Aussie foodies reveal the popular food and drink trend they think people only pretend to like

Thousands online are sharing the popular food and drink they believe people are just pretending to enjoy from kale to kombucha and dishes decorated with gold flakes.

A post on Reddit asked the question “What food do you swear people just pretend they like?” attracting over 37,200 responses.

Entries covered a range of food trends that had swept social media, including kombucha, pizza cones, “sandwiches” that replace bread with lettuce, overnight oats and burgers topped with melted cheese.

Divisive foods like oysters, kale, caviar, mushrooms, and olives were also on the list, as were some old favorites like beer, turkey, grapefruit, and coffee.

Entries covered a range of food trends that had swept social media, including dishes decorated with gold flakes, overnight oats, kombucha and pizza cones.

Stunt food on Instagram. Pizza cones, Birria meat Ramen, and of course when they drown a hamburger, and I mean waterboard, with melted cheese,” one Redditor wrote.

“All those keto replacement foods. Use your imagination as much as you want, but lettuce wraps will never taste as good as a real sandwich with bread,” says another.

‘Gold leaf – need I say more?’ suggested a third to which a fourth agreed: ‘It has no real taste – it is there to make you feel rich and straight’.

One foodie said they hate fondant on wedding cakes because it tastes “cheap and cardboard-like,” and a second wasn’t convinced by the recent trend to make overnight oats.

‘That’s how I imagine prison food; untidy and cold,’ they said.

One admitted that they only ate quinoa because it was trendy and healthy, but hated the taste, while another called people who like kale “liars.”

As Christmas got a few inches closer, one person confessed that they thought the traditional turkey was “dry.”

‘Last year I decided to start making ham. It turned out that everyone preferred ham over turkey when I offered it. I called my aunt and told her about it,” one woman recalls.

One man was criticized for saying he “can’t handle a single sip of beer” and a second said craft beers like “extremely hoppy IPAs” taste like “earwax”

As Christmas approached a few inches, one person confessed that they thought the traditional turkey was ‘dry’

“She called me a ‘Communist’ for changing tradition. I said ‘Aunt! I don’t like turkey.’ Her response: ‘Nobody does that! But it’s tradition!’.’

One man was criticized for saying he “can’t handle a single sip of beer” and a second said craft beers such as “extremely hoppy IPAs” taste like “earwax.”

More comments included caviar for being “too salty,” “scented rubber” Turkish delight, and artificial sweeteners such as Stevia, which leave a “dominant aftertaste.”

Fruits and vegetables like mushrooms, cauliflower, grapefruit, and avocado have also fought the wrath of some Redditors.

Fruits and vegetables like mushrooms, cauliflower, grapefruit and avocado have also fought the wrath of some Redditors

‘Mushrooms!! Like, it’s a joke right? People don’t really enjoy this s****, it’s an elaborate joke being played on me, yes?’ asked one.

“People will say, ‘I love grapefruit,’ and then dump enough sugar on it to lose a foot,” said another.

‘I don’t really understand the hype for avocados. What about that? It doesn’t taste like anything and doesn’t have a good consistency. What do people like about it?’ a third wondered.

‘Cauliflower. It has no taste and feels like you’re eating bits of rubber,” said a fourth.

There were also a number of beloved or trendy liquids and drinks that people hated, including sparkling water, kombucha, and black coffee.

“Dude, coconut water is the worst and I don’t know how anyone can actually enjoy it. That’s how I imagine the water after a pedicure would taste,” one joked.

“Vodka … it tastes like the walls of a hospital,” said a second, while a third added, “Kombucha. It smells like acid reflux.”