Stupid Food Trends

Hold the Cheez Whiz

I don't care how much protein is in it, quinoa does not taste good.

Does kale need to be in everything? Spinach tastes much better.

What other food trends need to die?

padd b1975

I eat pretty much anything, as long as it's served on a plate.

Not a fcuking roof tile!!!

fussyonion

Pulled pork.
Tasted it for the first time yesterday and thought the BBQ sauce it was covered in was sickly. Whole concept is done to death now.

The Dagda

"Jus"


Fcuk off.

Frosty McSnowballs

Bacon flavour Tuc.....fcuk off!

qo2cj1dsne8y4k

This craic of sending your dinner out on like three plates FFS just lob it on the one and be done with it

Sky King

Gluten free bull****.

Genuine coeliacs must hate being lumped in with these gluten free frauds.

Though I suppose their selection has increased a lot as a result.

Pumpkinseeds

I can't keep up with food trends anymore. First they said fat was bad, eat more carbs. They scoffed at high protein low carb diets. Now they say eat more protein and less carbs and that fat is friendly and sugar is evil. *Sigh, make up your mind boffins, make up your minds.

Scar Tissue

Gluten free, (for the people that just claim they're intolerant or whatever), yawn

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Pulled pork...pulled chicken...pull the other one!

hfallada

I ****ing sick of every cafe in Dublin having a vintage look. 20 years ago you could barely get a coffee in the city, never mind a proper cafe. Every cafe in Dublin looks the same

cloud493

Burritos. 8 quid for a tortilla wrap with a bit of chicken and rice **** right off.

Scar Tissue

Scar Tissue wrote: »

Gluten free, (for the people that just claim they're intolerant or whatever), yawn

You can be just intolerant...

shruikan2553

Have to agree with gluten free. Most of the idiots don't even know what gluten is.

Hold the Cheez Whiz

fussyonion wrote: »

Pulled pork.
Tasted it for the first time yesterday and thought the BBQ sauce it was covered in was sickly. Whole concept is done to death now.

I love pulled pork, but it lives and dies by the sauce (and often the fixins').

Annasopra

fussyonion wrote: »

Pulled pork.
Tasted it for the first time yesterday and thought the BBQ sauce it was covered in was sickly. Whole concept is done to death now.

Theres bloody pulled pork everywhere

Hold the Cheez Whiz

Sky King wrote: »

Gluten free bull****.

Genuine coeliacs must hate being lumped in with these gluten free frauds.

Though I suppose their selection has increased a lot as a result.

Scar Tissue wrote: »

Gluten free, (for the people that just claim they're intolerant or whatever), yawn

bluewolf wrote: »

You can be just intolerant...

shruikan2553 wrote: »

Have to agree with gluten free. Most of the idiots don't even know what gluten is.

I think part of the problem with a lot of the gluten free crowd is that they are really on a low-carb diet but don't want to say that, so they claim gluten free instead. That said, I know a lot of people who aren't celiac, but have autoimmune disorders or other long-term health issues who have experienced significant improvements in their health by going gluten free (and dairy free, in some cases).

Pumpkinseeds

Gianluca Unimportant Stinger wrote: »

Pulled pork...pulled chicken...pull the other one!

And to think up until it was trendy it was just a way of getting the last bits of meat/chicken off the carcass.:D

Donnielighto

shruikan2553 wrote: »

Have to agree with gluten free. Most of the idiots don't even know what gluten is.

I do know what gluten is. Gluten is a vague term. It’s something that’s used to categorize things that are bad. You know, calories, that’s a gluten. Fat, that’s a gluten. Gluten means bad sh** man, and I’m not eating it.

wyndham

Serving food on wooden boards. This is a pet hate of mine. Has to be less hygienic than plates. Ruins dinner for me.

Also, steak on a stone. Must have been an accountant that came up with the notion of going to a restaurant & then cooking your own dinner, complete with the stink and heat and fat spatters. Trying to keep one eye on it while you are eating. Cooking tiny little pieces. It's all wrong & pointless.

wyndham

.DP

Chucken

I don't care how disgusting it was/is, I now have a longing for cheez whiz.
Where would I get some?

longshanks

Chips, or fries if you're under 25, in those miniature metal buckets. Fuck off and stay fucked off.

FanadMan

fussyonion wrote: »

Pulled pork.
Tasted it for the first time yesterday and thought the BBQ sauce it was covered in was sickly. Whole concept is done to death now.

Pulled pork like you get in KFC or most of the other places here is terrible. Tastes nothing like the american version.......yummy!

Aongus Von Bismarck

Drinks being served in jam jars. Usually in overpriced hipster places serving burgers, fried chicken and cheap cuts of steak. A glass works. Glasses are a great way of serving drinks.

Hold the Cheez Whiz

Pumpkinseeds wrote: »

And to think up until it was trendy it was just a way of getting the last bits of meat/chicken off the carcass.:D

I REALLY hate the trend of 'stretch your food' food like pulled pork, meatloaf, pot roast, or other forms of comfort food for people on a budget being sold in restaurants at 'regular' prices. Sorry, the whole point of these dishes is that you are using scraps or the cheapest cuts of meat and then filling them out with cheap grains and starches.

Herb Powell

wyndham wrote: »

Serving food on wooden boards. This is a pet hate of mine. Has to be less hygienic than plates. Ruins dinner for me.

It's actually not.

Wooden chopping boards are more hygenic than plastic/other types.

MsMayhem

I have such a longing for pulled pork after reading this thread...

JustAddWater

hfallada wrote: »

I ****ing sick of every cafe in Dublin having a vintage look. 20 years ago you could barely get a coffee in the city, never mind a proper cafe. Every cafe in Dublin looks the same

Rustic

Chucken

Aongus Von Bismarck wrote: »

Drinks being served in jam jars. Usually in overpriced hipster places serving burgers, fried chicken and cheap cuts of steak. A glass works. Glasses are a great way of serving drinks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Yvn1vTzUy0

the groutch

American confectionery

razorblunt

Coconut water. Git ta fock

Hold the Cheez Whiz

Herb Powell wrote: »

It's actually not.

Wooden chopping boards are more hygenic than plastic/other types.

Wooden boards are definitely better for your knives, but I think the most hygienic way to manage them is to keep one for veg only and a different one for meat.

That said, wood seems totally impractical for restaurants - washing on high heat warps them and they have to be oiled regularly. Plus, wood tends to hold the smell from garlicky/onion-y foods. China seems much more practical, and the plates can be warmed before service.

Speaking of plates, the 'small plates' trend in restaurants is a total crock. It always ends up being less food for way more money by the time you order enough to feel satisfied.

longshanks

razorblunt wrote: »

Coconut water. Git ta fock

I'll see your coconut water and raise you almond milk.
Almond milk for fuck sake. Has anyone ever seen tits on an almond?

Hold the Cheez Whiz

longshanks wrote: »

I'll see your coconut water and raise you almond milk.
Almond milk for fuck sake. Has anyone ever seen tits on an almond?

Almond milk is AWESOME, especially for those of us who are ragingly lactose intolerant. But it is absolutely horrible for the environment, so I think I'm going to have to (reluctantly) give it up.

wyndham

longshanks wrote: »

Chips, or fries if you're under 25, in those miniature metal buckets. Fuck off and stay fucked off.

What about the miniature frier baskets? That's worse.

DazMarz

razorblunt wrote: »

Coconut water. Git ta fock

Absolutely the most horrendous thing I've tasted. It's so awful. Not like coconut at all and just basically tastes like Satan's anus. Avoid

Also, food trends of yesteryear that seem so stupid now are always good for a giggle:

-Fondue
-Nouvelle cuisine
-Breakfast rolls (though these are on the comeback!)

MadDog76

Herb Powell wrote: »

It's actually not.

Wooden chopping boards are more hygenic than plastic/other types.

Wooden chopping boards are banned from commercial kitchens as they are porous so they absorb everything and anything you put on them, including bacteria.

Billy86

fussyonion wrote: »

Pulled pork.
Tasted it for the first time yesterday and thought the BBQ sauce it was covered in was sickly. Whole concept is done to death now.

You got done there then!

Pork is sweet meat to begin with, it needs to be put with a really smokey BBQ sauce or hammered with spices before cooking and then left to soak up its own juices instead of using sauce. Don't know why people pay so much for it though, it's surprisingly easy and dead cheap to make at home.



I'd say gluten free (unless you have a need for it).

danslevent

Remember when Winders were a lunch box essential?!

questionmark?

Capri sun or sunny dee. Every kid had one and both tasted ****e. Thank funk there out of fashion now!

CaptainInsano

fussyonion wrote: »

Pulled pork.
Tasted it for the first time yesterday and thought the BBQ sauce it was covered in was sickly. Whole concept is done to death now.

I was only taking about this yesterday. Why has pulled pork suddenly taken over the country? Every shop you go into is selling it. It's not like it's a new concept or anything, been around since the dawn of time.

Billy86

CaptainInsano wrote: »

I was only taking about this yesterday. Why has pulled pork suddenly taken over the country? Every shop you go into is selling it. It's not like it's a new concept or anything, been around since the dawn of time.

Your answer: Adam Richman.

Summer wind

Lean cuisine

Even the names irritating!

Bafucin

shruikan2553 wrote: »

Have to agree with gluten free. Most of the idiots don't even know what gluten is.

It's a protein.

What gets me the products without gluten are usually much more produced and full of crap than products with gluten. So people who don't have an intolerance (and there are people who really do have one) are actually eating worse crap.

Usually people who have real intolerance stick to rice and natural non gluten grains.

Gluten free bread is usually much worse for you than bread with gluten if you are a healthy person.

--LOS--

meat and dairy

/runs


I'm addicted to coconut water at the minute, it's so yummy and it really feels very hydrating when you drink it. And almond milk is lovely on it's own, it's too thin for tea or coffee though.

Bafucin

The most annoying food trend is people giving a **** about what others eat. Or and people who refuse to cook for me. I deserve it. I don't eat meat,craving it recently though apart from that I'll eat anything, I mean that. A lot of people simply like to try new things.

CaptainInsano

Billy86 wrote: »

Your answer: Adam Richman.

How do we stop him before it's too late?

Omackeral

Whoever said steak on a stone is dead right. It's like a massive in-joke. I can imagine the chefs peaking through the divider at the kitchen entrance going "Here, Frank, they're after getting another one... Come here n have a look at this dope doing your job for ya!"

December2012

Hold the Cheez Whiz wrote: »

I don't care how much protein is in it, quinoa does not taste good.

Does kale need to be in everything? Spinach tastes much better.

What other food trends need to die?

Cheez Whizz was an awful product!

Billy86

CaptainInsano wrote: »

How do we stop him before it's too late?

No quantity or spiciness of food could do it, I don't we have a chance.