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I finally tried that fancy olive oil everyone talks about and my regular stuff is better
My sister gave me a $40 bottle of single-origin Italian olive oil for my birthday. I used it for a week on salads and bread. Last night I ran out and had to use my normal $12 grocery store brand. The flavor was way more balanced and less bitter. The expensive one just tasted like grass and made my mouth feel weird. Has anyone else had a 'fancy' ingredient that was a total letdown?
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jennys721mo ago
Funny how that works, right? Always figured the expensive stuff was just better, no question. Tried some fancy sea salt that was supposed to change my life. Honestly, it just made my eggs taste like I licked a rock. My regular kosher salt does the job just fine and doesn't cost a fortune. Makes you wonder who decides what's "good" sometimes.
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walker.max1mo ago
Totally feel you on that. It's like they're selling a whole story, not just salt. You pay for the fancy jar and the idea that you're doing something special. But at the end of the day, salt is salt. My go-to is the cheap stuff in the cardboard box, works perfect every time. Makes me side-eye all those other "premium" things they try to push on us.
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sarah53127d ago
@walker.max hit it exactly right about them selling a story. It's like everything now has to have a whole origin story and a price tag to match, but the actual product gets lost. Same thing happened to me with fancy balsamic vinegar, thick as syrup and $30, tasted like cough syrup compared to the cheap stuff I get at the normal store. Salt, oil, vinegar, it's all just part of this bigger trend where we're paying for the idea instead of the taste. Makes you wonder how many of those "artisan" labels are just marketing BS.
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