Food that is overrated

[Jellywobblescobbles]

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!😀

Pear drops

Baked beans
tomatoes
mash
Gravy
sprouts
cabbage
turkey
olives
fish fingers
gammon
offal
beetroot

Sorbet-tasteless ice that sets my teeth on edge

Turkey- horrible- a good quality organic chicken is much nicer

Truffle- I'm mixed on this, can be nice if used in discreet amounts, can be disgusting if overused

Steak- nope, not keen

Lobster- a lot of faff for very little reward!! Prefer a pile of prawns or a good portion if scampi

Oysters- revolting

.....pigs in blankets!

Fruit belongs in cheese and beer; centuries of Polish people cannot be wrong! I don't think it's posh though. I like wensleydale with cranberries and white stilton with mango & ginger, but my fave is that soft white farmer's cheese rolled up with layers of crushed walnuts and pineapple. Heaven.

My "whyyyyyy???!!!" is avocado fries. They're a huge faff to make, fall apart immediately, and even if they come out perfectly they're still not clearly superior to plain old raw avocado and bog standard potato "fries".

Yes, I need to know this too, @kittenkipping.

I agree with the tea hatred - can’t stand the stuff.

Goat’s cheese is vile!

Baked beans 🤮

Popadoms. They are a tax on the impatient.

"F*ck me remember those poppadoms we had?"

Said no one, ever.

They're so easy! Dip in flour, pour over melted butter, sprinkle with lots of paprika and salt and pepper then bung in the oven! Yum!

Samphire. Thinks its broccoli with "A" levels but is just green slime.

Butternut squash - back with a vengeance unfortunately. I despair when I see that the vegetarian version of the curry / tacos / whatever is this disgusting stuff.

Sugar-overload desserts - I love chocolate and desserts, but I’m not keen on the genre of desserts that is all about either mashing together as many sweet things as possible or gigantic portions or both. This review actually made me feel quite queasy: confidentials.com/manchester/gooey-bakery-and-cafe-reviewed

I’ll eat most foods. I’m not particularly fussy. But… it’s a big fat no from me to

• scallops
• oysters
• olives
• pigs in blankets
• whispa chocolate bars

No to:

Oysters
Kidney beans
Eggs
Marmite
Grapefruits (who decided this was edible?)
White chocolate
Aaaand... ice cream (sorbet is ok)

Sourdough bread

Why wouldn't you want your bread to be soft and fluffy and not sour and not lacerating?

It tastes metallic because it's sliced up the roof of my mouth

@TheHappyDaze - no, white chocolate isn’t very nice, and weirdly it’s the only type of chocolate that gets worse the more it costs. I had a craft bar of white chocolate as a Christmas present a few years ago and it was like eating completely solidified butter. Not sweet, in fact no flavour other than vaguely buttery. It was really unpleasant.

Oh yes Falafel is the zenith if overrated food.

Sounds so promising too with its abundance of vowels sounds. You could almost be eating the word itself.
I was expecting a sensation in taste and texture. Unfortunately falafel tastes like a wooden lolly stick after having the lolly but less juicy. In fact utterly dry.

Taramasalata. I like dips, fish and the colour pink. No idea what taramasalata actually is or it’s purpose really. It’s just salty gloop.

I love oysters so good

@Greensleevevssnotnose is lying along with many others. You don't really. You don't.

I will concede that even though I can't live without tea and am a grumpy arse if I don't have it, it really is an acquired taste that wouldn't be as loved if it didn't contain caffeine, which makes it a taste worth acquiring.

Biscoff spread - everyone was jizzing over it so I tried it to see what all the fuss was about.......its alright, but its way too sweet and no one likes the actual Biscoffs you get at the hairdressers and in hotels do they?

Nutella all the way.

meat, fish, eggs, cheese, dairy

Mincemeat
Fruit cakes
Christmas pudding
Fruit and nut chocolate
In fact anything with dried fruit in it.

Sick

Those 5 bird roast things. Never had it but let's face it, they're disgusting.

Sushi. Yuk.

Mushrooms. They smell, taste and even their texture is revolting.
And goats cheese. Vom.