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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsAny food trends you are completely over?
Mine are:
Sea salt sweets (chocolate, caramels, etc)
Pork belly everything
Any kind of fries but plain. Especially sweet potato fries.
Everything pumpkin/sweet potato - It especially does not belong in Italian food. (Obviously not a huge fan of orange vegetables)
Designer mashed potatoes - I like them plain.
Anything too precious or foo-foo. I like good, simple, excellent ingredients. I'm not impressed by complicated dishes.
Frisee
Obnoxious celebrity chefs.
Well, I am sure there is more, but that's a start. How about you?
Xipe Totec
(43,872 posts)Even the sea salt truffles
http://www.mcssl.com/store/180690/catalog/category/5095088
And the Candied Bacon Caramel
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)And I like bacon, but not in EVERYTHING!
Xipe Totec
(43,872 posts)TexasBushwhacker
(20,043 posts)kwassa
(23,340 posts)the lowest form of food.
Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)And I hate the mass pig torture that creates it.
mucifer
(23,371 posts)Still and will always be a vegan!
Texasgal
(17,029 posts)UGH! What a vile vegetable!
I am a vegetarian, but I cannot STAND KALE! It's in everything now!
Initech
(99,909 posts)These "super foods" are bland and tasteless.
Odin2005
(53,521 posts)darkangel218
(13,985 posts)Kali
(54,990 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)God, it's in everything these days!
cemaphonic
(4,138 posts)Salted caramels are awesome though.
Did the rest of the country get the "communal dining in foodie restaurants" thing, or was that just the PNW? Because that was a stupid trend that I'm glad didn't catch on more than it did.
Phentex
(16,330 posts)and I find it makes the whole restaurant louder. I guess people have to talk over the people they are stuffed up against.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)petronius
(26,580 posts)(Although I do make a mean quinoa-açaí-salmon smoothie based on these informative lists... )
Odin2005
(53,521 posts)Unfortunately they are out of my price rage.
Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)Too sweet. Give me savory veggies and starches.
Smoked this and that. That flavor is too strong and icky.
Cayenne chocolate. Just no.
bigwillq
(72,790 posts)I like bacon, but not as much as everyone else it seems. I don't really get where the bacon craze came from.
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,282 posts)"GARBANZO BEANS!!!11!" ... nope, just not the same punch.
Wounded Bear
(58,436 posts)I don't mind it, but damn, I can't eat it on every item in every meal.
Xipe Totec
(43,872 posts)Stinky tofu would be one,
and cumin has always been abhorrent to me.
Aside from that, I just can't think of anything at the moment.
laundry_queen
(8,646 posts)Like using your example for instance, putting spaghetti squash or pumpkin in an asian stir fry. Um, no. And I actually like orange vegetables. Or, too many varieties of vegetables in one dish. There is no need for 14 varieties of veggies in a soup. Yes, variety is great. But good lord. My mom does this all the time. I hate her soups. Too much going on! Yes, I'm sure it's healthy. But it's not tasty at all.
Also not a huge fan of mixing sweet and savory in my salads. I like my berries in my desserts, and separate from my spinach, oil and vinegars. Sue me.
Seeing 'gluten-free' on something that has ALWAYS been gluten free. Like on a package of meat. For real.
Crazy ice cream flavors. One I saw the other day - sticky rice and mango just seemed so out there and bland at the same time. I'm sure some people really enjoy them, but it's getting harder to find basic flavors at a decent price.
I'm sure I'll think of something else overnight and I'll post more in the AM if I come up with more.
TexasBushwhacker
(20,043 posts)Like DUH.
laundry_queen
(8,646 posts)ProfessorGAC
(64,413 posts)There's a craft vodka company in Chicago that's advertising as gluten free! Gluten free vodka. Now exactly how terrible is the distillation system if glutens get through the vapor path?
And, if you're actually drinking a craft vodka, that would suggest that you're not drinking a bloody mary or something
If you're drinking martinis or straight vodka, is gluten really that big a concern?
gvstn
(2,805 posts)Any soup someone makes me is good soup. Beef vegetable is probably my favorite but I wouldn't like sweet potatoes in it but every other vegetable, other than peas is fair game. Just don't like the starchy, sweet ones. Lima beans aren't a favorite but succotash is okay.
laundry_queen
(8,646 posts)but I like fairly distinct types. Beef vegetable is okay with me too (SO with you on the peas) but my mom would put peas, sweet potatoes, broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, white potatoes, onions, leeks, spinach, beets, corn, celery, parsnips, bok choi, zucchini, butternut squash, asparagus, green peppers, green beans...you name it, it's in the soup. WAyyyyy too much, IMO. She uses at least 10 kinds in her soups, minimum. Oh. And there would be no beef. Beef is baaad. It would be vegetables only. No meat or meat broth. No distinct seasoning...just vegetables. Her soup should be named "10 plus vegetable hot water with a hint of salt" (dear gawd, I feel like I'm going to be struck by lightning for writing that, LOL, what IS it about moms that make us feel like we HAVE to like their cooking?)
My tastes for vegetable based soups are more like...Butternut squash soup...made with a base of onions and celery and squash pureed into creamy goodness.... Or Borscht - Onions, celery, carrots, beets and cabbage (& DILL). Or cream of asparagus...Or carrot soup....or cream of celery....french onion soup...you get the idea. I'm not a fan of just chucking vegetables in a soup for the purpose of trying to get in as many as possible. I like my soups to taste like something. Not like vegetable barf, you know? Maybe I'm just picky I am a bit of a foodie...
gvstn
(2,805 posts)But I swear to God I think one of your Mom's soups might be to my liking. Throw in every vegetable you have and there can never be too much celery.
A good french onion is priceless. Lots of smelly cheese wins me over.
Soup just goes into your system immediately. It is just good food.
MowCowWhoHow III
(2,103 posts)Phentex
(16,330 posts)Just make me some damn food!
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)I hate it when I have to eat dinner after I have eaten dinner already.
A Simple Game
(9,214 posts)Phentex
(16,330 posts)take your kale salad and hit the road!
Miles Archer
(18,837 posts)The local "Colorado Independent" rag has a Facebook page as well and all of the restaurant reviews are written by hipster douchebags, mooning over french fries with truffle oil and parmesan and using phrases like "succulent rockstar morsels."
Colorado Springs was not my town at all.
Odin2005
(53,521 posts)Out of touch pretentious assholes who think they are enlightened and progressive. As a Socialist I want to lock them into a room and give them a stern lecture that there is no such thing as ethical consumption under Capitalism.
I would not make it very far in Hipster cities like Portland without getting so angry my head pops off.
DinahMoeHum
(21,737 posts). . .is what I like to say.
Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)Christians (hardcore), cowboys, cadets, and conservatives. Not a hipster to be seen. But this was awhile ago.
On the other hand Colorado College is a bastion of liberalism and hipsters, so maybe that's the influence.
I take it you're not a fan of Boulder, either.
handmade34
(22,755 posts)over the whole meat craze thing... can't imagine what we were thinking as a culture to continue eating dead animal flesh long after we needed to
http://www.10billiontour.org
LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)every year there is a Hare Krishna procession down Fifth Ave., and the route takes it past a park where there is held the same day
"The Great American Bar B Que". I've been a vegetarian for many years and I feel more at home watching the Hare Krishnas than hanging out at the American grilled flesh fest. The smell is gross.
(At the end of the HK procession there's free vegetarian Indian food in Washingon Sq. Park.)
handmade34
(22,755 posts)I have had many wonderful meals in Ashrams and the memories of music and dance will stay with me forever...
LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)KentuckyWoman
(6,666 posts)I like both of them but come on..............
noamnety
(20,234 posts)If the critical ingredient that makes it a new food is "food coloring" it just needs to die.
LiberalEsto
(22,845 posts)and roasted root vegetables
kentauros
(29,414 posts)They're big now because of the health benefits and nothing else.
We had a tree in our backyard when we were growing up (my father planted it from a sapling.) It was a nice thing on which to snack while sitting outside. We never thought to squeeze the juice out of them, or dry them and use as a garnish (which a favorite Mexican restaurant here does with their Chiles en Nogada plate )
A few years ago I looked at the property on Google Maps and was shocked to see that the people who bought it from my parents had removed the tree. I guess they never looked at the prices of pomegranates in the store, or they'd have kept the tree and sold the fruits at farmers' markets. At least they kept the fig tree.
3catwoman3
(23,812 posts)...peach or lemon yogurt is quite delicious.
kentauros
(29,414 posts)And I've started to make healthier smoothies (had my first truly green smoothie yesterday that was even more delicious than my normal fruit-only smoothies.) I'll have to try any recipes that ask for fresh poms
Wolf Frankula
(3,595 posts)Deconstructed foods.
Ridiculous fusion like Korean/Cuban.
Food carts/trucks. I refuse to stand outside in bad weather to eat at an overpriced roach coach.
Wolf
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smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)"roach coach"
Major Nikon
(36,814 posts)Nah. Just kiddin.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Major Nikon
(36,814 posts)The upside is there's a lot of new players now making bourbon and some of them are quite good.
T_i_B
(14,734 posts)Japanese whiskey is becoming increasingly trendy.
Initech
(99,909 posts)No... just... fucking no. Anything that has his face on it, I won't eat there.
A Simple Game
(9,214 posts)for him to just eat out of a trough and showing the world what a pig he really is. Every time I see him playing with the food in the kitchens or shoving the food in his face it almost makes me puke. I wouldn't eat in any establishment that would allow him in the door let alone into their kitchen.
Don't get me started on the one, can't remember his name or if the show is still on, that remakes restaurants to be profitable and gets all of the staff fighting among themselves. I really want to eat in a place where everyone is unhappy. Many of the restaurants he has redone close soon after he remakes them.
All of that being said I have never eaten in a restaurant where I couldn't have made the meal better by doing it myself at home.
TexasMommaWithAHat
(3,212 posts)So over kale.
And quinoa is getting there, too.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,267 posts)and now it's lousy with kale, arugula, sweet potatoes, "designer" mashed potatoes and quinoa. I don't go there much any more. Fucking kale.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Kale is like the Kardashian of the vegetable world.
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)kentauros
(29,414 posts)Why ruin perfectly good chocolate with big grains of salt? I consider my sense of taste to be fairly good, and the salt just overpowered the chocolate, not to mention then being a blast of saltiness every time you crunched down on a grain.
Chili pepper and chocolate is a perfect pairing, and even historical. Salt, not so much. I'll be glad when it's out of my perfectly fine chocolates.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)I do like a faint chili pepper w/ chocolate. There is a chocolatier in NYC called Vosges and it had very unusual pairings. Truffles w/ chili and cinnamon, wasabi, curry powder, rose water, etc - very creative. However their genius is in the fact that the flavorings are so subtle, you can barely detect a hint of the secondary flavor. Just enough to make it interesting, but not enough to overpower the taste of the chocolate. I really miss it since I have moved to Boston. It was really exquisite.
kentauros
(29,414 posts)It's written by Rose Levy Beranbaum (author of a ground-breaking baking book called "The Cake Bible".) She's a former food scientist and understands subtlety. The book on chocolate, though, consists of recipes she got from father and son chocolatiers in France (Maurice and Jean-Jacques Bernachon.)
I've only ever made the truffles from the ganache recipes in that book, yet still haven't tried the tea-flavored one. The others are plain, mocha, cinnamon, and several made with ground hazelnuts (another traditional flavoring.) You can see how the cinnamon version makes a subtle hint of the spice due to the proportions: 12 oz bittersweet chocolate, 12 oz heavy cream, and 1/2 tsp cinnamon! It does make a great-tasting ganache though
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)kentauros
(29,414 posts)the recipe called for one tablespoon of instant tea, so it would likely be a black tea (and mixed into the hot cream first.)
Now, since the best way to make ganache is to melt the chocolate with hot cream, you could brew any tea in the cream first and then mix with the chocolate. I might have to try that technique some time
trof
(54,255 posts)Cilantro tastes like shit to me.
OK, maybe not 'actual' shit, because I've never eaten any.
At least not literally.
It tastes like chlorine to me.
Like if you dove into a heavily chlorinated pool and got water up your nose.
It's genetic.
I don't care.
Cilantro sucks.
TexasMommaWithAHat
(3,212 posts)Cilantro is a staple around here. You can't eat good Tex Mex without a nice pico de gallo - chopped tomatoes, onion, cilantro, jalapeños, and a bit of lime juice.
trof
(54,255 posts)I'm Texan-by-marriage.
Getting close to 50 years now.
It wasn't until about 20 years ago that cilantro got 'big'.
Miz t. makes a great cilantro-free pico de gallo.
It's the way she's always made it.
TexasMommaWithAHat
(3,212 posts)I've only been eating Tex Mex for about 40 years, so you have me beat.
LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)i think it should be sprayed with Agent Orange. (exaggerating for effect)
nadine_mn
(3,702 posts)Hate hate hate cilantro...I can taste the slightest hint and just ick. I am also part Mexican so people assume I love it.
If I were going to get into some nazi-style genetic engineering, it would surely be to eliminate the cilantro loving gene, so we could have edible mexican food again.
Odin2005
(53,521 posts)MrScorpio
(73,626 posts)Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)GoCubsGo
(32,061 posts)I can tolerate a little bit of it in salsa, but otherwise, yeeeecccch!!!!!
Kali
(54,990 posts)I still like fried zucchini.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Fried zucchini and also stuffed, fried zucchini flowers. Delicious when they are homemade and from the garden! I miss the old guard, they could really cook.
betsuni
(25,122 posts)I finally bought some and it tasted like grass or weeds -- not sure which because I don't regularly graze in meadows. (The whole habit of taking an inexpensive simple food and jacking up the price when it becomes trendy is inexcusable, as is splashing "no cholesterol" or "no fat" or "no gluten" on packages of foods that never contained any of those things.)
Sriracha, jalapeno, chipotle and other hot peppery things thrown at everything. Sriracha Lime Atlantis Sea Salt potato chips or Jalapeno Green Tea popcorn? No, leave them alone.
Chia seeds. I still don't know what they are and why I should eat them. It may be winter but I'm not a bird.
Suddenly coconut oil is everywhere. I'm ignoring it just as I ignore olive oil. I don't live where either coconuts or olives grow. Stop pestering me.
Food bloggers who go on and on about Nutella and put salads in Mason jars. Also, you're not fooling anybody with all those healthy salads of quinoa, blueberries, pomegranates, sweet potatoes and kale.
Smoothies. I'll wait until my teeth fall out to puree the hell out of my food in order to eat it, thanks.
So glad the "everything's better with bacon" craze is coming to an end. Like adding cheese to sausages: NO, TOO MUCH DAMN SALT.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)was completely ordinary before we called it artisinal"
LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)Fooled you suckers.
Odin2005
(53,521 posts)Pretentious as fuck.
LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)CURATED. Give me a break.
Phentex
(16,330 posts)I'm over it
Odin2005
(53,521 posts)LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)GoCubsGo
(32,061 posts)Which it is, as is salty caramel. Chocolate-covered salty caramels=Nirvana!
HeiressofBickworth
(2,682 posts)You know, the type that is just smeared on the plate before the food is put on it. If there is to be sauce to flavor the dish, put the damned sauce on the food and put enough of it on so that it can be tasted. Anything else just looks like they used a dirty dish to serve your food.
restorefreedom
(12,655 posts)i hate seeds in things that don't usually have seeds in them just to stick the chia in there.
yeah, its healthy, we get it. enough already.
madinmaryland
(64,920 posts)LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)I think "but those are for those funny plants!"
restorefreedom
(12,655 posts)begin_within
(21,551 posts)What the hell?
TexasBushwhacker
(20,043 posts)Or pineapple on pizza
Odin2005
(53,521 posts)The acidity of the pineapple complements the greasiness of the meat toppings.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)It is far more popular on the Left Coast than in the islands themselves. The pizza scene out there is, as you might imagine, pretty dismal: most of the meetings I went to that had it got Pizza Hut.
The Dole pineapple garden in central O'ahu has over 100 varieties of pineapple, many tart rather than sweet. I have long believed that one of the tart varieties would make a better pizza topping than the sweet ones.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)betsuni
(25,122 posts)the 19th century.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)Why not chicken?
madinmaryland
(64,920 posts)I can't eat pasta with my wife because she insists on putting that shit on her pasta. Fucking nasty.
Generic Brad
(14,270 posts)I have been on a healthy eating kick for the past two years and I just cannot go back and eat "normal" processed and restaurant food any longer.
gvstn
(2,805 posts)Give it up and you don't really miss it.
Add it again and it does add flavor.
I sort of go against it because you get plenty unwillingly in the processed foodstuffs. Except in chicken stock, you need it there.
betsuni
(25,122 posts)Lydia Leftcoast
(48,217 posts)Never could stand the stuff, not even when it was super trendy.
GoCubsGo
(32,061 posts)The Second Stone
(2,900 posts)but that is long past.
Wolf Frankula
(3,595 posts)I am so sick of Sriracha burgers, burritos, fish and more. I call it Shitroger sauce.
Wolf
nadine_mn
(3,702 posts)It's everywhere and on everything.
Jamaal510
(10,893 posts)cheese-stuffed pizza, and almond milk.
DinahMoeHum
(21,737 posts)Those slimy things make me puke.
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)DinahMoeHum
(21,737 posts)n/t
nadine_mn
(3,702 posts)I like some trends that help you take grandmas favorite recipes and make them healthier, but sweet mother...I do not need a "grown up" grilled cheese with 4 different cheeses, tomatoes and avocados or some shit. I hate seeing that term on menus "Grown Up" anything..fuck you.
Tuna casserole or tater tot hot dish is meant to be comfort food...quit trying to add fancy crap you have to take a special trip to Whole Foods for. Homemade chipotle sweet potatoes bites instead of frozen tots is a crime. Although on its own homemade chipotle sweet potato tots sound kinda good. Oh no....damn Pinterest has infected me too.
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)T_i_B
(14,734 posts)....is the trend to put food on anything other than a plate.
http://wewantplates.com/
Even hipster pulled pork has it's place I suppose, just as long as there's something else on the menu I'd want to eat instead.