r/unpopularopinion • u/NoFayte • 1d ago
Sour cream is terrible in most things.
Sour cream is not a substitute for cheese, it is not "cheese part 2" just add more cheese ffs.*** If you want that texture just use queso it is 10,000 times better than just adding sour cream. Having both is insane.
The last thing I want inside my giant warm baked potato, or giant warm burrito, is a huge glob of ice-cooled fucking sour cream. I don't care if it's Americanized tacos I don't care if it's Mexican tacos sour cream has no place inside that s*** it, has no place on my nachos, it has no place anywhere near my hot food.
Any queso which is made with cream frieche or sour cream as a base is also heresy. Make a roux like an adult, and melt the cheese into it also like an adult. This is why Chipotle's queso tastes like thigh sweat after walking around Disney World for 7 hours, cuz they use sour cream as a base.
**title says most things. There are some chip dips I'm fine with it as a base, I dont think it "tastes bad" in everything flat out. Mostly dislike it in hot foods placed as a condiment, or as a base for queso.
*** so to clarify, ya a few friends of mine have told me things like "it's like putting another kind of cheese on it for me". This may be a unique thing to these couple people but hey I heard this more than once from friends who eat sour cream on stuff.
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u/New_General3939 1d ago
Nobody said it’s a substitute for cheese… it’s to add a cool, creamy, tangy element. It’s a great contrast when the rest of the meal is too warm and savory. It’s also a good base for tons of dips and is a key ingredient for things like homemade southern biscuits
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u/NoFayte 1d ago
I have literally been told this by people my experience may not be yours but yep , these are things I'm quoting from others I've Been Told.
I also use the term most things for a reason I do think it's a good base for certain dips like french onion dip for example something I'm going to take my room temperature chips and dip it in.
I don't take French onion dip and then go put that s*** on my potato either LOL
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u/New_General3939 1d ago
Well you just got some bad info from those people, idk what to tell you haha, that’s not what sour cream is used for, it has nothing to do with cheese (other than just being a dairy product)
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u/yaourted 1d ago
idk who told you that but i’ve NEVER heard of sour cream touted as a cheese substitute, that’s deranged
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u/randumpotato 1d ago
I think you’re the only person who has ever been told that sour cream is “more cheese”.
If anything, sour cream is more yogurt. Definitely far, far removed from being a cheese substitute or add on.
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u/Cognac_and_swishers 1d ago
"I disagree with the objectively incorrect information someone told me one time" is not really an unpopular opinion.
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u/verbosehuman 1d ago
I know a bunch of people, coming from over 30 different countries. I've cooked with most of them. The rest I've just eaten with and spent lots of time with. None of them would consider sour cream as a substitute for cheese.
I have a friend from Azerbaijan who sometimes eats it with a baguette and maybe a cucumber for a quick on-the-road breakfast, but even he doesn't see it as a replacement for cheese.
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u/sideshowbvo 1d ago
Bro what does your sour cream look like, you know you're not supposed to keep it til it becomes cheese
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u/MintyPastures 12h ago
Nope. Definitely not a thing. Sour cream has never been a substitute for cheese.
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u/fishstock 1d ago
People who use sour cream like how it tastes, if you don't like don't use it.
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u/whenishit-itsbigturd 1d ago
It's mostly to cool the habanero sauce down tbh
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u/fishstock 1d ago
It's great for cooling down spicy food. One of my favorites is a spicy bowl of chili with a big dollop of sour cream in the middle.
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u/Dontdometh30 1d ago
I eat it with fruit sometimes like yogurt haha
But I also eat half n half with cereal
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u/NoFayte 1d ago
This is an unpopular opinion subreddit I take it my opinion is not popular with you lol
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u/fishstock 1d ago
Is it really an opinion, though? You just dislike a condiment.
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u/NoFayte 1d ago
Disliking is an opinion. And again, I said most things.
In another comment down below somebody brought it up as a base for dips, and I said yeah like french onion dip which I do like.
With my room temperature chips not in my hot food
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u/fishstock 1d ago
Not really, man. I don't like ketchup on most things, and that's a fact, not an opinion. Also, no one is using sour cream as a substitute for cheese.
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u/Dear_Musician4608 1d ago
It's a fact that you don't like ketchup on most things, but if you said "ketchup is terrible on most things" that would be your opinion.
"I think ketchup is terrible on most things" would be a fact about your opinion.
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u/KristyCat35 23h ago edited 23h ago
Food opinions are the most boring and pointless to write about...
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u/ThickFurball367 1d ago
I literally don't know anyone that uses sour cream as a substitute or a 2nd cheese. People use sour cream because they like it
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u/DaleSnittermanJr 1d ago
What the hell do you put on your pierogi?
This isn’t an unpopular opinion, you just sound confused about sour cream (who is saying it’s a substitute or extension of cheese? in what world is it the same texture as queso?)
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u/imgotugoin 1d ago
Your idea: no one should like sour cream because it's gross.
My counter: no one should hang out with you because you're an idiot.
Your obvious observation: if you don't like me don't hang out with me.
Me: exactly
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u/Lemmy_Axe_U_Sumphin 1d ago
Ok so WTF does “queso” mean to you? Queso is spanish for cheese and who would make cheese with sour cream? I’ve never heard of that.
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u/NoFayte 1d ago
I literally said who did it.
I was just as shocked as you when I found out by the way
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u/Lemmy_Axe_U_Sumphin 1d ago
My point was what are you even talking about when you say queso
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u/NoFayte 1d ago
Youre not wrong, but colloquially, in the States, we refer to melted cheese sauce with Mexican or tex-mex spices as "queso".
It is absolutely a misnomer in the same way we refer to certain kinds of spiced teas as "chai" when really that word just means tea lol.
So in this context, it's their white melted cheese sauce. For further clarity, Chipotle (and almost every other mexican American place) sell their cheese sauce as "queso".
Unmelted shredded cheese is just referred to as "cheese".
I'm not the arbiter of colloquial terms or corporate product naming.
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u/Lemmy_Axe_U_Sumphin 1d ago
Weird. Must be a Midwest thing. No one uses it that way in Southern California including Mexican people. To me a block of cheddar is queso. The mozzarella on my pizza is queso. The cotija on my street taco is queso.
Only place I really ever see melted cheese sauce is the nacho machine in 7-11 and we don’t have a specific word for it other than ‘disgusting’.
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u/NoFayte 1d ago
I def get how it is kinda stupid and sort of frustrating, and I'm also guilty of assuming people just know what I mean a lot.
I'm trying to work on it lol.
At Taco Bell specifically they call it "nacho cheese sauce", but yeah I'm in the south of south Florida and as you know Florida sucks and is an insane place.
The jars of store bought stuff even use that branding a lot down here. Queso or "salsa con queso".
Moes and chilli's sometimes have a chilli con queso.
And both moes and Chipotle always carry a "queso".
Moes is just like melted white gunk though, and while tasty is also not very high quality or probably even real cheese lol
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u/Special_Culture6341 1d ago
I'm also guilty of assuming people just know what I mean a lot.
In other words: You're bad at explaining things.
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u/Dear_Musician4608 1d ago
If you order it in store it seems they call it nacho cheese sauce but if you buy a jar of it it says Taco Bell Salsa Con Queso interestingly enough
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u/Dear_Musician4608 1d ago
It's definitely a thing at Southern California Chipotles/Qdoba
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u/Lemmy_Axe_U_Sumphin 1d ago
Eww why would a southern Californian go to those places when there’s so much cheaper and better Mexican food everywhere. Customers must all be transplants
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u/Dear_Musician4608 1d ago
Why would they go to McDonald's or Taco Bell or Wendy's either?
Why do people go to Subway instead of better sub places?
Why does anyone anywhere go to fast food places? Really makes you go hmmmmm
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u/putterandpotter 1d ago
It could be worse - sauces or dips that have crappy mayo as a base are disgusting imo. And sour cream works great in a cold dip.
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u/Sarcastic_Rocket 1d ago
I tried to look up any kind of reference to sour cream replacing cheese, but all I could find was it being replaceable for cream cheese in some creamy recipes like a creamy soup or something. Not sour cream replacing a block cheese like cheddar or mozzarella as this title initially made me think
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u/DaydreamerFly 1d ago
Upvoted because sour cream is my favorite condiment by far it’s not even vaguely close.
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u/ManyRequirement5331 1d ago
I don’t like sour cream very much either on its own, but I’ve never heard of it being in queso or being a replacement/an additional cheese.
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u/MotherofaPickle 1d ago
I eat sour cream with a spoon. I love it.
And I have never, ever heard of subbing in sour cream for cheese. What kind of cook was/is your mother?
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u/barryvon 1d ago
my unpopular opinion is tastes arnt opinions. we know that people are breaking down enzymes differently so we’re literally not all experiencing the same thing.
for all i know people who like under-seasoned foods are experiencing more flavors in the base ingredient than i am. i don’t know and never will.
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u/Ok_Requirement_3116 1d ago
lol not a cheese substitute. An active ingredient that stands on its own merits.
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u/DangerousChip4678 1d ago
Who fucking hurt you?
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u/fueelin 18h ago
Hmm, maybe someone named like... Sawyer Cremartie? Closest I could get that was slightly feasible lol.
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u/DangerousChip4678 18h ago
Shame. Sour cream is amazing. It’s a shame anyone has to miss out on it.
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u/AffectionateLine4456 21h ago
Who tf said sour cream is a substitute for cheese They’re completely different foods
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u/Fk_ur_Lifted_Truck 1d ago
I worked at Chipotle for three months. The sour cream was fucking disgusting. Some customers might as well just eat it as a soup
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u/tommmmmmmmy93 1d ago
I don't particularly like the taste of rancid dog nuggets so I don't tend to put them in my food. Pretty simple really
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u/SatBurner 1d ago
I agree it should never be a queso base. That's heresy.
On tacos and burritos it's a good way to offset some heat from some spicy things. Particularly useful when you either don't know how spicy something new is, have gastro issues but eat spice anyway, or with places that use fresh produce, want to keep things more even keel because random super hot happens in those situations.
Actually, hatch peppers are a great example. By the time you buy them the chance hot ones have intermingled with the mild ones is almost assured. If I'm just looking for the "green flavor" or really wanting to control spice because I've cooked for the kids, then finishing with a bit of sour cream makes it more likely they will eat it.
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u/90zNightOwl 1d ago
If you add sour cream to boxed cake mix batter, it makes it taste like a bakery cake.
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u/Johnnadawearsglasses 9h ago
Sour cream is for temperature and textural contrast. It cools things that are hot (temperature or spice level) and provides a creamy counterpoint to non-creamy foods. It holds up to high temp for a bit so it's a perfect topper for a spiced stew like chili. I don't view it as a substitute for cheese at all.
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u/No_Perspective_242 1d ago
I cant think of one food where I’m like, sour cream would make this better.
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u/cherishthegay 1d ago
I agree so hard with this. I think it’s gross to have the cold with the hot burrito. I’ve always hated sour cream
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