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Taste is subjective, and if you still doubt it, just talk to people about whether or not pineapple belongs on pizza. Straight off the bat, you will hear contradictory answers and see just how eager folks are to defend them.

A few weeks ago, Reddit user 1060west-addison made a post on the platform, saying "What is the most controversial food opinion you have?" And it instantly blew up.

As of today, the post has over 20,000 comments, many of which have ignited heated discussions. From cupcakes to beets, continue scrolling to see what things are tearing everyone apart.

#1

30 Of The Hottest Food Takes That Are Tearing People Apart Only vaguely a food opinion, but, there’s no such thing as a “special occasion” food. Like, cakes are often associated with parties. But I’m a grown man and if I want cake because it’s Wednesday I’m gonna go get myself a Wednesday cake.

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Noltha
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If something requires long preparation (several hours or longer), it is a special occasion food ;)

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#2

30 Of The Hottest Food Takes That Are Tearing People Apart Breakfast is an "anytime" kind of food. It doesn't have to be restricted to 5 AM - 1030 AM. Sometimes I like bacon, eggs, hashbrowns and strawberry vanilla crepes at 8:47 PM.

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#3

30 Of The Hottest Food Takes That Are Tearing People Apart Cupcakes with super thick and ornate frosting are fun to look at but rarely tasty

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Barbara Kayton
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If they don’t have thick, genuine buttercream frosting, they are just sad muffins.

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#4

30 Of The Hottest Food Takes That Are Tearing People Apart Pineapples. Pizza. Delicious together

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Nathaniel
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My hot take. EVERYONE likes pineapple on pizza, those that claim they don't are just being difficult.

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#5

30 Of The Hottest Food Takes That Are Tearing People Apart Muffins are just cake disguised as breakfast food.

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#6

30 Of The Hottest Food Takes That Are Tearing People Apart Just because you like hot food, doesn't mean you have to use the absolute hottest sauce you have.

I can handle hot, but prefer medium, where I can enjoy the heat but still actually taste my foods flavour.

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Nathaniel
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The whole hotter the better macho b******t is ridiculous. SO much heat I cannot taste anything but the heat, and it makes my a**e explode. Why bother eating a dish you cannot taste and your body expels at high speeds?

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#7

30 Of The Hottest Food Takes That Are Tearing People Apart I honestly don't think rice belongs inside a burrito. Get the carbs from the tortilla and any veggies. Rice is just a useless filler to make the burrito seems fuller than it really is. Also corn tortillas are superior for tacos.

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Bb8
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yes! Finally someone said it. As an Indian I find rice in burrito very weird.

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#8

30 Of The Hottest Food Takes That Are Tearing People Apart Runny eggs are gross. Your favorite chef's "perfect scrambled eggs" look like vomit.

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#9

30 Of The Hottest Food Takes That Are Tearing People Apart Sushi rolls shouldn’t be so big you have to take more than one bite or else they disintegrate

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Donkeywheel
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Just eat your sushi, rolls, maki or sashimi in an actual Japanese restaurant : taste before size. Leave the big fake ones to the western fast food chains

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#10

30 Of The Hottest Food Takes That Are Tearing People Apart Sticking to the traditional authentic versions of foods is not necessarily better. It’s ok to be creative in cooking and mix things from different cuisines

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Kathryn Baylis
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Sometimes you have to modify them to suit the tastebuds of the people you’re serving them to. I don’t just mean people who weren’t raised on them, there are also people whose gastrointestinal system is somewhat delicate, and can’t take hot, spicy foods. Or wheat. Or dairy. Or…you get the picture.

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#11

30 Of The Hottest Food Takes That Are Tearing People Apart Anything tastes good when you put sugar on it. People who think they like rhubarb are just kidding themselves. No one liked rhubarb. They like sugar.

Edit: rhubarb was capitalized and it doesn't deserve it.

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#12

Why are french fries not suitable for breakfast but tater tots are? I should be able to eat whatever I want for breakfast even if it’s not typically a breakfast food because it’s still mostly the same.

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Owen Jarvis
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

All food is food. Food doesn't have a schedule. Eat a curry for breakfast and cereal for dinner. The food doesn't care.

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#13

30 Of The Hottest Food Takes That Are Tearing People Apart The cookie part of the Oreo is better than the stuffing part

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#14

Horseradish is amazing and belongs on more than just roast beef

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#15

30 Of The Hottest Food Takes That Are Tearing People Apart Mayo on fries. Never realized how controversial it was until I moved to the States

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Caro Caro
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

YES. A good quality mayo is great on/with fries. *me checking freezer* :D

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#16

30 Of The Hottest Food Takes That Are Tearing People Apart Pickle juice is delicious!

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Vorknkx
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In the Slavic world, it's known as a potent anti-hangover elixir.

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#17

30 Of The Hottest Food Takes That Are Tearing People Apart Cream cheese in sushi is f*****g gross

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blobby_grrl
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

WHO EVEN DOES THIS GIVE ME THEIR ADDRESS AND I WILL PERSONALLY HIRE MY CAT TO ASSASSINATE THEM (free advertising moment- she works 200 buckaroonies an hour and always gets the job done)

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#18

Red velvet is b******t

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Khara Mei
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Proper red velvet is delish. Fake red velvet is bullsh*t.

Anjali Jeter
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There's a baker local to me that makes real-deal, traditional Red Velvet Cake and that is not BS. It's amazing and worlds away from what most people think of when they hear ''Red Velvet.' The fake coloured c**p people claim as ''Red Velvet'' is pure nasty and a complete scam.

Kathryn Baylis
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It’s not even a flavor, it’s just chocolate cake with a huge amount of red food coloring. Yuck.

RafCo (he/him)
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Traditional red-velvet cakes do not use food coloring. The red colour comes from non-Dutched chocolate. The Dutching process is a process by which chocolate is treated with an alkalizing agent to reduce the natural acidity in the chocolate. This process also has the effect of turning the chocolate from a deep earthy red colour to the brown colour that you are used to seeing. A real red-velvet cake has a light citrus flavour, which comes from the cocoa, not from any added fruit, as does the red colour. The use of coloured devil's food cake is a fairly new invention. The again the difference being that devil's food cake is made from chocolate, whereas red-velvet is made from cocoa. You will note that if you buy real cocoa powder, it will have a red colour to it.

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Dynein
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The original red velvet cake is based on a chemical reaction involving cocoa and buttermilk/vinegar. It doesn't include food dye and isn't red so much as a rusty brown. You can find recipes if you include the word "original" in the google search and only consider recipes that call for little to no dye at all (and which fuss a lot about the right type of cocoa and flour and the correct amount of .buttermilk/vinegar). I've been meaning to try it out myself but am not sure of how to get all the ingredients here in Germany.

Jrog
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The real red velvet is amazing. The sour cream added to turn the cocoa pink adds a lot of complex flavors. Unfortunately, it is almost impossible to find these days, killed by the shamless scam "replica" made with red coloring in the dough.

Ripley
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's mostly the correct cocoa that's really hard to find. The acid mix only works with non-Dutch process cocoa, and that seems to be pretty rare these days.

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lara
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Most people out of the south do not know how to make a Red Velvet cake. And do not even think about using that cake mix. Red velvet is very tender, has a chocolate base taste, a cream taste, and is very light. I have never had a good Red Velvet out of state nor from a bakery. And most have NO idea about white velvet frosting.

Mickipickie
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It only tastes different from chocolate because the food coloring taints the flavor

Rachel Mion
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And don't even THINK about putting cream cheese frosting on it. Blasphemous.

JLN
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Black velvet is the best cake ever, I will die on this hill. It's like a soft moist Oreo cookie. It looks like charcoal but it is so good! Even without frosting, but obviously better with frosting

Scp_049
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah! I prefer yellow cake, which is kind of like a different flavour of vanilla cake. It just tastes better.

Seabeast
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's just cocoa powder with buttermilk added to turn it red.

Mer☕️🧭☕️
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's good, depending on the frosting (gotta be cream cheese based), but it's not worth all the adoing.

Celtic Pirate Queen
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I had never tried it before and we had one at a work party. One of my co-workers was kind enough to take me aside and warn me about how it would turn my poop red so I wouldn't freak out.

Anthony Ramirez
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah, and the shock factor for me personally. One Christmas Eve celebrating with my family, I over imbibed on both beer and red velvet cake. When I came home later that night and got ready for bed I went to brush my teeth and spit first. Well it was all red, and in my inebriated state I immediately thought I was bleeding internally, thinking holy c**p I better call 911 until I remembered I had eaten practically a whole red velvet cake earlier that evening.

Synsepalum
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

As a pastry chef, let me elaborate. It's oil and red food coloring. Yes, I know some folks use beet whatnots as coloring, but usually it's a schnit ton of red food coloring. There's not enough chocolate to be chocolate, yet too much chocolate to not be vanilla. Red velvet is indeed bullschnit.

Astarael
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's just chocolate dyed red most of the time. Proper stuff is good

ravina nimje
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If made with real Red velvet recipe then its the moistest cake one can have. Just rad colour makes no sense.

Benita Valdez
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Adding red dye to regular chocolate cake does not make it red velvet! You need buttermilk! Homemade is far superior to store/bakery junk

Cheryl Ramsay
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What makes red velvet is the food coloring and that doesn't taste. Just make good tasting cake.

red raccoon (she/they)
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I actually didn't know this but in America, the red velvet is dyed chocolate, but in the places I went to in India, the red velvet cake tasted like rose, and it was heavenly.

Mrs.Pugh
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I was last years old when I found out red velvet is just dyed chocolate cake. I was sad and heartbroken.

Kise Miarse
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's chocolate cake. With red food coloring. Find a recipe, you'll see what I mean. 😉

Captain Panda
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

RIGHT!!!! Cream cheese topping? No thanks! Gimme BUTTERCREAM!! haha

Morti
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I mean... It's nice but it's just cake with some cocoa powder and a s**t-ton of food colouring.

Bunzilla
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Red Velvet cake with cream cheese icing is tasty AF. But anyone who disagrees is welcome to their own opinion.

Pamela Blue
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Considering it's just a food colouring additive, then yes, it's just another gimmick.

Maggie Dinzler Shaw
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Marinate hard boiled eggs in pickled beet juice. So pretty. Amish i believe.

Rachel Smith
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Red velvet is good... because it's chocolate cake. I'm really hoping everyone knows this by now lol. It's literally chocolate cake with red food coloring and cream cheese frosting. So if you like chocolate cake, you like red velvet. Literally the only thing tastes wise for me is the cream cheese frosting, I prefer it over other frosting. But most chocolate cake comes with butter cream.

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#19

30 Of The Hottest Food Takes That Are Tearing People Apart You can use ground cinnamon in meat dishes 😋

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#20

30 Of The Hottest Food Takes That Are Tearing People Apart Roasted marshmallows are only worth eating if they have been fully caught on fire first. Burnt sh’mellows hit different.

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Jihana
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Even more controversial: I don't like marshmallows at all. They are far too sweet for my taste.

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#21

Circus Peanuts and Candy Corn are NOT food and are completely repulsive!......

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#22

30 Of The Hottest Food Takes That Are Tearing People Apart Vanilla is the best flavor of ice cream.

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#23

30 Of The Hottest Food Takes That Are Tearing People Apart I love beets because they taste like how dirt smells

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#24

30 Of The Hottest Food Takes That Are Tearing People Apart Truffles are overrated. They are used on everything as a buzz word and generally don’t even need to be there to begin with.

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Owen Jarvis
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They are usually added so sparingly, that I'm still not sure I know what a truffle tastes like. I would quite like to eat a whole one, just to find out.

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#25

30 Of The Hottest Food Takes That Are Tearing People Apart Bananas do NOT go in fruit salad!

The texture does not match the rest of the fruit, and the mush ruins it

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TheAquarius1978
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wrong, bananas are a MUST on fruit salad, their texture os no different than grapes or kiwi, and the flavor they give its amazing.

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#26

30 Of The Hottest Food Takes That Are Tearing People Apart Unless it is a very good steak, burgers are better.

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#27

too much cheese on/in food stops being enjoyable

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#28

30 Of The Hottest Food Takes That Are Tearing People Apart Bacon is fine, but is vastly over appreciated. It’s salted meat. Chill out everyone.

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#29

30 Of The Hottest Food Takes That Are Tearing People Apart Most British food is awful, like terrible, yet nobody will admit it.

EDIT: A lot of people seem to think I’m not British. I am. Whenever I eat out, it’s foreign food for this guy. Keep your Sunday dinners to yourself.

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#30

Canned fish is awesome! Not just sardines and anchovies but you can get all kinds of fish in cans, even stuff like clams and even squid! And if you prefer food without too many additives or processing, look at the back of the can, it typically says something like "ingredients: fish, salt, some sort of oil (veg or sunflower or something) and with some, the processing is so minimal the fish is just cooked in the can after sealing during the pasturization process.

Try kipper snacks, they kinda have a smokey bacon taste. Fantastic treat/snack

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Owen Jarvis
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Kippers are amazing. Add a little butter and Mmmmm. Also, canned mackeral fillets in tomato sauce are perfect on toast. It doesn't sound good, but it is extremely good.

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#31

I don’t enjoy eating 3 times a day, it’s a chore.

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Kathryn Baylis
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Then don’t. Follow what your body says, not the arbitrary rules others impose on you. As long as you’re well nourished and healthy, who TF cares if you only eat once a day?

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#32

30 Of The Hottest Food Takes That Are Tearing People Apart I love to eat lemons the way that most people eat oranges. People act like that’s crazy, but it’s normal to eat citrus and normal to enjoy sour candy, so why not also eat a sour citrus?

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#33

30 Of The Hottest Food Takes That Are Tearing People Apart I legitimately think Diet Coke has a better flavor than regular.

I don't drink the diet versions of any other drinks, but for whatever reason I just think Diet Coke has a better taste!

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#34

30 Of The Hottest Food Takes That Are Tearing People Apart Chicken and fries require absolutely no sauce/ ketchup, if the chicken is juicy enough and the fries are cooked well, why add stuff to take the taste away? So pointless

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#35

I hate the texture and taste of avocado. Grass flavored Play Doh

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Veria Robinson
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ty I thought it was just me Alvacado is gross I can't get past the texture sorry not sorry

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#36

30 Of The Hottest Food Takes That Are Tearing People Apart Shrimp are the cockroach of the sea.

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#37

30 Of The Hottest Food Takes That Are Tearing People Apart East Asian noodles are way superior to Italian pasta. Both in the available variety and overall taste/texture. Most Italian pasta is the same thing cut into different shapes.

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#38

Approximately .5 ml of peppermint extract added to the mix for a pumpkin pie makes it next level delicious. The reason I consider this controversial is because no matter how many pies get consumed at Thanksgiving dinner with compliments, nobody else does this and I'm pretty sure people don't believe me.

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#40

I super hate cold pizza. You lose the flavor profile of the sauce and cheese. I need it piping hot

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#41

30 Of The Hottest Food Takes That Are Tearing People Apart Hummus is absolute garbage. The different "flavors" are b.s., they all taste the same. Like a dirty armpit.

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Caro Caro
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Has this person licked a dirty armpit?? How would you otherwise know?? eeeeew

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