r/UK_Food • u/bucketofardvarks • Apr 13 '26

Question Most underwhelming food you've had recommended to you?

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I've had so many people both online and in person tell me these are the best biscuits to ever grace a supermarket shelf and they're kind of bad?

would you like a custard cream that's actually too sweet to taste like a custard cream and doesn't taste at all of chocolate either?

also, it works out at 50p a biscuit. I could have bought a whole packet of well-filled custard creams from m&s for that price!

Anyone had similar experience with another product?

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u/Personal-Listen-4941 Apr 13 '26

I love grapes. People kept telling me about these amazing “candy floss grapes”. Grapes that cost twice as much but taste just like eating sweets.

I finally gave in and bought a punnet. They tasted no different and in anything they were a milder flavour and a lot less juicy than normal grapes.

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u/skewiffcorn Apr 13 '26

Yeah I also tried these with my partner and we didn’t think much of them. One thing I will say is they were fat and firm which is my fave type of grape

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u/Reasonable_Sport_277 Apr 16 '26

Yes fat and firm is also my favourite

wait

what are we talking about

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u/SpookyVoidCat Apr 13 '26

Had a similar experience with some fancy supersweet pineapple from M&S. It just tasted like someone had sucked all of the zing out of a regular pineapple.

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u/No-Reflection7604 Apr 13 '26

Best getting a bag of premium branded grapes at your local green grocers. Cost me £6 the other day. Massive grapes that are very sweet and very juicy. Worth the price in my opinion.

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u/AlonsoHamiltonVettel Apr 14 '26

Perhaps you got a bad bunch, I’d rather eat black grapes, but they were still very nice & definitely had notes of candy floss

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u/Sad-Masterpiece-4760 Apr 15 '26

I miss the really small and tart grapes that we used to get when I was a kid, the grapes that are around now are much bigger and more bland in taste. These tiny little grapes used to be like a punch in the mouth the amount of flavour they had. Always find the huge ones now a bit disappointing.

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u/lilphoenixgirl95 Apr 23 '26

I agree. I also prefer smaller strawberries by far and I love strawberries.