Which food did you find the most underwhelming?

[vernon]

Some folk seem to have forgotten that the original post was about food that was underwhelming not food that you cant stand.

Yukkiness is not the issue.

 

[TheDoctor]

Oysters. Yeuch!!! Like gargling with someone elses' phlegm.
Escargots. Couldn't even swallow (fnarr fnarr!!).
Lobster. I can eat them if I have to, but I'd very much rather not.
Hated the texture, and the taste didn't do a right lot for me either.

 

[MacB]

New potatoes, I generally like spuds in any form but these always underwhelm me.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Reduced sugar and salt baked beans - so underwhelming in flavour they weren't worth the effort of eating them.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Homegrown new potatoes straight out of the ground are nice though.

I prefer them scrubbed and cooked.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

With butter.

 

[Flying_Monkey]

... or just have differing tastes. I think your post by your usual standards FM is one massive pompous overgeneralisation.

The thing about food is that liking or disliking one thing does not preclude liking or disliking another.

As is so often the case, I think the heavy irony went undetected...

More seriously though, there's a difference between saying you don't like something and making massive judgments about whole (food) cultures based on the fact you once (or twice) had a bad meal. And more generally, the thing is that taste is not entirely inbuilt, is it? It's as much about learning (and a willingness to learn) too.

(BTW, if you disagree, you don't need to frame your disagreement in a personal insult - you can make the same point, as Maz did, without being rude - especially if you've missed the - admittidly rather dry - humour in a post).

 

[Arch]

I don't like "real" chocolate much either - I prefer Cadbury's.

I enjoy 'real' chocolate in moderation (I'm not fond of the very very high % cocoa solids stuff), but sometimes I just want the cheap, sweet, cloying reassurance of a bar of CDM, or a Mars Bars or similar.

 

[vernon]

As is so often the case, I think the heavy irony went undetected...

So heavy that it sank without trace I'm afraid.

Flag it in advance next time.

(BTW, if you disagree, you don't need to frame your disagreement in a personal insult - you can make the same point, as Maz did, without being rude - especially if you've missed the - admittidly rather dry - humour in a post).

I think we all missed it.

Better luck next time.

 

[buddiebuoy]

Another vote for oysters. I had them once in a posh seafood restaurant in Charleston, South Carolina and I nearly barfed. Another thing they do over there is a breakfast dish called grits. It sounds about a thousand times better than it tastes.

 

[User482]

Champagne. I just can't tell the difference between seriously expensive champagne and the far cheaper wines that use the same method. And they all give me a terrible hangover anyway.

I don't like "real" chocolate much either - I prefer Cadbury's.

That's funny - the difference is quite noticeable to me, though whether "serious" champagne is worth the extra is a judgement call. I've had Veuve Clicquot La Grande Damme and Bollinger La Grande Annee in the last couple of years, and superb as they are, I don't think I'd spend my own money on them, not at £100 a go anyway. Champagne never gives me a hangover BTW...I gave it a thorough test at a posh party once, where the free Bolly was flowing all night.

Whilst I like "real" chocolate, I know what you mean about Cadbury's: sometimes, only a Whole Nut will do.

 

[Maz]

(BTW, if you disagree, you don't need to frame your disagreement in a personal insult - you can make the same point, as Maz did, without being rude - especially if you've missed the - admittidly rather dry - humour in a post).

I think the humour was also lost on my "Horses for Courses" joke. Or maybe it was a bit too Francophobic. Or just a bit too rubbish.

 

[Night Train]

Escargots. Couldn't even swallow.

I used to really enjoy them and had them quite often. Then suddenly halfway through a meal I went off them, completely, and couldn't finish the dish.

Weetabix is another that I found very underwhelming.

 

[slowmotion]

Champagne. I just can't tell the difference between seriously expensive champagne and the far cheaper wines that use the same method.

I've never tried any champagne was more than about £18 and I rarely drink it anyway. I would love to see if the bonkers-price stuff if so much better. What I do know is that bonkers-cheap champagne is seriously vile. On the last few days of our honeymoon we were reduced to drinking forty franc champagne from a supermarket in Corsica. Oh dear....

 

[MontyVeda]

Champagne. I just can't tell the difference between seriously expensive champagne and the far cheaper wines that use the same method. And they all give me a terrible hangover anyway.

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what's the difference between sparkling wine and champagne? About £20.