What's the most overrated food people are just pretending to enjoy???

[realdocBBQ]

Not my question, I saw it on FB, yes. But still a GREAT. FREAKING. QUESTION.

Post 'em up!

My votes?



Top 3

KALE


QUINOA


"WHITE CASTLE" - come at me bro

[Panhead John]

In-N-Out French fries, broccoli, kale.

[ItsAllGoneToTheDogs]

shify I do They need seasoning, but it's a simple fresh fry. Then again I'm corrupted by Europe and mayo is my fry condiment of choice, so who knows if I have a say in fry quality.

[TripleB]

JCBBQ this is no joke. When I was returning from Mexico from my son's bachelor party, he and all his friends (15 in all) could not wait to go to In-n-Out. It was the first place after crossing the border. Knowing this, I made myself two PB&J sandwiches to eat there before I left. The kids were aghast. I told them that In-n-Out has the worst burgers, fries and shakes of any burger joint I've been to. I refuse to waste my money there. And I enjoyed my PB&J sammys.

[Santamarina]

I love In-N-Out - burgers, shakes…even the fries! 🌴🍔🌴

[J-Melt]

I actually like kale believe it or not! I am sitting right next to a Kale plant on our deck right now!

My list:
Quinoa
Acorn squash
Salmon burgers (maybe I’ve just never had a good one)

[Oak Smoke]

Josh just the smell of my wife making salmon patties is enough to drive me out the door.

[J-Melt]

Panhead John I think I had a major auto correct fail there!

Oak Smoke my wife and I once ended up eating dinner at McDonalds after an awful salmon burger attempt.

[SheilaAnn]

J-Melt I make a mean salmon patty! I don’t like it as a sandwich, though. Just over some simply dressed arugula and a crisp Sauvignon blanc, thank you very much.

Acorn squash stuffed with Italian sausage and rigatoni and your favorite red sauce. Don’t be shy with mozz, parm, Romano, etc. winter time dish, for sure.

[JCBBQ]

White Castle is a right of passage. You go there when you’re in college and drunk at 2am. That’s perfectly acceptable. Then you tell that story for the rest of your life while taking your kids to soccer -seemingly about “how awesome those (disgusting) burgers are” but really it’s a humble brag so everyone knows what a party animal you were back in the day. 😆🤣

[dpearce]

I actually like em! Grew up with them (10 cents, then 25 cents, then higher and higher). The fam would sometimes stop after visiting relatives in town, we'd grab a big sack and head to the local park to walk the trails and eat. The local IL team , the Clippers would have a 10 cent WC night once or twice a season, (and a dime-a-dog night or two). and their onion rings were always good too, with the Zesty sauce. I do not like sliders with cheese, for some reason. Just doesn't taste right.

[Murdy]

My first thought when I saw White Castles on the list was that realdocBBQ wasn't drunk enough when he tried them. I still will pick up half a dozen if I'm near a White Castle at lunch time. They are a well known love-em or hate-em thing.

[McFlyfi]

This was my exact introduction to In n Out.

[JCBBQ]

Caviar. I don’t care for it and I certainly don’t understand the price.

PS I like kale… yes, I’m a dirty commie.

[Mosca]

I know lots of seafood lovers who don’t like caviar.

[barelfly]

I like kale, broccoli and quinoa… no dirty commie!

[hoovarmin]

I like the tiny flying fish egg caviar a ton. But the big fat ones - disgusting.

[dubob]

Cooked red cabbage, avocados in any configuration, and poi.

[PGH_RAM]

I've never had poi. What's it like?

[dubob]

Think wet cardboard.

[GolfGeezer]

Liver (but, I haven't met anyone who was pretending to enjoy it)

Uni (my wife LOVES this stuff)

Anything with coconut in it (but, I do like raw coconut, so I'll do well on Survivor!)

[dubob]

Calf's liver & onions cooked in real butter is very good. But the very BEST liver is the liver out of a big game animal on the day it was killed. The secret to preparing game liver is to NOT over cook it. Any temp over 135 is too much. 😁

[GolfGeezer]

dubob I guess I'm never going to experience big game liver as the only beast I could possibly kill and eat on the same day is my neighbor's pit bull.

[PGH_RAM]

My wife and love us some liver. Sauteed in butter with sweet onions, plenty of black pepper, and a splash of cognac. Heaven.

I also just bought a couple of pounds on chicken livers to make my great grandma's chopped chicken liver recipe.

[shify]

My top three things that I do not believe people actually like:

1. Five Guys - Have commented on it here before, but sloppy, unseasoned patties (unseasoned by design - company policy is no salt on the burger) do not make a good burger joint just because they put a ton of fries in your bag. No clue how they keep growing as the burgers are just bad

2. Sour beers/ Super IPAs - Liked some of the original IPA but they went too damn far and most of the popular ones are just undrinkable. Sour beers never had one that was anything better than meh and are adamant that no one really likes them

3.Anything with aspartame or the other fake sugars - I refuse to believe that anyone thinks those don't have a brutal aftertaste/ let alone taste good. They are not substitutes for sugar and don't try to tell me I won't even taste the difference.

[Panhead John]

This is exactly why I drink Coors Light! 🥸

[PGH_RAM]

Shify, we could be friends. This list is EXACTLY in sync with my grumpy old man opinions.

[jfmorris]

I will have to disagree on 5 Guys, as well as the beers. I like a GOOD sour, like a Flanders Red or Berlinerweisse. I like a traditional American IPA. I detest hazy juicy IPA's that are like drinking hop juice.

[Mosca]

Lutefisk.

[Donw]

Tax Man Same here!

[Mosca]

Only thing is, I’m not sure if it’s overrated. But I’m certain people only pretend to enjoy it.

[Livermoron]

I'm convinced my family emigrated from Scandinavia because of lutefisk... >:P

[LA Pork Butt]

Raw oysters. When I ate them I think it was more of a macho thing than really liking them. Now fried oysters are another story.

[SheilaAnn]

@dubob

There is one bad oyster…. I was at a seafood restaurant throwing back a half dozen. #6 was spawning. While I didn’t eat it……it was still gross.

Another incident: I bought oysters for a special occasion dinner. I shucked maybe the third one…. More worms than oyster. Still gross.

But I will order oysters every chance I get.

[dubob]

@SheilaAnn
I can see that either one of those could be off-putting. 😊

[mrteddyprincess]

I actually love raw oysters. I'm an oyster shuckin' mother @#$%^& from way back.

[captainlee]

Liver

Brussels sprouts

Red cabbage

[captainlee]

Jfrosty27. OMG

[DavidNorcross]

Us to Jfrosty27

[captainlee]

DavidNorcross OMG

[Jerod Broussard]

Anything diet.

Marriage.

[Spinaker]

Hahahaha, best answer award!!

[Grillin Dad]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

For the sake of my own marriage … no comment.

[HouseHomey]

He Shoots!! He scores!!!!

[negolien]

shotgun shells things are freakin nasty LOL

[radshop]

Is that a food?

[OC Sandy]

Raw fish

Fish eggs

ETA: I remembered one more. I don't know the name of it but I was told it was pig's head cooked in blood. It was served at a Filipino gathering.

[Jfrosty27]

Haggis.

[realdocBBQ]

Menudo gave me that urge the first time I smelled it cooking in a Mexican restaurant where my g/f was working when I went to see her - I honestly asked if a sewer drain had backed up and she wrinkled her nose and say, no, they were making menudo for themselves in the back. UGH. Disgustipating!

[Spinaker]

Whew!! I had to do a double take and make sure you were not saying Haggies. Like the pizza!

[Livermoron]

Haggis...the gateway to bagpipes...