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Publish Not your original work? Add source There is a very good reason why food and the like is called sustenance. Because everything about it is sus. Just think about it. Why wouldn't you be suspicious of food if there are allergies that could potentially kill you if you're not aware of your body's nuances? Why wouldn't you be suspicious if nearly all recipes give you a very precise "estimate" for how long you'll be prepping it, and you end up spending twice as much time? Why wouldn't you be suspicious if most people can't taste the difference between potato and zucchini if you make pancakes out of them? It's all lies! But all conspiracies aside... there is some truth to it, as folks on Reddit have been sharing cooking myths that frustrate the living heck out of them. And believe you me, there are far too many myths folks have debunked, whether through their own empirical studies, or by being chefs and just knowing all too well what the biochemical composition of an onion is and how to actually avoid its tear-jerking superpowers. Scroll on down to check out the best responses to the now-viral question what are some "cooking myths" that frustrate you? And while you're at it, comment, upvote, share this list with your grandma (grandma, if you're reading this, your kids and grandkids love you dearly), or tell us some of your experiences with cooking myths! More Info: Reddit This post may include affiliate links. #1
No. It should be “don’t use cooking wine“
A cheap bottle of wine is all you need to cook. It don’t need to be a nice bottle for drinking. getjustin , Tony Asleson Report 128points POST Squirrelly Panda Squirrelly Panda Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago What this means is you should be able to drink it and it tastes decent, not cook with the $50+ pilot noir (or whatever) because that is what you drink. If the wine is horrible straight out of the bottle, it won't help your cooking. If it is ok out of the bottle, but not something you would serve, that is fine. 44 44points reply View More Replies... View more comments #3
Recipes that claim onions caramelize in ten minutes.
badbakedpotato replied:
I think this might also be a function of people not understanding the difference between browning onions and caramelizing them.
JackfromShellKnob replied:
Or sweating them, which is what it probably should be called most of the time a short time is listed.
keelhaulrose replied:
I once saw "caramelize your onions, about 5-8 minutes" and my reaction was "I've seen PE classes that are sweatier than those onions are going to be in 5 minutes, let alone anything approaching caramelization". javaavril , ccbarr Report 110points POST Lisa H Lisa H Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago Strongly agree with this one. Caramelizing onions takes at least 45 minutes, depending on the quantity because it can only be done on low heat and LOTS of butter. If a recipe calls for caramelized onions, get that started first. 29 29points reply View more comments #4
Been cooking professionally for over ten years, this is a lie! But every single friend or family member comes up to me and says "Ohh did you know...?"
Like dude, I've had to caramelize a 50lb bag of onions. If there was a way to stop the acids forming gasses from the split onion cells, I would've researched the hell out of it and found the answer by now.
Sharp blade makes the best solution, though I have seen people soak a sliced onion in ice water. Something about the water pulling the amino acids out but then you have slippery onions and a wet mess after its all said and done. Durragon , Leonardo Shinagawa Report 103points POST Jennifer L. Davis Jennifer L. Davis Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 week ago That's backwards. NEVER cut the root, never cry. 16 16points reply View More Replies... View more comments #5
Add garlic first to a recipe.
mincepryshkin- replied:
I made so much of my early cooking life so much more difficult by thinking that garlic always had to go in at the start. Most of the time I was fighting for my life trying to keep garlic from burning. burpeedevil , Mike Mozart Report 97points POST Channon Doughty Channon Doughty Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago Saute order for aromatics, with 2-3 minutes between additions, over medium heat: onions, carrots, celery, garlic, leeks 24 24points reply View More Replies... View more comments #6
"Chemicals" are bad. Everything is chemicals. That "no nitrate" bacon was marinated in concentrated celery juice, which is rich in....nitrates. No MSG, but aren't mushrooms and miso delicious? No added sugar...just a lot of boiled down grape juice. I'm not saying that adding stuff willynilly is necessarily healthful, but let's be honest about the chemical content of "no X" vs conventional foods.
[Writer's Note: technically, it does help the water come to a boil faster, but it is an insignificant change given how humans calculate time.] riverrocks452 , Didriks Report 91points POST badger badger Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago salting water does *not* come to the boil faster, because the boiling temperature of salted water is very slightly higher than of unsalted water, so it will take fractionally longer to come to the boil. however, cooking things in salted water *will* be fractionally faster because you're cooking in very slightly higher temperature water. 41 41points reply View More Replies... View more comments #8
The MSG/Chinese food headache. You eat Doritos just fine; I can see your orange fingers from here.
RobotPolarbear replied:
You're right, if you can eat Doritos just fine then MSG/Chinese food is fine for you too.
However, some people with very severe migraines do seem to be impacted by high glutamate foods. I can only eat things like Doritos and Chinese food sparingly. But Glutamate occurs naturally in things like mushrooms and Parmesan cheese too. Those foods are just as likely to give me a migraine despite being "natural". RocketPawnch , Camy West Report 77points POST Two_rolling_black_eyes Two_rolling_black_eyes Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 week ago I listened to a 1 hour story on NPR (US non-profit radio stations) where they interviewed the guy who came up with the "MSG is bad thing". He admits it was completely made up as an attempt to prove peer reviewed journals are bologna. 15 minutes was him talking about the scam he did and the other 45 minutes about him trying for the last 40 years to get people to quit believing it. 35 35points reply View More Replies... View more comments #9
That a cast iron pan needs to be babied and treated like a mythical creature.
JimHFD103 replied:
No dishwasher here, but we use hot water and dawn on ours just like all our other dishes, and have like this metal chainmail thing for scrubbing off stuck on food. Afterwards, rinse clean, stick back on the stove, heat, wipe any excess water off, thin coat of oil (sometimes that's a good spray of Pam lol), heat off, wipe the oil with a paper towel so the whole inside is nice and shiny and that's what we do. Based on some descriptions I've seen I'm sure that'll give some people a heart attack, but we're a fire station with multiple crews using the cast iron daily and doing that exact same process and the cast iron pans have lasted us years. britb5476 , WordRidden Report 75points POST kate h kate h Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago (edited) You can absolutely use dish soap on cast iron. The "never soap!" rule was from a time when soap contained lye, which would ruin the seasoning. Modern dish soaps do not contain lye. 65 65points reply View More Replies... View more comments #10
That 'Organic' food is better for you. Just because it says 'Organic' on the label, it is good. Unless I can actually See the process of growing and processing of the food labeled 'Organic', I aint believing you.
150603 replied:
I used to work in a place that used a chemical they called T40. It bleached your clothes if you got any on you. They then introduced Organic T40 which did exactly the same thing. It was still a chemical made of other chemicals! Ok-Strain-9847 , Richard Eriksson Report 74points POST Melene Majlovic Melene Majlovic Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago (edited) depends very much on wich country you live in. In denmark the laws are very strickt about what you can label as organic 32 32points reply View More Replies... View more comments #11
Putting oil in pasta water.
kimblem replied:
I thought this helped it not have starchy bubbles.
WonderChode replied:
I doesn't even mix unless you put an agent that helps, like in a vinaigrette when you add mustard so it gets bubbly and well mixed.
RoRoRoYourGoat replied:
I put a few drops of oil in my water, because it breaks the surface tension and keeps the pot from bubbling over. Two drops of oil in all that water won't stop the sauce from sticking. It just sits on top and drains off with the water. pdxpmk , Melissa Wiese Report 70points POST Patrick Linnen Patrick Linnen Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago Oil in the water cooking the pasta may keep the pasta from sticking together, but it also keeps the sauce from clinging to the noodles as well. 44 44points reply View More Replies... View more comments #13
Anything from 5-minute crafts, SoYummy, or any content farm in general.
LeakyLycanthrope replied:
To anyone wondering: I direct you to the YouTube channel How to Cook That to explain why.
tl;dw Not a goddamn one of them works or even could work, and many are actually dangerous. Plus all kinds of shady practices to work The Algorithm in their favor. cleansleight , 5-Minute Crafts DIY Report 65points POST Lisa H Lisa H Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago Upvote for mentioning How To Cook That. If you haven't checked out her channel, do it! She's very intelligent and wholesome, especially when she does a video with her husband. That whole family is a treasure! 49 49points reply View More Replies... View more comments #14
I am not claiming there isn't creativity or a first edition recipe as originally created. But recipes like art do not occur out some virgin birth in a isolated glass dome.
People look at food like currency and see it as either real or a phoney counterfeit. Either it's the fifteenth century version written by the originator or it's worthless. Penalty for counterfeiting isn't jail it's being told you are an insult to ancestors or worse a colonizer of culture and identity.
People who use authenticity like a weapon view cooking a plate of food like dog breeding repetitively inbreeding the same thing over and over again losing the original intention behind a new breed until it's so pointless and sickly is basically useless unless for show. It stagnates it dies. SternLecture , USAG- Humphreys Report 64points POST shiny shinx shiny shinx Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago tldr: f food gatekeepers 21 21points reply View more comments #15
That an air fryer isn’t just a small convection oven.
T[a]tsAndWhiskey replied:
Huh. So that’s why my funnel cake turned out weird…
freedfg replied:
THANK YOU!
Everyone tells me "OH you gotta get an air fryer"
It's a convection oven. The only difference is the amount of energy it uses. But people treat it like it's this magic box that they make f!@#$%g everything in.
Sparcrypt replied:
They are super cool though.
I love mine because it’s so fast. Like if I’m cooking some chicken or steak and it’s a touch too thick to cook fully before burning? I don’t need to have preheated my oven 30 minutes ago, I just pop it in the air fryer for a few minutes and we’re done.
But yes they are 100% just a small countertop oven. It’s just that having a small countertop oven is SO GREAT. Then_Restaurant_4141 , HS You Report 60points POST Shelby Jackson Shelby Jackson Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago I love my air fryer 23 23points reply View More Replies... View more comments #16
Um no it doesn't.
Put a lid on it to make your cold water boil faster. Much-data-wow , Scott Akerman Report 60points POST Con O Cuinn Con O Cuinn Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago I think people get confused because under certain conditions, hot water freezes faster than cold 25 25points reply View More Replies... View more comments #17
That kale doesn't taste like shrubbery.
NeverSawOz replied:
It doesn't. It should have a sweet-bitter flavor. But the age-old trick is to put it in the freezer for a few days first, that activates the sugar. In the Netherlands we have a saying that kale should not be harvested until two good nights of frost. Delicious winter food with mashed potatoes and smoked sausage.
ModConMom replied:
I might be outing myself, but it sounds like you've never tasted shrubbery. HaddockBranzini-II , John Lodder Report 59points POST The Queen Of Upper Butt Crack The Queen Of Upper Butt Crack Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago Shrubbery makes me think of Monty Python 55 55points reply View More Replies... View more comments #18
Ugh
I'm apparently "over sensitive*" to the taste of overcooked olive oil (and other low-smoke-point oils). I can always tell if something was cooked at a high temp in olive oil. It's gross.
*my sister's words number1auntie , Daniella Segura Report 57points POST TheAquarius1978 TheAquarius1978 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago Not the same thing, Olive oil hás flavor, its a must for some dishes ( belive me Im frikking Portuguese i know ) but its c**p for other dishes, try doing fries with Olive oil lol, or even frying a piece of meat with it, its desgusting. 21 21points reply View More Replies... View more comments #19
Internet recipes that call for like a quarter teaspoon of salt in a crockpot full of chili.
listen-to-my-face replied:
My mother in law’s spaghetti recipe calls for half a clove of garlic.
Half. Of a clove.
It’s maddening.
jellycrash69 replied:
Who uses half a clove of garlic for anything??? What're you gonna do with the other half? Just put the whole damn thing in. ProGuardian13 , markni123 Report 56points POST Gabby Ghoul Gabby Ghoul Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago 1/2 bulb of garlic sounds better! 58 58points reply View More Replies... View more comments #20
All Grandma's are good cooks. Mine sucked so bad she couldn't cook noodles. My great grandma, however... hot damn.
pjabrony replied:
My maternal grandmother was a terrible cook, of the "boil everything until it chews itself" school.
banjo_fandango replied:
My Grandma was a terrible chain smoker, and was very lax about tipping her ash. Some of my earliest memories are of sitting on the countertop, watching my grandma stirring the bolognese sauce, the end of her fag getting longer and longer until the ash dropped in the pan.
Bolognese & ash sauce was actually the nicest thing she made. She was a dreadful cook. pmags3000 , spader Report 54points POST Gavin Johnson Gavin Johnson Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 week ago One of my Grandmas was an awesome baker (her bread and fruit cakes were the stuff of family legend) but boiled her vegetables until they were almost translucent, the other Grandma was an awesome cook (Sunday roast was bliss at her house!) but couldn’t bake to save her life. With the right meal combination they were a force to be reckoned with, get it the wrong way around and you’d have been guaranteed disaster I was blessed to know all four of my Grandparents and their wisdom and love has carried me a long way in life, I miss them every day one way and another. 20 20points reply View more comments See Also on Bored Panda Woman Shows How "Harry Potter" Characters Were Supposed To Look According To Book Descriptions (35 Pics) 50 ‘Weird Facts’ About The World That Might Give You A Fresh Perspective #21
Washing chicken.
congratulations_dude replied:
Why would you wash chicken? Pat it dry I get. Trim up the fatty bits sure but like wash it?
fishydogs replied:
In some parts of the world, store/market bought chicken/meat can actually benefit from being washed. This generally isn't the case in western countries.
I try not to judge how people do it due to this, but it's good to know the risks of washing chicken/meat (spreading salmonella/bacteria in your kitchen).
oby100 replied:
From what I hear, those parts of the world wash chicken because the chicken was sloppily butchered and will still have feathers and crap on it. I would be inclined to wash chicken if there was all kinds of inedible bits hanging on to it. phrendo , Chuck Falzone Report 53points POST Justme Justme Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 week ago I “wash” my chicken by soaking it in a brine bath… or buttermilk. 10 10points reply View more comments #22
That alcohol in food all ‘cooks off’ or evaporates. It doesn’t. Please bear this in mind when cooking for addicts in recovery or people with other dietary or religious restrictions.
Source (among others): USDA Table of Nutrient Rentention Factors, Release 6, page 12
Kryddersild replied:
Doesn't this paper only show alcohol retention when stirred into a liquid volume, though? I imagine a deglaze allows for much faster evaporation.
ErnieAdamsistheKey replied:
Yes, a deglaze is different.
Nikiaf replied:
Adam Ragusea did a video on this at some point. Essentially unless you’re cooking something for a really long time, you won’t “cook off” the alcohol, and even then a percentage of it will remain. For most people this doesn’t matter, but if you have addiction issues or potentially adverse reactions to it, it’s important to remember that it won’t boil off in a couple minutes. woodgie2 , Anders Sandberg Report 47points POST Mother Of Magpies Mother Of Magpies Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago My mother is allergic to alcohol- it makes her pass out, even in the smallest quantities. This has always been a problem for her, the 'you'll be fine, it's all cooked away' is really not the case! 21 21points reply View More Replies... View more comments #24
That dry pasta is somehow inferior to fresh pasta. They both have a time and a place.
MaxWannequin replied:
A friend of mine would balk at the idea of making her own mayonnaise or other quick to make dressings and instead buy bottled ones, saying it would take so much time, but she then spends hours making homemade pasta or wontons, which are not comparatively better than any decent quality ones you can buy in the store. CR7_Bale_Lovechild , Guy Renard Report 45points POST Dean Meixner Dean Meixner Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 week ago Fresh homemade pasta is great for a special dish or occasion, but the dry stuff is the best, there are so many special pastas that you can only get in dry form, and most of those are from Italy, so they can't be that bad ... 9 9points reply View more comments #26
Sugar and cornbread. They can go together, but I do recommend honey over sugar. In the batter or not. Maple syrup too!
Also that some foods have to be eaten how it is eaten where it's from. I am all for respecting culture, but if I wanna eat sushi with a fork a my house then let me be. Just sometimes its easier to eat something with a fork than chopsticks or my hands ? Diligent_Jury_9956 , Carol VanHook Report 43points POST Miz Chelle Miz Chelle Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago I halve the sugar in my corn muffins and add some creamed corn instead.. yum 10 10points reply View more comments #27
Number 2: searing meat "seals in the juices" - nope, it gives it a tasty crust, that's all
And Number 3 would be that old chestnut that you can keep guacamole from turning brown by adding the pit to the dish. No, just no feliciates , fox-and-fern Report 39points POST B.Nelson B.Nelson Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago The only way to keep an avocado from going brown is to put it immediately into a Ziploc bag with no air. The air is what browns the avocado. 14 14points reply View More Replies... View more comments #28
[It's a myth that] margarine is a substitute for butter.
NatAttack3000 replied:
Well it is... It's not a very good one, but it is also a fat.
AsherGray replied:
A lot of transfat.
UndercoverFBIAgent9 replied:
Yeah, it totally is.
Sure it might not be as good, but name one lower-calorie version of an ingredient that is.
Miracle whip is a substitute for mayo.
Turkey bacon is a substitute for pork bacon.
Skim milk is a substitute for 2%, which is a substitute for whole, which is a substitute for cream.
It’s not as good because it has half the fat. Fat adds flavor but also has the unfortunate side effect of making your pants smaller. 12dogs4me , Andrew Filer Report 37points POST shiny shinx shiny shinx Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago the last sentence though xD 29 29points reply View More Replies... View more comments #29
"Uncured" meat products. It's still using a form of nitrites to convert to nitrates to create a longer life span of the food. If it was uncured it would turn grey, not bright ass red.
THElaytox replied:
Yup, "nitrate free" cured meats usually contain large amounts of "celery salt" which is just a source of nitrates. If you buy "nitrate free" bacon I can almost guarantee celery salt is on the ingredient list. speakajackn , Sara Report 37points POST shiny shinx shiny shinx Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago (edited) can somepanda explain the celery/meat/nitrites thing? 10 10points reply View More Replies... View more comments #30
Not washing mushrooms because “it absorbs” the water.
throwaway20698059 replied:
I've never heard this one but it's funny. Mushrooms are 80-90% water already - and they are covered with dirt.
7h4tguy replied:
Leave the dirt on the bok choi for extra flavor /s
This is how ridiculous I think they're being, and it's a die on this hill common thing as well. Baffling.
Hugepepino replied:
That’s silly logic. You are 65% water, so is your skin which will deteriorate in water after left too long. curryp4n , Charlotta Wasteson Report 35points POST Metalhead Turtle Metalhead Turtle Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 week ago You're supposed to wash mushrooms though, right? 12 12points reply View More Replies... View more comments Note: this post originally had 33 images. It’s been shortened to the top 30 images based on user votes. See Also on Bored Panda Overworked Employee Quits Because He Wasn't Getting A Fair Wage, Costs The Company $40 Million 40 Embarrassing Moments People Didn't Know Who They Were Talking To And Made A Fool Of Themselves Anyone can write on Bored Panda. Start writing! Follow Bored Panda on Google News! Follow us on Flipboard.com/@boredpanda! Add Your Answer! Not your original work? Add source Publish Change image Upload Photo Ooops! Your image is too large, maximum file size is 8 MB. Upload Upload Edit Image Error occurred when generating embed. Please check link and try again. Render conversation
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30 Ideas And Tips About Cooking That Irk People Something Fierce As Shared In This Online Group
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Publish Not your original work? Add source There is a very good reason why food and the like is called sustenance. Because everything about it is sus. Just think about it. Why wouldn't you be suspicious of food if there are allergies that could potentially kill you if you're not aware of your body's nuances? Why wouldn't you be suspicious if nearly all recipes give you a very precise "estimate" for how long you'll be prepping it, and you end up spending twice as much time? Why wouldn't you be suspicious if most people can't taste the difference between potato and zucchini if you make pancakes out of them? It's all lies! But all conspiracies aside... there is some truth to it, as folks on Reddit have been sharing cooking myths that frustrate the living heck out of them. And believe you me, there are far too many myths folks have debunked, whether through their own empirical studies, or by being chefs and just knowing all too well what the biochemical composition of an onion is and how to actually avoid its tear-jerking superpowers. Scroll on down to check out the best responses to the now-viral question what are some "cooking myths" that frustrate you? And while you're at it, comment, upvote, share this list with your grandma (grandma, if you're reading this, your kids and grandkids love you dearly), or tell us some of your experiences with cooking myths! More Info: Reddit This post may include affiliate links. #1
This Is A 5-Minute Meal
Most internet recipes severely underrate how long things take, i.e. water boils in 5 minutes, a pan full of sauce reduces by half in 10 minutes, chicken browns on one side in 2 or 3 minutes.... LIES! Everything takes at least twice as long usually. Rachel Ray and her "30 Minute Meals" is probably the worst offender. Decent enough recipes, but the timing is straight up fiction. Ray_Kramer , HS You Report 161points POST Ash Smash Ash Smash Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago Jamie Oliver's 15 minute meals must be the worst offender! Never made anything in that book in under 45 minutes! 38 38points reply View More Replies... View more comments #2Only Cook With Wine You d Drink
“Only cook with wine you’d drink”No. It should be “don’t use cooking wine“
A cheap bottle of wine is all you need to cook. It don’t need to be a nice bottle for drinking. getjustin , Tony Asleson Report 128points POST Squirrelly Panda Squirrelly Panda Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago What this means is you should be able to drink it and it tastes decent, not cook with the $50+ pilot noir (or whatever) because that is what you drink. If the wine is horrible straight out of the bottle, it won't help your cooking. If it is ok out of the bottle, but not something you would serve, that is fine. 44 44points reply View More Replies... View more comments #3
Onion Caramelization Can Be Done In Ten Minutes
javaavril said:Recipes that claim onions caramelize in ten minutes.
badbakedpotato replied:
I think this might also be a function of people not understanding the difference between browning onions and caramelizing them.
JackfromShellKnob replied:
Or sweating them, which is what it probably should be called most of the time a short time is listed.
keelhaulrose replied:
I once saw "caramelize your onions, about 5-8 minutes" and my reaction was "I've seen PE classes that are sweatier than those onions are going to be in 5 minutes, let alone anything approaching caramelization". javaavril , ccbarr Report 110points POST Lisa H Lisa H Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago Strongly agree with this one. Caramelizing onions takes at least 45 minutes, depending on the quantity because it can only be done on low heat and LOTS of butter. If a recipe calls for caramelized onions, get that started first. 29 29points reply View more comments #4
If You Cut The Root Off Of An Onion You Won t Cry
"If you cut the root off of an onion, you wont cry"Been cooking professionally for over ten years, this is a lie! But every single friend or family member comes up to me and says "Ohh did you know...?"
Like dude, I've had to caramelize a 50lb bag of onions. If there was a way to stop the acids forming gasses from the split onion cells, I would've researched the hell out of it and found the answer by now.
Sharp blade makes the best solution, though I have seen people soak a sliced onion in ice water. Something about the water pulling the amino acids out but then you have slippery onions and a wet mess after its all said and done. Durragon , Leonardo Shinagawa Report 103points POST Jennifer L. Davis Jennifer L. Davis Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 week ago That's backwards. NEVER cut the root, never cry. 16 16points reply View More Replies... View more comments #5
Add Garlic First To A Recipe
burpeedevil said:Add garlic first to a recipe.
mincepryshkin- replied:
I made so much of my early cooking life so much more difficult by thinking that garlic always had to go in at the start. Most of the time I was fighting for my life trying to keep garlic from burning. burpeedevil , Mike Mozart Report 97points POST Channon Doughty Channon Doughty Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago Saute order for aromatics, with 2-3 minutes between additions, over medium heat: onions, carrots, celery, garlic, leeks 24 24points reply View More Replies... View more comments #6
Browning Meat Doesn t Matter
Browning meat doesn’t matter (for a stew etc.). It f*****g does. Anyone who says otherwise is a w!@#e for the media. chzburgers4life , Joy Report 94points POST Mark Fuller Mark Fuller Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago I need an explanation. I sometimes brown meat depending upon the recipe, but once went on a cooking course and was told it wasn't necessary. Why?? 9 9points reply View More Replies... View more comments #7Adding Salt To Water Makes It Boil Faster
Salting pasta water helps it cook faster. Yes, salt your pasta water- but not because it will boil or cook faster. Just because it tastes good."Chemicals" are bad. Everything is chemicals. That "no nitrate" bacon was marinated in concentrated celery juice, which is rich in....nitrates. No MSG, but aren't mushrooms and miso delicious? No added sugar...just a lot of boiled down grape juice. I'm not saying that adding stuff willynilly is necessarily healthful, but let's be honest about the chemical content of "no X" vs conventional foods.
[Writer's Note: technically, it does help the water come to a boil faster, but it is an insignificant change given how humans calculate time.] riverrocks452 , Didriks Report 91points POST badger badger Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago salting water does *not* come to the boil faster, because the boiling temperature of salted water is very slightly higher than of unsalted water, so it will take fractionally longer to come to the boil. however, cooking things in salted water *will* be fractionally faster because you're cooking in very slightly higher temperature water. 41 41points reply View More Replies... View more comments #8
The MSG Chinese Food Headache
RocketPawnch said:The MSG/Chinese food headache. You eat Doritos just fine; I can see your orange fingers from here.
RobotPolarbear replied:
You're right, if you can eat Doritos just fine then MSG/Chinese food is fine for you too.
However, some people with very severe migraines do seem to be impacted by high glutamate foods. I can only eat things like Doritos and Chinese food sparingly. But Glutamate occurs naturally in things like mushrooms and Parmesan cheese too. Those foods are just as likely to give me a migraine despite being "natural". RocketPawnch , Camy West Report 77points POST Two_rolling_black_eyes Two_rolling_black_eyes Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 week ago I listened to a 1 hour story on NPR (US non-profit radio stations) where they interviewed the guy who came up with the "MSG is bad thing". He admits it was completely made up as an attempt to prove peer reviewed journals are bologna. 15 minutes was him talking about the scam he did and the other 45 minutes about him trying for the last 40 years to get people to quit believing it. 35 35points reply View More Replies... View more comments #9
Cast Iron Pans Are So Fragile You Need To Baby The Heck Out Of Them
britb5476 said:That a cast iron pan needs to be babied and treated like a mythical creature.
JimHFD103 replied:
No dishwasher here, but we use hot water and dawn on ours just like all our other dishes, and have like this metal chainmail thing for scrubbing off stuck on food. Afterwards, rinse clean, stick back on the stove, heat, wipe any excess water off, thin coat of oil (sometimes that's a good spray of Pam lol), heat off, wipe the oil with a paper towel so the whole inside is nice and shiny and that's what we do. Based on some descriptions I've seen I'm sure that'll give some people a heart attack, but we're a fire station with multiple crews using the cast iron daily and doing that exact same process and the cast iron pans have lasted us years. britb5476 , WordRidden Report 75points POST kate h kate h Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago (edited) You can absolutely use dish soap on cast iron. The "never soap!" rule was from a time when soap contained lye, which would ruin the seasoning. Modern dish soaps do not contain lye. 65 65points reply View More Replies... View more comments #10
Organic Is Good
Ok-Strain-9847 said:That 'Organic' food is better for you. Just because it says 'Organic' on the label, it is good. Unless I can actually See the process of growing and processing of the food labeled 'Organic', I aint believing you.
150603 replied:
I used to work in a place that used a chemical they called T40. It bleached your clothes if you got any on you. They then introduced Organic T40 which did exactly the same thing. It was still a chemical made of other chemicals! Ok-Strain-9847 , Richard Eriksson Report 74points POST Melene Majlovic Melene Majlovic Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago (edited) depends very much on wich country you live in. In denmark the laws are very strickt about what you can label as organic 32 32points reply View More Replies... View more comments #11
Instant Pot Recipes Can Be Done Under 6 Minutes
"Instant" pot recipes that say you can cook something in six minutes. NO YOU F*****G CAN'T. Pressurizing that thing takes time. throwaway20698059 , Sue Thompson Report 70points POST Channon Doughty Channon Doughty Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago 6 minutes from when full pressure is attained, perhaps 19 19points reply View More Replies... View more comments #12Put Oil In Pasta Water To Stop The Pasta From Sticking
pdxpmk said:Putting oil in pasta water.
kimblem replied:
I thought this helped it not have starchy bubbles.
WonderChode replied:
I doesn't even mix unless you put an agent that helps, like in a vinaigrette when you add mustard so it gets bubbly and well mixed.
RoRoRoYourGoat replied:
I put a few drops of oil in my water, because it breaks the surface tension and keeps the pot from bubbling over. Two drops of oil in all that water won't stop the sauce from sticking. It just sits on top and drains off with the water. pdxpmk , Melissa Wiese Report 70points POST Patrick Linnen Patrick Linnen Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago Oil in the water cooking the pasta may keep the pasta from sticking together, but it also keeps the sauce from clinging to the noodles as well. 44 44points reply View More Replies... View more comments #13
Everything You See On The TV Is True
cleansleight said:Anything from 5-minute crafts, SoYummy, or any content farm in general.
LeakyLycanthrope replied:
To anyone wondering: I direct you to the YouTube channel How to Cook That to explain why.
tl;dw Not a goddamn one of them works or even could work, and many are actually dangerous. Plus all kinds of shady practices to work The Algorithm in their favor. cleansleight , 5-Minute Crafts DIY Report 65points POST Lisa H Lisa H Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago Upvote for mentioning How To Cook That. If you haven't checked out her channel, do it! She's very intelligent and wholesome, especially when she does a video with her husband. That whole family is a treasure! 49 49points reply View More Replies... View more comments #14
If You re Cooking It Has To Be Authenic
Authenticity. We are creative resourceful humans we borrow ideas techniques and ingredients from everyone and everywhere. It's beautiful and delicious fusion cuisine is not mutated bastardization. Acting like there is one recipe and one proper way of doing something is just snobbery and pride. "This dish is authentic" Oh yeah to who to what region to what time period? To what house or what kitchen? Your grandma's? your state region province town culture or country?I am not claiming there isn't creativity or a first edition recipe as originally created. But recipes like art do not occur out some virgin birth in a isolated glass dome.
People look at food like currency and see it as either real or a phoney counterfeit. Either it's the fifteenth century version written by the originator or it's worthless. Penalty for counterfeiting isn't jail it's being told you are an insult to ancestors or worse a colonizer of culture and identity.
People who use authenticity like a weapon view cooking a plate of food like dog breeding repetitively inbreeding the same thing over and over again losing the original intention behind a new breed until it's so pointless and sickly is basically useless unless for show. It stagnates it dies. SternLecture , USAG- Humphreys Report 64points POST shiny shinx shiny shinx Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago tldr: f food gatekeepers 21 21points reply View more comments #15
An Air Fryer Isn t Just A Small Convection Oven
Then_Restaurant_4141 said:That an air fryer isn’t just a small convection oven.
T[a]tsAndWhiskey replied:
Huh. So that’s why my funnel cake turned out weird…
freedfg replied:
THANK YOU!
Everyone tells me "OH you gotta get an air fryer"
It's a convection oven. The only difference is the amount of energy it uses. But people treat it like it's this magic box that they make f!@#$%g everything in.
Sparcrypt replied:
They are super cool though.
I love mine because it’s so fast. Like if I’m cooking some chicken or steak and it’s a touch too thick to cook fully before burning? I don’t need to have preheated my oven 30 minutes ago, I just pop it in the air fryer for a few minutes and we’re done.
But yes they are 100% just a small countertop oven. It’s just that having a small countertop oven is SO GREAT. Then_Restaurant_4141 , HS You Report 60points POST Shelby Jackson Shelby Jackson Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago I love my air fryer 23 23points reply View More Replies... View more comments #16
Cold Water Reaches The Boiling Point Faster
That cold water boils faster.Um no it doesn't.
Put a lid on it to make your cold water boil faster. Much-data-wow , Scott Akerman Report 60points POST Con O Cuinn Con O Cuinn Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago I think people get confused because under certain conditions, hot water freezes faster than cold 25 25points reply View More Replies... View more comments #17
That Kale Doesn t Taste Like Shrubbery
HaddockBranzini-II said:That kale doesn't taste like shrubbery.
NeverSawOz replied:
It doesn't. It should have a sweet-bitter flavor. But the age-old trick is to put it in the freezer for a few days first, that activates the sugar. In the Netherlands we have a saying that kale should not be harvested until two good nights of frost. Delicious winter food with mashed potatoes and smoked sausage.
ModConMom replied:
I might be outing myself, but it sounds like you've never tasted shrubbery. HaddockBranzini-II , John Lodder Report 59points POST The Queen Of Upper Butt Crack The Queen Of Upper Butt Crack Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago Shrubbery makes me think of Monty Python 55 55points reply View More Replies... View more comments #18
Olive Oil Is Superior To Any Other Oil
The belief that olive oil is the best oil ever and should be used in every dish no matter the cooking method or temperature.Ugh
I'm apparently "over sensitive*" to the taste of overcooked olive oil (and other low-smoke-point oils). I can always tell if something was cooked at a high temp in olive oil. It's gross.
*my sister's words number1auntie , Daniella Segura Report 57points POST TheAquarius1978 TheAquarius1978 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago Not the same thing, Olive oil hás flavor, its a must for some dishes ( belive me Im frikking Portuguese i know ) but its c**p for other dishes, try doing fries with Olive oil lol, or even frying a piece of meat with it, its desgusting. 21 21points reply View More Replies... View more comments #19
Not Really A Myth But Still A Peeve Maddening Amounts Of Ingredients
ProGuardian13 said:Internet recipes that call for like a quarter teaspoon of salt in a crockpot full of chili.
listen-to-my-face replied:
My mother in law’s spaghetti recipe calls for half a clove of garlic.
Half. Of a clove.
It’s maddening.
jellycrash69 replied:
Who uses half a clove of garlic for anything??? What're you gonna do with the other half? Just put the whole damn thing in. ProGuardian13 , markni123 Report 56points POST Gabby Ghoul Gabby Ghoul Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago 1/2 bulb of garlic sounds better! 58 58points reply View More Replies... View more comments #20
Every Grandma Is A Great Cook
pmags3000 said:All Grandma's are good cooks. Mine sucked so bad she couldn't cook noodles. My great grandma, however... hot damn.
pjabrony replied:
My maternal grandmother was a terrible cook, of the "boil everything until it chews itself" school.
banjo_fandango replied:
My Grandma was a terrible chain smoker, and was very lax about tipping her ash. Some of my earliest memories are of sitting on the countertop, watching my grandma stirring the bolognese sauce, the end of her fag getting longer and longer until the ash dropped in the pan.
Bolognese & ash sauce was actually the nicest thing she made. She was a dreadful cook. pmags3000 , spader Report 54points POST Gavin Johnson Gavin Johnson Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 week ago One of my Grandmas was an awesome baker (her bread and fruit cakes were the stuff of family legend) but boiled her vegetables until they were almost translucent, the other Grandma was an awesome cook (Sunday roast was bliss at her house!) but couldn’t bake to save her life. With the right meal combination they were a force to be reckoned with, get it the wrong way around and you’d have been guaranteed disaster I was blessed to know all four of my Grandparents and their wisdom and love has carried me a long way in life, I miss them every day one way and another. 20 20points reply View more comments See Also on Bored Panda Woman Shows How "Harry Potter" Characters Were Supposed To Look According To Book Descriptions (35 Pics) 50 ‘Weird Facts’ About The World That Might Give You A Fresh Perspective #21
Washing Chicken Is A Must
phrendo said:Washing chicken.
congratulations_dude replied:
Why would you wash chicken? Pat it dry I get. Trim up the fatty bits sure but like wash it?
fishydogs replied:
In some parts of the world, store/market bought chicken/meat can actually benefit from being washed. This generally isn't the case in western countries.
I try not to judge how people do it due to this, but it's good to know the risks of washing chicken/meat (spreading salmonella/bacteria in your kitchen).
oby100 replied:
From what I hear, those parts of the world wash chicken because the chicken was sloppily butchered and will still have feathers and crap on it. I would be inclined to wash chicken if there was all kinds of inedible bits hanging on to it. phrendo , Chuck Falzone Report 53points POST Justme Justme Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 week ago I “wash” my chicken by soaking it in a brine bath… or buttermilk. 10 10points reply View more comments #22
Always Assume What Food Tastes Like
A hard lesson that myself and others have faced: taste as you go. Taste constantly. Never assume you know what the food tastes like. Taste! randompersonfifteen , Sue Thompson Report 52points POST Anony Mouse Anony Mouse Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 week ago Is this a myth? People think you shouldn't taste food? This seems a bit of a stretch. 8 8points reply View More Replies... View more comments #23Alcohol In Food All Cooks Off Or Evaporates
woodgie2 said:That alcohol in food all ‘cooks off’ or evaporates. It doesn’t. Please bear this in mind when cooking for addicts in recovery or people with other dietary or religious restrictions.
Source (among others): USDA Table of Nutrient Rentention Factors, Release 6, page 12
Kryddersild replied:
Doesn't this paper only show alcohol retention when stirred into a liquid volume, though? I imagine a deglaze allows for much faster evaporation.
ErnieAdamsistheKey replied:
Yes, a deglaze is different.
Nikiaf replied:
Adam Ragusea did a video on this at some point. Essentially unless you’re cooking something for a really long time, you won’t “cook off” the alcohol, and even then a percentage of it will remain. For most people this doesn’t matter, but if you have addiction issues or potentially adverse reactions to it, it’s important to remember that it won’t boil off in a couple minutes. woodgie2 , Anders Sandberg Report 47points POST Mother Of Magpies Mother Of Magpies Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago My mother is allergic to alcohol- it makes her pass out, even in the smallest quantities. This has always been a problem for her, the 'you'll be fine, it's all cooked away' is really not the case! 21 21points reply View More Replies... View more comments #24
There Is Only One Way To Cook
The idea that there's a correct way to cook. Like, there are wrong ways to cook, but if you like putting apples on pizza or whatever, you aren't enjoying food wrong. classy-face258 Report 47points POST K W K W Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago I bet apples on brie pizza would be good. 16 16points reply View More Replies... View more comments #25Dry Pasta Is Inferior To Fresh Pasta
CR7_Bale_Lovechild said:That dry pasta is somehow inferior to fresh pasta. They both have a time and a place.
MaxWannequin replied:
A friend of mine would balk at the idea of making her own mayonnaise or other quick to make dressings and instead buy bottled ones, saying it would take so much time, but she then spends hours making homemade pasta or wontons, which are not comparatively better than any decent quality ones you can buy in the store. CR7_Bale_Lovechild , Guy Renard Report 45points POST Dean Meixner Dean Meixner Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 week ago Fresh homemade pasta is great for a special dish or occasion, but the dry stuff is the best, there are so many special pastas that you can only get in dry form, and most of those are from Italy, so they can't be that bad ... 9 9points reply View more comments #26
The Only Seasoning That Belongs On A Steak Is Salt And Pepper
Salt and pepper should only be put on steak. Get you some good salt free Cajun, great steak seasoning (or let's be real, Montreal steak), onion garlic, let that rest for 30 minutes, sear it, let it rest. How my grandma does it and ooh is it homely.Sugar and cornbread. They can go together, but I do recommend honey over sugar. In the batter or not. Maple syrup too!
Also that some foods have to be eaten how it is eaten where it's from. I am all for respecting culture, but if I wanna eat sushi with a fork a my house then let me be. Just sometimes its easier to eat something with a fork than chopsticks or my hands ? Diligent_Jury_9956 , Carol VanHook Report 43points POST Miz Chelle Miz Chelle Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago I halve the sugar in my corn muffins and add some creamed corn instead.. yum 10 10points reply View more comments #27
Potatoes Are A Magical Fix Oversalted Dishes Solution And Other Myths
Number 1: that one where people say adding a raw potato to an over-salted dish will fix it by "drawing the salt out". Potatoes may absorb some minuscule amount of the salted water but they aren't some kind of magic salt-absorbing sponges.Number 2: searing meat "seals in the juices" - nope, it gives it a tasty crust, that's all
And Number 3 would be that old chestnut that you can keep guacamole from turning brown by adding the pit to the dish. No, just no feliciates , fox-and-fern Report 39points POST B.Nelson B.Nelson Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago The only way to keep an avocado from going brown is to put it immediately into a Ziploc bag with no air. The air is what browns the avocado. 14 14points reply View More Replies... View more comments #28
Margarine Is A Substitute For Butter
12dogs4me said:[It's a myth that] margarine is a substitute for butter.
NatAttack3000 replied:
Well it is... It's not a very good one, but it is also a fat.
AsherGray replied:
A lot of transfat.
UndercoverFBIAgent9 replied:
Yeah, it totally is.
Sure it might not be as good, but name one lower-calorie version of an ingredient that is.
Miracle whip is a substitute for mayo.
Turkey bacon is a substitute for pork bacon.
Skim milk is a substitute for 2%, which is a substitute for whole, which is a substitute for cream.
It’s not as good because it has half the fat. Fat adds flavor but also has the unfortunate side effect of making your pants smaller. 12dogs4me , Andrew Filer Report 37points POST shiny shinx shiny shinx Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago the last sentence though xD 29 29points reply View More Replies... View more comments #29
Uncured Meat Products
speakajackn said:"Uncured" meat products. It's still using a form of nitrites to convert to nitrates to create a longer life span of the food. If it was uncured it would turn grey, not bright ass red.
THElaytox replied:
Yup, "nitrate free" cured meats usually contain large amounts of "celery salt" which is just a source of nitrates. If you buy "nitrate free" bacon I can almost guarantee celery salt is on the ingredient list. speakajackn , Sara Report 37points POST shiny shinx shiny shinx Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 2 weeks ago (edited) can somepanda explain the celery/meat/nitrites thing? 10 10points reply View More Replies... View more comments #30
No Need To Wash Your Mushrooms
curryp4n said:Not washing mushrooms because “it absorbs” the water.
throwaway20698059 replied:
I've never heard this one but it's funny. Mushrooms are 80-90% water already - and they are covered with dirt.
7h4tguy replied:
Leave the dirt on the bok choi for extra flavor /s
This is how ridiculous I think they're being, and it's a die on this hill common thing as well. Baffling.
Hugepepino replied:
That’s silly logic. You are 65% water, so is your skin which will deteriorate in water after left too long. curryp4n , Charlotta Wasteson Report 35points POST Metalhead Turtle Metalhead Turtle Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 week ago You're supposed to wash mushrooms though, right? 12 12points reply View More Replies... View more comments Note: this post originally had 33 images. It’s been shortened to the top 30 images based on user votes. See Also on Bored Panda Overworked Employee Quits Because He Wasn't Getting A Fair Wage, Costs The Company $40 Million 40 Embarrassing Moments People Didn't Know Who They Were Talking To And Made A Fool Of Themselves Anyone can write on Bored Panda. Start writing! Follow Bored Panda on Google News! Follow us on Flipboard.com/@boredpanda! Add Your Answer! Not your original work? Add source Publish Change image Upload Photo Ooops! Your image is too large, maximum file size is 8 MB. Upload Upload Edit Image Error occurred when generating embed. Please check link and try again. Render conversation
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