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Originally posted by MelissaDallas:
Sweet salad dressing (or at least a kind not supposed to be sweet) is gross too. Why did they turn blue cheese or ranch or Italian into pancake syrup? Why???

Hmmm. Blue cheese syrup and pancakes? Can I get that with a side of thick crispy bacon?

Coffee, except very specific styles like Vietnamese, Greek or Turkish.

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Originally posted by IrishWind:
Beer. Some micro brewery thought glazed donut flavored beer would be a good idea. I couldn't even finish the small sample the bar provided.

While donut beer sounds terrible, I'm not opposed to certain styles of beer having a bit of sweetness.

For example, some IPAs feature citrusy/tropical fruit flavors, as opposed to the skunky/piney/grassy kind of IPAs.

And most Belgian Wit wheat beers have a hint of orange sweetness, since they're traditionally brewed with orange peel added.

Plus German hefeweizen wheat beers are often slightly sweet. (In the same way that some artisan breads are slightly sweet.)

But none of those are overly sweet.

Anything and everything with high fructose corn syrup in it.

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Originally posted by konata88:

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Originally posted by MelissaDallas:
Sweet salad dressing (or at least a kind not supposed to be sweet) is gross too. Why did they turn blue cheese or ranch or Italian into pancake syrup? Why???

Hmmm. Blue cheese syrup and pancakes? Can I get that with a side of thick crispy bacon?

I did see a recipe for pancakes that had grated gruyere in the batter and were served with maple syrup that I thought sounded pretty good…

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Originally posted by xmod:
Margarita’s and Mai Tai’s should not be sweet or even have a hint of sweetness.

They are both usually too sweet but to say no hint of sweetness is not really accurate. Mai Tai has orgeat (almond syrup) no matter what recipe and margaritas have orange liqueur, be it triple sec or curacao. These add some sweetness.

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Originally posted by frayedends:

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Originally posted by xmod:
Margarita’s and Mai Tai’s should not be sweet or even have a hint of sweetness.

They are both usually too sweet but to say no hint of sweetness is not really accurate. Mai Tai has orgeat (almond syrup) no matter what recipe and margaritas have orange liqueur, be it triple sec or curacao. These add some sweetness.

You are right on those ingredients, but my point is even with those sweet ingredients, the drinks should be balanced so you don’t taste sweetness.

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Originally posted by Fenris:
Ice Tea (Southerners are just plain wrong)

Them's fightin words!

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Originally posted by xmod:

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Originally posted by frayedends:

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Originally posted by xmod:
Margarita’s and Mai Tai’s should not be sweet or even have a hint of sweetness.

They are both usually too sweet but to say no hint of sweetness is not really accurate. Mai Tai has orgeat (almond syrup) no matter what recipe and margaritas have orange liqueur, be it triple sec or curacao. These add some sweetness.

You are right on those ingredients, but my point is even with those sweet ingredients, the drinks should be balanced so you don’t taste sweetness.

Completely agree. Well balanced cocktails are kind of my thing these days. Been making tons of classics. Too many really.

+1 on beer. I was once served a Guiness with ice cream and chocolate syrup in it. I nearly vomited.

Frozen flag poles

I was watching one of those idiotic BBQ competition shows once. The guy pulled out a brisket to wrap it which is bad enough but then said these judges are looking for that sweet bite and proceeded to put brown sugar and butter on the brisket! Guy should be beat with a bag of batteries for disrespecting the animal like that and should have a restraining order issued to never get within 200 yards of any BBQ equipment.

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Originally posted by lastmanstanding:
I was watching one of those idiotic BBQ competition shows once. The guy pulled out a brisket to wrap it which is bad enough but then said these judges are looking for that sweet bite and proceeded to put brown sugar and butter on the brisket! Guy should be beat with a bag of batteries for disrespecting the animal like that and should have a restraining order issued to never get within 200 yards of any BBQ equipment.

I don’t understand the propensity in general to slather sugar all over pork, it’s already a sweet type of meat. And on beef? That’s just a crime.

I did some judging at a semi-amateur rib competition and nearly every single rib was disgustingly SWEET, not a hint of acidity to be found to balance out the flavors. It was all sugar sugar sugar

GROSS

Buttered popcorn. Jelly Belly Buttered Popcorn jellybeans are gag-inducing.

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Originally posted by vinnybass:
Certain pizza crusts are also sweetened. This is a foul abomination. Whoever thought this up needs to be handcuffed, his dick put in a vise, & the room set on fire.

I guess it's not just the pizza crust now. We had some pizza from MOD Pizza, and I guess I didn't pay enough attention to the ingredients on one of their "specials". I thought it was just pepperoni, jalapeno, mozarella, with a standard red sauce, but they freaking drizzed honey over the top of the damn thing. I'm one of those people who does actually like sweet foods from time to time, but this was freaking horrible.

Sweet pickles for sure but the most vile and disgusting "food" item is Easter Bunny sugar Peeps - especially the Marshmallow ones!!!

Cornbread definately