# Recent examples of new foods spreading and getting popular? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [May 29, 2025, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-examples-of-new-foods-spreading-and-getting-popular/1018957 "2025-05-29T13:40:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2025, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-examples-of-new-foods-spreading-and-getting-popular/1018957/201 "2025-06-03T16:51:53Z")
> [@Dr\_Paprika](#): > > Starbucks does not make superior coffee, but it is not pretentious IMHO and plain coffee is available with generous free refill policy. Personally, I find their plain coffee more palatable with mint flavoring added; no other sugar necessary. Now I want some iced mint coffee. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2025, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-examples-of-new-foods-spreading-and-getting-popular/1018957/202 "2025-06-03T17:01:34Z")
Nashville Chicken and Boba Tea baffle me. They are both ok, but I do not get appeal. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2025, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-examples-of-new-foods-spreading-and-getting-popular/1018957/203 "2025-06-03T17:19:50Z")
I have had tried Nashville Chicken and would not even deem it medium hot. Since cayenne is spicy when used in quantity, I blame this on the common problem of spicy food purveyors leaving out most of the spice to appeal to their conception of the Canadian palate. I have been assured the good stuff is spicy. Based on my experience, I completely agree. Boba and matcha are okay but their popularity surprises me too. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2025, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-examples-of-new-foods-spreading-and-getting-popular/1018957/204 "2025-06-03T18:43:58Z")
**Nitpick:** It’s **pâté** , not “pate.” “Pate” refers to the top of your head. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2025, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-examples-of-new-foods-spreading-and-getting-popular/1018957/205 "2025-06-03T19:53:29Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > t. Starbucks is hardly pretentious. The size names of the coffee are pretentious. At least. > [@digs](#): > > Now I frequent coffeeshops that are quick to add a new trend to the menu: they were the first place I saw avocado toast (with other junk and a fried egg on it). I have lived in CA all my life, and i have never noticed avocado toast on any menu. ---
**Author:** ![xtenkfarpl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c2a13f/32.png) [@xtenkfarpl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xtenkfarpl)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2025, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-examples-of-new-foods-spreading-and-getting-popular/1018957/206 "2025-06-03T19:55:44Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > **Nitpick:** It’s **pâté** , not “pate.” “Pate” refers to the top of your head. Diacriticals, schmiacriticals. We do ASCII here. Bugger unicode! Where can I get a proper version of the dish, anyway? ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2025, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-examples-of-new-foods-spreading-and-getting-popular/1018957/207 "2025-06-03T20:05:32Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > The size names of the coffee are pretentious. At least. I find them playful. I don’t know why so many people seem to have a stick up their backside about it. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2025, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-examples-of-new-foods-spreading-and-getting-popular/1018957/208 "2025-06-03T20:07:49Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > I find them playful. I don’t know why so many people seem to have a stick up their backside about it. Many people find the names at best silly and at worst pretentious. Insulting them - and me- like this is really not necessary. You like the names- that is fine- I won’t insult you, that is your opinion. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2025, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-examples-of-new-foods-spreading-and-getting-popular/1018957/209 "2025-06-03T20:09:18Z")
I did not mean to insult you. I should have phrased that better. Maybe: One person’s pretentious is another person’s silly and playful. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2025, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-examples-of-new-foods-spreading-and-getting-popular/1018957/210 "2025-06-03T20:19:36Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > One person’s pretentious is another person’s silly and playful. Sure. In general, on unimportant things like this- no ones opinion is wrong. ---
**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:** [June 3, 2025, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-examples-of-new-foods-spreading-and-getting-popular/1018957/211 "2025-06-03T20:44:26Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Many will say burnt coffee, even though I do not agree since they changed their house roast to Pike’s Place about a decade ago. Agreed, but **Pike** Place > **[There’s no ‘s’ in Pike Place – Just ask Jeopardy host Ken Jennings](https://www.yahoo.com/news/no-pike-place-just-ask-161040219.html)** > > Host of “Jeopardy!” and Washington native Ken Jennings set the record straight this week: there is no ‘s’ in Pike Place. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2025, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-examples-of-new-foods-spreading-and-getting-popular/1018957/212 "2025-06-03T20:49:20Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > I have lived in CA all my life, and i have never noticed avocado toast on any menu. What part of town are you in? I’ve seen it on menus on the Westside for years. > [@Sitnam](#): > > Nashville Chicken and Boba Tea baffle me. They are both ok, but I do not get appeal. I haven’t had Nashville Chicken, because I like fried chicken and don’t want it overpowered by a lot of HEAT. I don’t like Boba Tea because I hate tapioca. My mom tried to force us to eat it when we were kids because _she_ liked it. None of us kids ever developed a taste for it. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2025, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-examples-of-new-foods-spreading-and-getting-popular/1018957/213 "2025-06-03T21:14:41Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > I have lived in CA all my life, and i have never noticed avocado toast on any menu. That’s astounding! It’s on at least half the breakfast menus I encounter, particularly in the beach towns of Orange County where I surf (and then stuff my face - OC _knows_ how to do breakfast.) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2025, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-examples-of-new-foods-spreading-and-getting-popular/1018957/214 "2025-06-03T21:17:31Z")
> [@xtenkfarpl](#): > > > [@terentii](#): > > > > **Nitpick:** It’s **pâté** , not “pate.” “Pate” refers to the top of your head. > > Diacriticals, schmiacriticals. We do ASCII here. Bugger unicode! **Another nitpick:** Spam (the food product) is spelled with a capital “S.” 😁 [Spam (food) - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spam_(food)) [![](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CvFFvc-xlXk/UumC7FNLPsI/AAAAAAAAX5E/saD6FGYGNp8/s1600/sad+sack.gif) ](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CvFFvc-xlXk/UumC7FNLPsI/AAAAAAAAX5E/saD6FGYGNp8/s1600/sad+sack.gif) ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2025, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-examples-of-new-foods-spreading-and-getting-popular/1018957/215 "2025-06-03T21:24:22Z")
> [@Dr\_Paprika](#): > > I have had tried Nashville Chicken and would not even deem it medium hot. The Nashville Chicken places I’ve been to around here usually ask you what heat level you want. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2025, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-examples-of-new-foods-spreading-and-getting-popular/1018957/216 "2025-06-03T21:36:20Z")
Is Nashville chicken always just regular fried chicken covered in pepper sauce or dust? When I first heard about it, I thought the pepper was in the batter like Popeyes. I went to one of the first hot chicken places to open near me and the menu offered graduated levels of heat which I soon found just meant how much cayenne it was dusted with. I could do that myself at a KFC. ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2025, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-examples-of-new-foods-spreading-and-getting-popular/1018957/217 "2025-06-03T21:42:05Z")
My understanding is that traditional Nashville hot chicken is covered with a paste made from fat/oil and cayenne pepper. I’ve never seen it literally just dusted with cayenne. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2025, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-examples-of-new-foods-spreading-and-getting-popular/1018957/218 "2025-06-03T21:49:57Z")
Hah. I knew there was something odd about it. At first I thought it didn’t have an apostrophe, then I put it back in. Clearly I wasn’t arsed enough to actually look it up, but I knew the name had something I get wrong about it every time. ---
**Author:** ![Reply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reply/32/15952_2.png) [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2025, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-examples-of-new-foods-spreading-and-getting-popular/1018957/219 "2025-06-03T21:57:57Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > My understanding is that traditional Nashville hot chicken is covered with a paste made from fat/oil and cayenne pepper. I’ve never seen it literally just dusted with cayenne. At the wings places I’ve seen, you can choose your coating… nashville, buffallo, dry rubbed spices, thai peanut, korean gochujang, whatever. Probably not “traditional”, but sure is convenient! ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2025, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-examples-of-new-foods-spreading-and-getting-popular/1018957/220 "2025-06-03T22:00:45Z")
> [@Reply](#): > > At the wings places I’ve seen, you can choose your coating Hot wings are a whole 'nother thing from hot chicken, though, right? Those are flavored sauces and the wings (if done right) are usually not breaded. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-examples-of-new-foods-spreading-and-getting-popular/1018957.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-examples-of-new-foods-spreading-and-getting-popular/1018957.md?page=12)