Overrated foods... That others love

[Thrillhouse]

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Oh, and I can't believe I haven't mentioned this:

[b][i]Chicken pot pie is very overrated.[/i][/b]
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[b][i]Chicken pot pie is overrated[/i][/b] but shepards pie is delightful.
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Them's is fightin' words in the south, Boys. Be careful.
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Your thoughts on shepards pie?

[Mschumacher]

Lobster for me

[Myherobobhope]

I have never thought of Chicken Pot Pie as a popular dish... I know my dad likes it... but I've probably seen under 20 chicken pot pies in my life.

I might have to try to make one sometime.

Filet Mignon is the most overrated (but still delicious) cut of beef. It's the Taylor Made of beef. (Sorry, watching an R1 commercial)

[tbowles411]

[quote name='TheMackDaddy' timestamp='1362798415' post='6575159']
Any vegetables.
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This

[Shrapnac]

[quote name='Myherobobhope' timestamp='1363309444' post='6613975']
I have never thought of Chicken Pot Pie as a popular dish... I know my dad likes it... but I've probably seen under 20 chicken pot pies in my life.

I might have to try to make one sometime.

Filet Mignon is the most overrated (but still delicious) cut of beef. It's the Taylor Made of beef. (Sorry, watching an R1 commercial)
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Homemade chicken pit pie is a whole nother animal than the frozen.

I agree on filet, it's good but I don't know why I have to pay a premium for it. Also if it's cooked just a little poorly it turns into dried out badness. A steak with some fat can handle a little screw up.

[Myherobobhope]

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[quote name='Myherobobhope' timestamp='1363309444' post='6613975']
I have never thought of Chicken Pot Pie as a popular dish... I know my dad likes it... but I've probably seen under 20 chicken pot pies in my life.

I might have to try to make one sometime.

Filet Mignon is the most overrated (but still delicious) cut of beef. It's the Taylor Made of beef. (Sorry, watching an R1 commercial)
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Homemade chicken pit pie is a whole nother animal than the frozen.

I agree on filet, it's good but I don't know why I have to pay a premium for it. Also if it's cooked just a little poorly it turns into dried out badness. A steak with some fat can handle a little screw up.
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Meat Thermometer...

Toss the meat in an oven set at 250, wait until it gets to 130 degrees. Sear it on both sides... perfect medium rare.

There is no easier way to cook a steak perfectly... (unless you are interested in the beer cooler sous vide hack)

[Thrillhouse]

[quote name='Shrapnac' timestamp='1363309631' post='6614009']
[quote name='Myherobobhope' timestamp='1363309444' post='6613975']
I have never thought of Chicken Pot Pie as a popular dish... I know my dad likes it... but I've probably seen under 20 chicken pot pies in my life.

I might have to try to make one sometime.

Filet Mignon is the most overrated (but still delicious) cut of beef. It's the Taylor Made of beef. (Sorry, watching an R1 commercial)
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Homemade chicken pit pie is a whole nother animal than the frozen.

I agree on filet, it's good but I don't know why I have to pay a premium for it. Also if it's cooked just a little poorly it turns into dried out badness. A steak with some fat can handle a little screw up.
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It's my favourite cut! The appeal for me is the texture, when it's done right no other cut gives you the smooth texture of the filet.

[Troyefl]

Dislike Celery, mushrooms, garlic veggie wise

Despise pickled herring, extended family in wisconsin love it. Blah

[MtlJeff]

[quote name='Myherobobhope' timestamp='1363309444' post='6613975']
I have never thought of Chicken Pot Pie as a popular dish... I know my dad likes it... but I've probably seen under 20 chicken pot pies in my life.

I might have to try to make one sometime.

Filet Mignon is the most overrated (but still delicious) cut of beef. It's the Taylor Made of beef. (Sorry, watching an R1 commercial)
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I find steak in general a bit overrated to be honest, not that it's bad, just whenever i go to a restaurant i always find something like 20$ cheaper that sounds just as good. I haven't ordered steak at a fancy restaurant in years now that i think about it

[Bogie_Nights]

^^^you know what... I agree. I like steak, but I don't worship at its altar anymore. People love it too much.

I like it, but I don't love it.

Chicken pot pie is good. Shepards pie is aces too ( as long as its not done with lamb/ mutton).

[Bear Down]

Hummus. Every time our friends get together for a BBQ or dinner, one of the girls ALWAY busts out the Stacy's pita chips and hummus.

Mediterranean food. There's a restaurant here that always has a huge line out the door and people ordering take out. Went in to try it and see what the hype was and was not impressed at all.

[Conman48]

[quote name='SilverBullets' timestamp='1362839606' post='6576899']
I think lobster and crab has already been discussed, those are certainly on my list. Another is Foie Gras. I studied in France for 4 months and the entire time they raved about it. It is seriously nasty stuff. Tastes like cat food. Not to mention the color (yellowish brown) and texture (can get kind of like clay) just gross me out. I mean c'mon people, is duck liver....

A local fare which I can not stand is Skyline Chili. Um first off, whatever that s*** is sitting on top of a plate of noodles is not chili. It looks and smells like baby diarrhea. It's got a bunch of cinnamon or something in it. Whatever's it is, I would never consider it Chili and it tastes like vomit. All the Cincinnati people act like its god's gift.... Um sorry, no.
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Foie gras has to legitimately be cat food! There is no other way to describe it! It's just fat filled paste, but man it is huge in Paris.

[MrParr1Noid]

I don't see how anyone could call this overrated... :)

 

[Myherobobhope]

I cooked a tomahawk chop perfectly a few months ago...

[Shipwreck]

The reason why a filet is such high priced is because there isn't much of it in a cow. On average a cow will have 8-10 and they are small, but they are the most tender part because it's a muscle the cow doesn't use. Is it grossly over-priced? I would say yes by a about $5. I would rather pay less and get a HUGE ribeye or porterhouse than a dainty little filet, but I will never pass one up if offered.

[SilverBullets]

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[quote name='SilverBullets' timestamp='1362839606' post='6576899']
I think lobster and crab has already been discussed, those are certainly on my list. Another is Foie Gras. I studied in France for 4 months and the entire time they raved about it. It is seriously nasty stuff. Tastes like cat food. Not to mention the color (yellowish brown) and texture (can get kind of like clay) just gross me out. I mean c'mon people, is duck liver....

A local fare which I can not stand is Skyline Chili. Um first off, whatever that s*** is sitting on top of a plate of noodles is not chili. It looks and smells like baby diarrhea. It's got a bunch of cinnamon or something in it. Whatever's it is, I would never consider it Chili and it tastes like vomit. All the Cincinnati people act like its god's gift.... Um sorry, no.
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Foie gras has to legitimately be cat food! There is no other way to describe it! It's just fat filled paste, but man it is huge in Paris.
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Haha it certainly looks and smells like it. I just don't get it. Who seriously wants to eat Fatty Duck liver?

[SilverBullets]

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[quote name='Myherobobhope' timestamp='1363309444' post='6613975']
I have never thought of Chicken Pot Pie as a popular dish... I know my dad likes it... but I've probably seen under 20 chicken pot pies in my life.

I might have to try to make one sometime.

Filet Mignon is the most overrated (but still delicious) cut of beef. It's the Taylor Made of beef. (Sorry, watching an R1 commercial)
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Homemade chicken pit pie is a whole nother animal than the frozen.

I agree on filet, it's good but I don't know why I have to pay a premium for it. Also if it's cooked just a little poorly it turns into dried out badness. A steak with some fat can handle a little screw up.
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Meat Thermometer...

Toss the meat in an oven set at 250, wait until it gets to 130 degrees. Sear it on both sides... perfect medium rare.

There is no easier way to cook a steak perfectly... (unless you are interested in the beer cooler sous vide hack)
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Eh with Steak I don't like it in the Oven. I like the flavor grilling it adds. Now chicken, I feel searing it on each side and dropping it in the oven is the only way to go.

Just throw a thick steak on the grill on high heat for a few minutes on each side and get yourself a perfectly cooked rare steak with a little char on each side for added flavor.

[OrangeCrush]

1. Seafood especially lobster, shrimp, and calimari. I hate the taste and the texture. Oddly enough I LOVE a great crab cake and fried clams. I worked in a seafood restaraunt for 2 summers as a teen and the smell just goes right thru me.

2. Thai food....No thanks!

3. Corned Beef and Cabbage..........and I am 100% irish! WATER IS NOT A SPICE PEOPLE!!!!!!!!

4. Pizza with veggie toppings! You get meat, meat, more meat....did you want more meat? ALLTIME fav topping.. Prosciutto! The right amount of salt to compliment the rest of it.

5. Wine ............I tell my kids wine is something they do not something I want to drink! It ALL tastes like bland grape juice to me and YES I even tried not cheap stuff to see if I could tell the difference. NOPE!

[gambit]

[quote name='Bear Down' timestamp='1363319765' post='6615173']
Hummus. Every time our friends get together for a BBQ or dinner, one of the girls ALWAY busts out the Stacy's pita chips and hummus.

Mediterranean food. There's a restaurant here that always has a huge line out the door and people ordering take out. Went in to try it and see what the hype was and was not impressed at all.
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+1 on the pita and hummus. I just don't get what's so great. Better than chips and salsa? Nope. Plus the chickpeas disagree with me.

[billyhandsomeface]

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For anyone that lives in Texas: Salt Lick BBQ....used to be great, now it tastes like rubber.

Oh and the craze for Chipotle really gets me....all the ingredients for a burrito there are so bland...no seasoning, hardly anything with taste. And NO refried beans or spanish rice for a BURRITO PLACE??!!!??? wtf dude. Im out.
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Yeah I have never understood the obsession with Salt Lick. Other than the Peach Cobbler a la mode it just seems overpriced. Plus the original one is A LONG DRIVE BACK if you know what I mean!!

[Mschumacher]

I don't see how anyone could call this overrated... :)

 

 

Agreed. My mouth is watering just looking at that.

[ABgolfer2]

You people are eating raw meat? No thank you.

[Thrillhouse]

Since nobody else has supported it I really like foie gras. I wouldn't want to eat a lot of it, but in small doses prepared correctly the flavor and texture is really nice.

[Myherobobhope]

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Since nobody else has supported it I really like foie gras. I wouldn't want to eat a lot of it, but in small doses prepared correctly the flavor and texture is really nice.
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I had a mini-foie gras burger once... it was delightful.

Honestly, I think any food can be prepared in a way that I will enjoy it. There are some things that I don't love (mushrooms, lobster) but it's mainly a texture or allergy thing.

I enjoyed the portabello mushrooms I grilled. I did not enjoy the hives or my throat swelling shut.

I'm also not a big fan of Star Anise (which is in Chinese Five Spice Powder)... having food taste like licorice just doesn't do it for me.

[Thrillhouse]

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[quote name='Thrillhouse' timestamp='1363366645' post='6617501']
Since nobody else has supported it I really like foie gras. I wouldn't want to eat a lot of it, but in small doses prepared correctly the flavor and texture is really nice.
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I had a mini-foie gras burger once... it was delightful.

Honestly, I think any food can be prepared in a way that I will enjoy it. There are some things that I don't love (mushrooms, lobster) but it's mainly a texture or allergy thing.

I enjoyed the portabello mushrooms I grilled. I did not enjoy the hives or my throat swelling shut.

I'm also not a big fan of Star Anise (which is in Chinese Five Spice Powder)... having food taste like licorice just doesn't do it for me.
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I also am really big on texture, there are foods I won't eat not because of taste but because of texture.

[Shipwreck]

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3. Corned Beef and Cabbage..........and I am 100% irish! WATER IS NOT A SPICE PEOPLE!!!!!!!!

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Out of mere curiosity, have you ever eaten authentic Irish food? Like in Ireland? It is a poor country and that is how they cooked things.
Here is an exert from Dennis Leary's book "Why We Suck"

"We lived in an Irish household so forget about food that tasted good. If you downed a forkful of potatoes and it tasted like dogshi*t your tastebuds did a damn kitchen table jig. Irish people eat as though they were doing penance - it's punishment for your sins and just a way of laying a foundation in your stomach for all the booze that's about to follow it down your gullet. Here's an example of a few traditional Irish recipes my mom cooked up for us:

Cabbage Potato Chuck Roast
-14 sticks of butter
-Pinch of salt
-Cabbage
-Seven hundred potatotes
-2 lbs chuck roast beef

Place chuck roast, potatoes and cabbage in a very large pot of already boiling water. Boil for five hours. Turn heat down to a simmer. Drop in 14 sticks of butter and pinch of salt. Let boil for one more hour. Then another 15 minutes. Then a couple more minutes. Make sure all the germs and taste have been boiled out. Serve."

Irish cooking is poor cooking. Add salt to potatoes and cabbage to some cut of meat. Boil and serve. Amount of salt determines what the recipe really is.

[Myherobobhope]

Dessert Speed Round:

Cake pops. Just make me a cake.

Cupcakes. Seriously... you basically follow all the cake making steps and then make tiny cakes that are harder to get good frosting to cake ratios on... and cupcake frosting tends to not be as good as cake frosting

Flourless chocolate cake... too dense... it always sounds good and always disappoints me.

The new self serve frozen yogurt trend... I was excited about it at first, and the overall product is usually decent... but every single place uses the exact same mix. There is no variation in flavor and no real creativity... they just take over a space, install 4 machines and dump in a few gallons of pre-made yogurt mix they bought from sysco. I'd love to see a real "homemade" fro-yo place pop up.

Blondies: If I want a brownie, I want a brownie. If I want a cookie, I want a cookie... a blondie is the worst of both worlds (which isn't a bad place to be... but still!)

Derby Pie: damn you for trademarking it! It's just a slightly fancy / boozy version of pecan pie... don't get uppity!

Popsicle on wooden sticks. This is a personal thing... I hate sticking wood in my mouth. Take that how you may, pervert.

[Myherobobhope]

I like the cut of your jib, shipwreck.

I agree on the Irish cooking front... although it CAN be done well... most of it was developed out of necessity, but that doesn't mean it CAN'T be good... it just takes a certain amount of skill and access to more spices than salt and pepper.

It's funny though, my irish grandmother couldn't cook worth a damn... and my wife's family (100% irish) can't really cook either. I learned to cook from my mother's mother and my mom both of whom who had access and time to learn to cook.

[Bogie_Nights]

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Dessert Speed Round:

Cake pops. Just make me a cake.

Cupcakes. Seriously... you basically follow all the cake making steps and then make tiny cakes that are harder to get good frosting to cake ratios on... and cupcake frosting tends to not be as good as cake frosting

Flourless chocolate cake... too dense... it always sounds good and always disappoints me.

The new self serve frozen yogurt trend... I was excited about it at first, and the overall product is usually decent... but every single place uses the exact same mix. There is no variation in flavor and no real creativity... they just take over a space, install 4 machines and dump in a few gallons of pre-made yogurt mix they bought from sysco. I'd love to see a real "homemade" fro-yo place pop up.

Blondies: If I want a brownie, I want a brownie. If I want a cookie, I want a cookie... a blondie is the worst of both worlds (which isn't a bad place to be... but still!)

Derby Pie: damn you for trademarking it! It's just a slightly fancy / boozy version of pecan pie... don't get uppity!

Popsicle on wooden sticks. This is a personal thing... I hate sticking wood in my mouth. Take that how you may, pervert.
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Well, yeah... But dessert in general is overrated.


Gimme dinner followed by an irish coffee (does that count as irish food?).

[chickenpotpie]

[quote name='OrangeCrush' timestamp='1363359757' post='6616755']
1. Seafood especially lobster, shrimp, and calimari. I hate the taste and the texture. Oddly enough I LOVE a great crab cake and fried clams. I worked in a seafood restaraunt for 2 summers as a teen and the smell just goes right thru me.

2. Thai food....No thanks!

3. Corned Beef and Cabbage..........and I am 100% irish! WATER IS NOT A SPICE PEOPLE!!!!!!!!

4. Pizza with veggie toppings! You get meat, meat, more meat....did you want more meat? ALLTIME fav topping.. Prosciutto! The right amount of salt to compliment the rest of it.

5. Wine ............I tell my kids wine is something they do not something I want to drink! It ALL tastes like bland grape juice to me and YES I even tried not cheap stuff to see if I could tell the difference. NOPE!
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Regarding #5, you're not drinking it right. I'll agree that some wines are better off left as grapes, but you can't tell me that a decent $25-30 bottle of Pinot noir is the same as a bottle of $2 buck chuck (or $3 buck chuck now).