# Disappointments: things you thought you'd like but didn't **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 13, 2021, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointments-things-you-thought-youd-like-but-didnt/954291 "2021-11-13T13:32:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2021, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointments-things-you-thought-youd-like-but-didnt/954291/23 "2021-11-14T05:39:09Z")
> [@california\_jobcase](#): > > There are cordial cherries that have a gooey white fluid around the inner cherry. I like the clear kind better, but they’re all good to me. They’re all good to me, too! FYI, the clear filling is due to invertase, which breaks down the invert sugars to liquid. If the cordials are too fresh, they won’t have had enough time to fully liquify and the filling will still be white-ish. It’s actually formed like a white dough and wrapped around the cherry like a dumpling, then dipped in chocolate. When I used to hand-make them, it’d take about 4 weeks to fully liquify. Idk how long it takes the commercial ones to liquify. > **[What is Actually in the Center of Those Chocolate-Covered Cherries?](https://thepremierdaily.com/what-is-in-the-center-chocolate-covered-cherries/)** > > Does anyone actually enjoy these? 🤔 -needscoffee, ex-pastry chef ---
**Author:** ![umbrella\_man32](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/82dd89/32.png) [@umbrella\_man32](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/umbrella_man32)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2021, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointments-things-you-thought-youd-like-but-didnt/954291/24 "2021-11-14T06:16:02Z")
Any reboot of popular film franchise batman etc. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2021, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointments-things-you-thought-youd-like-but-didnt/954291/25 "2021-11-14T07:11:13Z")
Back in '78, this completely uninformed grade 8’er fuelled on bands like Black Sabbath, came to the blissfully ignorant conclusion - after seeing a colorful poster of their violin-playing skeleton in a downtown head shop - that the Grateful Dead must be the heaviest thing on earth. I was stoked to find out they were going to be on _SNL_, and when the appointed time came and saw what looked like hipppies ambling their way into “Casey Jones”, this wave of dejection and stupidlty washed over me, and I’m sure I made a point, then, of starting to do something called due diligence on things. Tabasco - first and last of any hot sauces I’ve ever ventured near. Anything hotter than medium salsa would probably kill me. _Twin Peaks_, _Curb Your Enthusiasm_ learning crazy-8’s ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2021, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointments-things-you-thought-youd-like-but-didnt/954291/26 "2021-11-14T12:46:01Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > I was so disappointed and dismayed after seeing the second film (and, honestly, the book barely justifies two films, much less three), that I’ve never seen the final film of the trilogy. I couldn’t even get thru the first film, and I was watching it on a trans-Atlantic flight, so I had lots of hours to fill. I just couldn’t fill it with that. ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2021, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointments-things-you-thought-youd-like-but-didnt/954291/27 "2021-11-14T13:22:28Z")
I finally saw “Nobody” with Bob Odenkirk. 7.4 on imdb, seriously? It was just ok, kind of formulaic. Mrs. L predicted many of the twists and turns on that one, left in mid-movie and did something else. We like Odenkirk, really wanted to like this. > [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > after seeing a colorful poster of their violin-playing skeleton in a downtown head shop As cover art goes, that one is epic. > **[Blues for Allah](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blues_for_Allah)** > > Blues for Allah is the eighth studio album (twelfth album overall) by the Grateful Dead. It was released on September 1, 1975, and was the band's third album released through their own Grateful Dead Records label. The album was recorded between February and May 1975 during an extended hiatus from touring. Recorded at rhythm guitarist and vocalist Bob Weir's home studio, the music on Blues for Allah further showcases the jazz fusion influence shown on the band's previous two records while also ha... > [@needscoffee](#): > > They’re all good to me, too! FYI, the clear filling is due to invertase, which breaks down the invert sugars to liquid. If the cordials are too fresh, they won’t have had enough time to fully liquify and the filling will still be white-ish. It’s actually formed like a white dough and wrapped around the cherry like a dumpling, then dipped in chocolate. That’s really interesting. My WAG would have been that they injected the liquid somehow. By the way, you could jump to the right conclusion about what I would think of Black Forest Cake with cherries. Even sans that gooey center, something about cherries with chocolate just doesn’t work for me. Another candy that is vile: black licorice. In the same ballpark anise, fennel. > [@california\_jobcase](#): > > Anyway, I kept hearing about this wonderful herb called cilantro! When it overpowers it makes me think of soap. We got some salsa from Sam’s that is harsh in that way. But my sister once got a burrito at Chipotle that had a ton of cilantro in it—I don’t know if that was standard or if she requested extra, but she said it was great. I found this…maybe if it’s too fresh it’s harsh? > The cilantro does not cook, it is used raw in the kitchen, just like parsley. It will be added to the dish after it is cooked. Introduced too early, it loses all its flavor. [https://www.eatwell101.com/cilantro-recipes-cilantro-coriander-cooking-cilantro-benefits](https://www.eatwell101.com/cilantro-recipes-cilantro-coriander-cooking-cilantro-benefits) > [@california\_jobcase](#): > > Both cilantro and stinkbugs have the same foul chemicals in them. There was a program on NPR (I think) where a guy said one of the descriptors for some white wine is “cat urine” for the same reason. IIRC he also pointed out that parmesan cheese has some of the same chemical we smell in vomit. Anyhoo… ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2021, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointments-things-you-thought-youd-like-but-didnt/954291/28 "2021-11-14T15:03:04Z")
> [@lobotomyboy63](#): > > There was a program on NPR (I think) where a guy said one of the descriptors for some white wine is “cat urine” You sure that association is not due to a lot of wines having the term “chat eau” in them? ;-D ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2021, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointments-things-you-thought-youd-like-but-didnt/954291/29 "2021-11-14T16:17:41Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > You sure that association is not due to a lot of wines having the term “chat eau” in them? ;-D Nicely played! ---
**Author:** ![phs3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8491ac/32.png) [@phs3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phs3)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2021, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointments-things-you-thought-youd-like-but-didnt/954291/30 "2021-11-14T16:20:16Z")
> [@california\_jobcase](#): > > Anyway, I kept hearing about this wonderful herb called cilantro! I tried it since it had to be good, right? NOPE. No way. How could someone enjoy something that tastes like stinkbugs smell? (BTW, science has confirmed that cilantro does indeed taste like stinkbugs. Both cilantro and stinkbugs have the same foul chemicals in them.) It’s a genetic thing: > **[Why Does Cilantro Taste Like Soap to Some People?](https://www.britannica.com/story/why-does-cilantro-taste-like-soap-to-some-people)** > > Some people detest cilantro in their food. Are they more than just picky eaters? So you’re genetically defective 🙂 Srsly, if I weren’t happily married to a wonderful woman who also likes cilantro\*, and was doing some sort of Tinder-ish dating thing, “Must like cilantro” would be part of my profile. \*Although she doesn’t like it as much as I do–my ideal would be a way to encapsulate pure cilantro flavor in a sauce. I’ve come close but not quite there yet. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2021, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointments-things-you-thought-youd-like-but-didnt/954291/31 "2021-11-14T16:21:12Z")
There’s been a ton of movies where I thought “This will be cool” and it was, in fact, not cool. But the first example of this in my life was Aliens 3. Aliens was basically wall-to-wall awesome for us and we spent tons of time watching it and talking about it and walking through the woods and creek with long branches, imagining an attack by xenomorphs at any moment. We had all seen Alien as well and liked/respected it but Aliens was where it was at. So when there was going be a third movie, we were all jazzed up and saw it right away. Oof. Maybe there’s some “Well, on its own merits…” argument but I’m never going to be able to watch it without remembering that disappointment. A couple hours of plodding muddle culminating with Ripley swan diving while petting her alien princess daughter. The best we could say was that having a xenomorph come out of a dog was kinda cool. But that was my first real experience with “Don’t assume the sequel to this great thing is going to be any good”. ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2021, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointments-things-you-thought-youd-like-but-didnt/954291/32 "2021-11-14T16:31:37Z")
> [@phs3](#): > > So you’re genetically defective 🙂 I don’t know why I sometimes have that reaction (Sam’s salsa) but other times not. I chalked it up to any produce situation—you might get a good, ripe, ready product or you might not. Another situation: peeing after eating asparagus. I have a pretty good recipe for asparagus soup (includes leeks, greek yogurt, lemon juice) and either my pee doesn’t stink or I lack the receptors to detect it. Mrs. L says she absolutely smells it when she pees. I’m pretty sure she’s been in the bathroom after me but she’s never noticed it. > **[An Investigation of Asparagus Pee](https://firstwefeast.com/eat/2016/06/asparagus-pee-investigation)** > > Ben Franklin called it a "disagreeable odour." Marcel Proust praised it as a "perfume." Here we look into the mystery of an odd phenomenon. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2021, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointments-things-you-thought-youd-like-but-didnt/954291/33 "2021-11-14T16:47:14Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > Back in '78, this completely uninformed grade 8’er fuelled on bands like Black Sabbath, came to the blissfully ignorant conclusion - after seeing a colorful poster of their violin-playing skeleton in a downtown head shop - that the Grateful Dead must be the heaviest thing on earth. > I was stoked to find out they were going to be on _SNL_ , and when the appointed time came and saw what looked like hipppies ambling their way into “Casey Jones”, this wave of dejection and stupidlty washed over me Hah! Now I’m imagining Beavis & Butthead reacting to the Grateful Dead. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2021, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointments-things-you-thought-youd-like-but-didnt/954291/34 "2021-11-14T17:00:49Z")
Meh, I like to think it was more kinda attributable to, well, ya know, can we say - _slightly_ misrepresentative art? Zero airplay? ---
**Author:** ![bob\_2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bob_2/32/3341_2.png) [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2021, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointments-things-you-thought-youd-like-but-didnt/954291/35 "2021-11-14T17:11:23Z")
You should try reading the book…🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2021, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointments-things-you-thought-youd-like-but-didnt/954291/36 "2021-11-14T17:15:53Z")
Buttermilk. Looooong ago, my grandfather would tell me stories of how he loved delicious, delicious buttermilk as a kid; how it was the perfect combination of butter and whole milk, how he’d drink it as a treat, etc. So I was quite anxious to try it as a 6 year old who already loved butter and milk. So he poured me a glass, I eagerly gulped it down, and promptly barfed it all over the place. I have tried it many times since, thinking for sure that my tastes had changed. Nope, it still triggers a ‘spoiled milk’ response for me. Though I do use it in cooking, where it’s a delicious ingredient. Go figure. ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2021, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointments-things-you-thought-youd-like-but-didnt/954291/37 "2021-11-14T18:22:00Z")
> [@phs3](#): > > So you’re genetically defective No, you are. Enjoy your essence of stinkbug! 😆 ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2021, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointments-things-you-thought-youd-like-but-didnt/954291/38 "2021-11-14T18:42:37Z")
Dune. I tried reading it in college and gave up in 50 pages or so. I have friends who read the whole series and keep telling me how good it is, so last summer I tried again. Nope. Chucked it after page 12. I’ve read all of the Game of Thrones books, the Earth’s Children series, Lord of the Rings and all of its side paraphernalia but I can’t get through Dune at all. ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2021, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointments-things-you-thought-youd-like-but-didnt/954291/39 "2021-11-14T18:58:36Z")
You just reminded me: the Lord Of The Rings trilogy. When I was - oh - fourteen, I got The Hobbit and the Lord Of The Rings out of the local public library. Didn’t think too much of The Hobbit but loved Lord Of The Rings. Around the age of - oh - thirty, I thought I’d treat myself and reread them. Off to the (different) public library. Loved The Hobbit! - loved it so much that I couldn’t wait to reread Lord Of The Rings. I gave it more than a fair shake, but eventually you have to accept that it’s not working. Then I took everything back to the library. j ---
**Author:** ![Bonum\_Legatum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bonum_legatum/32/6183_2.png) [@Bonum\_Legatum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bonum_Legatum)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2021, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointments-things-you-thought-youd-like-but-didnt/954291/40 "2021-11-14T20:10:54Z")
Sorry to flog this dead horse, but someone has to mention: “Last Man on Earth”. I hoped for “The Martian” but with an average man as the protagonist. Instead I got…well, you know. The Stephen KIng novel **11/22/63**. _Someone finds a way to travel back in time and prevents the Kennedy assassination. Then the person finds out that the effect on subsequent history is horrible and has to go back and return history to it’s original path._ For me, the book seemed to be written from some bag of writers “tricks”. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2021, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointments-things-you-thought-youd-like-but-didnt/954291/41 "2021-11-14T20:48:32Z")
Another for Lord of the Rings. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2021, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointments-things-you-thought-youd-like-but-didnt/954291/42 "2021-11-14T21:14:10Z")
> [@Bonum\_Legatum](#): > > For me, the book seemed to be written from some bag of writers “tricks”. Ooh, exactly what I hate in books. Clive Cussler is a mighty offender, and so are several others. I do not live for plot twists that don’t make sense. I sense these guys learned how to write papers that overfilled their class requirements of “minimum 5 pages” but truly had nothing to do with the subject at hand. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointments-things-you-thought-youd-like-but-didnt/954291.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointments-things-you-thought-youd-like-but-didnt/954291.md?page=3)