Stupid Food Trends

razorblunt · 18-09-2014 11:01PM

Coconut water. Git ta fock

Hold the Cheez Whiz · 18-09-2014 11:17PM

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 · 18-09-2014 11:18PM

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 · 18-09-2014 11:24PM

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 · 18-09-2014 11:48PM

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 · 18-09-2014 11:59PM

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 · 19-09-2014 12:01AM

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 · 19-09-2014 12:04AM

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 · 19-09-2014 12:07AM

Remember when Winders were a lunch box essential?!

questionmark? · 19-09-2014 12:11AM

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

CaptainInsano · 19-09-2014 01:13AM

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 · 19-09-2014 01:18AM

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 · 19-09-2014 01:24AM

Lean cuisine

Even the names irritating!

Bafucin · 19-09-2014 01:25AM

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-- · 19-09-2014 01:27AM

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 · 19-09-2014 01:28AM

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 · 19-09-2014 01:30AM

Billy86 wrote: »

Your answer: Adam Richman.

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

19-09-2014 01:30AM

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 · 19-09-2014 01:34AM

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 · 19-09-2014 01:41AM

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.

--LOS-- · 19-09-2014 01:54AM

Bafucin wrote: »

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.

why do they refuse to cook for you?

This stuff is my food trend at the minute

kowloon · 19-09-2014 02:32AM

Donnielighto wrote: »

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.

I got that reference, even if it passed everyone else by.

Oranage2 · 19-09-2014 03:45AM

Is deconstructed food still in?

A deconstructed sandwich, a slice of cheese one side of the plate, a dollop of butter on the other and two slices of bread in a miniature bread basket 'that's 19.99e please'

creolebelle · 19-09-2014 05:57AM

I just read an article that said toast was the latest foodie craze. Freakin toast. It's asinine

Calibos · 19-09-2014 06:39AM

Paleo diets

hardCopy · 19-09-2014 06:46AM

Goatscheese-beetroot-walnut triumvirate

Paco Rodriguez · 19-09-2014 07:30AM

Hold the Cheez Whiz wrote: »

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.

Plus bacteria can remain in the grooves left from cutting with a knife.

Teyla Emmagan · 19-09-2014 07:48AM

Herb Powell wrote: »

It's actually not.

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

They certainly aren't. Not until they come with a non porous surface that can withstand a boil wash in a dishwasher without warping anyway.

What I am most thankful for in recent years is that Irish eateries have finally started doing salad properly. Still not very well in a lot of cases but at least "side salad" is no longer 2 slices of butterleaf, half a sliced (hard) tomato and a lob of coleslaw. Small mercies.

kylith · 19-09-2014 08:13AM

Donnielighto wrote: »

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.

"D'ya have any gluten free bread? I can't have gluten. Is that pasta gluten free? Gluten makes me bloat right up. Yeah, I'd love a biscuit, thanks"

orchidsrpretty · 19-09-2014 08:19AM

Ordering a potion of chips, for them to bring out a ****ty looking tiny little bucket, that looks like a ashtray and had about 5 chips in it.

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