Lobster is so so so overrated. 75% of the weight is shell. You could get tiger or argentinian shrimp for the same price per pound if not cheaper and you get 3 times more edible meat by weight.
Broccoli has very few ways of actually good preparation. Fuckoli is generally overrated and sucks ass. Pukeoli shouldn’t ever be streamed or boiled like some people do to this disgusting vegetable.
I also despise broccoli, but broccolini is much milder in smell and taste, and has a tender stem. If you can deal with asparagus, you may like broccolini.
Thanks for the idea, I’ll check it out.
Glad to (possibly) help!
McDonald’s - way too expensive for the quality and quantity.
Pork products (excluding bacon). I can’t stand the taste of ham, bologna, pork chops, etc. Hot dogs are okay but I prefer beef franks.
Mac n cheese. I like noodles, and I like cheese, but I don’t like them put together unless there’s a tomato based sauce in between.
Meatloaf. The taste and texture is off-putting.
Sushi , you pay a lot to eat possibly parasites
Don’t eat from a gas station.
But they’ll give me super powers
that’s men’s room egg salad.
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I’ve had lobster pot pie at 2 different places this year and thought both were amazing. No smashing required, and while lighter than a hearty shepard’s/cottage pie, they really hit the spot!
Also tried stone crab on our honeymoon this year, and though the shell lives up to its name, some things can be worth the effort!
If you get crustaceans out at a place, you can usually ask them to give it a few whacks in key locations with their big ass knives and then the bulk of the work is done for you.
Not a seafood fan. Somehow they sneak that shit into everything, like mayo.
I think it’s usually for those umami packed glutimates.
if you’re a mobster, u eat da lobster If you’re deppert, eat pie of shepherd
Italian restaurant food. Why should I pay so much for spaghetti and meatballs???
Agreed. That’s why I always order something cool like gnocchi when I go to an Italian restaurant. It’s much harder to make that well at home.
if you have the right kind of potato, it’s very easy and it takes less time than most handmade pasta
Pasta gnocchi come from a bag. Potato fresh gnocchi take work.
This is my opinion too! Basic Italian-American stuff seems really simple to DIY, so unless a place has some really killer house made sauce it always feels like such a ripoff. If I’m going out, I typically want something that is either too hard, laborious, or messy to make at home.
I ate Scott Conant’s lamb tagliatelle Ragu and it was really good. Fresh pasta hand made to order by a pro is worth it.
Italian food in USA is warm garbage. Everyone overcooks the pasta and puts on two much sauce.
Spaghetti and meatballs, the classic italian dish. If you’re american
The British came up with that one.
Pizza Hawaii.
Not because of the flavor,
but it should have been called Pizza Brazil.Bubble tea.
MacDonalds foods.
Pizza hut Pizzas.I think I might not be answering this question correctly.
I think it technically should have been called Canadian pizza but there’s already a canadian pizza (pepperoni, mushroom, bacon). Coincidentally, my go to pizza order is half Hawaiian and half Canadian.
That sounds like a pretty good combo pizza!
I was hesitant to have Hawiian pizza the first time, but I instantly liked it. I soon changed it up though to get bacon instead of ham so it adds crunch and smokiness.
Korean fried chicken sauce is also good on pizza.
Ya I’m not a big fan of the ham version, I usually have it with pineapple and bacon crumble/sausage
Is korean fried chicken sauce like the buldak ramen sauce?
Looking at the Buldak Original ingredients list, it looks like many of the same ingredients, but in reverse proportions.
Buldak has a lot of chicken flavoring/bullion to make the chicken flavor (dak=chicken) and a lot of pepper flake to make it hot (bul=fire) and then soy sauce and seasoning.
The fried chicken sauce doesn’t have the chicken flavor since it’s intended to go on actual fried chicken, and I don’t make it super hot. It’s a little more earthy and a little sweet.
I use a decent scoop of gochujang paste (lower heat level), a nice amount of minced garlic, a splash rice vinegar, a tiny blep sesame oil and some sesame seed, and then honey or brown sugar to taste, then soy sauce to get it to a nice dipping sauce consistency.
I don’t measure it, I just make it for making fancy pizza, so I eyeball it in a ramekin and then drizzle as desired on pizza.
Almost all fast food.
It’s hot candy.
I don’t like the food and what it stands for. But most of all i hate that you can tell that you are close to a McDonald’s, just by the amount of McDonald’s garbage on the floor, that gets more and more when you get closer. I guess it takes a special kind of person
French food (I assume because everything French seems “fancy” for whatever reason, maybe because they’re a bit more “civilized” than the Anglo-Saxons? lol) is undeservedly hyped up, right? Or is my palate too underdeveloped to taste the complexities of French cuisine?
The problem is that French food in the Anglosphere has literally been the fancy food since 1066. That’s why English has 2 words for every meat: the germanic peasant word and the french nobleman’s culinary word (cow-beef, chicken-poultry, deer-venison, sheep-mutton, swine-pork, etc).
Being the default “fancy” food is going to do damage to any cuisine as the purpose becomes more about fanciness than tasting good or being what people from the place actually eat.
For another example, look at American Italian food. In a lot of small towns, Italian restaurants are the de facto fancy restaurant . It’s basically made it so that Italian restaurants in much of the US are either way too expensive and fancy or they’ve gone the opposite route and just overcharge for really basic pasta with sauce (olive garden).
I used to agree, then i went to a couple of French restaurants and started thinking of them as the same as Mexican, Italian, etc. - Ok to go for breakfast or lunch; it doesn’t have to be white tablecloth anniversary dinner for $100. French is fucking delicious! I didn’t know i needed 4 kinds of onions in my soup, but holy crap it’s good! Great bread, sandwiches, omelettes, …
Lowkey I think pizza is a bit overrated.
I mean it’s still good, but there are better foods.
I go a step further and usually just attempt to veto Italian if “where do we want to eat” is brought up.
Again - it’s good - and I’ll eat it. But cmon.
I could eat Italian food, as in actual Italian or Americanized Italian food (not Olive Garden), for my entire life. S-tier cuisine.
Yes, agreed. My comment is in reference to specifically American pizza.
We talk the world how to eat!
“Talk”? Did you mean “taught”?
Pizza is probably my favorite food - you can buy/make it 5 times and have 5 totally different things- different crusts, different toppings, dinner, breakfast, dessert, … For the last year i have been stuck on prosciutto and fig. When we do pizza night we make 4-5 different ones and i save that one for last because it’s so good.
Fig & Pig pizza is so awesome! Sweet, salty, and carby! 🤤
Prosciutto and fig sounds like some real I-Talian shit.
I could go for that. I’ll have to give it a try next time I make some za.
I also really like pizza. I just think it’s a bit overhyped. Haha
Prosciutto wrapped cantaloupe is awesome.
Also weird to me that you’re expected to do all the work to consume the lobster too.
I think canned soup is overrated. The nutritional value is surprisingly low. Salt is high. And when I’m looking for something vegan, I figure soups are an easy genre for option. Nope. Everything has some milk product added to it.
Canned soup is rated?
Yeah, a solid threeve/ ten.
I keep some canned soup for emergencies but everytime I make soup from scratch I like to fill a mason jar or two and keep it in my freezer for a healthier emergency meal
Do you have a secret for freezing it without cracking the jar?
I use bernardin and ball mason jars because they’re thick enough to hold up to the temps. Grocery tomato sauce jars typically crack after a couple times. Most importantly I let the broth cool to about room temp before I pour them in the jars then I put the jars in the fridge for a few hours/overnight before I put them in the freezer.
Lobster High Pressure Processing
Text Article if you don’t want to watch a video, also has more details
There are now machines that will remove the lobster meat from the shell without cooking it, so you can have 100% of the edible stuff with no shell bits.
It comes at a premium, but if speed and a hassle free experience are what you’re after, the tech exists!
Hot damn. Imagine getting executed by high pressure chamber, kind of gnarly
We come up with some particularly interesting ways to execute lobsters, that’s for sure. I’m not sure we dispatch any other food animal in so many ways.
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Avocado is fine, but its not something I seek out to eat. If its included in a dish or in a meal, I’ll eat it, but I don’t find it especially enjoyable. I’m even a big fan of most fruit and veg, but avocado its kind of forgettable if you ask me. I do like cooking with avocado oil though for its high temp usage and health benefits, but I don’t really find the flavor of the fruit in the oil.
What about in California rolls and fresh guac?
I like a California roll, and I like that its all veg and grain, so I’ll choose it when thats what I’m looking for, but there are many other rolls I like more. The avocado isn’t a selling point except that its not meat or dairy and there are times I’d don’t want to eat either of those.
Guac is still “meh” for me. Again, I’ll eat it if its there, but I don’t seek it out.
Fair enough; thanks for replyin’!
The best thing that can happen to avocado is to be turned into guacamole. I’m like you when it comes to avocado, could take it or leave it, but I go nuts for guac.
It’s really good to throw in a smoothie. But also kind of a waste
Guac is still “meh” for me. Again, I’ll eat it if its there, but I don’t seek it out.
I’m with the truffles guy saying truffles with the caveat that perhaps I haven’t had real truffles properly.
Otherwise, I find KFC too overrated. All fast food chains in general, but KFC in particular gets a hype at least in my circles. From what I hear, you are buying bliss and a heavenly experience in a bucket. Come on. It’s just chicken bits with nothing special about them, in fact the cheap deep frying oils can upset my stomach easily.
Ill die on this hill btw.
When a KFC meal is perfect its one of the best fried chicken experiences on earth. When you get everything fresh, well seasoned, drink is ice cold… Bruh… Problem is it almost never is either the bun is stale, the chips were cold, the chicken was dry, the burger has just way too fucking much mayo… theres always fucking something.
But that one perfect Zinger box you had 18 months ago will bring you back monthly to try again.
When i lived at my place 2 residences back, they put in a new kfc down the street. When corporate was running it and training everyone, it was amazing. So quick, everything fresh and delicious. We went multiple times a week. The moment corporate left, it was obvious, everything went to shit, and we never went back. That was almost 10 years ago and i still think about it
Chicken loot box
A teeny, tiny bit of real truffle on something that’s labeled truffle is fine. Huge amounts of truffle oil on everything sucks! And stinks.
I’ve always felt KFC is just rated. Obviously the ads by KFC for KFC will claim it to be the best food ever invented but in terms of how people seem to perceive it and how I perceive it, the experience tastes and feels like what it is. It’s mostly enjoyable, fatty salty meat and it’s deep fried which is kinda the fast food signature taste and texture. It’s got a lot going for it, in the way that fried chicken generally as a food does, but it’s also extremely poor quality fried chicken and rarely very fresh but that all balances out to something that pretty much works for what you want out of it and it doesn’t seem to me like anyone expects much more of it.
All the chain chicken joints (Popeyes, Bojangles, Dave’s, etc) taste so salty as it is, but KFC is off the charts too salty for me to enjoy.
The best fried chicken (for me) is actually from a gas station chain here, Royal Farms, which I coincidentally had tonight!
I still wouldn’t put it as an S-Tier food or anything, but I think it’s well ahead of the bigger brands, and especially KFC.
I like Popeye’s spicy fried chicken (pieces, not tenders) and their blackened tenders.
I used to get the blackened tenders, but I must be the only one because they always took so much longer to get than the regular tenders. They’re pretty alright though otherwise.
Yeah, always have to wait but at least they’re fresh.
KFC was good. it’s now slop.
Avocado.
It’s good, but it’s not as good as what they charge for it.
Except Avocado is only like 40% pit usually.
Bacon.
Holy fuck it is very good is made correctly and timely. But somehow it was a Meme that stuck.
It was literally a marketing campaign from Big Hog, who were losing money cause of anti-fat, anti-salt dieting.
I don’t know why they want to add bacon and cheese to everything. They’re fine, but don’t have to be in every dish. Is it for the salt?
I don’t know, and unless the bacon is freshly and perfectly cooked it just sucks.
See also: Dubai chocolate, affogato, “two best buds running a burger shack” tall burgers… all were amazing, until they became a marketable meme, as you said. And now they’re shit.
Taken at a Staples checkout impulse aisle. Yeah, over $50 with tax. As seen by idiots on tiktok.
Mexican food in general.
Well, you’re entitled to your opinion, I suppose, even if it’s wrong.
Do you want the tasteless mush in a soft wrapper or a hard shell?
Skill issue. I recommend you learn how to cook. Your food sounds outstandingly sad.
Oh, see, that’s your problem. You’re supposed to put beans, rice, meat, cheese, lettuce, guac and whatever else you prefer inside those the taco shells or tortillas, not tasteless mush. I’m glad we got to the root of the issue.
Thank you for the exact recipe for tasteless mush, I will try this tasteless mush.
I think you need to try some carne asada in some real corn tortillas with fresh toppings man
You’re the mayonnaise type. Tip: Don’t put only mayonnaise into the taco. Go crazy and try exotic stuff like salt, chili peppers, and maybe even something acidic.
I have to ask what/where you’ve had your Mexican food.
Mexico, New Mexico, Japan.
Okay - the worst Mexican food I’ve had was Japan - but those other two should have given it a fair shot. Carry on.
The worst Mexican food I’ve had was in Spain. The burrito was wrapped in some crêpe-like thing.
But why would you eat Mexican food in Spain, unless you live there. Your brain went “damn, all those people speaking Spanish are making crave tacos”?
Believe me I wouldn’t have done it if I weren’t living there at the time.
Mexico is a long way from Europe and the food hasn’t travelled well.
The worst Mexican food I’ve had was in San Antonio Texas, believe it or not.
Where I live, if you find a hole-in-the-wall Mexican place it will be fantastic, I thought that rule held everywhere. Oh no. No, no, no.
Remarkably bad food, so bad. Mole made with sweetened milk chocolate. American cheese in the enchiladas. Comically bad. Absolute shit food. And outside of that one horrible experience, overall very hit or miss. How? They literally WERE Mexico! I was expecting something so good. The only great food we got there was at a hipster breakfast place.
There are levels.
Like all food, cheap mass produced version is generally bad. Home made with the correct ingredients can be wonderful.
Chilaquiles slap.
Tacos al pastor, yum. Never thought I could like pineapple in savory food.
Sopa Tarasca is heavenly.
Simple bean burrito with refried pintos, shredded cheddar cheese, chopped onion & chipotle salsa is something I would eat for breakfast, lunch or supper.
Respectfully disagree, I do rate it highly and think it belongs there. Even the simple stuff (if by mush you mean refried beans) is seasoned well and delicious. Tasty mush.
I suspect the stuff they sell in restaurants isn’t what mothers in Mexico cook at home.
I just want to rant about Texan chilli - no beans ? So, it’s mince in fact ?
