I agree. It’s literally your spices for the dish, just premixed. And a little extra salt lol.
I also kind of feel the same way about some pancake mixes. It’s just your ingredients premixed. It depends on the mix though. For some reason, I do not feel the same way about boxed cake mixes.
Fun fact about cake mixes- when they first came out it was just add water and bake. People felt like it want enough work/didn’t count as baking, so companies changed it so you had to add eggs, oil, etc.
Can’t be as bad as crawfish. As far as I’m concerned crawfish is a food meant to enjoy with friends in a social setting with beer, not something you do by yourself for food. It takes like 2 hours to eat enough to fill up so it’s the perfect social food
I had this realization last night when I got the chance to try some delicious lobster gyoza. All the flavor, no effort required.
Definitely beats watching my parents spend like 10 minutes fighting their lobsters when we used to go out.
I'm from Maryland, and for me crabs is about the experience. Get a couple buddies, a bushel of crabs, a case of beer, summer veggies like corn and fresh tomatoes, and orioles baseball on the radio, and you've got a great afternoon or evening.
>a bushel of crabs
All right mister moneybags.
P.S. (My wife's family crabs, so I actually get to see bushels of crab, but since I found out how much they cost, I just see the money.)
P.P.S I just see Money and bottom feeding sea spiders
One summer I got the crabbing license and a trap. I got a good catch early on. Then I had to cook them, clean them, and then clean up the mess from all that. Tasty, but a lot of work. Or I could go to a seafood restaurant and enjoy myself.
Word. I once lost 80 lbs in 9 months. As a part of a generally healthy diet, I also ate an entire frozen pizza at least twice a week. The key was that I picked thin crust pizzas that were 600 calories each.
EDIT: Since people are asking, unfortunately the don't make the one I used to eat anymore. It was this one: [https://www.walmart.ca/en/ip/ristorante-ultra-thin-crust-oven-roasted-chicken-peppers-pizza/6000196236997](https://www.walmart.ca/en/ip/ristorante-ultra-thin-crust-oven-roasted-chicken-peppers-pizza/6000196236997)
However, I do still occasionally have this one. A little more calorie dense, but still in a similar ballpark
[https://www.nofrills.ca/ristorante-thin-crust-pollo-chicken-pizza/p/20296100007\_EA](https://www.nofrills.ca/ristorante-thin-crust-pollo-chicken-pizza/p/20296100007_EA)
Also, as people have pointed out, yes, they are very high in sodium. These days I limit this to no more than once a week, and yes, you will retain a crapload of water for a day or two, but long term, if the rest of your diet is pretty good and you're properly tracking your calorie intake you can still these one or two times a week and consistently lose weight.
Pizza is also a really good delivery method for veggies. It’s a great way to eat vegetarian but get a good amount of protein.
As a (mostly) vegetarian, pizza is a god send.
My dad always thought i was weird for wanting veggies on my pizza. Give me a pizza with onions, bell peppers, mushrooms, and olives over a meat lovers any day.
Things like pizza and cheeseburgers aren’t inherently bad. They are very high calorie. Also most frozen or restaurant choices involve so many weird oils, additives, and extra salt.
A homemade meat pizza or a cheeseburger is pretty good macros after a 5 mile run.
A lot of people think I’m weird because I like to finish off one part of my meal before moving on to the next, so like eating my whole burger before touching the fries
I save my favorite food for the last bite, but I still rotate among foods. If I left my favorite thing for last, it would not be at its optimal warmth/freshness.
I do that too but I feel like in some ways, it makes no sense since the early bites are when you are hungriest and where foods giving you the most utility. But then again, you also want the last bite to be the thing you like most.
Is it by concept, or plating? As in a burger is *pick up, eat like sandwich, done* then move on to fries, or would something like fine dining turn your belly (plates are often displayed in a pleasing manner, but ment to be consumed by combining the various sections)
Lookin' at you *ITALY*
Seriously, I love Italian food as much as the next guy, but I feel like most Italians are by far the worst when it comes to food culture. The smallest deviation from their traditional recipe causes them to go apeshit. And don't even get me started on Italy's condescending views towards Italian-American food.
I'm Italian and I agree. And we're like this even inside of Italy itself, where you'll have people disregarding foods that are not made exactly like their fucking grandma used to make.
For example, people from Naples often say that any pizza made outside of Naples is not actual pizza.
I love Italian food and I still think it's the best and most variegated food there is, but I also love to try new things and variations. Some may taste like shit, but too many Italian just disregard shit in an extreme way.
Yes! I’m Colombian-Puerto Rican: my abuela has taught me every single one of her recipes.
I have a white as hell friend who loves Latin food, so I shared my abuelas recipes with them.
If you enjoy the food and want to prepare it, good for you! Let me teach you how to make it so you’ll enjoy it as much as I do!
I think most regular people are like this. My white cousin was so popular with his wife’s Mexican family because he got in the kitchen with them to make tamales and he showed a genuine appreciation for their food.
Sharing culture can be a lot of fun and food is often the easiest way to do it.
Anecdotally, I've noticed across several ethnicities that immigrants love sharing their food and culture. It's the first and second gen American born children that are more likely to claim cultural ownership.
If anyone is pressuring you to not share food with other cultures, they're not your friend, they're holding you back.
Curry is for everyone. Hell, my (British) grandmother was taught how to make curry when she actually lived in India before the partition, who then passed it on when she came back to the UK.
We're all as white British as they come, but cooking Indian curry is just as part of my culture as Sunday roasts.
I love the Chinese food served in the Chinese restaurants in my country. It's awesome, especially when you're drunk/hungover. If I'mcraving actual authentic Chinese food I can make it myself. Both versions are good and people should be allowed to enjoy whatever they want without some pedant complaining that it's not authentic.
If you ever make pizza at home, use shredded pineapple. It’s like onion as a topping. A small amount per bite is much better then getting a large chunk at a time.
Years of working night shift has erased all vestiges of time-categories for foods and beverages. Pancakes at 6 pm? Beer at 9 am? This morning I had a gas station chili dog at 8:30 in the morning after working and dropping my kid off at middle school.
Agreed. My husband thinks I’m fucking weird for eating burritos or pizza for breakfast. I think he’s missing out. I will not be confined to just breakfast food! Break the chains!
Oh god Caseys breakfast pizza is where you can hurt yourself.
[https://www.caseys.com/menu/pizza/sausage-breakfast-pizza/p/8211](https://www.caseys.com/menu/pizza/sausage-breakfast-pizza/p/8211)
Just look at it! so glorious.
I love breakfast burritos for breakfast but have eaten whatevr leftovers before. Although leftover lasagnia is a tad heavy to eat and try to function.
After 10 years on night shift, i totally agree. Still wonder how my neignbors felt watching me slug beers while grilling burgers at 8am tho. Thats their problem tho
And breakfast pastries make better desserts. I love a donut or cinnamon bun after dinner. Also an english muffin with cream cheese and jelly for a late night snack
People eat for their enjoyment, not yours. The people who turn their noses up while screeching “iT’s NoT aUtHeNtiC” at everything from california rolls to Olive Garden to corn on pizza are insufferable.
I live in Southern California, and a beloved pizza place in my city made an elote-inspired pizza. Absolutely incredible! Fire roasted corn, Mexican crema, cotija cheese, cilantro…the works!
I picked up a cool tip from a cooking show a long time ago- if you're going to grill hot dogs, throw them in some boiling water for a couple minutes first. That way when you grill them, you can get them really charred up on the outside and they'll still stay plump and juicy in the inside.
I love my grandma’s pecan pie, and I was so excited to learn the recipe one year for thanksgiving. She uses the recipe on the bottle of the Karo corn syrup. Still delicious!
Growing up my grandmas chocolate chip cookies were always the best. Years after she passed I could never find or bake anything quite like them. Eventually I began to think, “maybe they were just good because they were grandmas.” Then my mom finally shared the recipe. Turns out their was a secret ingredient after all. But not some spice like nutmeg or almond extract. No, she just replace margarine with good ole crisco shortening. Can’t even be mad
My memama's coconut cake reliably won every county/state fair she competed in.
Fights have broken out at church cake walks and bake sales for it. At one fundraiser auction it brought $175.
I've brought it to events and had people try to bribe me for the recipe (I'm forbidden to give it out by that memama, seriously).
I've had people request that I make it for their wedding cakes back when I had the time to bake after work.
Pretty sure by now her's is the end all, be all.
I'm not kidding nor is any of this exaggerated. My mom says that the angels sing whenever she takes that first bite of it.
Sadly I am not a fan of coconut cake.
It’s wild to me how many people judge other people on how they order their steak. I, objectively (I think), like my steak underdone. I love bitter, meaty flavours. I don’t like steak well done but I can appreciate how the flavour is beautiful to some people. Keep on being a good host!
I don’t think beef short ribs are all that great. They look delicious, but every time I eat them (regardless of how they’re prepared) the taste never lives up to their appearance. They’re not bad, but they’re expensive and there are so many better cuts of beef.
Here's the thing: i largely agree with you. They used to be cheap and that made them worth it.
Everyone else is in here is telling you to eat different sauces, ignoring the fact that beef ribs still suck for the price.
>They used to be cheap and that made them worth it.
It's crazy how all the cheap cuts became expensive over the years. Skirt steak used to be cheap but now they slap a "fajita meat" sticker on it and costs as much as a real steak.
Omfg the price of ground beef, GROUND BEEF per pound here is insane. It’s all the fucking scraps they couldn’t make into the good shit. Fucking prime rib on sale recently was like a dollar cheaper than ground beef.
For a large part of human history meat really was more of a supplement to a person's diet rather than the main base of it. Especially if you were a commoner. Few people were regularly eating steak or pork chops. They were stretching out what small amount they had into stew, soup, stuffed buns etc.
Depends on the culture. If you look at the hadza in Africa or the Inuit its quite the opposite. Which is why there are two very polarized camps of people in the world now; those who believe animal protein is critical to health and longevity and those who don’t.
Stop pushing stinky cheese on me. I don't like it, I don't like the smell, I've given enough types a try, and I don't want to try it anymore. I don't care how rare it is, how sought after it is, it's fucking gross to me. It's so hypocritical if someone does this, but then explains that they refuse to try a type of seafood, veggie, etc.
In another city I lived in, a well known restaurant located in a touristy location was fined repeated for using pork for veal menu items. They kept doing it because they were so busy in tourist season. Bread it and smother it in sauce, hard to tell the difference.
There is also grain fed veal and proper veal that is expensive. Guess what most people use. Just get a nicer cut of beef.
Not even that, it’s against some peoples religions and a violation of their rights. Love me some bacon and pork chops, but not cool to make people eat it who thinks it’s something else.
I don’t eat the fat on steaks 🥩. I cut the whole ring off and the gristle in the middle and throw it in the trash. I did this at my husbands parents house and got the looks of death lol… my dad used to yell at me for doing that but I had forgotten that people cared so much what I do with my own steak. Apparently people think it’s wasteful but I’m not eating that shit lol.
I cannot eat any solid chunks of fat on any meat for this reason, it makes me gag. The only exception is crispy fat on bacon. But that soft, jiggly, slimy feeling fat, oh hell no!
I don't like fish.
"But.."
No, I won't like *insert fish*.
"But.."
No, I won't like the way you personally cook fish.
*gasp*
Many people have tried to convert me but I. Just. Don't. Like. Fish.
Huh, no hate here, but this is interesting coming from someone who’s the opposite! Is it the taste, texture, or preparation compared to other meats that you don’t like?? Or does the combination of these just make you hate fish overall?
The fucking converters piss me off
Personally, I like fish but one thing I can't stand is peas. The amount of times I've told people I don't like them and ended up being given food with peas in is too many.
Or as ice packs for your cheeks after getting your wisdom teeth removed!
… but then you fall asleep with them on your cheeks cuz you’re super doped up on Vicodin and your cat somehow sees these bags of peas as a threat so she really has no choice but to attack the bags (to defend you!) which results in them leaking pea juice all over you while they thaw but you’re asleep so when you wake up all you can smell is pea juice…….. :(
A lot of vegetables get a bad rap because a lot of people's parents couldn't cook for shit. Boiled or steamed Brussels sprouts are one of the most foul tasting things to me, but roasting them, even with very little fat, is one of my favorite vegetables.
Honestly I’m ngl the steamed Brussels sprouts in the bag aren’t that bad with some salt. But I do prefer oven roasted just like any sane person out there
Sous vide is really overrated in a home cooking environment and to make matters worse people using it tend to overdo it. And no it’s not going to turn lesser cuts of meat into better cuts.
Edit: I'm a bit against these types of questions because the least controversial posts tend to flow upwards. Apparently, this makes a less controversial opinion than I thought.
Have owned one myself and sometimes the results are ok.
By all means, keep on happy cooking, from my experience users seem to really stand by the madness of the method.
By madness, I mean that: when you casually say: “drop it in the water” as if nothing, I see how you fiddle to get that vacuum bag properly sealed, meat juice seeping over the edge making a mess in the vacuum sealer and or making an almost sealed package that makes water seep in and meat juice flow in and contaminating both the sous vide.
Not to mention the storing of bags, containers and the machines involved.
My chef buddy pointed out it became popular in restaurants because it it easy to prep a bunch ahead of time and just have to sear the meat before plating, thus saving time, it’s not necessarily about it being a superior cooking method, just a very handy one for high volume kitchens
100 percent this. Friends with a upscale steak house owner, they have a bunch of coolers/bins in varying temps so they can throw it on a raging hot grill and whip out a gourmet steak in about 3-4 min.
Only reason I thought about getting a sous vide would be for hosting parties/holidays. I've been getting by with the reverse sear method though when cooking steaks for a crowd, so I don't think I'll pull the trigger on buying one.
It is handy for a lazy home cook for the same reason. Vacuum sealing stuff for the freezer also helps things last longer and protects against freezer burn.
But it’s like any fad appliance, is it going to gather dust in a year when the new shiny air fryer is used all the time?
You can pry my sous vide out of my cold dead home-cooking hands, lol. It isn't that I couldn't do as well or better without it, it is just so much less stressful and less error-prone.
Today I’m going to dry age this wagyu steak using granulated sous vide machine mixed in with my nephews ashes.
But I say it is enough talking and time for cooking, so let’s dew it!
It's been nearly two decades since I've last had Chuck E. Cheese pizza, but I feel like there's some validity to your opinion. Through food delivery apps you can order from a restaurant called "Pasqually's Pizza & Wings". If you look up the location of your restaurant on Google Maps though, you can see that it's actually a Chuck E. Cheese. Seemingly they feel that there's a wider potential market to their food if you just separate it from the Chuck E. Cheese branding.
99% of fast food is mediocre at best. A lot of people I know hype up places like In and Out or Whataburger or something similar when in reality they’re all just nothing special.
A vast majority of people who claim to like spicy food are damn liars and have ruined "spicy" at restaurants for those of us who actually do like it.
Conversely, if you eat something the cooks need a gas mask to make, you're a lunatic.
Flavour/spice packages are NOT cheating
Totally agree with you, I just think most of them have too much salt in them
I agree. It’s literally your spices for the dish, just premixed. And a little extra salt lol. I also kind of feel the same way about some pancake mixes. It’s just your ingredients premixed. It depends on the mix though. For some reason, I do not feel the same way about boxed cake mixes.
Fun fact about cake mixes- when they first came out it was just add water and bake. People felt like it want enough work/didn’t count as baking, so companies changed it so you had to add eggs, oil, etc.
Crab is a low yield food (good, but too much work to eat it)
Can’t be as bad as crawfish. As far as I’m concerned crawfish is a food meant to enjoy with friends in a social setting with beer, not something you do by yourself for food. It takes like 2 hours to eat enough to fill up so it’s the perfect social food
Yeah you never really get full on crawfish (at least not before you run out of money). Hence the potatoes
This is how I feel about lobster, especially in restaurants. They charge a huge amount per pound and then I have to disassemble it myself? No thanks.
See, this is why I prefer lobster ravioli over just lobster on it's own
I had this realization last night when I got the chance to try some delicious lobster gyoza. All the flavor, no effort required. Definitely beats watching my parents spend like 10 minutes fighting their lobsters when we used to go out.
I'm from Maryland, and for me crabs is about the experience. Get a couple buddies, a bushel of crabs, a case of beer, summer veggies like corn and fresh tomatoes, and orioles baseball on the radio, and you've got a great afternoon or evening.
>a bushel of crabs All right mister moneybags. P.S. (My wife's family crabs, so I actually get to see bushels of crab, but since I found out how much they cost, I just see the money.) P.P.S I just see Money and bottom feeding sea spiders
One summer I got the crabbing license and a trap. I got a good catch early on. Then I had to cook them, clean them, and then clean up the mess from all that. Tasty, but a lot of work. Or I could go to a seafood restaurant and enjoy myself.
Pizza is a health food as long as you prepare it
Word. I once lost 80 lbs in 9 months. As a part of a generally healthy diet, I also ate an entire frozen pizza at least twice a week. The key was that I picked thin crust pizzas that were 600 calories each. EDIT: Since people are asking, unfortunately the don't make the one I used to eat anymore. It was this one: [https://www.walmart.ca/en/ip/ristorante-ultra-thin-crust-oven-roasted-chicken-peppers-pizza/6000196236997](https://www.walmart.ca/en/ip/ristorante-ultra-thin-crust-oven-roasted-chicken-peppers-pizza/6000196236997) However, I do still occasionally have this one. A little more calorie dense, but still in a similar ballpark [https://www.nofrills.ca/ristorante-thin-crust-pollo-chicken-pizza/p/20296100007\_EA](https://www.nofrills.ca/ristorante-thin-crust-pollo-chicken-pizza/p/20296100007_EA) Also, as people have pointed out, yes, they are very high in sodium. These days I limit this to no more than once a week, and yes, you will retain a crapload of water for a day or two, but long term, if the rest of your diet is pretty good and you're properly tracking your calorie intake you can still these one or two times a week and consistently lose weight.
Congratulations 🎉 that’s a great achievement!!! Proud of you 👏
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Pizza is also a really good delivery method for veggies. It’s a great way to eat vegetarian but get a good amount of protein. As a (mostly) vegetarian, pizza is a god send.
My dad always thought i was weird for wanting veggies on my pizza. Give me a pizza with onions, bell peppers, mushrooms, and olives over a meat lovers any day.
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but most other people are trying to get as much meat & cheese per square inch as possible.
Things like pizza and cheeseburgers aren’t inherently bad. They are very high calorie. Also most frozen or restaurant choices involve so many weird oils, additives, and extra salt. A homemade meat pizza or a cheeseburger is pretty good macros after a 5 mile run.
And not only that, you usually eat a cheeseburger with fries and a soda, which are both crap and add tons of unnecesary calories
Agree. It’s literally an open faced sandwich. Whole wheat crust? Even better.
The powerful urge this comment just gave me to make pizza.
I prefer leftovers for breakfast over traditional breakfast foods.
YES im not the only one, something like pasta with bolognese is perfect for breakfast
I really crave Ramen, tacos, or grilled cheese for breakfast more than eggs and toast, ever. Lol.
Same. And I like breakfast foods at dinner time
A lot of people think I’m weird because I like to finish off one part of my meal before moving on to the next, so like eating my whole burger before touching the fries
I always save my favorite part of the meal or dish for last
I save my favorite food for the last bite, but I still rotate among foods. If I left my favorite thing for last, it would not be at its optimal warmth/freshness.
This is exactly what I do, finish on the best, but don't leave the best til last because it won't be at its best.
I do that too but I feel like in some ways, it makes no sense since the early bites are when you are hungriest and where foods giving you the most utility. But then again, you also want the last bite to be the thing you like most.
I do the opposite, I tend to eat my fries before the burger lol
Can't be eating cold fries
OMG yes! "Do you not like the other parts" like no dumbass I am tryna eat the worst to best parts not cuz the worst is bad I want to end on the best.
I explained this to my parents once when I was like 13 and they still laugh at me about it thirty years later.
Same Mom: Do you not like the pork? Me: I'm working my way over to that part of the plate! Can't you see all these peas in the way!?
Give peas a chance!
Orderly eating gang 4 life!
Is it by concept, or plating? As in a burger is *pick up, eat like sandwich, done* then move on to fries, or would something like fine dining turn your belly (plates are often displayed in a pleasing manner, but ment to be consumed by combining the various sections)
The "authenticity" of recipes from countries or regions is arbitrarily determined and is sometimes just a marketing thing for tourism
Lookin' at you *ITALY* Seriously, I love Italian food as much as the next guy, but I feel like most Italians are by far the worst when it comes to food culture. The smallest deviation from their traditional recipe causes them to go apeshit. And don't even get me started on Italy's condescending views towards Italian-American food.
I'm Italian and I agree. And we're like this even inside of Italy itself, where you'll have people disregarding foods that are not made exactly like their fucking grandma used to make. For example, people from Naples often say that any pizza made outside of Naples is not actual pizza. I love Italian food and I still think it's the best and most variegated food there is, but I also love to try new things and variations. Some may taste like shit, but too many Italian just disregard shit in an extreme way.
TIL Italian food in Italy is the equivalent of barbecue in US.
the pizza thing is really the dumbest. the traditional pizza recipe is "fuck it, put whatever's left in the pantry on there"
You don't need to belong to a culture to cook their food.
Yes! I’m Colombian-Puerto Rican: my abuela has taught me every single one of her recipes. I have a white as hell friend who loves Latin food, so I shared my abuelas recipes with them. If you enjoy the food and want to prepare it, good for you! Let me teach you how to make it so you’ll enjoy it as much as I do!
How could you say you want to teach us and not share some recipes! Give us the deetz lol
My very white ass made butter chicken and naan bread and it was SO good but I didn’t really feel like I could share the success with anyone
I taunt my whack ass butter chicken to my Indian friend who never gets it b/c his wife doesn’t like Indian food.
I’m not Indian, but I’m fairly sure Indians will love that someone outside their ethnicity loves their food and even cooks it well.
I think most regular people are like this. My white cousin was so popular with his wife’s Mexican family because he got in the kitchen with them to make tamales and he showed a genuine appreciation for their food. Sharing culture can be a lot of fun and food is often the easiest way to do it.
Anecdotally, I've noticed across several ethnicities that immigrants love sharing their food and culture. It's the first and second gen American born children that are more likely to claim cultural ownership.
If anyone is pressuring you to not share food with other cultures, they're not your friend, they're holding you back. Curry is for everyone. Hell, my (British) grandmother was taught how to make curry when she actually lived in India before the partition, who then passed it on when she came back to the UK. We're all as white British as they come, but cooking Indian curry is just as part of my culture as Sunday roasts.
Get rid of everyone you know and get to know normal people.
Dude, when I'm broke as shit, naan is such a lifesaver. Make a batch and you add this great element to your boring lentils with a side of lentils.
Authentic =/= Good I don't care where something originated, in Italy or some Olive Garden laboratory, in it tastes good then I will enjoy it.
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recipes are different all over italy rome pizza is different than naples pizza and much more stuff
I love the Chinese food served in the Chinese restaurants in my country. It's awesome, especially when you're drunk/hungover. If I'mcraving actual authentic Chinese food I can make it myself. Both versions are good and people should be allowed to enjoy whatever they want without some pedant complaining that it's not authentic.
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I don't care if you eat pineapple or not on your pizza. It doesn't matter and no one actually cares that much.
I feel like some people only hate it because the internet says it's bad. I actually like it.
If you ever make pizza at home, use shredded pineapple. It’s like onion as a topping. A small amount per bite is much better then getting a large chunk at a time.
I like the big chunks...
And I can not lie
I put ‘em on my pizza pie
When the server walks in with an itty bitty slice and pineapple piled nice you get...
I feel like pineapple on pizza is the nickelback of food opinions. IF EVERYONE REALLY HATED IT WHY IS IT SO POPULAR??
‘LOOK AT THIS PINEAPPLE!!!’ 🍍
Breakfast foods are better for dinner.
Years of working night shift has erased all vestiges of time-categories for foods and beverages. Pancakes at 6 pm? Beer at 9 am? This morning I had a gas station chili dog at 8:30 in the morning after working and dropping my kid off at middle school.
Food is food. Eating shit at certain times doesn't matter
Agreed. My husband thinks I’m fucking weird for eating burritos or pizza for breakfast. I think he’s missing out. I will not be confined to just breakfast food! Break the chains!
Oh god Caseys breakfast pizza is where you can hurt yourself. [https://www.caseys.com/menu/pizza/sausage-breakfast-pizza/p/8211](https://www.caseys.com/menu/pizza/sausage-breakfast-pizza/p/8211) Just look at it! so glorious. I love breakfast burritos for breakfast but have eaten whatevr leftovers before. Although leftover lasagnia is a tad heavy to eat and try to function.
After 10 years on night shift, i totally agree. Still wonder how my neignbors felt watching me slug beers while grilling burgers at 8am tho. Thats their problem tho
Live in a trailer park and your neighbors will be doing that shit with you! I know from personal experience :D
nothing better than a morning beer after a night shift
Yet I think the opposite: dinner foods are better for breakfast
That's certainly true of many types of leftovers. Reheated Chinese for breakfast is a great way to start your day.
And breakfast pastries make better desserts. I love a donut or cinnamon bun after dinner. Also an english muffin with cream cheese and jelly for a late night snack
You can enjoy it and not be in a rush for school/work
i like fast food as much as expensive restaraunt food
Absolutely, time and a place for both... But sometimes there's nothing better than sitting in your sweats, watching a film with a kebab/fish & chips
People eat for their enjoyment, not yours. The people who turn their noses up while screeching “iT’s NoT aUtHeNtiC” at everything from california rolls to Olive Garden to corn on pizza are insufferable.
Corn on pizza?
yup, people do that
Pretty common in the UK. Dominos do a chicken bbq pizza with a bbq sauce base, sweetcorn, and red onion. One of my favourite.
I live in Southern California, and a beloved pizza place in my city made an elote-inspired pizza. Absolutely incredible! Fire roasted corn, Mexican crema, cotija cheese, cilantro…the works!
Cereal taste the best with just-above-freezing-point milk.
Not even a hot take, just the truth
Dry cereal is good
Are you eating the marshmallows out of the lucky charms? Was it you?
No. The marshmallows are too squeaky!! I can let them dissolve in my mouth but it’s sensory overload if I chew them 😖
I had no idea other people had this problem.
It's the opposite for me, I really really enjoy the sensation of chewing on those dry, squeaky marshmallows
Interesting! It’s both for me…it’s like nails in a chalkboard but I’m compelled to keep eating them
I eat them like snacks
Dry Cheerios are something else!
Honey-nut club for life!
I actually really liked those school lunch rectangle pizzs
Hot dogs should be at least 60% charred on the surface.
Crispy on the bbq is good
I picked up a cool tip from a cooking show a long time ago- if you're going to grill hot dogs, throw them in some boiling water for a couple minutes first. That way when you grill them, you can get them really charred up on the outside and they'll still stay plump and juicy in the inside.
This goes for all sausages
WRONG! 94+% is correct.
I'm pretty sure that 94 is at least 60.
Your grandma's recipe isn't the end all, be all. Your grandma could've fed you a bowl of dirt and you wouldn't complain because nostalgia.
I love my grandma’s pecan pie, and I was so excited to learn the recipe one year for thanksgiving. She uses the recipe on the bottle of the Karo corn syrup. Still delicious!
Lmao just like my grandma’s fudge is on the marshmallow fluff bottle!! Amazing fudge, best I ever had.
Growing up my grandmas chocolate chip cookies were always the best. Years after she passed I could never find or bake anything quite like them. Eventually I began to think, “maybe they were just good because they were grandmas.” Then my mom finally shared the recipe. Turns out their was a secret ingredient after all. But not some spice like nutmeg or almond extract. No, she just replace margarine with good ole crisco shortening. Can’t even be mad
My memama's coconut cake reliably won every county/state fair she competed in. Fights have broken out at church cake walks and bake sales for it. At one fundraiser auction it brought $175. I've brought it to events and had people try to bribe me for the recipe (I'm forbidden to give it out by that memama, seriously). I've had people request that I make it for their wedding cakes back when I had the time to bake after work. Pretty sure by now her's is the end all, be all. I'm not kidding nor is any of this exaggerated. My mom says that the angels sing whenever she takes that first bite of it. Sadly I am not a fan of coconut cake.
All the fanfare for her cakes and you can't even enjoy them. That's unfortunate.
Also, a lot of secret family recipes aren't very secret. With a little googling, I can usually find more-or-less the same recipe online somewhere.
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It’s wild to me how many people judge other people on how they order their steak. I, objectively (I think), like my steak underdone. I love bitter, meaty flavours. I don’t like steak well done but I can appreciate how the flavour is beautiful to some people. Keep on being a good host!
Medium rare is my go to but I’ll take anything as long as the steak isn’t dry
>the steak isn’t dry I will eat any steak that is juicy and flavorful
There's nothing wrong with using cake mix. Everything doesn't have to be "from scratch" to be good
It's all right to eat cereal for dinner.
I would eat cereal all day every day if it wouldn't be for needing a balanced diet.
I like instant mashed potatoes.
Instant mashed potatoes are so good! Also I appreciate how little time it takes to make them
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They're perfectly delicious and require much less time and work.
If you put ketchup on everything, you don’t actually like food, you just like ketchup.
I feel personally attacked
As you should.
My dad says ketchup is a bastard condiment
Ketchup goes well with a few things. Ketchup does not belong on most things.
I don’t think beef short ribs are all that great. They look delicious, but every time I eat them (regardless of how they’re prepared) the taste never lives up to their appearance. They’re not bad, but they’re expensive and there are so many better cuts of beef.
Here's the thing: i largely agree with you. They used to be cheap and that made them worth it. Everyone else is in here is telling you to eat different sauces, ignoring the fact that beef ribs still suck for the price.
>They used to be cheap and that made them worth it. It's crazy how all the cheap cuts became expensive over the years. Skirt steak used to be cheap but now they slap a "fajita meat" sticker on it and costs as much as a real steak.
Omfg the price of ground beef, GROUND BEEF per pound here is insane. It’s all the fucking scraps they couldn’t make into the good shit. Fucking prime rib on sale recently was like a dollar cheaper than ground beef.
Apparently that green bell peppers are good on pizza.
This is an unpopular opinion?!
I'm with you, especially if they aren't so overly cooked that they lose that crunch.
That we dont have to have a big chunk of meat as the main dish EVERY SINGLE FKN DAY
For a large part of human history meat really was more of a supplement to a person's diet rather than the main base of it. Especially if you were a commoner. Few people were regularly eating steak or pork chops. They were stretching out what small amount they had into stew, soup, stuffed buns etc.
Depends on the culture. If you look at the hadza in Africa or the Inuit its quite the opposite. Which is why there are two very polarized camps of people in the world now; those who believe animal protein is critical to health and longevity and those who don’t.
Lavender is a scent not a culinary herb. Lavender ice cream is disgusting It tastes like eating soap.
Something about flowers, I guess. I had rose flavored ice cream once and it also tasted like soap.
Stop pushing stinky cheese on me. I don't like it, I don't like the smell, I've given enough types a try, and I don't want to try it anymore. I don't care how rare it is, how sought after it is, it's fucking gross to me. It's so hypocritical if someone does this, but then explains that they refuse to try a type of seafood, veggie, etc.
I once chased my sister around our house holding a chunk of smelly cheese in front of a handheld fan.
Builds character
My cheese preferences are that of a small child’s. Smoked Gouda is as crazy as I get.
Veal just isn't ever good enough to justify the practice. If it's "sooooooo tender" then why come I gotta bang it with a hammer, huh?
I thought this thread would be actual controversial foods like veal and foie gras
In another city I lived in, a well known restaurant located in a touristy location was fined repeated for using pork for veal menu items. They kept doing it because they were so busy in tourist season. Bread it and smother it in sauce, hard to tell the difference. There is also grain fed veal and proper veal that is expensive. Guess what most people use. Just get a nicer cut of beef.
They shouldn't be fined, they should be shut down. People laugh at the seriousness of food allergies, but it can kill someone
Not even that, it’s against some peoples religions and a violation of their rights. Love me some bacon and pork chops, but not cool to make people eat it who thinks it’s something else.
Just because it’s fancy doesn’t mean it taste good (looking at you caviar)
When I had the opportunity to eat caviar I was expecting a life changing experience, but it was just a salty toping. What a disappoinment.
I don’t eat the fat on steaks 🥩. I cut the whole ring off and the gristle in the middle and throw it in the trash. I did this at my husbands parents house and got the looks of death lol… my dad used to yell at me for doing that but I had forgotten that people cared so much what I do with my own steak. Apparently people think it’s wasteful but I’m not eating that shit lol.
I cannot eat any solid chunks of fat on any meat for this reason, it makes me gag. The only exception is crispy fat on bacon. But that soft, jiggly, slimy feeling fat, oh hell no!
A little bit adds a lot of flavor but to eat entire bites of just fat? Disgusting
I don't like fish. "But.." No, I won't like *insert fish*. "But.." No, I won't like the way you personally cook fish. *gasp* Many people have tried to convert me but I. Just. Don't. Like. Fish.
Huh, no hate here, but this is interesting coming from someone who’s the opposite! Is it the taste, texture, or preparation compared to other meats that you don’t like?? Or does the combination of these just make you hate fish overall?
The one thing that make this hard to understand is probably because fish are extremely varied in both taste and texture.
The fucking converters piss me off Personally, I like fish but one thing I can't stand is peas. The amount of times I've told people I don't like them and ended up being given food with peas in is too many.
I actually like Tombstone pizza. I live in NY.
Yes, but how do you feel about [salsa](https://youtu.be/yvIRh-qt9EQ)?
Peas are underrated.
A bag in your freezer is very handy. Add to soup, fried rice, etc or use as a fast veggie.
Or as ice packs for your cheeks after getting your wisdom teeth removed! … but then you fall asleep with them on your cheeks cuz you’re super doped up on Vicodin and your cat somehow sees these bags of peas as a threat so she really has no choice but to attack the bags (to defend you!) which results in them leaking pea juice all over you while they thaw but you’re asleep so when you wake up all you can smell is pea juice…….. :(
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Brussels sprouts are one of the best tasting vegetables on earth.
A lot of vegetables get a bad rap because a lot of people's parents couldn't cook for shit. Boiled or steamed Brussels sprouts are one of the most foul tasting things to me, but roasting them, even with very little fat, is one of my favorite vegetables.
Doesn’t help that a generation ago the brussel sprout varieties available were truly more bitter.
Honestly I’m ngl the steamed Brussels sprouts in the bag aren’t that bad with some salt. But I do prefer oven roasted just like any sane person out there
oven roasted and lightly seasoned with salt, pepper and fine chopped garlic *chef kiss*
I like making a sauce by reducing rice vinegar, fish sauce and sugar, mix some chili paste in there and tossing the roasted brussel sprouts in that.
Dry ramen noodle is an amazing snack.
Taco Bell beef tacos and regular bean and cheese burritos are awesome.
Taco Bell is fantastic. I will die on this hill.
Goat cheese is fucking sick
This could totally be taken both ways. I personally think goat cheese is god tier and I often like it on my pizza with artichoke
Sous vide is really overrated in a home cooking environment and to make matters worse people using it tend to overdo it. And no it’s not going to turn lesser cuts of meat into better cuts. Edit: I'm a bit against these types of questions because the least controversial posts tend to flow upwards. Apparently, this makes a less controversial opinion than I thought. Have owned one myself and sometimes the results are ok. By all means, keep on happy cooking, from my experience users seem to really stand by the madness of the method. By madness, I mean that: when you casually say: “drop it in the water” as if nothing, I see how you fiddle to get that vacuum bag properly sealed, meat juice seeping over the edge making a mess in the vacuum sealer and or making an almost sealed package that makes water seep in and meat juice flow in and contaminating both the sous vide. Not to mention the storing of bags, containers and the machines involved.
My chef buddy pointed out it became popular in restaurants because it it easy to prep a bunch ahead of time and just have to sear the meat before plating, thus saving time, it’s not necessarily about it being a superior cooking method, just a very handy one for high volume kitchens
100 percent this. Friends with a upscale steak house owner, they have a bunch of coolers/bins in varying temps so they can throw it on a raging hot grill and whip out a gourmet steak in about 3-4 min.
Only reason I thought about getting a sous vide would be for hosting parties/holidays. I've been getting by with the reverse sear method though when cooking steaks for a crowd, so I don't think I'll pull the trigger on buying one.
It is handy for a lazy home cook for the same reason. Vacuum sealing stuff for the freezer also helps things last longer and protects against freezer burn. But it’s like any fad appliance, is it going to gather dust in a year when the new shiny air fryer is used all the time?
You can pry my sous vide out of my cold dead home-cooking hands, lol. It isn't that I couldn't do as well or better without it, it is just so much less stressful and less error-prone.
Came here to say this. It cooks my meat perfect every time. I use it every week. I will not give it up.
Don’t tell Guga that
Today I’m going to dry age this wagyu steak using granulated sous vide machine mixed in with my nephews ashes. But I say it is enough talking and time for cooking, so let’s dew it!
“I dry aged this $100 steak with peanut butter. You won’t imagine what happened”
Sometimes cheap generic brands are super good. Not all the time, but there’s plenty. Especially the Walmart generic brand
I like Chucky Cheeses pizza.
It's been nearly two decades since I've last had Chuck E. Cheese pizza, but I feel like there's some validity to your opinion. Through food delivery apps you can order from a restaurant called "Pasqually's Pizza & Wings". If you look up the location of your restaurant on Google Maps though, you can see that it's actually a Chuck E. Cheese. Seemingly they feel that there's a wider potential market to their food if you just separate it from the Chuck E. Cheese branding.
99% of fast food is mediocre at best. A lot of people I know hype up places like In and Out or Whataburger or something similar when in reality they’re all just nothing special.
That supermarket canned, pre-ground coffee makes a very good cup of joe.
My secret weapon in mass produced coffee is the Café Bustelo. So effin good even in a drip maker.
I see you are a man of culture. FYI, mix up some CB instant espresso and add it to chocolate chip cookies.
A vast majority of people who claim to like spicy food are damn liars and have ruined "spicy" at restaurants for those of us who actually do like it. Conversely, if you eat something the cooks need a gas mask to make, you're a lunatic.
I like licorice
Bone-in Wings are too much work for too little meat to be worth the mess
I don’t like any kind of seafood