This is a good question! Specialized knowledge makes any narrative that taps into that same knowledge all the more precarious. You can tell instantly any time someone 1) actually knows about food 2) thinks they know about food or 3) merely uses buzzwords and thinks its "funny"https://twitter.com/BCoxBox/status/1186368439952334848 …
anyone who talks about an ingredient being bad or good without getting into its flavor profile or scientific properties is a terrifying sign (it's basically the opposite of whats eating dan)