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Everything is so darn fancy

posted a month ago by BuckleBilly (1225)
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I remember going to the grocery store to get a sub sandwich as teen. Turkey, ham, lettus tomato, onion, cucumber and Swiss cheese on white bread. Add mustard and your golden.

Now everything is focaccia, swirl rye with cranberry, artisan bread with sun dried tomatoes picked off the pavement and AVOCADO 🤮 on everything (this is on you Millennials, your hipster B.S. is why these mushy abominations are everywhere).

ham and cheese on white? Nope
Egg salad? Sure if you want AVOCADO shoved in there.

You can't even get a ham and cheese sandwich without some jackassery trying to make it fancy.

I know white bread is the devil right now, but the sheer amount of inserts and flourishes doesn't make a sandwich healthier. If anything, it actually increases the bad calorie intake. It's so dumb. This is up there with people thinking subway is healthy.

[–] fourlemons (1834) a month ago

At least they're not making you eat your avocado sandwiches with a ladle.

( I couldn't resist.)

[–] BuckleBilly (1225) a month ago

I don't understand that one, sorry.

[–] fourlemons (1834) a month ago

See our conversation in my Food Oddities thread. 🙂 (Then you would not only have to eat avocados but you would have to endure teeth clinking too.)

https://moviechat.org/general/General-Discussion/6701791963837a3b966fdd74/Food-oddities?page=2

I share your disdain for sun-dried tomatoes. They taste like something I'm too ladylike to mention online. Or at least what I imagine it would... well... never mind.

[–] BuckleBilly (1225) a month ago

I get it now. Lol. Ok you win a 😃

[–] fourlemons (1834) a month ago

😊

[–] parkerbot (9149) a month ago

https://dailyhaymaker.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/preach-brother.jpg

[–] nyctc7 (43644) a month ago

If the menu says a sandwich comes with aioli instead of mayo...I noticed this trend 10 years ago (if not earlier)...I attribute it to all the cooking shows/competitions: "You need to 'elevate' this dish"

Boo to parsley on french fries, or any seasoning other than salt (unless you are specifically ordering a specialty french fry on the menu)

[–] fourlemons (1834) a month ago

The things that once sounded gourmet already sound unoriginal to me. When I see aioli on a menu I just think, "you too, huh?" I do like aioli, but it doesn't seem very original anymore.

There are also some terms which are overused and have lost their oomph, including "artisan" which the OP mentioned and "craft", as in craft beer.

[–] nyctc7 (43644) a month ago

Whoever decided that kale is good to eat needs to go to jail.

[–] fourlemons (1834) a month ago

Yeah, it's kind of like someone mated an OG leafy green with a sponge and named the mutant, dish rag consistency baby "kale".

[–] CaptainIII (188) a month ago

Craft beer . Come on now

[–] nyctc7 (43644) a month ago

Stop drizzling! We can't take the drizzling anymore!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4Df4L6lAgs&t=88s

[–] BuckleBilly (1225) a month ago

Thank you!

[–] robocat893 (15941) a month ago

I like egg salad and I like avocado but not at the same time. That sounds disgusting! 🤮

[–] nyctc7 (43644) a month ago

And who decided that avocado goes on a BLT? I say BLAT to that!

[–] 123Guy (7308) a month ago

yes, and $16.50 for one fast food sandwhich makes it all worth while :D

[–] Bloodshot77 (13801) a month ago

Hipsters ruin everything.

Signed, million man.

[–] AmeriGirl26 (14423) a month ago

Believe it or not, they're just fancy words covering up mundane things. It's like studying French terms for ways of cooking, and you realize that American cooks just like to pretend their food is just as "fancy" by throwing in French terms, when in fact, if you translate it, you find the meaning is far more mundane than initially thought. For example, sauteed simply means "fried." So you still have your simple bread, veggies, cheese, lunch meats, etc; it's just people stuck fancy words onto them as a marketing ploy.