And this week, we’re talking about one of my favorite topics: food.I know.Surprising given my chilled, Herculean physique and higher-than-average cholesterol.It's time to let 'er rip on some major food complaints.
(iStock)I love food.In fact, I love it so much I actually eat it several times a day.However, like anything, I have a lot of thoughts about it, and while we’ve touched on food in Gripe Reports past, I think everyone appreciates a good round of food gripes because we all experience food.If you didn’t, you’d die.
You don’t really get much of a choice in the matter.So what do you say? Grab yourself a beverage and maybe throw on some sweatpants because we’re about to whip up a big bowl of complaints.CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK CULTURE COVERAGELike a great many of you, we got some baked beans for our Memorial Day cookout.Now, those come in different flavors, many of which taste alike. We had some like maple-y ones, and if you blindfolded me and gave me another flavor, I’m not sure I could tell the difference.But, recently, the folks at Bush’s — they of talking dog commercial fame — uncorked this triumvirate of unholy bean flavors.I’ll be honest, apple pie could work and dill pickle piques my interest, but rocket pop?I hate that this is a thing now.Companies seem to just sit around and go, "Hey, what if we made Pop-Tarts that taste like jerky?" then they do, and everyone’s like, "Whoa, that’s f-–ked up.
Beef jerky Pop-Tarts," and then maybe a couple people buy them to make a video and go viral.Other than that, they just go away.Call me old-fashioned; I like when things taste like what they are.I like coffee that tastes like coffee and beer that tastes like beer.That’s my biggest problem with craft beer.
Places are like, "Hey, try this beer; it tastes like Twizzlers," instead of just making beer that tastes like a good beer.It’s a fad, and will fortunately fall by the wayside like Pet Rocks and clear electronics (I kind of mis...