Anonymous
Post 08/08/2022 09:35     Subject: What's your most controversial food opinion?
Anonymous wrote:Anyone who uses a microwave for more than melting butter and reheating coffee is not a cook.


Reheating coffee???
Anonymous
Post 08/08/2022 09:11     Subject: What's your most controversial food opinion?
Anonymous wrote:Trader Joe's has gone really downhill in the past 5 years. They used to be a place where you could find some great unique products. Now they crank out quick seasonal fad products to line shelves, while discontinuing specialty items.

I know there's be the usual person chiming in to say that TJs was always overrated. But I really think it went downhill in terms of product starting 5+ years ago.


I hate trader joes. just a bunch of processed foods and weird chips.
Anonymous
Post 08/08/2022 09:05     Subject: Re:What's your most controversial food opinion?
BBQ is meat candy
Anonymous
Post 08/08/2022 08:21     Subject: What's your most controversial food opinion?
Anonymous wrote:Air fryers are glorified toaster ovens marketed to suckers.

I thought that too, along with glorified, but ridiculously small, convection ovens. But then I tried one and realized I was completely wrong.
Anonymous
Post 08/07/2022 22:05     Subject: Re:What's your most controversial food opinion?
Guacamole and sushi both taste terrible.
Anonymous
Post 08/06/2022 23:56     Subject: What's your most controversial food opinion?
Anonymous wrote:Not sure if this is controversial, but I think moral veganism is a sham. Eating lots of greens = use of pesticides. Foods like açaí berries are exploitative of the places they’re from and they often rely on foods shipped from afar. Also, soy production for tofu is not very environmentally friendly. It’s more sustainable to rely on your local farmer’s market including eating meat than ship in supplemental foods.


What does being sustainable have to do with the suffering of animals?
Anonymous
Post 08/06/2022 23:43     Subject: Re:What's your most controversial food opinion?
Anonymous wrote:If everyone ate three square meals a day (basic home cooked food) and didn't snack in between meals, we wouldn't have an obesity crisis


Good one! That's not only controversial, it's cruel!
Anonymous
Post 08/06/2022 23:31     Subject: Re:What's your most controversial food opinion?
Anonymous wrote:If everyone ate three square meals a day (basic home cooked food) and didn't snack in between meals, we wouldn't have an obesity crisis


+1
Anonymous
Post 08/06/2022 23:22     Subject: What's your most controversial food opinion?
Not sure if this is controversial, but I think moral veganism is a sham. Eating lots of greens = use of pesticides. Foods like açaí berries are exploitative of the places they’re from and they often rely on foods shipped from afar. Also, soy production for tofu is not very environmentally friendly. It’s more sustainable to rely on your local farmer’s market including eating meat than ship in supplemental foods.
Anonymous
Post 08/06/2022 23:15     Subject: What's your most controversial food opinion?
i only like jiff peanut butter, not the healthy kind.
Anonymous
Post 08/06/2022 22:38     Subject: What's your most controversial food opinion?
Anonymous wrote:Truffle tastes revolting, like the musk gland of a large animal.


Probably because truffle scented oil is a lab-synthesized chemical, and not real truffle at most restaurants.

From Wikipedia: Many truffle oils are not made from truffles, but instead use manufactured aromatic compounds including 2,4-dithiapentane (one of many aroma active compounds ...
Anonymous
Post 08/04/2022 14:15     Subject: What's your most controversial food opinion?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Truffle tastes revolting, like the musk gland of a large animal.


+100

Truffles are overrated.


Whenever someone orders something with truffle oil in a restaurant, the smell makes me VERY nauseous. Not sure what it is, but happens every time.
Anonymous
Post 07/30/2022 21:38     Subject: Re:What's your most controversial food opinion?
Anonymous wrote:It's not difficult to cook basic food, or that time consuming. No more time consuming than going to eat out or do takeout. People need to meal plan for the week, enjoy leftovers, and keep it simple and healthy. I raised two children and worked ft. But was able to still get basic meals on the table every night. I'm not saying it was always easy. But people make cooking more complicated than it needs to be. Fresh ingredients go far and you can keep recipes simple when your ingredients are simple and fresh


Agree. Meat, vegetable, whole grain. Or eggs. Done

Throw it all on a sheet pan and bake. Or makes eggs and toast if you are totally out of stuff. We have canned chickpeas with lemon, olive oil and cumin sometimes when kids are hungry and I have nothing and am too exhausted to stop at store
Anonymous
Post 07/30/2022 21:26     Subject: Re:What's your most controversial food opinion?
It's not difficult to cook basic food, or that time consuming. No more time consuming than going to eat out or do takeout. People need to meal plan for the week, enjoy leftovers, and keep it simple and healthy. I raised two children and worked ft. But was able to still get basic meals on the table every night. I'm not saying it was always easy. But people make cooking more complicated than it needs to be. Fresh ingredients go far and you can keep recipes simple when your ingredients are simple and fresh
Anonymous
Post 07/30/2022 21:21     Subject: Re:What's your most controversial food opinion?
Anonymous wrote:If everyone ate three square meals a day (basic home cooked food) and didn't snack in between meals, we wouldn't have an obesity crisis


I couldn't agree more

BUT -
with American life as it is, who is going to do the work of preparing (buying, cooking, cleaning up) such meals?