What's your controversial food opinion?

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Anonymous wrote:Here are mine:

Olives ruin the flavor of anything they are in
Sushi is "meh" I don't get the big deal
Chocolate and mint and chocolate and fruit are a crime against humanity

Agree! Especially chocolate and citrus.

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Ethiopian food is just meh, and the weird sour/limp bread is gross.

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Truffles are disgusting.
Nobody likes uni, they just think it makes them look sophisticated to order it.

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Anonymous wrote:Dunking a cookie - any cookie - in milk results in soggy, disgusting goop. It changes the essential character of the cookie, and not in a good way.

I mostly agree except for biscotti which are inedible unless dunked in coffee.

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Anonymous wrote:Controversial food opinion? Taco Bell is amazing.

I have been having major Taco Bell cravings lately, and I haven't eaten there in probably 30 years.

This was the same for me, and I finally went, and it was....disgusting. I was so bummed.

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There is a place for american cheese.

I concur. American cheese is far superior to Cheddar on a burger. Not even close.

Yes!

Ugh, no, it ruins a burger for me. But it works well in homemade queso sauce.

This is where there is a place for Velveeta.

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Anonymous wrote:Truffles are disgusting.
Nobody likes uni, they just think it makes them look sophisticated to order it.

+ 1 - Truffles smell and taste like dirt to me. HATE THEM.

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Anonymous wrote:Controversial food opinion? Taco Bell is amazing.

I have been having major Taco Bell cravings lately, and I haven't eaten there in probably 30 years.

This was the same for me, and I finally went, and it was....disgusting. I was so bummed.

Taco Bean Burritos got me through college. $2 for roughly 2 been burritos. That's a cheap, filling meal. Those will always have a special place in my heart.

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Meat is gross. Esp things like ribs, gnawing some animals meat off its' dead bones. And bacon, eating the fried skin of a dead animal. Plus, when you think about the farming, the antibiotics, the slaughterhouses . . . nope.

I know people don't like to think of it that way. And that's fine if you don't want to. I'm not trying to talk anyone out if it, esp. since I know folks who love it get really pissy when it's brought up. But for me, it's a hard pass.

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Anonymous wrote:Meat is gross. Esp things like ribs, gnawing some animals meat off its' dead bones. And bacon, eating the fried skin of a dead animal. Plus, when you think about the farming, the antibiotics, the slaughterhouses . . . nope.

I know people don't like to think of it that way. And that's fine if you don't want to. I'm not trying to talk anyone out if it, esp. since I know folks who love it get really pissy when it's brought up. But for me, it's a hard pass.

(Bacon isn’t skin. That’s pork rinds.)

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Anonymous wrote:Mine, some of which have been posted already

-Filet mignon, while good, isn't the best cut of steak. Fat = flavor
-expensive wine is overrated
-American Chinese food is gross
-Chick Fil-A ain't all that (Popeye's sandwich is way better)
-Good Italian food (it's good, but you don't have to be somebody's Noona to make a good bowl of pasta)

I agree with all of these except for Chinese food. I love it even if its garbage food. I guess its the same way some people feel about instant noodles.

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Cantaloupe tastes like rotten fruit

You've never eaten a proper cantaloupe if this is your real opinion. I wouldn't be surprised, as most cantaloupe you find anywhere is garbage. It has a short season and should never be eaten outside of season.

Yes. DH was like cantaloupe-disliking PP but I helped him see the light

DS didn't like yellow vegetables but loved cantaloupe (and athena melons, which seem more reliably better) and still does. But it is so, so hard to get a good cantaloupe. Most are green and they don't actually ripen after being picked. I read that they way to find a ripe cantaloupe is to smell the stem end, you should be able to smell the fruit (I try to be discreet about this when I do try it). Most of the time you can't smell anything at all. Pretty much it does seem like it actually has to approach fermentation to get sweetness and the right texture--not crisp but avoiding mushy.

Ripe cantaloupe smells like poop to me. I can't even keep it in my house

Maybe the best thing i have ever tasted was a slice of fresh cantaloupe, still warm from the garden (I was visiting a friend in the south of france) sprinkled with just a few grains of sea salt. it was sublime. It was a miracle flavor.

I hate cantaloupe in the USA.

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For all the apple posters, I do like crispy apples. Fuji and Pink Lady are options where I live in Colorado.

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Many responses here, and I skimmed..so forgive me if i repeat...but...I have been to Per Se, and Minibar, and some others of that type...I am not a fan of multi courses..you forget what you had, how can it be that eating becomes tiresome, and forgetaboutit if there is a wine pairing because you are plastered and the last few servings can be repeated and you would never know. The exception might be Inn at Little Washington because I remember every morsel.

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Anonymous wrote:Generally available mexican food is too onion-heavy and relies on onion for flavor. It might be a take-out phenom, or we just have bad places near us. Can't wait to get out and find better mexican.

That is definitely true out here. I am from the SW and it is not true there. I am not a huge onion fan and I love Mexican food.

I have heard this. Must travel to the SW for authentic Mexican!