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It's natural for people to have different tastes – taste in music, movies, interior design, clothes. The same goes for food. Different people like the taste of different things. Some people have a sweet tooth, others go crazy for all things savory. But can we say there are foods that almost everyone likes? Pizza, maybe?

Redditor YarnSpectre wanted to know if there are popular foods people just don't get the hype about. They asked netizens 'What's one food everyone seems to go crazy for, but you just don't understand the hype?' And the people delivered – from parsley, truffles and pumpkin spice to olives, kombucha and bacon. Wait, there are people who don't like bacon?!

Bored Panda reached out to the author of this thread, YarnSpectre. She was kind enough to chat with us and tell us more about what inspired the post on r/AskReddit.

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“I Refuse To Believe A Single Soul Wants To Eat It”: 35 People Share Overhyped Foods Aussie here. Oreos….meh, there’s plenty of way better biscuits around

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"It was just one of those weird random thoughts," YarnSpectre says when we ask her about the inspiration for this thread. The Redditor explained that her brain just sometimes goes to weird places. 

In her opinion, the most overhyped popular food is the croissant. Apparently, not everyone feels this way – 142 million people in the US alone enjoyed croissants in 2020. Their popularity is undeniable, but their haters are plenty as well. And YarnSpectre is not alone in this.

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“I Refuse To Believe A Single Soul Wants To Eat It”: 35 People Share Overhyped Foods People like how fondant looks, I refuse to believe a single soul actually wants to eat it

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K Davis
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10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't mind it, especially on Christmas cake with marzipan. Trick is not to have it too thick and eat it evenly with the sponge

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Blogger Peter Michaels described croissants as "pretentious, overpriced toast." "I mean, they can't decide if they're bread or cake," he wrote on his blog back in 2021. "You can eat them for breakfast? Can't be a cake."

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Croissants had some haters among other commenters in this thread as well. User Scherbatskyyyyyyyy wrote: "I eat to be full, so having a bite with [a] paper-like break with lots [of] air inside is not for me, especially [if] it costs $4 and I'm still hungry."

#4

“I Refuse To Believe A Single Soul Wants To Eat It”: 35 People Share Overhyped Foods Foie gras. F*****g gross. Texture is rotten, flavor is no better, plus the animal suffers for it?? No thank you.

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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
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10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Zoidberg: "What is this? Goose liver? Fish Eggs? I ask for rich guy stuff and you give me this garbage?"

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#6

“I Refuse To Believe A Single Soul Wants To Eat It”: 35 People Share Overhyped Foods Hot Cheetos or takis. Anything with the artificially colored spicy powder

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People really had a lot of preferences to share – the post got over 13k comments. YarnSpectre says she didn't expect that kind of reaction. "I was very surprised. It was overwhelming," the author admits.

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Still, the Redditor doesn't think it's fair to yuck other people's yums. "It's fine to politely say 'I don't care for that', but not ok to criticize or pick apart what you think is wrong with it," YarnSpectre shared with Bored Panda.

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“I Refuse To Believe A Single Soul Wants To Eat It”: 35 People Share Overhyped Foods Pumpkin spice. It’s fine, but absolutely not anything to make a fuss about

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Susan Bosse
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10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

For me, it just signifies the season. I don't eat or drink everything pumpkin spice but it is definitely a favorite and has been since I was little. Pumpkin bread was the first quick bread recipe I ever learned!

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“I Refuse To Believe A Single Soul Wants To Eat It”: 35 People Share Overhyped Foods Those dry a*s Walmart sugar cookies

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For a long time, we believed that our tongues had different taste zones. But today scientists believe that all regions of the tongue can detect different taste qualities. And not just the sweet, the sour, the salty and the bitter. There's also a fifth one – savory, also referred to as umami.

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#10

“I Refuse To Believe A Single Soul Wants To Eat It”: 35 People Share Overhyped Foods Truffles… WTF?…. Tastes like leaf mold mixed with aged compost and everybody’s like oooooohhh… it’s expensive so I love it…….nobody needs truffle oil on their French fries damn it

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Barong
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10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Love them. But they aren’t something you could just eat a bunch like other mushrooms, which I also love. Even if you don’t necessarily like it it’s hard to not agree that the taste is unique, and powerful. I worked for a high end catering company in NYC and we would get cases of them in and I would shave this slices for various dishes. If it’s an acquired taste I certainly acquired it then. Mushrooms varieties other than portobello/cremini/button are not commonly found in restaurants in the US. Chanterelle, morel, woodsear, enoki, lion mane, lobster, porcini, oh so many delicious and unique flavors. But, truffles outshine them all in its unique firm texture, aroma and flavor.

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Wings. Lotta work and mess for nibbles of wet meat

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Neuroscientist and taste expert at the Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia, Brian Lewandowski told Brain Facts that the differences picked up in the different zones are there, but are too minute to actually matter. 

"All regions of the tongue that detect taste respond to all five taste qualities. There are some mild regional differences in sensitivity for different taste qualities, but these differences are small enough that they do not play a clear role in taste perception."

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#13

“I Refuse To Believe A Single Soul Wants To Eat It”: 35 People Share Overhyped Foods Caviar

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Jane No Dough
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10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Another instance where there are many different kinds, and the taste varies significantly. Also depends what it is paired with as most of us don't just dig into a bowl of caviar like it was cereal.

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#14

Kale. I never understood what people saw in it.

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“I Refuse To Believe A Single Soul Wants To Eat It”: 35 People Share Overhyped Foods Nutella. It’s just ok. 

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Bernd Herbert
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10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There are way better Chocolate spreads around, especially ones without palm oil

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#16

“I Refuse To Believe A Single Soul Wants To Eat It”: 35 People Share Overhyped Foods Red velvet cake. I've had ones that were supposed to be excellent but it's just red cake.

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We can explain scientifically why some people like a certain food and others hate it. It's apparently in your genes. Research scientist on sensory, flavor and consumer sciences Nicholas Archer writes: "The receptor proteins are produced from instructions encoded in our DNA and there is significant variation in the DNA code between individuals."

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#17

“I Refuse To Believe A Single Soul Wants To Eat It”: 35 People Share Overhyped Foods Turkey. As a non-American living in the US, it's a f*****g miserable bird. Everyone is like Yeah but if you brine for 37.5 hours in this mixture, dry rub it for 22.7 hours, it tastes so good! Spend that amount of time and effort and any kind of meat is going to taste better than the turkey. Not to mention that people are prepared to destroy their major asset trying to cook it. Lastly, there is no turkey based fast food chain in the US. Y'all claim to love it so much but the market knows the truth.

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“I Refuse To Believe A Single Soul Wants To Eat It”: 35 People Share Overhyped Foods Matcha! It tastes funny!

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Francois
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10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I almost had to throw up when I tried matcha latte. Why people drink this vomit inducing drink is beyond me.

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A 2013 study found that each person has a unique set of genetic variations and almost no two people have the same aroma perceptions. In fact, they claim that any two individuals have genetic differences that translate to differences in 30% of their receptors.

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“I Refuse To Believe A Single Soul Wants To Eat It”: 35 People Share Overhyped Foods Licorice!! Tried it for the first time about 2 years ago. Gulped it down in front of people, all the while fighting the urge to spit it out. Yucckkk

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Rieschelle Roberts
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10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Black licorice: You either love it or hate it. I've never yet met a person who could go either way. Myself, I'm on the 'Love it' side.

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#20

Every time McRib comes back, I’m SUPER excited for it. I bite into one and then…the spongey texture hits me and makes me remember why I don’t need to buy it ever again.

Then, somehow, McRib season rolls around again 2 years later — and there I am in line…

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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
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10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's just a frozen patty of mechanically shredded pork pressed into a riblike shape. The frozen food companies have been making them for fifty years. The only thing missing is the sauce. Just buy some Swansons and use your own BBQ sauce and bread.

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#21

“I Refuse To Believe A Single Soul Wants To Eat It”: 35 People Share Overhyped Foods Can it be a beverage? Cause I kind of hate IPAs but everyone else seems to love them - and I like beer, just not IPAs.

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Egodeist
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10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Pale Ales are the laziest form of brewing (having worked in the industry) and, to me, each and every one of them tastes like carbonated dishwater.

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“I Refuse To Believe A Single Soul Wants To Eat It”: 35 People Share Overhyped Foods Chick-fil-A. I had a sandwich. Is was... okay, but that's about it.

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#23

Most red velvet cakes are just sh**ty vanilla cake with red food coloring. Get one (or make one) the correct way with non-Dutch-processed cocoa powder, buttermilk, and vinegar. It's an incredibly smooth, very different type of chocolate cake.

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“I Refuse To Believe A Single Soul Wants To Eat It”: 35 People Share Overhyped Foods I mean, people go crazy in both directions, but cilantro. There’s the whole “does it taste like soap or not” thing, but it’s usually presented as “people either think it tastes like soap or they find it amazing”. I am neither. It doesn’t taste like soap to me, but I also don’t love it. Meh.

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“I Refuse To Believe A Single Soul Wants To Eat It”: 35 People Share Overhyped Foods Riced cauliflower

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Helena
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10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It is my favorite filler type thing. I add it in when making meatloaf/meatballs to lighten the texture. etc

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“I Refuse To Believe A Single Soul Wants To Eat It”: 35 People Share Overhyped Foods Green bean casserole. (I'm an American)

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#27

Sweet pickles/relish

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Susan Bosse
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10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Omg!! Thank you!!! I HATE sweet relish. Mom used to make bread and butter pickles and I liked those but never loved them. I'm a dill pickle girl all the way!

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“I Refuse To Believe A Single Soul Wants To Eat It”: 35 People Share Overhyped Foods Mint flavored drinks or candy. I like some mint gum or a peppermint but it’s disgusting in actual food

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Angry Panda
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10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

No I love mint with anything. Might be controversial to some people. Some say “tastes like toothpaste”

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#29

“I Refuse To Believe A Single Soul Wants To Eat It”: 35 People Share Overhyped Foods What about lobster? I can dig it with drawn butter and I ain’t mad at it. But if I’m gonna pay $29.99 for a lobster. I’d rather eat shrimp.

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Zaphod
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10 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Lobster is not usually worth the cost. But, I lived in San Diego in the late 80s. I would drive down to Puerto Nuevo in Baja California, Mexico (80km across the border). They had steak and lobster with a view of the ocean for less than $8. That was worth it.

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Ranch Dressing.

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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
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10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

OMG same and I'm an American! WTF is it with the ranch and ranch flavored everything? I thought I hated salad until I was in my 20s and discovered vinaigrette. I didn't hate salad. I hated ranch dressing!

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“I Refuse To Believe A Single Soul Wants To Eat It”: 35 People Share Overhyped Foods Nutritional yeast.

It does NOT taste like cheese. It smells like what I imagine an early to mid severity case of trench foot would.

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Tiago Cortinhal
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10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

it is amazing on food. I love it. Specially with foods with umami (mushrooms for example).

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anchovies

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10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A long time I thought I hate it, but then I was in Italy and my Italian wasn't that good and accidently I ordered a pizza with anchovies. I am a very proud person and I did not want to admit my mistake so I sayed nothing and ate it. Since this time I love it more than it's good for me.

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#33

Macarons. I never cared for them either. I had one yesterday at a potluck, homemade ones. They were seriously something else, with some sort of butter cream and jelly inside. Never had anything quite like it. Now I wish I had grabbed a few to take home. Still won't eat store bought ones though.

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Jane No Dough
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10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Depending on where you are buying them, most "store bought" macarons shouldn't be legally permitted to call themselves macarons!

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Poutine. Cheese curds are a big nope from me. Especially on soggy fries. I’ve had someone tell me “but they squeak on your teeth!” as if that would somehow change my stance lol

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