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What ingredients do you consider over-rated?

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SethStarkaddersMum · 27/03/2010 19:35

I don't like Marigold vegetable stock powder. I know Nigella et al swear by it but personally I think it is no better than Kallo and have no idea what foodies think is so great about it. Does anyone know?

So.... other over-rated ingredients?

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LynetteScavo · 27/03/2010 20:30

I love balsmic vinegar!

Are truffles really expensive? I used to know someone who used to get a whole truffle and just eat it slice by slice. Heavens only knows why.

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SethStarkaddersMum · 27/03/2010 20:30

It's a long time since I've been to a foamy restaurant, but yes, quite.

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LynetteScavo · 27/03/2010 20:31

What foam in resurants?

LynetteScavo · 27/03/2010 20:32

Oh God, what am I missing out on???? I want to go to a foamy resturant!

Alouiseg · 27/03/2010 20:32

Flour in sauces, I prefer good old double cream.

Cobblers · 27/03/2010 20:33

It's just a bubbly sauce.

duckyfuzz · 27/03/2010 20:35

god I love balsamic vinegar and extra virgin olive oil is so much fruitier than standard

BitterAndTwistedChoreDodger · 27/03/2010 20:35

foamy restaurant

LynetteScavo · 27/03/2010 20:35

Bubbly sauce? Savoury? You mean over whisked?

I really feel like I'm missingout here.

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SethStarkaddersMum · 27/03/2010 20:37

Lynette the theory is that foam means the flavours take longer to slide over your tastebuds than if it was a liquid, hence you get more of the flavour. Jellies do the same thing, but foam is trendy so you see it a lot in poncey places. A lot of the time it's just like eating green cappucino.

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120 · 27/03/2010 20:40

oh. yes. foam. spit. yuck

Kettle chips. why are they so hard that they make small children gag and get completely stuck in your teeth?

Cobblers · 27/03/2010 20:40

It's amazing what you have to do for a Michelin star these days.

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SethStarkaddersMum · 27/03/2010 20:40

foamy restaurant. I'm never going to be able to get dh to go to a fancy restaurant again after I made him go there.

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Cobblers · 27/03/2010 20:44

Would any of you be offended if I said 'what a bag of wank' about the above restaurant?

maximinimum · 27/03/2010 20:45

pesto

Lulumaam · 27/03/2010 20:46

capers, anchovies and pak choi are fantastic !! so flavoursome. i love pizza with artichokes, capers and anchovies. and about 2 litres of water!

BitterAndTwistedChoreDodger · 27/03/2010 20:46

Sorry, couldn't resist

thehillsarealive · 27/03/2010 21:09

maximinimum - what sort of pesto? basil, red pepper? what dont you like about it? Just being nosey...

cobblers - not in the slightest.

Joolyjoolyjoo · 27/03/2010 21:15

thai fish sauce- I've tried to get on with it, I really have, but the smell of it makes me retch- it smells like dogs anal glands (sorry to be gross, but it does!)

Monty100 · 27/03/2010 21:15

Cobblers - absolutely not! Jeez

And the navigation on the website is bloody awful.

GetOrfMoiLand · 27/03/2010 21:25

I love capers, anchovies and olives.

Yummy yum yum.

Monty100 · 27/03/2010 21:27

Getorf, I'm so glad you didn't say 'om nom nom'

notnowbernard · 27/03/2010 21:27

Goat's cheese

Smells like goat. Yuk

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SethStarkaddersMum · 27/03/2010 21:29

'om nom nom' is like the foam of food appreciation noises.

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wukter · 27/03/2010 21:31

YY Dorothea to following orders with Bay leaves.