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

[dubob]

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.

Then, how do you explain why they are rated in the top 3 burgers in the country year after year after year?

[shify]

That is the whole point of this thread! Overrated foods that aren’t good but people are pretending to enjoy. IMHO 5 Guys fits squarely in that bucket as their burgers are not good (not even factoring in value - just pure taste) yet they are very popular.

[dubob]

Consumer Reports doesn't rate on popularity. I will admit that they don't come any where close to the flavor of my own venison burgers (deer, elk, antelope, bear, etc.), but for commercial burgers, I like 5 Guys burgers just fine. For sure, they're not as good as home cooked stuff, but I'll take 'em as they are. 😁

[Panhead John]

I’ve had 5 Guys a few times and really liked their burgers, over priced? Yes! Overrated, not IMO. Maybe it’s the location? 🤷♂️

[texastweeter]

Ground wagyu -again, not saying it's not good, or that I don't like it....just overrated

lobster tail - very little flavor, high price.

Real Champaign - again, not that it's not good, just that it's overrated

truffles

new Stanley Cups - COME ON, THEY ARE ALL MADE IN CHINA AND A SHELL OF THEMSELVES THESE DAYS!!!

[Spinaker]

Claws are where it’s at!

[SheilaAnn]

+1000 on Stanley cups. A dear friend of mine had to “cut off his wife” from constantly purchasing them (themes, colors, etc).

[Santamarina]

It wasn’t until I read @SheilaAnn’s comment that I realized you weren’t talking about the NHL trophy. 🤣🏒🥤

[58limited]

Caviar

Kale

Raw fish (or any raw meat)

[FarmCook54]

Chittlings.

[das85]

Kombucha
Filet mignon

[Spinaker]

Both great choices

[Panhead John]

Filet mignon?!! 😳 The ones I get from Costco and cook myself are great!

[Huskee]

Sweet pickles/relish & olives. I think y'all are just pretendin'.

I also highly agree with caviar. I think (no basis, just my personal thinks) that it's purely a status thing, people want to feel or announce that they're rich and eat caviar because they think that's what you should do, 'hey I have enough disposable income to waste on this nonsense and I don't even like it, look at me'.

[Panhead John]

I couldn’t agree more, especially the first sentence.

[JCBBQ]

Hahaha

[GolfGeezer]

Contrarian here - my wife and I really like caviar. Every year starting just before Thanksgiving, Costco carries Osetra caviar, which is at the lower end of the "outrageous price" scale. We save it for New Year Eve and make our own blini, chopped egg, chopped onion, creme fraiche bites. Also, drop a dollop on top of twice baked potatoes. Look at me!!! (teasing, really, we do like it).

[Carolyn]

Fusion cuisine at any expensive restaurant. Weird food and rated highly thanks to the outrageous prices.


"North African (Algerian-Moroccan) and West Mediterranean Fusion refined with Mediterranean (Spain, France, Italy) and Magreb Cuisine."

"No, just no."

[Smoke em if you got em]

Caviar, Kale, snails, and raw meat of any kind.

[HouseHomey]

I think I read most of this… not sure if it was said….

plant based and Matcha!

[Thunder77]

I know I am going to get castigated for this but I actually love kale. Also Huskee I love olives of all kinds. And you can’t have a Chicago hot dog without sweet pickle relish!

[Huskee]

[Shocked Pikachu face]

[Thunder77]

Duck fat anything. I had some duck fat fries and tasted NO difference.

[Panhead John]

I bought a can of duck fat spray, couldn’t tell any difference either.

[Richard Chrz]

Corn
PBR
….

[Jfrosty27]

Sorry Richard. I like corn washed down WITH PBR! 😊🤣

[klflowers]

Avocado outside of a great - not good but great - guacamole. Don't get it. Tasteless with a weird consistency. Don't give me all that good fat nonsense.

[Mosca]

Y’know, I enjoy them. I don’t disagree at all with what you say; the taste is mild, and the consistency is odd. It’s just that I like that.

[klflowers]

Mosca Tom I have a couple friends that think I am some sort of nut because I don't like avocados. They are always trying to feed them to me. Avocado lovers are like secret terrorists

[SheilaAnn]

realdocBBQ I think we need your recipe for Great, Not Good, But Great Guacamole 🥑💕

[Panhead John]

Wine, chicken thighs

Here we go!

[58limited]

The first time PJ said he didn't like chicken thighs I thought he was in Al Qaeda but I never found proof.

[SheilaAnn]

Freak

[Thunder77]

Your momma didn’t raise you right! 😝😝😝 Chicken thighs are the best!

[Starsky]

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

I agree on the White Castles. Since they went "healthy" they're not the same. As a young man at 1am, I'd watch them grill 'em on a flat top that never got cleaned. They just threw more re-hydrated onions on the grill with each new order. They were grease soaked pillows of deliciousness!

[klflowers]

I grew up in Detroit. White Castles were a food group.

[SheilaAnn]

Truth

Now, I can’t stand them.

[Thunder77]

I’m with you on the Quinoa. How can you eat something spelled quinoa but sounds like “keen-wah??” What’s the masquerade for? Don’t play with my tiny brain! 🤣