Boba tea is popular around here because of the many Vietnamese folks who’ve set up shop here.Most of those things have been around for years; bone broth, quinoa, kombucha, matcha, poke, acai bowls and boba are food trends?
Better without the tapioca beads — ask for it that way. Some of the flavors are really good (Thai tea )Oh boba is bubble tea? I’ve had that too, it’s awful
That was your big mistakeWhere did I say food trends disgusts me? I expect better reading comprehension out of you. Most of those things have been around for years; bone broth, quinoa, kombucha, matcha, poke, acai bowls and boba are food trends? OMG, what backward towns are you people from? Travel a little, there's a whole world out there.
IMHO, rolled ice cream is much better when it sticks to basics. Doesn’t seem to texturally support all the mix ins and stuff people try to add.Yeah tried [rolled ice cream] at my work party. It was underwhelming. Didn’t help that they were only doing double orders for sharing and I had to split fruity pebbles with my 6 year old. Certainly not something I’d ever willingly pay for
sounds like a st josephs zeppole"The pastry resembles a doughnut and is made from croissant-like dough which is filled with flavored cream and fried in grapeseed oil."
Who could hate that?
I like the Lime & Pamplemousse.La Croix drinks are so bitter it makes Milwaukee’s Best taste like a Jolly Rancher? How did those things get a following?
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It’s all good. Just for me, the lack of at least a little sweet to balance out the uber-bitterness of the carbonation drowns out any flavoring they add. Not a taste I could ever acquire.I like the Lime & Pamplemousse.
Basically just stock with a millennial rebranding.Bone broth ... explain. Something different from the age-old soup and pho starter?
Basically just stock with a millennial rebranding.Bone broth ... explain. Something different from the age-old soup and pho starter?
Foresight like that and you're picking the right career and retiring early. Dang.4
The only one I really like is avocado toast. But I was eating avocados on toasted English muffins in 1993.
You're dead to me, and half my coworkers as ordering bubble tea is a regular workday treat.Oh boba is bubble tea? I’ve had that too, it’s awful
Very much regional. Some of the items (black ice cream, rainbow bagels, mermaid toast) were basically invented and sold at one establishment. Photos of the item on social media went viral, then a few places here and there copied the recipe and sold it temporarily while it was trending.Agree that this is about food trends. Seems regional too - more likely to hit these in urban areas.
It isn't. It's just a disguise to give old people that hate millennials something else to complain about.15,and I hate millennials. What is eating a variety of foods relevant?
This happened to me. I can't find the quiz.Twitter told be something went wrong. I tried to reload the page. Something was still wrong. Closed page.
So -1, I guess. Since the millennial would have closed the page after the FIRST time something went wrong.
There's a second link to press from that original. Maybe this works?This happened to me. I can't find the quiz.
I didn't even get points for filling in my fake name.
please repost the link for people, this is important stuff.belljr said:0 maybe 1. Not sure. I have no idea what 3/4 of this stuff is
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What state are you in? Poke only made it down here maybe 3-4 years ago.I’ve been eating poke for 45 years. That’s a millennial thing?
Yeah, this was strange to see, would never have associated it with Millennials per se, it's been a visible cuisine option across all generations for the last 10 years.I’ve been eating poke for 45 years. That’s a millennial thing?
My mom made it growing up and I eat it every time i’m visiting family (mom is Japanese and from Hawaii). I know that over the last five or so years poke restaurants have become more prominent outside of Asian/Hawaiian communities, but I didn’t think it was a millennial thing. Don’t people of all ages eat there?What state are you in? Poke only made it down here maybe 3-4 years ago.
I had the same question when I first read through the list:WTF is mermaid toast
The quote also mentions "unicorn foods". So far as I can tell, all unicorn foods really are is regular food items artificially colored non-traditional colors, chiefly pastels like pale blue, lavender, and pink.While it certainly looks like a piece of toast covered in candy and sweet spreads, mermaid toast is, in fact, the complete opposite. (I know—we were shocked too.) This magical food sensation is actually a very beautiful superfood snack that swaps your typical peanut butter or jam with almond milk cream cheese, spirulina, and chlorophyll. Say what now? Yes, green plant power on toast is a thing. It's definitely not what you think it's made of at first glance, and we're not the only ones surprised at the online hype surrounding it.
"I really have no idea (why it took off)," said Adeline Waugh, founder of Vibrant & Pure and creator of mermaid toast. "Maybe mermaid and unicorn foods are a form of escapism. I think sometimes people just want to look at something colorful and fantastical." Turns out pairing superfoods with aesthetics is a great way to make adults eat their greens. "My goal has always been to show that 'health food' doesn't have to be boring; in fact, in can be quite the opposite," she explained. "If nothing else, this trend could simply help open someone's eyes to healthy ingredients they would have never used otherwise."
Locally -- especially being a place with a deeply-entrenched and world-famous food scene? I would expect the poke places (they exist, but are still few in number) still have a typically under-40 clientele. Around here, the poke joints popped up near downtown hipster enclaves and not yet out into the 'burbs.My mom made it growing up and I eat it every time i’m visiting family (mom is Japanese and from Hawaii). I know that over the last five or so years poke restaurants have become more prominent outside of Asian/Hawaiian communities, but I didn’t think it was a millennial thing. Don’t people of all ages eat there?
Yeah, I guess all of that makes a lot of sense. It’s just odd since ahi poke is as much of a staple in Hawaii as spam.Locally -- especially being a place with a deeply-entrenched and world-famous food scene? I would expect the poke places (they exist, but are still few in number) still have a typically under-40 clientele. Around here, the poke joints popped up near downtown hipster enclaves and not yet out into the 'burbs.
Think of it this way: say it's 1978, and you're eating at the very first sushi restaurant to open in Waterloo, Iowa or Hot Springs, Arkansas. Someplace like that. What age cohort would likely be the most food-adventurous, as a generality? The old coots that have eaten at the local diner and church potlucks for 40+ years? Or the younger professionals with disposable income and the kids home from college?
It was similar here with Vietnamese food. By the mid-1990s, Vietnamese cuisine was readily available** but still mostly the purview of Asian folks, yuppies, and college kids. These days, it has filtered more throughout the various population groups.
** Behind Los Angeles, the New Orleans area received the second-largest portion of the mid-1970s Vietnamese diaspora to the U.S.
Two of the wife's nieces grew up on the North shore and talked about rice plates...maybe bowls...same as poke, or different thing?Yeah, I guess all of that makes a lot of sense. It’s just odd since ahi poke is as much of a staple in Hawaii as spam.
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