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Borsche69 posted:this is less of a food take than it is an issue with sociology and the nature of how trends spread, but i am also very tired of 'food trends' where something will blow up (like shakshuka or shooter sandwiches) and suddenly everyone is releasing the same video/article/whatever. quit copying eachother My hot take is that food trends are fun and good because they get people who normally play it safe to try new things
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Professor Wayne posted:My hot take is that food trends are fun and good because they get people who normally play it safe to try new things i'd agree but like 90% of this crap is like grilled cheese and smashburgers and not nearly enough shakshuka or whatever.
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Sep 25, 2022 04:28
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Force de Fappe posted:Cake, in particular sponge-based, usually isn't very good, and feels like a chore to eat. The same goes for most sweet pies with a plain crust. 'usually' doing a lot of heavy lifting here. cake could be really good but people are fat pigs that will eat anything so the bar for good sweets is in the ground.
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Sep 25, 2022 04:48
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Buttchocks posted:kiwi are better whole with the fuzzy skin on. It's like biting into a testicle! it's just more satisfying to eat with the skin! here's my hot takes: ranch sucks. i'll eat a veggie tray with ranch but that's about it. what about it makes people go sloppy feral, I'll never understand. sour cream sucks too. it doesn't add any real flavor and why do I want my tacos to be even mushier? they're already plenty moist with the cilantro, onions or pico, hot sauce and/or cheese ffs. not even taco bell has every served me a food dry enough that i have ever thought, "man, this needs some sour cream on it".
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Sep 28, 2022 10:32
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I am mad about sushi a lot. dousing things in spicy sauce is just to hide how garbage quality your fish is. cream cheese does not belong anywhere near sushi rolls. dogs don’t need a fine dining tasting menu (https://www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaurants/article/dogue-restaurant-dogs-17484518.php)
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Oct 5, 2022 15:38
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Professor Wayne posted:My hot take is that food trends are fun and good because they get people who normally play it safe to try new things this, most of the time, but what's super annoying is when a culturally significant food gets rebranded in a way that's sanitised for western consumption and takes off in its ripoff form. like, look at japanese curry in the uk - not only do we call all japanese style curries 'katsu', it's mostly uk based corporations that are profiting off this foreign dish's popularity, rather than the japanese people who've actually been making curry for decades lol
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Oct 6, 2022 00:46
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w4ddl3d33 posted:this, most of the time, but what's super annoying is when a culturally significant food gets rebranded in a way that's sanitised for western consumption and takes off in its ripoff form. like, look at japanese curry in the uk - not only do we call all japanese style curries 'katsu', it's mostly uk based corporations that are profiting off this foreign dish's popularity, rather than the japanese people who've actually been making curry for decades lol https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMYKATQlFZ4
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Oct 6, 2022 05:55
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w4ddl3d33 posted:this, most of the time, but what's super annoying is when a culturally significant food gets rebranded in a way that's sanitised for western consumption and takes off in its ripoff form. like, look at japanese curry in the uk - not only do we call all japanese style curries 'katsu', it's mostly uk based corporations that are profiting off this foreign dish's popularity, rather than the japanese people who've actually been making curry for decades lol Well, that is probably the worst possible example for an otherwise correct analysis. You could say the same about the original Japanese kare makers ripping of the British curry makers who had been making curry for decades.
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Oct 6, 2022 10:24
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"There's nothing wrong with sweet cocktails, loving SMILE once in a while, you grumpy poo poo."
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Oct 6, 2022 14:43
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British food is actually serviceable when made right.
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Oct 9, 2022 04:45
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Lawman 0 posted:British food is actually serviceable when made right. I enjoy making British cuisine. It’s great! But my experience going to London was that nobody wants to make it right unless you’re paying $$$
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Oct 9, 2022 05:03
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Steve Yun posted:I enjoy making British cuisine. It’s great! But my experience going to London was that nobody wants to make it right unless you’re paying $$$ The problem with eating in London (particularly centrally) is that for every decent restaurant making great food at affordable prices, there are a hundred trying to trick tourists into eating crap.
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Oct 9, 2022 07:36
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I just remembered my favourite culinary hot take It’s OK to have food that isn’t “balanced”, not every bite needs to have a little bit of sweet in it, some things are better without adding sugar
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Oct 9, 2022 08:01
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To expand on the above, sugar has no place in pasta sauce. It just doesn’t. I remember the first time I went to a friends house and she made spaghetti and it blew my mind when she had to explain to me why her sauce was so sweet. It was just how she grew up eating it. I also hate ketchup so this could be my inherent bias against sweet tomato stuff.
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Oct 11, 2022 15:03
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I’ll use literally a pinch of sugar to tamp down the acidity if it needs it. But only if it needs it.
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Oct 11, 2022 15:21
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Quite A Tool posted:To expand on the above, sugar has no place in pasta sauce. It just doesn’t. I'm also anti-ketchup on anything other than french fries (and even then I'll take a spicy ranch or sriracha mayo or BBQ sauce or pretty much anything else available), but sugar definitely does have a place in pasta sauce...as FGR mentioned, if it needs it. Sometimes the acidity is just out of control and sugar helps balance it without actually making it sweet.
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Oct 11, 2022 16:14
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Since this is the hot takes thread I’m gonna double down and say that I’ll chug a kiddie pool of pepto before I add sugar to my sauce to balance out acidity. (Y’all right but I’m talking about the stuff that intentionally tastes sweet)
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Oct 11, 2022 16:32
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If my tomato sauce is acid, I’d rather add baking soda to it, which neutralises the acid, rather than masking it The only thing you need to be careful of is that you stir it and give it some time, otherwise it can be fizzy, which is offputting
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Oct 11, 2022 16:39
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Avocado fries/Fried avocado is an atrocity that should be de-invented.
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Oct 11, 2022 18:47
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here's one for the books: dog peanut butter is better than human peanut butter. i've literally invented a fake dog to talk about with the cashier to give myself an excuse to buy this stuffparaquat posted:Avocado fries/Fried avocado is an atrocity that should be de-invented. avocado, as a whole, should be wiped from history. it's like if candle wax was a fruit
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Oct 11, 2022 18:51
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w4ddl3d33 posted:here's one for the books: dog peanut butter is better than human peanut butter. i've literally invented a fake dog to talk about with the cashier to give myself an excuse to buy this stuff sunflower butter is also better than human peanut butter
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Oct 11, 2022 19:01
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paraquat posted:Avocado fries/Fried avocado is an atrocity that should be de-invented. I feel this could just extend to hot avocado in general. It needs to be room temp or cooler imo.
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Oct 11, 2022 21:04
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Quite A Tool posted:To expand on the above, sugar has no place in pasta sauce. It just doesn’t. a lot of that seems to stem from this sort of myth about 'tinny' flavored canned tomatoes. it was literally true back maybe as late as the 70s-80s but canning as an industry has changed a ton, and i dont know if ive ever gotten a metallic or tin note from canned tomatoes or canned anything people still add sugar to it because they grew up with it and also sugar is addictive
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Oct 12, 2022 00:47
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w4ddl3d33 posted:
I would genuinely like to hear what you might substitute for it in a California roll, as i like the texture contrast with the cucumber, but the haas (hass?) has basically no flavor.
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Oct 13, 2022 01:48
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I don't even want cucumber in sushi rolls. Also unrelated but nowhere near enough rolls are using scallion.
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Oct 13, 2022 02:34
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Borsche69 posted:I don't even want cucumber in sushi rolls. Also unrelated but nowhere near enough rolls are using scallion. I like green onions a lot, but i think it's wearing on me. :-/ I won't even use it in raw egg in rice with soy sauce anymore
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Oct 13, 2022 02:39
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Mister Facetious posted:I like green onions a lot, but i think it's wearing on me. :-/ thats crazy to me given that they feel too mild to every actually dislike. its onion but as an herb. subtle with no bite
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Oct 13, 2022 02:56
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Borsche69 posted:thats crazy to me given that they feel too mild to every actually dislike. its onion but as an herb. subtle with no bite Where i am they can be almost as strong asa regular onion, though the greens are milder.
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Oct 13, 2022 03:58
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Mister Facetious posted:Where i am they can be almost as strong asa regular onion, though the greens are milder. okay yeah that checks out. i dont go to the asian market much but the couple times i go the scallions are like three twice as strong, twice as big, and half the cost as the poo poo i get from giant or wegmens. its just out of the way
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Borsche69 posted:okay yeah that checks out. i dont go to the asian market much but the couple times i go the scallions are like three twice as strong, twice as big, and half the cost as the poo poo i get from giant or wegmens. its just out of the way Carrots as big as baseball bats. I dunno what’s up with Asian markets they must be feeding these vegetables steroids
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Oct 13, 2022 04:45
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Soups kind of suck. I'd rather have almost anything over a soup.
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Oct 18, 2022 18:47
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TheCog posted:Soups kind of suck. I'd rather have almost anything over a soup. Both thin soups and thick soups?
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Oct 18, 2022 18:54
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Steve Yun posted:Both thin soups and thick soups? Thin soups with a bunch of stuff (like ramen and pho) are *fine*, but generally worse than the sum of their components. Creams like butternut squash soup or tomato soup usually just make me wish I had the ingredients roasted, instead of souped.
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Oct 18, 2022 18:59
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Pho is really bad, extremely low tier Vietnamese
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Oct 18, 2022 19:02
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TheCog posted:Soups kind of suck. I'd rather have almost anything over a soup. I feel like this most of the time but I love minestrone
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Oct 18, 2022 21:47
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It’s not that I don’t like soup/think it’s bad, I just went out for ramen last night, but I’m rarely ever *excited* about getting soup. I’ll almost never think of it when I’m like “Hey I’m hungry”.
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Oct 19, 2022 00:16
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Is it because it’s missing the act of chewing How do you feel about stews
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Oct 19, 2022 01:40
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Interesting, my hot take is that thick soups like stews or bisque and chowder and good but don't like thin soups. I don't want to drink my food typically.
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Oct 19, 2022 13:51
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Steve Yun posted:Is it because it’s missing the act of chewing Let’s just say people will be into my chili one way or another
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Pho just makes me so drat happy. I don’t even eat a lot of the noodles I just like a good pho broth.
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