What's your controversial food opinion?

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Anonymous wrote:I hate salad dressing. That includes oil and vinegar.

Salads are gross, period. Putting a bunch of raw leaves and vegetables in a bowl and expecting someone to eat it is an insult.

Agree with salad dressings being totally gross. I don't know how people eat them.

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Anonymous wrote:People who eat red meat cooked more than medium rare are unsophisticated and might as well just stick to the Old Country Buffet

Depends on where you are getting the meat.

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I’ll raise you Japanese desserts. If you’ve ever marveled over the bottom floor food hall of a Japanese department store, then you know what I mean. The best croissants I’ve had have all been from Japan, and not France.

Indeed. Japanese take everything to the extreme in terms of perfection. Strawberry shortcake from Japan is unbeatable.

I am central European desserts pp. I've never been to Japan. What kind of desserts are we talking about?

They have western deserts in Japan.


You simply have to understand Japanese philosophy and culture. A strawberry isn't just a strawberry, and a melon isn't just a melon because the look like ones. Japanese take perfection to the extreme. Strawberries are grown to look *perfect*. Melons are grown to look *perfect*. And not only do they look perfect, they're grown to taste perfect. Take the concept of a melon or a strawberry and think about their zenith potential for taste and appearance. That's what they have in Japan. You've never truly had a good strawberry or melon until you've been to Japan. I mean you'll certainly pay for it.....a single perfect strawberry might cost $12 while a slice of perfect melon might cost $20+, but it will open your mind to how good a price of fruit can truly taste.


Now take that kind of extreme perfectionism for craft, taste, and appearance to everything from coffee to confections. The Japanese are masters of cooking and baking. They perfect things from everything like strawberry shortcake to ice creams to cheesecakes to basically every kind of western dessert you can imagine.

Of course there are Japanese style sweets that are fantastic, but are probably less appealing to westerners who like heavier desserts. The Japanese do western style desserts often better than westerners themselves. Heck, I'd even argue that even Thailand does that too in their crazy rich asian shopping malls, fancy hotels and boutique cafes. But yeah, this is what the ground floor of a typical Japanese department store looks like,they're monuments to perfectionism:










One thing that Europe wins hands down on though is chocolate. Japanese don't do it all that well like Belgians or Germans.

Japanese style western desserts also tend to be less sweet and fatty than European or American versions. Everything is just light and clean tasting. It really is a marvel. They do have some good chocolates in Japan too. Try Royce ganache and Meiji Ghana bars. Filled chocolates like European style bonbons aren’t really a thing in Japan so you won’t find too many of those except the random Godivas and Guylian seashells people bring back as gifts from abroad.

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Most coconut foods taste like sunscreen.

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I love hot dogs with chips, mustard and pickles stuffed in the bun.

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People who "don't eat things" are obnoxious. I'm not talking about vegetarians, or people with real allergies. I mean, I don't eat Asian, I don't eat Indian. I once had someone say to me "I don't eat white food." Are you a toddler?

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Anonymous wrote:People who eat red meat cooked more than medium rare are unsophisticated and might as well just stick to the Old Country Buffet

Depends on where you are getting the meat.

And what kind/cut of red meat.

Steak? I agree.

But there are really good dishes with slow-cooked or well-done red meat - oxtail stew, goat curry, beef bourguignon, brisket, ropa vieja, just to name a few.

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Anonymous wrote:I love hot dogs with chips, mustard and pickles stuffed in the bun.

Is this controversial? I think it’s a thing in many places. Like putting chips on a tuna salad sandwich

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I’ll raise you Japanese desserts. If you’ve ever marveled over the bottom floor food hall of a Japanese department store, then you know what I mean. The best croissants I’ve had have all been from Japan, and not France.

Indeed. Japanese take everything to the extreme in terms of perfection. Strawberry shortcake from Japan is unbeatable.

I am central European desserts pp. I've never been to Japan. What kind of desserts are we talking about?

They have western deserts in Japan.


You simply have to understand Japanese philosophy and culture. A strawberry isn't just a strawberry, and a melon isn't just a melon because the look like ones. Japanese take perfection to the extreme. Strawberries are grown to look *perfect*. Melons are grown to look *perfect*. And not only do they look perfect, they're grown to taste perfect. Take the concept of a melon or a strawberry and think about their zenith potential for taste and appearance. That's what they have in Japan. You've never truly had a good strawberry or melon until you've been to Japan. I mean you'll certainly pay for it.....a single perfect strawberry might cost $12 while a slice of perfect melon might cost $20+, but it will open your mind to how good a price of fruit can truly taste.


Now take that kind of extreme perfectionism for craft, taste, and appearance to everything from coffee to confections. The Japanese are masters of cooking and baking. They perfect things from everything like strawberry shortcake to ice creams to cheesecakes to basically every kind of western dessert you can imagine.

Of course there are Japanese style sweets that are fantastic, but are probably less appealing to westerners who like heavier desserts. The Japanese do western style desserts often better than westerners themselves. Heck, I'd even argue that even Thailand does that too in their crazy rich asian shopping malls, fancy hotels and boutique cafes. But yeah, this is what the ground floor of a typical Japanese department store looks like,they're monuments to perfectionism:










One thing that Europe wins hands down on though is chocolate. Japanese don't do it all that well like Belgians or Germans.

Japanese style western desserts also tend to be less sweet and fatty than European or American versions. Everything is just light and clean tasting. It really is a marvel. They do have some good chocolates in Japan too. Try Royce ganache and Meiji Ghana bars. Filled chocolates like European style bonbons aren’t really a thing in Japan so you won’t find too many of those except the random Godivas and Guylian seashells people bring back as gifts from abroad.

The most glorious airport I’ve ever been through is Chitose, which is the main hub for Sapporo in Japan. Royce’ has an entire chocolate factory there where you can watch the chocolates get made. But honestly, besides strawberry shortcake, my favorite Japanese desserts are cream puffs, cheesecakes, and luscious soft serve ice creams. All of which you can find at that airport, in addition to a gigantic food hall selling fresh crabs, produce, and gobs and gobs of other baked items and sweet treats. I imagine it’s what heaven must be like.

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Anonymous wrote:Any parent who feeds their kids fast food is trash. I don’t care if you drive a nice SUV and it’s just a “treat” after sports practices - it’s trashy and it normalizes that garbage food for when your kid is a teen and adult making their own decisions.

I guess my controversial food opinion is that it’s bizarre to summarily dismiss any human being as “trash” because of their dietary habits.

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i curse the people who brought kale and quinoa mainstream.

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Anonymous wrote:I love hot dogs with chips, mustard and pickles stuffed in the bun.

I haven't tried this, but I think I'm going to have to try now. Sounds delicious. I bet it would be great with salt and vinegar chips.

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Anonymous wrote:I love hot dogs with chips, mustard and pickles stuffed in the bun.

I haven't tried this, but I think I'm going to have to try now. Sounds delicious. I bet it would be great with salt and vinegar chips.

DP I just had one because it got me thinking of it. Put one whole quarter slice of pickle on bun.

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Anonymous wrote:Peanut butter is disgusting! You can only like it if you grew up with it. It escapes me why anyone thinks it is awesome.

Consider trying a nice fresh natural peanut butter lightly spread inside a sharp cheddar quesadilla.

Ew WTF?? Now that is controversial.

I KNOW.

But think about trying it sometime. It's not what you would expect at all.

You sweet thing. You really are pushing this!

OK, we might need a separate thread for the people you want to win over.
I have Ortega soft tortillas, shredded cheddar cheese and Jif. Will that work? Or do I need top tier ingredients?

Sure! I think natural peanut butter is better, but I be that would work. Or at least be worth a go.

How sweet of you to be willing to try! (I might just be crazy. I think I may have said it was the best thing my ex left me? Never would have tried on my own.)

Sorry about late reply -- I've been ODing on Political Forum and living in the land of migraines.

Omg I’m invested. I really want PP to come back and tell us what she thought. There is no way I could bring myself to try this.

I have no desire to try that but I always liked peanut butter with a thin spread of butter on the sandwich too...makes the peanut butter creamier. I still make it (but only when no one else is around)

But did the PP try it?? I still want to know what she thought! I saw one poster said it was ok and then added salsa. Which kinda just made it sound so much worse. I might sneak this into the next quesadilla I make, feed it to my DH, and see what he does...

PP here with the Jif/shredded cheddar and ortega kit. I have NOT yet, but will after my workout today. That's a promise.

I am so excited!

For me, it's only really good with extra shard cheddar and natural peanut butter, but people can try all sorts of things and see. More data points. Love it.

Can we please get a status update on this

I also want an update.

I had a bacon cheeseburger with peanut butter on it once (in New Orleans) and it was amazing. So I can kind of see this working.

Did we ever come full circle on this? Peanut butter on a cheeseburger also sounds absurd!! Like someone thought, hmmm how can we pack the most calories into a single bite.

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Honeycrisp apples are bland extremely overrated.

Yes I said it. Fight me.