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Old 13-11-2010, 16:30
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There was a segment on a show ages ago where they had a mock trial for pointless foods.

One of the accused was cous cous


Today though I nominate jarred white asparagus.
I bought a jar the other day as I though it may be nice in a salad.

It's just tasteless mush. It was difficult to even get it out of the jar without it mushing up.


What are your nominees?
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Old 13-11-2010, 16:39
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My parents used to buy asparagus in tins and jars when we were in holiday in various European countries. I used to hate it as it was always so mushy and it put me off fresh asparagus too.

Thankfully I have started liking fresh again, but will not touch tins or jars of the stuff again.

Tins of pink salmon are another pointless item to me. Taste of nothing and nowhere near as nice as fresh salmon.
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Old 13-11-2010, 16:44
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I'm not sure of the taste but the smell of tinned salmon is disgusting.
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Old 13-11-2010, 16:45
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Lettuce seems a little pointless to me.

Except as a space filler
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Old 13-11-2010, 16:48
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I'm not sure of the taste but the smell of tinned salmon is disgusting.
It tastes as bad as it smells, trust me.

I am not a fan of tinned tuna either.
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Old 13-11-2010, 17:17
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Butter substitutes are pretty foul.
Lurpak, I Can't Believe It's Not Butter etc
NONE of them taste anything like butter.
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Old 13-11-2010, 17:39
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Butter substitutes are pretty foul.
Lurpak, I Can't Believe It's Not Butter etc
NONE of them taste anything like butter.
I though Lurpak was butter
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Old 13-11-2010, 17:57
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Spinach, it has no flavour at all .
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Old 13-11-2010, 18:35
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I though Lurpak was butter
I has extra oil in it to make it 'spreadable'.

I can taste the difference between it and real butter.

Spinach, it has no flavour at all .
Very good for you though.
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Old 13-11-2010, 21:07
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Spinach, it has no flavour at all .
OMG! it's one of my favourite foods! I absolutely adore spinach.
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Old 14-11-2010, 02:59
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OMG! it's one of my favourite foods! I absolutely adore spinach.
Ditto, I think it has taste.
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Old 14-11-2010, 03:04
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cous cous for me.
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Old 14-11-2010, 03:53
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Lettuce seems a little pointless to me.
I love salad and tend to eat it at least 5 days out of 7. However, lettuce is a last resort for me when preparing a salad because I find it incredibly dull. When I was a kid, I used to like iceberg but apart from the crunch, it doesn't really do a lot for me these days. Give me rocket or watercress any day of the week. Lettuce does keep for a while longer than rocket mind you and the smell of rocket when it has passed its best isn't that great!

Tinned salmon is evil and I also don't think much of butter substitutes. However, I do like spinach and occasionally buy a spinach and rocket mix to use in salads, which is a very nice mix.

I've never enjoyed cous cous despite trying to give it the benefit of the doubt a few times. The name is lame/stupid, I find it too dry and in some cases very bland.

One of my nominees for pointless foods is unfortunately dragon fruit (pitaya). It is one of the most pretty fruits you will ever see but sadly the edible part (the flesh), which is either white or red-purple depending on the variety of fruit, has such a subtle taste that some would probably not even notice it. Whenever I have bought one, I have always had a white flesh variety. For those who have not eaten dragon fruit, the flesh looks very similar to that of a kiwi fruit as it has little black seeds. I would say there is a subtle sweet taste at best.
Apparently there is a sour pitaya but I have yet to try one.

I still buy dragon fruit occasionally though.
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Old 14-11-2010, 04:32
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Spinach, it has no flavour at all .
You're not cooking it right
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Old 14-11-2010, 04:34
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Tins of pink salmon are another pointless item to me. Taste of nothing and nowhere near as nice as fresh salmon.

Tinned fish makes me sad.
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Old 14-11-2010, 04:36
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Lettuce seems a little pointless to me.

Except as a space filler
It adds texture, crunch and colour.
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Old 14-11-2010, 07:53
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Pomegranates ... just a bunch of seeds.
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Old 14-11-2010, 08:25
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Tuna. Wherever it turns up it tastes crap, especially with Sweetcorn.
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Old 14-11-2010, 10:00
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Tinned strawberries. Awful.
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Old 14-11-2010, 10:38
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Lentils.
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Old 14-11-2010, 11:18
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I'm not sure of the taste but the smell of tinned salmon is disgusting.
Tastes good though, especially red.
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Old 14-11-2010, 11:27
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Lambs Lettuce, tastless and and a soft unpleasant texture, why do they have to ruin mixed bags of salad with it?
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Old 14-11-2010, 11:28
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tinned carrots - why???
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Old 14-11-2010, 11:29
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CORIANDER! Trigpoint's comment reminded me - coriander in bags of mixed salad. It's always added as a stealth ingredient too - they say "mixed leaves and herbs" on the front, and say something like 'lamb's lettuce, rocket and spinach, with herbs' when what they should say is WARNING THIS CONTAINS CORIANDER. It ruins the whole bag.
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Old 14-11-2010, 11:40
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Salad leaves---weeds.
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