Food we think we like but don't.

nannafizz

Occasionally , if DH & I are tired after a busy day we ‘treat’ ourselves to fish and chips . Then spend the rest of the evening feeling bloated & saying why did we do that!

I agree that fish 'n chips always sounds so tempting. Maybe it reminds us of our youth when we could eat such things. But now I find it bloating and heavy. I need plenty of vegetables with my meal, can't eat a meal without them.

Sago

Kate1949 Tomatoes taste wonderful as long as they have never been refrigerated.

I agree.
A warm tomatoe is delicious.

Also I find those pale anemic (usually cheaper) tomatoes are fairly tasteless.
But the little, still on the vine bright red tomatoes's are lovely.
Very often when I'm cooking, about 10 mins before everything's ready to come out of the oven I'll cut some in half, and put them on a casserole lid with a little drop of olive oil and some pepper. It's just enough time to warm them up and bring the flavours out.

I want tomatoes now?

Someone mentioned herbal tea.
They smell wonderful but usually taste disgusting and lacking. In something.

A real Italian pizza hot from the oven, melting, juicy and fragrant with olive oil, san marzano tomatoes, genuine mozzarella & basil, is a thing of beauty, the complete antithesis of yukky bits of dry yet flabby dough smeared with red gloop and dubious cheese offered as pizza which give this wondrous dish such a bad rep.

nannafizz

Occasionally , if DH & I are tired after a busy day we ‘treat’ ourselves to fish and chips . Then spend the rest of the evening feeling bloated & saying why did we do that!

That's when I would be drinking!!!! the Gaviscon nannnafizzz.
The smell makes them such a treat but not the after effects.

I think generally all foods can be amazing if they are the real deal. Pizza, cake, coffee, fruit & veg etc. are all delicious if cooked or grown properly, but you rarely get this unless you go to a certain country or place. Even fish 'n chips are gorgeous if you go to an award winning fish 'n chip shop.

Just thought of another one. Chocolate milkshake is pretty average unless you go to America where they are delicious!

Chinese takeaway. When people say they're having one it always sounds delicious. But in reality I find them a bit bland and artificial.

I have to admit that I find takeaway fish and chips a big disappointment, greasy and flabby. Home cooked is nicer but I think my palate must have changed because any fried or oven cooked fish tastes unpleasant now.
Our nearest Chinese used to be delicious but now it’s almost tasteless.
I find myself preferring very simply meals, salads and plain cooking- perhaps I will actually lose some weight now!

Ice creams. The ads make them look delicious e.g Magnum but they are too sweet and too cold.

Hot chocolate.
It sounds delicious, but I've rarely had one that actually is.

I had a cup of coffee in a Greek cafe in Bakewell last summer in one of those big cups. The owner was rushed off his feet because there were no staff for some reason - post lockdown, so no food available apart from baklava so I ordered a slice with the coffee and it was the most gorgeous coffee I have ever drank. Damn expensive though.
I’m strictly tea preferably Yorkshire or M&S Gold usually.
Would love to know why that coffee was so ? good though

Sausages. Î love them but I’m often disappointed. Years ago we had sausage in a basket with chips, very early pub food but haven’t found them since but they were lovely

French fries (chips) that look delicious but turn out to be soggy.
I never bother to make them at home because I can't get them as crispy as they should be.

BB, I too like a hot drink in the morning. Chopped up lemon with fresh ginger & honey micro for 2 mins then sieved hits the spot nicely.

Most cakes - especially commercial chocolate ones .
They look really yummy until you
bite into them and then just sweet,dry and tasteless !
I prefer cakes from Patisserie Valerie .
They are big entremets !
I enjoy my own less sweet cakes ,but seldom bake these days .
Having written that I enjoy scones with jam and cream !

I have never eaten a sweetcorn holograph raw. That may be my next wish