Andy M.
Certified Pretend Chef
I follow food sites on Twitter. I watch food shows on TV. I get some really tasty-looking recipes. I also see food trends. Two in particular really annoy me.
Piling all kinds of stuff on top of perfectly good food.
A cheeseburger with fries, poutine, ham, pulled pork, grilled cheese and donuts on it and all held together by a sword stabbed down through the entire mess. First of all, who decided that was a good idea? Second, how do you go about eating that?
Outback Steakhouse has the perfectly good blooming onion. Now they are coming out with a blooming onion with cheese fries and cheese sauce on top. Why? Deep fried onions are a fantastic thing. French fries are a great side. Everyone loves cheese sauce. But why do we have to pile it all up to make a mess?
Nachos! Tortilla chips, jalapeños and cheese. Simple and a perfect compliment to a cold beer. Not any more. Now everything in the kitchen goes on top of the chips and it's no longer finger food because the chips are all soggy and the combinations are bizarre.
As if that wasn't bad enough, now it has become a hot trend to make weird combinations of foods.
Cucumber beer,
Apple beer (and apple booze)
Beer-garitas
Chocolate chip cookie dough Ale
Black pepper ice cream
(It goes far beyond flavored beers but you get the idea.)
Just because you CAN do something doesn't mean you should.
Piling all kinds of stuff on top of perfectly good food.
A cheeseburger with fries, poutine, ham, pulled pork, grilled cheese and donuts on it and all held together by a sword stabbed down through the entire mess. First of all, who decided that was a good idea? Second, how do you go about eating that?
Outback Steakhouse has the perfectly good blooming onion. Now they are coming out with a blooming onion with cheese fries and cheese sauce on top. Why? Deep fried onions are a fantastic thing. French fries are a great side. Everyone loves cheese sauce. But why do we have to pile it all up to make a mess?
Nachos! Tortilla chips, jalapeños and cheese. Simple and a perfect compliment to a cold beer. Not any more. Now everything in the kitchen goes on top of the chips and it's no longer finger food because the chips are all soggy and the combinations are bizarre.
As if that wasn't bad enough, now it has become a hot trend to make weird combinations of foods.
Cucumber beer,
Apple beer (and apple booze)
Beer-garitas
Chocolate chip cookie dough Ale
Black pepper ice cream
(It goes far beyond flavored beers but you get the idea.)
Just because you CAN do something doesn't mean you should.