Other people's palate - A Disappointment Thread

[Alter]

Originally Posted by thekunk07

i had a very varied group over for super bowl and they all said my wings were the best they'd ever had.

Recipe or STFU.

 

[Milhouse]

What bothers me more are the people that are scared of everything.

I have a friend that only eats chicken. Ask her about any other meat, and she says it is disgusting. Then ask her if she has actually tried it. . . "well, uh, no".

One night when we were all drunk, we got her a gyro and told her it was chicken. She ate it and loved it, but the next day denied that she ate lamb and still claims lamb is disgusting.

 

[why]

I hide ingredients my mother hates in the food I cook and she never notices but is revolted when I tell her they're in there.

 

[Johnny_5]

Peoples **** palates really bother me when it comes to beer and wine. Like when I went to my friends for the superbowl and he was trying to push Miller High Life on me. YUCK!!! Thanks, but I brought my own beer.

 

[bryce330]

Originally Posted by FLMountainMan

In law school, the girl I dated would only eat at Arby's and Chili's. Getting her to eat anywhere else was like pulling teeth. It was pretty irritating.

Do you still have her number?

Thanks!

 

[JohnRov]

It happens all the time, but like many things, it's not hurting me so why care? Jaques Pepin said he will prepare steak however his guest likes, even well. People have a right to enjoy their food how they like, not how others think they should like it.

i know where you are coming from though.

 

[hi-val]

Originally Posted by Johnny_5

Peoples **** palates really bother me when it comes to beer and wine. Like when I went to my friends for the superbowl and he was trying to push Miller High Life on me. YUCK!!! Thanks, but I brought my own beer.

High Life is amazing.

 

[SField]

I have introduced my nephews to all sorts of stuff that they'd normally never eat, most kinds of meat/fish to escargot and sweetbreads, and I can get them to eat some vegetables too.

It most has to do with perception. A lot of times you have to disguise things, because people have built up a huge resistance to certain foods that even the thought of them reviles them, and even if they liked the taste, just having it near them or taking a bite would be gross.

 

[HitMan009]

Originally Posted by SField

I have introduced my nephews to all sorts of stuff that they'd normally never eat, most kinds of meat/fish to escargot and sweetbreads, and I can get them to eat some vegetables too. It most has to do with perception. A lot of times you have to disguise things, because people have built up a huge resistance to certain foods that even the thought of them reviles them, and even if they liked the taste, just having it near them or taking a bite would be gross.
Snails and brains are one thing but enjoying overcooked and burnt food is another. It never amazes me what people think is good and what is not good. A good example that really annoys me is when I go to most steakhouses. Even when I order a steak medium rare, there is still charring. I just paid almost $100 for a dinner of carbonized meat. Ugg.... yet everyone thinks it's the best **** they ever tasted. Heck I can make a rib-eye from the supermarket taste better. There was a method documented on eGullet on how to cook steak and that is the way I do it. Another is when people tell me to drink Yellowtail....

 

[VKK3450]

I like a nice char on the outside of my med rare steak. Well, more of a crust than a char I guess, but I like a nice browning.

K

 

[avatar]

Originally Posted by GQgeek

You all know my opinion on wimminz that don't like mushrooms!

ew, mushrooms are ******* vile

 

[suited]

Wings may be the most annoying food ever. I love how people say "great wings", as if they are a delicacy that must be prepared by a true expert. I would rarely eat them if they were free. They are messy, covered in fat, and usually prepared in kitchens that would be lucky to pass a health inspection.

All you can eat wing nights make even less sense. Perhaps they are under the assumption that the notoriously high price of chicken wings has prevented the average customer from eating their fill.

 

[SField]

Originally Posted by suited

Wings may be the most annoying food ever. I love how people say "great wings", as if they are a delicacy that must be prepared by a true expert. I would rarely eat them if they were free. They are messy, covered in fat, and usually prepared in kitchens that would be lucky to pass a health inspection.

All you can eat wing nights make even less sense. Perhaps they are under the assumption that the notoriously high price of chicken wings has prevented the average customer from eating their fill.

We're friends.

 

[HitMan009]

Originally Posted by suited

Wings may be the most annoying food ever. I love how people say "great wings", as if they are a delicacy that must be prepared by a true expert. I would rarely eat them if they were free. They are messy, covered in fat, and usually prepared in kitchens that would be lucky to pass a health inspection.

All you can eat wing nights make even less sense. Perhaps they are under the assumption that the notoriously high price of chicken wings has prevented the average customer from eating their fill.

There is something satisfying about a burger and wings once in a while. Nothing wrong with that. The simplicity of wings is what annoys me when so many places can't even get that right. The basic sauce is just butter and Frank's Red Hot. How the hell can someone mess that up? Apparently it's very possible.

 

[VKK3450]

Originally Posted by suited

Wings may be the most annoying food ever. I love how people say "great wings", as if they are a delicacy that must be prepared by a true expert. I would rarely eat them if they were free. They are messy, covered in fat, and usually prepared in kitchens that would be lucky to pass a health inspection.

All you can eat wing nights make even less sense. Perhaps they are under the assumption that the notoriously high price of chicken wings has prevented the average customer from eating their fill.

Great food doesnt have to be expensive or complex. Some of the best things I have eaten have been made from fairly cheap ingredients which were simply but well prepared. Some have even been in parts of the world where they prob dont have health inspectors.

K