nothing else on earth

Thanks! That’s cleared it up then 😁

Perfect description, both are true.

determinedtomakethiswork · 13/12/2022 22:05

No, truffle tastes like having sex with a man who hasn't washed his clothes for a long time, and when he did, it took five days to dry them.

Fedupsequin · 13/12/2022 22:06

Truffle. It tastes exactly how my ex’s breath smelt😷