S/O Share your snobbish annoying food opinions

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Anonymous wrote:Today at Giant, I saw a number of customers put prepackaged Panera soups in their carts (the kind in the refrigerated section in plastic containers with a lid)….just why?? Panera soups taste bad enough when they’re freshly made I can’t imagine what they taste like sitting in a grocery store for a few days.

Okay, but hear me out… Trader Joe’s Tomato and Roasted Red Pepper soup in a carton is pretty tasty and handy, too. I add veggies, basil and Parmesan.

I've been eating this for probably 15 years. This should probably go on the S/O thread about "trashy" food you like, but I break off pieces of bagel chips and scoop some laughing cow cheese onto them and toss them into the soup to heat up and melt in the bowl. It's like a take on a grilled cheese and tomato soup, but it also low fat and calorie. I don't diet often but it's surprisingly delicious when you're only kind of hungry or want something warm, comforting, and super quick.

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Anonymous wrote:Those recipe videos you see online of people making "easy" dinners and adding a brick of cream cheese look disgusting.

I bet if it was a tub of mascarpone you would feel differently…

NP, but absolutely not. We may not be watching the same videos but in no way would frozen chicken nuggets topped with a can of chili, a quick pack of rice from the microwave and mascaparone or anything stirred into a slurry, topped with grated cheese and frozen tater tots and baked be appetizing. It's Duggar food.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm appalled by our culture's need to add sweetness to everything. Pasta sauce, bread, salad dressing, yogurt. I am convinced everything is sweeter (and in a different way) than it was when we were kids. I was trying to find a lower sugar bread for my kids and picked up one that was advertised as such only to find it had stevia in it. What's wrong with things being just...not sweet?

Really? I have no problems finding all of the above without sugar. Just read labels and there are plenty of options

I am sort of appalled at how much sugar has been demonized in recent years. Many of you don’t remember the similar treatment “cholesterol” got and how we would recoil from butter. Pasta used to be considered a healthful choice in the 90s. I like to add a little sugar to my red sauce to balance the acidity.

That’s different, and fine. But go look at the packaged bread aisle, condiments, packaged cereals, snacks, beverages, ice cream, etc. All full of sugar and especially corn syrup. It’s absolutely different than what you would have seen on the shelves when I was a kid and not in a good way.

DP and I agree. I prefer to save my sugar quota for actual desserts!

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Anonymous wrote:Desserts of Asian cuisines generally suck.

+1

The Japanese do some amazing renditions of Western desserts that are usually better than the original. I think it has to do with their more restrained use of sugar. I love me a Japanese cream puff!!

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Chocolate covered strawberries are stupid.

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The meals I had at a three star restaurant in France and at a top-rated destination restaurant in this area were not the best meals of my life. I don't like superior acting waiters.

I would rather have a great wiener schnitzel meal.

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Hot cocoa bombs are gross and I cannot believe people consume these- or worse, give them to kids. And then we wonder why so many people struggle with weight. I saw these at Trader Joe’s and they were in the shape of polar bears and very cute. Definitely something kids would see and want. They are nearly 500 calories and 50g sugar and that is before you add the milk.

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If you shake your pre-grated "parmesan" "cheese" out of a can, you're doing it wrong.

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Anonymous wrote:Desserts of Asian cuisines generally suck.

Mahout your mouth. Mango and sticky rice is one of the best desserts ever.

Do they mean Asian minus Indian? I love Indian sweets.

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Edible Arrangements needs to go out of business.

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Meats at chain groceries have been substandard for about a year maybe. No idea what's going on, but it's disgusting. Only a handful of not great steaks, ground beef that's tough when cooked with hard mystery bits in it, if its not green already at the store, and chicken last night was so gamey after cooking it an entire hour in boiling water. I miss my 2020 meat

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This is not an opinion. It is a fact in our house. My DH, kids and I, we all cook. We use organic and fresh ingredients (as much as possible) and we make food from scratch to the best of our abilities.

- we use fresh minced garlic, ginger, herbs, onions, tomatoes.
- we grate our own cheese
- we make our own pasta, pasta sauce, rotis, bread, yogurt, ghee.
- yes to using kerrigold butter.
- we also make fresh cream from raw milk. we use farm fresh eggs. You have to be careful using it and hygiene is very important.
- we grind our own meat instead of buying it from store. The quality and taste is amazing.
- I only use basmati rice imported from India and I make it in the traditional way - wash three times, cook in water like pasta.
- we like quinoa but we no longer eat it plain. we mainly make a spicy upma or pilaf out of it. That is the only way we can make it appealing.
- we make our own tea masala. roast, grind and brew our own coffee.
- we do not use sugar substitute. We use honey, sugar or jaggery. I also make a puree of dates to sweeten my drinks.

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Anonymous wrote:This is not an opinion. It is a fact in our house. My DH, kids and I, we all cook. We use organic and fresh ingredients (as much as possible) and we make food from scratch to the best of our abilities.

- we use fresh minced garlic, ginger, herbs, onions, tomatoes.
- we grate our own cheese
- we make our own pasta, pasta sauce, rotis, bread, yogurt, ghee.
- yes to using kerrigold butter.
- we also make fresh cream from raw milk. we use farm fresh eggs. You have to be careful using it and hygiene is very important.
- we grind our own meat instead of buying it from store. The quality and taste is amazing.
- I only use basmati rice imported from India and I make it in the traditional way - wash three times, cook in water like pasta.
- we like quinoa but we no longer eat it plain. we mainly make a spicy upma or pilaf out of it. That is the only way we can make it appealing.
- we make our own tea masala. roast, grind and brew our own coffee.
- we do not use sugar substitute. We use honey, sugar or jaggery. I also make a puree of dates to sweeten my drinks.

Ok, but you sound kind of insufferable.

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Anonymous wrote:This is not an opinion. It is a fact in our house. My DH, kids and I, we all cook. We use organic and fresh ingredients (as much as possible) and we make food from scratch to the best of our abilities.

- we use fresh minced garlic, ginger, herbs, onions, tomatoes.
- we grate our own cheese
- we make our own pasta, pasta sauce, rotis, bread, yogurt, ghee.
- yes to using kerrigold butter.
- we also make fresh cream from raw milk. we use farm fresh eggs. You have to be careful using it and hygiene is very important.
- we grind our own meat instead of buying it from store. The quality and taste is amazing.
- I only use basmati rice imported from India and I make it in the traditional way - wash three times, cook in water like pasta.
- we like quinoa but we no longer eat it plain. we mainly make a spicy upma or pilaf out of it. That is the only way we can make it appealing.
- we make our own tea masala. roast, grind and brew our own coffee.
- we do not use sugar substitute. We use honey, sugar or jaggery. I also make a puree of dates to sweeten my drinks.

$100 says your kids hit Chipotle every chance they get.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Desserts of Asian cuisines generally suck.

Mahout your mouth. Mango and sticky rice is one of the best desserts ever.

Do they mean Asian minus Indian? I love Indian sweets.

Asia is a huge continent, that pp is really kind of ignorant. Good baklava is divine, and there are a lot of other really good middle eastern desserts as well.