Worst Food Trends Of 2008

Almost 10 months into 2008, I hope it's not premature to start this thread:

My first nominee:

Kobe Beef Hot Dogs.

i agree.
wagyu dogs are not my thing either...

When David Rosengarten did an issue on wagyu/kobe (which led to the wagyu briskets several of us smoked), he talked about wagyu dogs (dogyu?), and basically said, although fatty wagyu makes a great hamburger, it's pointless to grind it into a dog because you can set the fat level anywhere you want anyway, so you're not getting any appreciable difference in the lusciousness of the meat at that point.

Big chain grocery stores trying to knock off smaller, trendier ones.... Again.

Mike G wrote:When David Rosengarten did an issue on wagyu/kobe (which led to the wagyu briskets several of us smoked), he talked about wagyu dogs (dogyu?), and basically said, although fatty wagyu makes a great hamburger, it's pointless to grind it into a dog because you can set the fat level anywhere you want anyway, so you're not getting any appreciable difference in the lusciousness of the meat at that point.

You can pretty much do that with a burger too.

HI,

I like bacon as much as anyone else. I just have the feeling its rise to the top of people's food desires will become a benchmark moment. It will be like Quiche in the mid-70's as well as harvest gold and avocado appliances, everyone knows the food and the fashion locked in amber from that era. Ten years from now, we will remind each other when 'bacon was candied' and nobody can find a trace on a retail shelf.

I will still ride the bacon wave as long as it lasts.

Regards,

Cathy2 wrote:I will still ride the bacon wave as long as it lasts.

The Canonical Bacon Page

aschie30 wrote:Almost 10 months into 2008, I hope it's not premature to start this thread:

My first nominee:

Kobe Beef Hot Dogs.

In general, I agree with this, but when Doug Sohn is selling them for $5.00 with Skyline Chili and some cheddar on top, I'm not going to say no.

Ursiform wrote:

aschie30 wrote:Almost 10 months into 2008, I hope it's not premature to start this thread:

My first nominee:

Kobe Beef Hot Dogs.

In general, I agree with this, but when Doug Sohn is selling them for $5.00 with Skyline Chili and some cheddar on top, I'm not going to say no.

I think you have hit on a good point here. I view anyone doing Pan-Asian or Fusion cuisine with great doubt, but in the hands of a master, it can be wonderful. Strangely, while I recognize the hazard of molecular cuisine is even greater, the recognition of this seems to lead chefs dabbling in these techniques to (usually) focus their efforts on recreating very familiar flavors in astonishing ways, so the risks are actually less. It also helps, I think, that the technology itself requires an investment, so fewer are dabbling in it.

Anyway, pan-asian and fusion are my nominees with an honorable mention to molecular in suburban malls, even if these trends predate 2008.

But I agree that the bacon thing is actually the worst fad - I have yet to enjoy a bacon confection. It is just a stupid way to abuse a wonderful food.

dicksond wrote:

Ursiform wrote:

aschie30 wrote:Almost 10 months into 2008, I
But I agree that the bacon thing is actually the worst fad - I have yet to enjoy a bacon confection. It is just a stupid way to abuse a wonderful food.

I've enjoyed every Bacon confection/concoction I've come across except one.

the good: bacon cookies - homemade by a girly friend and I
maple bacon brownie - More Cupcakes
candied bacon - I forger where
and more..

the bad: Otom's Bacon Martini

It's a 'bad fad' gone right for me most of the time.

HI,

I very much liked the bacon truffles from Fig Catering.

It is not so much bacon in candy, it is bacon creeping into just about every food category. I like bacon very much. It just seems like it may be getting super saturated into the food culture. I'm just waiting for the equal and opposite reaction of people fleeing from bacon to the next soon-to-be-popular-and-perhaps-yet-unknown-food.

Regards,

But I agree that the bacon thing is actually the worst fad - I have yet to enjoy a bacon confection. It is just a stupid way to abuse a wonderful food.

As many know, LAZ and I had a bacon fight Last year on the 2007 worst trends thread. http://lthforum.com/bb/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=17003. I am on the side of dicksond when it comes to bacon being a bad trend, but when we finally meet I will have to bring him a Molly Bacon Truffle to have him experience bacon & chocolate done right.

Jayz wrote:the bad: Otom's Bacon Martini

It's a 'bad fad' gone right for me most of the time.

I second that. Blech. I'd put the Vosges bacon bar on my "good" list. And bacon-wrapped dates.

I'm neutral on the bacon bar, but love bacon wrapped dates !! mmmmmm

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