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People Are Sharing The Worst “Crimes Against Food” They Can Think Of, Here Are The 35 Best Answers
Food is, pun very much intended, the ultimate matter of taste. Everyone has their favorites, their restrictions and those few dishes that end up being irresistible. But by the same token, some combinations or techniques are so baffling, folks had to share them online.
Someone asked “What is considered a crime against food?” and people shared the culinary “delights” they think should never have seen the light of day. From poor taste to truly abominable recipes, get comfortable as you scroll through, upvote the worst examples and be sure to share your own thoughts in the comments section below.
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#1
Putting gold flakes or wrapping food in gold. It adds no extra flavor or texture. It's just there for show.
Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het 7 months ago
A few hours later do you lay a golden egg in the toilet?
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#2
I will defend this one until my dying breath.
Candy corn DOES NOT... belong on pizza.
#3
The gelatin everything trend from the 50s. Got some leftovers? Put it in jello! Fold in mayonnaise so it's slightly opaque! Just open up whatever cans you have in the house - pineapple, corn, olives, chicken - and layer them all into a mold shaped like a fish! Is there fish in here? Who knows, who cares! God is dead and only aspic remains.
Sky Render 7 months ago
Oh I love going through my mom's old cookbooks from the 60s and 70s. Gelatin molds, gelatin molds everywhere! To be fair, it was a practical way to make a "loaf" without having to resort to expensive meat as the binder. Just a mostly flavorless and very slimy way.
Toni Epple 7 months ago (edited)
Depending on how you prepare the jelly, it can be delicious. In Bavaria we have a dish called "Tellersülze" which is sliced pork roast with slices of boiled egg, pickles a slice of Tomato and Parsley in jelly (either home made from pork bones and feet or from powdered gelatine). Perfect beer garden food.
Mrs Wuschwusch 7 months ago
Sülze as such is actually tasty, whether it be with lots of vegetables, chicken etc. It just needs spices. And it used to be a popular way of preserving food before refrigerators were a thing in most households.
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iseefractals 7 months ago
My wife's favorite food, is Aspic, which she refers to as "Pig jelly" Made by simmering about 15bs of chicken, beef and pork meat and bones along with a couple smoked pig feet in a 5 quart pot for 14 hours, then pouring the liquid through a strainer into serving bowls with a small amount of meat at the bottom, and letting them sit in the fridge overnight to set up into crystal clear gelatin, which is eaten COLD. :::shudder::: The only saving grace of knowing that meal exists is that i now make chicken/turkey soup with such a high volume of meat that it sets up similarly in the fridge, you can literally take a slice of soup lol, which makes for great soup dumplings.
Insomniac 7 months ago
The 50s and 60s were when even low-income households were getting electric refrigerators. Because of the need for even temperature during the cooling process, gelatin requires an electric refrigerator. The Jello company capitalised upon this brilliantly by putting free recipe cards in supermarkets (remember, this was pre-Internet so collecting recipes took effort). Imported canned foods were becoming increasingly available and popular, which the Jello company took advantage of by incorporating into your recipes. If you were serving aspics/gelatines of any sort it was a way to show off that "hey, we can afford an electric fridge!" and "we are sophisticated enough to use these fancy new foods!"
Tomato Smudge 7 months ago
Wasn't this a technique to keep foods fresh longer? Like stretching leftovers? I'm reading different things in my searches lmao regarding war rationing or flexing the family's wealth and expensive refrigerators.
BoredWolfe 7 months ago
Before it was fashionable, before refrigeration and packet gelatin, aspics were made from boiling the offcuts after butchering an animal. The gelatin layer acted as a barrier that prevented oxygen reaching the meat inside, preserving it.
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Kelly H. Wilder 7 months ago
We have two versions of this in my deli (hot and mild). They are consistently in the top 5 products we sale. I only have three things in my deli that I can not bring myself to taste, and head cheese tops that list. I find the concept repulsive, but apparently my sales indicate that many many people disagree with me. To each his own. 🤷♀️
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StrangeOne 7 months ago
It wasn't the sweetened Jello they used, it was just the gelatin with no sugar. Jessica Vill (youtuber I sometimes watch) tested out some 50s recipes but used the sweetened Jello. What she made could've been not that bad, as some people in the comments were saying, if she used unsweetened gelatin.
Sven Petersson 7 months ago
We have something called (in english) Jellied Veal (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jellied_veal) and it is delicious. Boiled potatoes with butter and this... YUM!
Aerial (Any pronouns/Canadian/Jewish) 7 months ago
There's a recipe in one of my mom's cookbooks that's tuna in jello in a fish mold. But it's okay! It's kosher for passover.
#4
Remember when the British colonized the entire world for spices and then created their breakfast delicacy…. beans on toast? Sincerely, an Indian.
Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het 7 months ago
Beans on toast is the absolute best meal ever objectively speaking. It is cheap, healthy, quick and easy to prepare and can have any manner of other ingredients added to it, Brown sauce, bacon, cheese, sweetcorn , SPAM! Mushrooms, onions, garlic, the possibilities are endless.
#5
Biting into a Kit Kat without separating the bars.
#6
Using a donut as a hamburger bun. I've seen it. Good god, people.
Daniel Atkins 7 months ago
I bet the person that came up with this probably deep fries butter.
#7
One day I saw one of my coworkers open an Oreo, scrape the cream into the freaking garbage, and eat only the cookies. Apparently it's 'too sweet' for her. I almost called 911. A part of me died inside that day, knowing such behavior exists.
#8
Overcooked, chewy seafood. What a waste of expensive ingredients.
Daniel Atkins 7 months ago
Oh that is such a crime overcooked seafood is probably the reason a lot of people don’t like it.
#9
My ex-wife used to boil ribs so they tasted mushy. Then, she'd get offended when I took over the rib-cooking responsibilities and made them in a smoker. No one should have to eat boiled ribs.
#10
I know quite a few people that enjoy iced coffee and lemonade together. Sounds like a crime against beverages to me.
Breadcrumb. 7 months ago
Call crime stoppers. This injustice against juice and my favorite caffinated beverage needs to end.
#11
A friend of mine used to take two Pop Tarts and a chicken patty and make a sandwich out of them. True story.
#12
Using ketchup as a base for pizza or pasta sauce.
Breadcrumb. 7 months ago
Only acceptable if it's a free tiny package because you're to poor for sauce..
#13
Putting ranch or ketchup in soup.
#14
Microwaving ice cream...not to melt it slightly and make it easier to scoop, but rather to make full on ice cream bisque.
#15
I used to live with a roommate, and every time a bottle of sauce was about 2/3 empty, he would fill it up with water and shake it before to 'get his money's worth.' I thought it was absolutely disgusting.
"Disembodied voice" 7 months ago
This is a crime against my country! We demand 1/3 of the roomate as recompense!
#16
My sister eats green bell peppers filled with whipped cream. She's been doing it since she was 7 years old, and I have insisted from the very beginning that it's gross and wrong. I tried it recently just to say I have, and it's just as gross as you might imagine — like you're having salad and dessert at the same time.
Jiji The Cat 7 months ago
it’s times like these that make me so glad to be allergic to capsicum (or bell peppers if you’re american)
#17
In Buffalo, eating your wings with Ranch dressing is a offense that is punishable by exile to Cleveland.
Jane No Dough 7 months ago
I refuse to buy wings that don't come with blue cheese dressing on the side. I hate Ranch!
#19
I had a friend who would make really good sushi, but they put Altoids mints in it. Not a great taste.
#21
Seasoning the food. It amazes me how many people cook without properly seasoning their food.
My wife, when we first started dating, was one of these people. The first time she cooked for me it was chicken breast and it was so bad. It looked like a pale slab sitting on a plate. She has gotten much better now but there are so many people who go through life just raw dogging their own taste buds.
iseefractals 7 months ago
My wife is romanian, she grew up on Salt, pepper and parsley because that was the extent of her mothers experience with flavor. The most flavorful thing she'd eaten before i came here was Vifon instant ramen. At 25 years old, she wasn't even aware of Garlic powder being a thing. For years, every meal i cooked for her was the "best thing she ever had" simply because it included actual flavor.
#22
Overcooking fish, especially salmon.
I don't order fish at restaurants because the majority of them cook it "tourist" - the way most people expect it - and it's overcooked and dried. out.
#23
I had a lady order salmon with a slice of american cheese on top. I had to ask twice what she wanted because it wasn’t computing.
Breadcrumb. 7 months ago
Gross, but I respect a lady knows what she wants. Despite popular opinions..or anyone with there sanity still intact.
#24
Miracle whip instead of mayo.
Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het 7 months ago
I'm English, not seen that stuff over here. What is so miraculous about it?
#25
My roommate puts applesauce on anything. Tacos, fish, spaghetti, steak, burgers, you name it, and he will put it into a bowl of applesauce. It's horrifying.
Jane No Dough 7 months ago
Here in the States, store bought applesauce usually contains what the FDA calls an acceptable amount of arsenic. Supposedly not harmful UNLESS you're eating it all the time!
#27
I grew up with a mother who put butter and white sugar on rice. I made my rice the same way for a while because I learned by example, but now I realize it's a totally bananas thing to do. My mom is one of those people who loves sweet things, and anything that isn't already sweet can be improved by adding more sugar. Savory doesn't exist in her house at all.
Carole 7 months ago (edited)
I recently learned about that and it seems to be widespread in multiple cultures/countries, specially during poorer times. Some people call this rice cereal. I tasted it and I actually really liked it, I wouldn't eat it every day but as an occasional snack it's nice.
#29
I'm a waitress so I've seen it all, and I hardly ever judge. But this one time, I took an order that started out simple: three eggs, soft scramble. Add spinach and goat cheese. Add fresh strawberries. Scrambled. In the eggs. They turned this grey brown color...and you bet the customer ate every bite.
#30
"Make wine easily" tutorials that are grape juice mixed with yeast.
#31
My coworker eats a ton of ketchup with pizza. Even though it’s a tomato-based sauce, it’s still shocking to see that much ketchup eaten with pizza. We’re talking a full dip before every bite.
Sky Render 7 months ago
I can't really shame for dipping preferences. I tried ranch dressing on pizza once and realized it's amazing. Sometimes stuff you wouldn't expect enhances the flavor!
#32
Overcooked mushy rice.
Stardust she/her 7 months ago
I actually like soft rice, it makes for good curd rice and it makes it easier to swallow. Bisi bel bath is only good when the rice is soft in my opinion
#33
Time temperature abuse or a contamination. Make what you like, just make it safely.
iseefractals 7 months ago
My mother in law, who spent 20 years as a PROFESSIONAL CHEF at a resort in Spain, will leave cooked food sitting out for 6/8/10/12 hours at time "because it needs to cool" before it can go in the fridge. In the summer. With no A/C. Absolutely foul, i refuse to eat anything that woman prepares.
#34
Im gonna put my mom on blast with this one.
Whenever she makes chili mac or beef stew she adds some cheese (normal), whole Ritz crackers (still normal) and then a very large dollop of mayonnaise in it. She takes a cracker fills 1/4 of it with mayonnaise and then the rest is the chili mac or stew broth. I thought it was normal but I just didnt like the taste. I made chili mac for my husband after we got married and he thought I lost my mind when I asked him if he wanted mayonnaise on it.
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 7 months ago
I usually sub sour cream for mayo because I hate mayo but this is the first time I've heard of someone doing the opposite.
#35
I made a very nice bolognese a couple of months ago. Red wine, pancetta, two kinds of meat, the works. I gave some to my friend to take home, bc sharing is caring. M**********r put it on a piece of leftover salmon.
LakotaWolf (she/her) 7 months ago (edited)
Oh, no, what an AWFUL thing, the person ate the leftovers YOU gave them how THEY wanted to! :p
What do you think ?
Boy-Ahn 7 months ago
Just eat whatever you like, enjoy, and don't give a damn about what anyone else thinks about your food preferences. There are no rules. But also, don't expect others to accept your choices.
Freya the Wanderer 7 months ago
"Part of the secret of success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside." — Mark Twain
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LandAhoy 7 months ago
Disappointed that BP has now completely hidden people's comments if they get 10 downvotes, with no more click here to view. We are now the ones being censored, and it removes any opportunity for discussion and debate.
StrangeOne 7 months ago
Molasses with warm milk. My mom would make this for me often growing up. I'll admit it wasn't the worst taste but .... why?? When we went grocery shopping together just after I had gotten my own place she suggested I get molasses. That's when I had to break it to her that I never actually liked it. I guess she thought it was healthier than ... idk honey. Now I make it like in The Aristocats, Creme de la Creme a la Edgar, with cinnamon, nutmeg, a little sugar and vanilla, minus the sleeping pills.
jennifer brinkman 7 months ago
I went to a preschool in California that served Mac and cheese with beets mixed in. Pink mac and is delicious. Freaks people out when they see it.
marianne eliza 7 months ago
Here's an idea. Don't talk about it, text it, twitter it, tic tok it, or whatever.
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 7 months ago
I don't eat frozen pizza. I always warm it up first!
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Dorian Gabriel 7 months ago
My fiance will dip just about anything in soy sauce...and then drink the leftover soy sauce. He gets the low sodium kind just to feel less guilty about drinking it. Sure, babe. Sure.
Boy-Ahn 7 months ago
Just eat whatever you like, enjoy, and don't give a damn about what anyone else thinks about your food preferences. There are no rules. But also, don't expect others to accept your choices.
Freya the Wanderer 7 months ago
"Part of the secret of success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside." — Mark Twain
Load More Replies... LandAhoy 7 months ago
Disappointed that BP has now completely hidden people's comments if they get 10 downvotes, with no more click here to view. We are now the ones being censored, and it removes any opportunity for discussion and debate.
StrangeOne 7 months ago
Molasses with warm milk. My mom would make this for me often growing up. I'll admit it wasn't the worst taste but .... why?? When we went grocery shopping together just after I had gotten my own place she suggested I get molasses. That's when I had to break it to her that I never actually liked it. I guess she thought it was healthier than ... idk honey. Now I make it like in The Aristocats, Creme de la Creme a la Edgar, with cinnamon, nutmeg, a little sugar and vanilla, minus the sleeping pills.
jennifer brinkman 7 months ago
I went to a preschool in California that served Mac and cheese with beets mixed in. Pink mac and is delicious. Freaks people out when they see it.
marianne eliza 7 months ago
Here's an idea. Don't talk about it, text it, twitter it, tic tok it, or whatever.
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 7 months ago
I don't eat frozen pizza. I always warm it up first!
Load More Replies... Dorian Gabriel 7 months ago
My fiance will dip just about anything in soy sauce...and then drink the leftover soy sauce. He gets the low sodium kind just to feel less guilty about drinking it. Sure, babe. Sure.
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