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nineveh_uk ([personal profile] nineveh_uk) wrote2015-11-02 07:05 pm

Another Halloween horror, the food edition

Did you ever look at a saucepan of broccoli and think "What that needs is some cream"? Me neither. And yet my pot of extra-thick double cream from Sainsbury's has a picture on the lid of broccoli covered in what is presumably cream.

I can only imagine that this is an attempt to make extra-thick double cream healthy by association by presenting some sort of "broccoli cheese" dish as one of one's five-a-day. If so, it is a complete failure, and only serves to make cream disgusting by association. I like cream. I like broccoli. I am willing to stand up for the pleasant taste and the health-giving properties of each. But broccoli and cream can only be an abomination.

[identity profile] nineveh-uk.livejournal.com 2015-11-02 11:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Very good soup that is thick (light puree), I can cope with, but in general it falls under the categories of "liquid foodstuffs that are wrong". I don't like a lot of flavoured drinks, and any thin/clear soup is just in the "urgh" category for me.

[identity profile] lareinenoire.livejournal.com 2015-11-03 01:42 pm (UTC)(link)
I make a huge exception for proper ramen--the kind with noodles, vegetables, tofu, and at least one form of unidentified fish something-or-other. That is pretty amazing when done properly, but it's also difficult to find. But, aside from that, I do tend to associate thin soups with being ill.