Most overrated food

[nakedfrog]

Can't stand this hipster, overhyped crap. It doesn't even taste spicy, and the rest of it is just bad. And these morons are the millennials who say Tabasco sucks. While Tabasco isn't my favorite, it is leagues above Siracha, because Tabasco actually has flavor.

Tabasco mostly tastes like hot vinegar. That's not a good thing to taste like.

 

[BurnItDwn]

Lettuce ...
1.) it doesn't have any flavor
2.) it's horrible for the environment due to emissions needed to transport it
3.) it's horrible for the environment due to the it's irigation needs
4.) it's horrible due to the opportunity cost of planting it vs a better crop.

 

[lxskllr]

Tabasco mostly tastes like hot vinegar. That's not a good thing to taste like.

It's a pretty good thing to taste like. Goes great with instant ramen or instant miso soup. It also soaks nicely into fries for a Brit fire take on chips.

 

[nakedfrog]

It's a pretty good thing to taste like. Goes great with instant ramen or instant miso soup. It also soaks nicely into fries for a Brit fire take on chips.

Rather use Texas Pete's or some other hot sauce that actually tastes good.

 

[shortylickens]

Lettuce ...
1.) it doesn't have any flavor
2.) it's horrible for the environment due to emissions needed to transport it
3.) it's horrible for the environment due to the it's irigation needs
4.) it's horrible due to the opportunity cost of planting it vs a better crop.

All goods need transportation. Lettuce isnt special. You need trucks for beans and corn chinese t-shirts.
Almost all plants need irrigation, again lettuce is not really special.
There is ALWAYS opportunity cost with any produced good. Once again, lettuce is not special. If people are planting it, its cuz people are buying it.
If you planted wheat EVERYWHERE an no other crops, wheat would shoot down in price and everything else would shoot up.


I dont think you've ever had an economics class and I know for a fact you've never spent time on a farm.

Having said all that, I would be damn foolish to argue the issue of flavor.

 

[sandorski]

Lettuce ...
1.) it doesn't have any flavor
2.) it's horrible for the environment due to emissions needed to transport it
3.) it's horrible for the environment due to the it's irigation needs
4.) it's horrible due to the opportunity cost of planting it vs a better crop.

You'll have to pry the Romaine out of my dead cold hands!

 

[Xstatic1]

My vote is Japanese ramen. It's good but the pork, chicken, or soy broth does nothing for me.

I can count on one hand how many Ramen restaurants I've been to (IOW, not many) but the best one I've been to was in Vegas, Monta Ramen. Everything beyond the broth and noodles cost extra (I ordered the pork, flavored egg, and dried seaweed)... all that made for one delicious ramen meal.

My most overrated foods:

Sandwiches with 800-foot-thick slabs of bread.
Sandwiches that are so overfilled that you can't possibly eat them without looking like a toddler.
White bread. Why even bother?
Cheesecake. It's sorta good sometimes, but that's it. I've never had a cheesecake that really impressed me.
Extremely spicy foods / eating peppers whole. If I want to be miserable, I can watch the news for free.
Bacon. See cheesecake.

I'm no stranger to cheesecakes. I started baking my own a few years ago. Every once in awhile, I'll buy a couple slices from Cheesecake Factory. I think the main reason *most* cheesecakes don't taste great (including Cheesecake Factory!) is they use SOUR CREAM (which is the ingredient in older recipes) or they add 1 tablespoon flour to the filling. Yuck! Heavy Cream is where it's at.

crudites, beets & feta salad, lobster mac

Is it because of lobster or the cheese? I haven't made lobster mac yet (I make crab & shrimp mac & cheese), and I use 3 kinds of cheeses.

anything from Olive Garden.

I've eaten there in the past year. Their food is hella better than it used to be.

Pulled pork. Good ol' stews and grilled pork chops are much better.

I can kinda agree with you. Hubby and I have eaten at well over a dozen BBQ joints (mainly in Texas, and a couple in Memphis), and *most* of them have sucky Pulled Pork. I think it's the spices (or lack thereof) that makes it not so great. I think the recipe I came up with uses 10 spices.

 

[shortylickens]

I have yet to be wowed by caviar
Truffles are good but not $15/gram good.

Its all about presentation.

 

[Xstatic1]

Nutella. It's a sorry excuse for chocolate.

Noooooo! Although I've never eaten by itself, I use it as an ingredient for one of my cupcake frostings.

cupcakes

I'm a dessertie, and I can sorta agree... it's tough finding *good* cupcakes. Generally though, the grocery store ones aren't worth buying. Cupcake stores/bakeries are usually hit or miss.

Chocolate.
I've never bought into the hype.
Almond Snickers and Peanut M&Ms are good though.

Have you tried European chocolate or what I call "gourmet" chocolate (like Lindt)? They're usually smoother than the ones you'll find by the grocery store cashier.

 

[Xstatic1]

I knew there was one post I had forgotten to reply to...

I have yet to be wowed by caviar
Truffles are good but not $15/gram good.

I don't know what the actual truffle taste like, but I bought some truffle salt a few months ago. If you can get past the smell ( ), it tastes pretty good.

 

[lxskllr]

Rather use Texas Pete's or some other hot sauce that actually tastes good.

LoL, Texas Pete. Same amount of vinegar, half the heat, and some extra crap added cause they lack skill in manufacturing. Tabasco is the benchmark for Louisiana hot sauce. Everyone else is an also-ran.

 

[nakedfrog]

LoL, Texas Pete. Same amount of vinegar, half the heat, and some extra crap added cause they lack skill in manufacturing. Tabasco is the benchmark for Louisiana hot sauce. Everyone else is an also-ran.

I guess being the best at being the worst counts for something?

 

[zinfamous]

Tabasco mostly tastes like hot vinegar. That's not a good thing to taste like.

it's great, because it complements things like eggs and especially potatoes, which are always great with vinegar. Potatoes are probably the best food item ever, so if it has uses with potatoes, then it's a winner, imo.

vinegar is just awesome all over.

I like sriracha OK, but only for a few things. Rice and a few asian dishes, but nothing else. I don't really like sweet on anything.

 

[zinfamous]

LoL, Texas Pete. Same amount of vinegar, half the heat, and some extra crap added cause they lack skill in manufacturing. Tabasco is the benchmark for Louisiana hot sauce. Everyone else is an also-ran.

you crazy man. Yeah, it's not as hot as Tabasco, but Texas Pete is the best. My favorite cayenne-based sauce, anyway. Tabasco isn't even as good as Crystal, fair sir.

 

[Imported]

I'll go with Greek food. Been to a local Greek restaurant that is always busy and I've never come away impressed.

 

[zinfamous]

I knew there was one post I had forgotten to reply to...



I don't know what the actual truffle taste like, but I bought some truffle salt a few months ago. If you can get past the smell ( ), it tastes pretty good.

I escaped from an event with about 2 liters of fancy white truffle oil and thought I was somehow running away with liquid gold. And then i opened it, and tried to put it on a few things....I love mushrooms and truffles occasionally, but I have no idea what this white truffle oil is for, other than making food taste like butt.

 

[nakedfrog]

it's great, because it complements things like eggs and especially potatoes, which are always great with vinegar. Potatoes are probably the best food item ever, so if it has uses with potatoes, then it's a winner, imo.

vinegar is just awesome all over.

I like sriracha OK, but only for a few things. Rice and a few asian dishes, but nothing else. I don't really like sweet on anything.

Vinegar is good for pickles, and descaling the coffee machine.

 

[nakedfrog]

I'll go with Greek food. Been to a local Greek restaurant that is always busy and I've never come away impressed.

You don't like gyros? Souvlaki? Greek chicken/riganati?

 

[Imported]

You don't like gyros? Souvlaki? Greek chicken/riganati?

Never been a huge gyro fan. I'll take many other forms of skewered meat over souvlaki and the local place I was talking about always overcooks their chicken (maybe it's this restaurant that is turning me off). Also not big on dolma, moussaka or spanakopita. I do like baklava though..

 

[nakedfrog]

I'd like baklava more if it were less nutty, a fella only enjoys so many nuts in his mouth at a time.

 

[rh71]

Seafood - they live in the world's sewer.

Yup, or in other words, insects of the ocean. I don't get it.

 

[AznAnarchy99]

I'll go with Greek food. Been to a local Greek restaurant that is always busy and I've never come away impressed.

I actually spent a week in Greece and although their gyros are great, it was pretty much all the had lol. By the 4-5th day I was dying to go back to Italy.

 

[feralkid]

Rice.

Its just fuckin STARCH, people! Its not healthy. Its an energy block and not a particularly good one either.
You can get starch from anywhere and usually with a lot more nutrition.
8 ounces of potato has as much starch as 8 ounces of rice but also includes a metric butt ton of vitamins.

Try brown rice next time and try to lighten up, Francis.

 

[FeuerFrei]

Have you tried European chocolate or what I call "gourmet" chocolate (like Lindt)? They're usually smoother than the ones you'll find by the grocery store cashier.

I don't even know what "European chocolate" is. Lindt I have heard of. I generally avoid/ignore anything chocolate, so I'm not that chocolate savvy. I for sure don't eat solid chocolate.

 

[ctbaars]

Pizza