Thread: Foods that smell better than they actually taste

Happens all the time. Doesn't necessarily have to consist of a food that repulses you, but a food that may smell scrumptious but end up being 'meh'

Popcorn - Amazing scent, whether it's butter, caramel, or cheese, especially in the mall. But the actual flavor always let's me down.

Coffee - Even the premium brews. They're great, but the smell is even 5x greater.

Sweet potatoes

Originally Posted by Sleepwalker

Happens all the time. Doesn't necessarily have to consist of a food that repulses you, but a food that may smell scrumptious but end up being 'meh'

Popcorn - Amazing scent, whether it's butter, caramel, or cheese, especially in the mall. But the actual flavor always let's me down.

Coffee - Even the premium brews. They're great, but the smell is even 5x greater.

Sweet potatoes

motherfucking AWESOME examples. Coffee was the kicker there. Agree.

For me it would have to be: angel food cake--smells like Heaven, tastes like a sponge with some sprinkled sugar on it.

another one that comes to mind is: marshmallows---awesome ass suck-ass aroma, but shitty-ass taste really compared to that great vanilla-y paradiasical smell

Garlic is I think the biggest one for me. It can be a good flavor, but nothing close to the smell of it starting to fry in a bit of butter.

Fried liver and grilled onions. Could never get around the paste taste but smells tremendous.

Coffee is a very good call. It smells good, but it tastes horrible. I don't believe those people that say coffee tastes good. They remind me of people who drink alcohol like wine claiming a superior bouquet or what have you. Nope, it is poison. End of. Discussion.

Bread is another one for me. It can smell very nice, but at the end of the day bread is just bland old bread unless you put some butter on it.

Originally Posted by Spicoli

Fried liver and grilled onions. Could never get around the paste taste but smells tremendous.

Liver tastes great. Love it though the gravy and onions and a generous helping of buttery mashed potato, make it complete. Not easy to get bang on though. Overdone and it gets dry and almost rubbery and underdone pink offal is not great either. Unless you are a future Tory Prime Minister experimenting with organic casings for your tiny sausage

Originally Posted by Gandalf

Coffee is a very good call. It smells good, but it tastes horrible. I don't believe those people that say coffee tastes good. They remind me of people who drink alcohol like wine claiming a superior bouquet or what have you. Nope, it is poison. End of. Discussion.

Bread is another one for me. It can smell very nice, but at the end of the day bread is just bland old bread unless you put some butter on it.

How do you cope with so much Joy in your life ?

If you cannot appreciate the Joys of a decent Coffee or a glass of Vino then surely something as simple and uncomplicated as warm freshly baked bread must have some appeal for you. The crunch of a newly broken baguette ? Ciabatta? Soda Bread ? Warm Focaccia topped with Olives and Rosemary ?

Let me guess

Mother's Pride sliced ?

Originally Posted by Greenbeanz

Originally Posted by Gandalf

Coffee is a very good call. It smells good, but it tastes horrible. I don't believe those people that say coffee tastes good. They remind me of people who drink alcohol like wine claiming a superior bouquet or what have you. Nope, it is poison. End of. Discussion.

Bread is another one for me. It can smell very nice, but at the end of the day bread is just bland old bread unless you put some butter on it.

How do you cope with so much Joy in your life ?

If you cannot appreciate the Joys of a decent Coffee or a glass of Vino then surely something as simple and uncomplicated as warm freshly baked bread must have some appeal for you. The crunch of a newly broken baguette ? Ciabatta? Soda Bread ? Warm Focaccia topped with Olives and Rosemary ?

Let me guess

Mother's Pride sliced ?

Ahhh yes warm focaccia with olives and rosemary! Awwwwwwwwesome

Originally Posted by Greenbeanz

Originally Posted by Gandalf

Coffee is a very good call. It smells good, but it tastes horrible. I don't believe those people that say coffee tastes good. They remind me of people who drink alcohol like wine claiming a superior bouquet or what have you. Nope, it is poison. End of. Discussion.

Bread is another one for me. It can smell very nice, but at the end of the day bread is just bland old bread unless you put some butter on it.

How do you cope with so much Joy in your life ?

If you cannot appreciate the Joys of a decent Coffee or a glass of Vino then surely something as simple and uncomplicated as warm freshly baked bread must have some appeal for you. The crunch of a newly broken baguette ? Ciabatta? Soda Bread ? Warm Focaccia topped with Olives and Rosemary ?

Let me guess

Mother's Pride sliced ?

It took me a long time to work out, but caffeine has a very disagreeable effect upon me. The same goes for alcohol too. All those stimulants and depressants just don't blend well and they don't taste all that great.

Bread is sometimes nice fresh and warm, but I have no opportunity for that. I eat Ciabatta on my busy day when I have no time to go home and cook, but I eat it plain and it really is dull. Bread is okay for filling you up in an empty kind of way, but I would prefer something more fun like a steak. It is hard to carry steak around all day though in hot weather.

Pussy.

Pussy smells better than it tastes.

Originally Posted by brocktonblockbust

Pussy.

Pussy smells better than it tastes.

You're around pussy that smells?

If it smells...better be Summer's Eve.

Originally Posted by SlimTrae

Originally Posted by brocktonblockbust

Pussy.

Pussy smells better than it tastes.

You're around pussy that smells?

Better than it tastes