Overrated food

[Maggot]

Most of the things posted on this thread aren't overated - they are merely things someone doesn't like, or examples of a particular dish that was poorly made.

Very true. Most of the stuff mentioned is ok - apart from polenta.

 

[moomoo]

Another vote for gnocci here. Bleugh!

 

[fen_boy]

Sun-dried tomatoes: Rank.

Agreed, they taste like a tea bag full of sick.

 

[d.a.s.h]

the op is obviously eating shite mozzarella and shite risotto.

Probably true enough for the risotto but IMO it's like something that should be served to go with something else, not a dish all on its own.

Uncooked mozzarella like people have in salads is gross and rubbery. It's only good when it's melted. Halloumi is nicer.

 

[Xanadu]

When polenta's done like this:

http://www.dkimages.com/discover/previews/827/606929.JPG

It's delicious

 

[Mrs Miggins]

Snails.
Snails are absolute shit.

 

[Mrs Miggins]

Uncooked mozzarella like people have in salads is gross and rubbery. It's only good when it's melted. Halloumi is nicer.

You are definitely eating the wrong mozzarella but I'll give you the fact that Halloumi is nicer

 

[d.a.s.h]

When polenta's done like this:

http://www.dkimages.com/discover/previews/827/606929.JPG

It's delicious

That certainly looks better than this:

 

[Pingu]

Snails.
Snails are absolute shit.

agreed

and squid

 

[blooper]

Cous-cous: Crap.

Sun-dried tomatoes: Rank.

I always thought Cous-cous was shit too, but then I realised you're not meant to boil it. You just leave it. Brilliant! I fucking love it now.

 

[blooper]

Cheese.

Only if you've never had good cheese. Go to a deli instead of a supermarket and it's a different world.

 

[Mrs Miggins]

agreed

and squid

hmmmm...not sure there....if you're in London, try the squid at Busaba Eathai....tis lush!

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Beef Steak.

It's rubbish. "ooh i'll have the steak"

 

[pigtails]

Prawns!

well any kinda shell fish really - all a bit meh imo.


And I know most of you disagree but I'm right..... so there!!

 

[toblerone3]

Really expensive wine is all overrated. At least it is overrated from a taste point of view. Its a social construct. For example is a £20 bottle of wine twice as good as a £10 bottle of wine in terms of the pleasure it gives. I doubt it.

 

[tarannau]

That applies to all goods though - law of diminishing returns innit. Are those £20 earphones better than the freebies with a cheap radio, but are the £500 versions worth 25x as much and so on.

 

[tarannau]

Beef Steak.

It's rubbish. "ooh i'll have the steak"

To be fair, that's way better than the anodyne 'chicken breast' option.

I'll have the most taste-free, driest bit of the bird at the highest price - oh and can you stamp the word 'mug' on my forehead whilst you're at it.

 

[seeformiles]

butternut squash is everywhere. not saying it's overrated but it's everywhere.

Every TV chef or recipe in papers/magazine keeps harping on about Butternut Squash and, having given it a good go in several dishes, I reckon it's overrated and really fucking dull. Every veggie friend I've got raves about it but if I go round to their house for dinner and it gets served up again I'm going to order a takeaway. The best bit about it is its name.

 

[Vintage Paw]

I like couscous but only if it's got lots of other tastes in there (I 'cook' mine in water that's got tomato puree and garlic dissolved in it. Nom.)

 

[Madusa]

couscous smells like shit.

 

[blooper]

couscous smells like shit.

If you cook it with shit.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

agreed

and squid

I love snails and I love raw squid. Get the squid wrong though and it is the most horrible thing in the world.

 

[Sweaty Betty]

you have failed at life... do not pass go...

overarted food hmmmm


caviar

was totaly whelmed by it

Agree- it just tastes rank- im sure if it wasnt so expensive no fucking toff or celeb would go near it!!!!

 

[Detroit City]

More examples of overrated food please.

oysters, lobster, crab, squid and some other seafood items. i think many just eat 'em cause they are expensive

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

Beef Steak.

It's rubbish. "ooh i'll have the steak"

European steak, yeh. East coast steak, yeh.

The further you get away where the cows are raised the more steak sucks and the less they know how to cook it. If you live in a place where they knock it over the head and slide it onto your plate then you can't beat it.

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

Most French food. It all seems to be smothered in some oily sauce.

Real food served simply tastes best.

Fact.

 

[Detroit City]

Most French food. It all seems to be smothered in some oily sauce.

well YW, the fact that French food has fallen out of favour the world over (except France) seems to back up your opinion.

 

[harpo]

Cous-cous: Crap.

Sun-dried tomatoes: Rank.

Could not agree with you more.

Proper risotto however is lush. To get the depth of flavour it has to be started with wine, but many people forget that.

 

[spanglechick]

well YW, the fact that French food has fallen out of favour the world over (except France) seems to back up your opinion.

what an odd assertion.

what do you base that idea on, other than the daft 'freedom fries' inanity?

 

[blueplume]

oysters, lobster, crab, squid and some other seafood items. i think many just eat 'em cause they are expensive

don't agree, it's so tasty
except squid, cuttlefish; but above all winkles = rubber