The most overrated foods and drinks
Posted by: Gerontius' Dream on 27 March 2008
Seeing that we have threads on rhubarb and vodka, why not express your views about what you think are the world's most over-rated foods and drinks?
Just to start:
1 Champagne
2 Caviare
3 Steak
Posted on: 28 March 2008 by full ahead
Porridge ,it should be banned.Frosties is much better.
George
Posted on: 28 March 2008 by tonym
quote:
Originally posted by BigH47:
A friend told me once anyone can find a really good expensive wine, the trick is to find a good cheap one. Like most things the law of diminishing returns operates. At one of the places I was lodging in,the owner (a pretentious snob) told me after I said I didn't get purple sprouting broccoli,that I was the wrong class to appreciate it! I took this to mean that my class would not just spend any amount of money on some thing some one said was good because it was expensive.
I love Purple Sprouting Broccoli. I must be pretty upper class then!
The problem with really cheap wine, i.e. under about £4 a bottle, is that most of the money goes towards bottling, distribution and profit, leaving very little for the wine. These costs remain pretty constant so proportionally much more is spent on the wine quality as you go up to, say, a £10 bottle.
Posted on: 28 March 2008 by Chief Chirpa
So, to sum up, I like...
champagne
caviar
steak
oysters
beetroot
spinach
asparagus
McDonalds
roast parsnips
avocado
porridge
Frosties
(Burp)
After troughing that lot, I really should be a right fat bloater!
Lion bars, however, are overrated.
Posted on: 28 March 2008 by scottyhammer
so are we finally agreed that the most overrated food is.....OYSTERS.
the most overrated drink is...CHAMPAGNE.
Posted on: 28 March 2008 by Bruce Woodhouse
...er actually I think oysters are wonderfully complex and subtle. I enjoy them more each time I eat them. Fantastic, a burst of briny freshness and flavour.
Posted on: 28 March 2008 by scottyhammer
bruce,
you are an alien !
Posted on: 28 March 2008 by tonym
quote:
Originally posted by Bruce Woodhouse:
...er actually I think oysters are wonderfully complex and subtle. I enjoy them more each time I eat them. Fantastic, a burst of briny freshness and flavour.
Cor! you must be Upper Class too Bruce!
Posted on: 28 March 2008 by antony d
quote:
Originally posted by scottyhammer:
so are we finally agreed that the most overrated food is.....OYSTERS.
the most overrated drink is...CHAMPAGNE.
Will have to arrange a tasting at the next fourm get together to try and spread the word! and convert some members
With Champagne it's the quality NOT quantity
Posted on: 28 March 2008 by NaimDropper
Coca-Cola and soft drinks in general.
Bottled water except where health is concerned.
Posted on: 28 March 2008 by Diccus62
Wagon Wheels are rubbish
Posted on: 28 March 2008 by Diccus62
IMO
Posted on: 28 March 2008 by dsteady
quote:
Originally posted by garyi:
....Avocado.
I can eat it. But lets get down to brass tacks. It has no taste what so ever. You are relying on the texture to do something for you. Invariably it has to be mixed with something with flavour. So one is left wondering, 'why bother'
And they are expensive as well.
Okay now you're trampling on my part of the world. Quite possibly avocados, once they've been unpacked from a container in Dover, have lost their appeal. But come out to the west coast some time and eat a fresh in-season Hass avocado, smashed on a piece of good bread, with sea salt and a drizzled with a little bit of olive oil and you will understand.
And another thing: Oysters! They are the best. That's non-negotiable.
daniel
Posted on: 28 March 2008 by scottyhammer
Posted on: 28 March 2008 by scottyhammer
another alien
Posted on: 28 March 2008 by scottyhammer
they are amongst us !
Posted on: 28 March 2008 by Chris Kelly
Any shellfish and anything sold at a premium as "organic".
In my drinking days I thought Dom Perignon was not so much over-rated as ridiculously over-priced.
Posted on: 28 March 2008 by Jet Johnson
..Wot ...no Jellied eels on your list Scotty ? ..I thought you cockernees lived on them!
Posted on: 28 March 2008 by Jet Johnson
....Diccus will vehemently disagree but ....I can't get me head (or tongue) around white wine ...even on the very odd occasion it's the supposed good stuff ...red screech every time for me I'm afraid ...
.."peasant"?? - who me?
Posted on: 28 March 2008 by Chillkram
quote:
Originally posted by antony d:
Will have to arrange a tasting at the next fourm get together to try and spread the word! and convert some members
Sounds good to me, Anthony. Does your company do other wines than champagne? I have to say I much prefer a decent red.
Mark
Posted on: 28 March 2008 by scottyhammer
jet,
this is the "OVERRATED" foods and drink !
please pay attention.
pie n mash with plenty of green liquer is my pre-match favourite. hmmmm
Posted on: 28 March 2008 by JWM
quote:
Originally posted by scottyhammer:
pie n mash with plenty of green liquer is my pre-match favourite. hmmmm
Disgusting
Posted on: 28 March 2008 by Willy
quote:
Originally posted by Bruce Woodhouse:
...er actually I think oysters are wonderfully complex and subtle. I enjoy them more each time I eat them. Fantastic, a burst of briny freshness and flavour.
Got my vote on that. And Caol Ila 18yr.....
Willy.
Posted on: 28 March 2008 by csl
avocodo
wine
abalone ????
surely madness is afoot. the last time i was awarded abalone was when a friend of the family got some diving in the 70's. it was amazing. hopefully you are just referring to those big tasteless avocados grown in florida and hawaii. a hass avocado is god's food.
my list would include Foie gras which i am sure will be defended to no end.
second Sweet breads- good god why these are served in finer restraunts escapes me.
and lastly- Steak tar tar.
raw burger anyone?
Posted on: 28 March 2008 by dsteady
quote:
Originally posted by scottyhammer:
they are amongst us !
Just bring us your oysters and all of your LP12s and we'll leave your peaceful little hamlet alone.
Posted on: 29 March 2008 by antony d
Sounds good to me, Anthony. Does your company do other wines than champagne? I have to say I much prefer a decent red.
Mark[/QUOTE]
Mark - yes both from Old and New world (Michel Chapoutier Chanson Southbank Klein Constantia Turkey Flat RODA Tappanappa The Crossings and Port or Cognac to finsh!
