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User Online Had To Find Out “Is There A Food You Intentionally Cook ‘Wrong’?”, And 30 Folks Delivered
There are people who love to cook and who find that the best way to make themselves a delicious meal is by following a recipe. And there are those who like to improvise with what they have and what they know. A lot of things can happen during the cooking process and it might seem that the dish is ruined, when in fact, a little mistake just made things better. Having this in mind, Reddit user @ThymeandGarlic decided to ask others what is that one dish they cook “wrong” on purpose because it tastes so much better. The question that received more than 8K upvotes was answered by many cooking enthusiasts who revealed their little secrets that make their food taste better.
Some users revealed that they prefer over-cooked meals while others don’t bother waiting until they are fully cooked. Other members revealed that they like rich tastes so they don’t limit themselves when it comes to putting sauce or gravy on their food. Which food do you intentionally cook “wrong”? Share your thoughts and experiences in the comment section down below!
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"Add one clove of garlic."
Oh, bless your sweet soul. It's like those recipes from the fifties that suggested a few grains of cayenne added to an entire pot of food. I don't get out of bed for less that 4 cloves of garlic.
Hella. Vanilla. Never measure it. Just hella vanilla.
Add a couple of drops of vanilla to your pancake batter. Thank me later.
I know it's traditional to cook quesadillas in a dry skillet, but if you butter them first, the flavor is really quite good.
I think it makes them crispy without burning them to much or completely melting the cheese all over
I drain the water out of my ramen and eat it like a pasta rather than a soup. My girlfriend makes fun of me for my "dry ramen" but I cant eat it any other way
had a gf who cooked and drained the noodles, then added a spoonful of butter with the spice pack. salty af, but i can't say it wasn't tasty.
I was drunk one night making tacos and halfway through realized we had no tortillas... so I changed it to sloppy joes, but already had put in the taco seasoning. We liked it so much that we make "Taco Joes" as a regular thing now.
I prefer dry cereal.
Dry cereal with a cup of milk to wash it down. Then the cereal stayed crunchy. I like raisin bran
I love burning vegetables a little bit when I roast them. Not until they’re blackened or charcoaly, just past the point where their natural color disappears. I’ve been doing it a lot with zucchini lately and it’s magical.
I like my salmon overdone on the edges... nice and crispy but not dry as a bone on the inside. It’s a fine art haha
just have to cook it at a high enough temp. i like salmon and tuna crispy outside and near raw inside
I actually really like instant mashed potatoes. I can make some really good dishes with potatoes from scratch, but that cheap instant stuff is like crack to me.
My family always buys the best instant mashed potatoes from Costco. Add a little butter and some herbs😗🤌
Costco does have amazing instant potatoes! Are you talking about the ones in the individual packets? Call something like Idaho gold instant potatoes (wish I could remember the exact name) My mom first made those for a family dinner years ago and I couldn’t believe they were instead. They are a long way from the gross boxed ones you get at the grocery store. I cannot believe they aren’t fresh! So potato-y! We just got a cost commercial this month that I have to remember to pick some of those up! Thanks for the reminder!
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I put in extra butter salt and Parmesan cheese. I can have just that as a meal. Course I grew up poor and sometimes you have to be creative you should see what I can do with Ramen noodles.
Right before my parents declared bankruptcy and we lost our home, we were surviving on beans: a big pot of navy beans, followed by a big pot of pinto beans, followed by a big pot of white beans. If we were really lucky, my mother would be able to wrangle a few big bones with a little meat left on them.
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I'd never seen instant potatoes until I moved to USA. Tried once, spat out some kind of gelatinous potato-jiz* and used my nails to scrape it off my tongue. Tasted like that glue paste they give small kids to use for arts and crafts.
It's all in how you make it hun. Extra butter and salt. Cheese & herbs
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ARGHGGHHHH!!!!!!!! I loathe instant mash! I treat mashed potatoes like an art form and have it down to perfection now, so the idea of that salty, powdery stuff just makes me irrationally angry. I get that finances play a huge part in our diet, I grew up poor and there was a lot of stuff that we couldn't afford food wise when I was young so I don't want people to think I'm a snob or anything, far from it! My mum was very clever at making a tin of corned beef feed 2 adults and 4 kids. She'd make a stew out of it and we'd have it with bread and butter to bulk it out!
Amen! Potatoes are cheaper than the instant wallpaper glue. Yes it takes a bit of effort, but the end result makes it worth it.
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I think it depends on the brand. I use instant mashed potato flakes to thicken soup sometimes, but they often have a weird processed taste. A former boyfriend LOVED them, because that's all his mom ever made. Nothing else tasted "real' to him.
There you go. It's mostly what you're used to. The food we grew up with tastes like home to us. Even if we had a crappy childhood, we like the taste of home.
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Check out their contents: https://idahopotato.com/dr-potato/whats-in-instant-mashed-potatoes-how-are-they-made-and-are-there-a-ton-of-additives
Please don't it's better if you prepare it and eat it with your mouth.
Way back in the dark ages when I was first married I had my in-laws over for a meal. Everything was nicely coming together until I went to drain the potatoes. My hand slipped and the whole pot tipped into my sink full of soapy dishwater. Luckily, I had a package of Betty Crocker instant mashed spuds to hand. I quickly prepared them, jazzed them up with butter and seasonings, and served them with no one the wiser. Disaster averted. Tip: ever since I always have a box or two in my pantry.
Potatoes, almost any way ,is a favorite of mine!! Instant potatoes are good with butter (liberal), a tiny bit of salt and pepper......a big bowl!!! Hahaha!! A BIG BOWL!
The ones from years ago were awful, but the instant ones these days are quite good.
My husband HATED from scratch potatoes! But he always added more instant than called for to make instant think and yummy like scratch
I only do mashed potatoes the long way on special occasions or if I have a ton of energy. Any other time I use instant. I used instant this year at Thanksgiving because I had just had a semi major surgery and medical issue that caused me needing surgery so I did instant. Either no one wanted to say they tasted a difference in the potatoes or they just didn't because I had no complaints.
You can doctor instant mashed in so many ways. I would make home mashed potatoes but if the were to lose I would add instant to thicken them up.
I was instant mashed potatoes with my ramen when I'm sick. Try it next time you're having stomach issues with a cold or flu, thank me later 😊
We grew up in these. When my daughter was little, I'd mix potato flakes into some chicken noodle soup (the ring noodles). It's a good thickener.
I don't understand why people eat instant mashed potatoes. I can't even swallow them. The texture?; No. Hard pass and a NO from the Irish chick.
And they can also be used as a thickener for soups, stews and sauces. Win-win!
While not bad on their own, especially the boujie ones that cost 5x too much, basic ones out of the box are great to keep around the kitchen as a fix for things not quite right. Need to thicken some gravy, homemade mash, or even some soups add some instant mashed potatoes. It is the easiest method without changing the flavor profile or overthickening once it has cooled
Mix with cheese, some flavorings, put in waffle iron. Eat with sour cream or gravy, whatever you prefer. Voila!
So, already cooked, then put in there? That sounds really interesting.....
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Roast a garlic bulb and mash the cloves. Add it to instant mashed taters with some butter, milk, black pepper, and parmesan cheese. Nom.
i'll stick with the homemade stuff. its so much better tasting and better than you. can't trust in mashed potatoes that you just add water or milk to.
I used to live off this stuff when I was at college. A tin of smash, a tin of tuna, small k**b (fnarr) of butter. A meal in minutes. Probably not super-healthy but who the heck eats healthily at college?
Oh yes smash with a huge amount of melted butter and bistro gravy absolute heaven
I can't find any of those prepared gravies in the little cans here in Italy. I miss them.
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If you want to crumbed food and deep fry it, i.e. prawns, fish, onion rings etc. Use instant mash potatoes. You will never use any other crumbs.
Mushy cereal and melting ice cream. Just leave it on the counter for like 10 mins.
I burn my grilled cheese sandwiches. I grew up with a mother who always burned them, so its become a comfort flavor for me.
Not picked up from Mom. Cheddar on sourdough, put butter in pan, then add sandwich once butter melts. Turn heat down really low, set the timer for 10-15 minutes. If really well browned, pick up sandwich, add more butter and flip. Give the same amount of time to the second side. Solo crispy, and the cheese that oozes out and gets crispy...Mwah! Also, try tomato or V-8 juice as a side.
I prefer my bacon soft and chewy.
I consider it done when caramelization starts to occur on both sides.
I don’t cook my cookies. They never make it to the oven.
If they just vaccinated the chickens against salmonella like we do in the UK, the issue of eating cookie dough raw would not be a problem anymore.
i swear the veggies come out better in the oven if you dont turn them. Having one side really well done and the other not is the superior way to roast veg.
Extra lemon in my hollandaise.
Am I out of touch? No, it's the recipes that are wrong!
I like my pasta overdone. Like not mushy but definitely past al dente
This is far too common. I know a lot of people like mushy pasta, and I'll eat pasta in any form, but I prefer it with a little toothiness left in it.
I grew up eating canned green beans. I don't like crunchy green beans, slow cooked is the best!
I love Southern Style green beans, of course.
Not actually cooking I guess...but stale marshmallows. Not rock hard, but that...crunchy-chewy stage? I will purposely leave the bag open in the pantry to get that treat.
Risotto. Julia Child puts it in the oven and it's never failed me. Every time I try to make it on the stove, it doesn't come out right. If it's good enough for Julia, it's good enough for me.
Chefs pan on the stove every time, smoked haddock, peas, asparagus, broccoli, courgette and creme fraiche.
Way too much vinegar in everything. I would never serve my salad dressing to guests, but I definitely love that sour pucker.
i could do vinegar shots. I'm sure my teeth have suffered from my love of sour
There’s one particular pasta dish from my childhood which isn’t properly nostalgic unless I put that s***ty pregrated Parmesan on it
I know pink pork is safe, and I always temp my meats, but I like it above where most sites say it's "perfect."
Gregory House blew this one for me, the episode where the patient had loads of tapeworms in her system from eating undercooked pork. From that day on I overcook pork always.
I intentionally burn my rice. I think the crispy part is very tasty.
When I cook Kraft dinner, which is rare now, I add way too much milk. I love it saucy!
No but sometimes I prefer white wine with red meat.
To be honest, there is a lot snobbery in the wold of wine. My advice is jus drink whatever wine you like with whatever meal. If you like it an enjoy, that is all that matters.
Honestly? I like my chicken a little dry. Obviously not hard to swallow dry, but I don’t enjoy a really juicy chicken breast/tenderloin/etc.
My grandpa is a terrible cook so when he makes pancakes they’re always burned on the outside and basically raw batter on the inside, but they taste soo good like that. He always asks: how are they? are they fully cooked? and we all just say yes because we purposely want him to keep making them like that
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I always over bake my mac and cheese. I like the crispy crust it gets when it spends a little too long in the oven 😋😋😋😋😋😋
My weirdness was dunking fries in my choc frosty at Wendy's! That mix of salty and sweet! Omg
I thought I was weird for doing that until I got older, and found almost everyone does that.
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This is a re-written/lightly adulterated article from The Takeout on Monday, at 15:00CST hardly enough time to even cool off…. https://thetakeout.com/which-foods-do-you-cook-wrong-on-purpose-1848492974 (Just giving credit where credit is due)
The list that list is about is from buzzfeed lol (https://www.buzzfeed.com/hannahloewentheil/foods-that-taste-better-cooked-incorrectly)
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My personal thing is adding a tablespoon of brown sauce to braised beef. It’s a hit of sweet, salty, sour and fruity all in one . It’s basically tamarind paste with added punch. It’s a bit frowned upon for being the cheap stuff you smother over bacon. It’s amazing in slow cooked food.
I ALWAYS overcook my salmon. Years ago I went out to dinner and got what I thought was half-cooked salmon. The feel of that salmon in my mouth was gross and I haven't half-cooked it myself. BTW...I sent it back to be cooked well-done
I like all my fish to be cooked well done. No wer fish for me!
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Tortillas are the 1-ply industrial toilet paper of flatbreads, and I suggest you start making tacos, burritos, quesadillas etc. using Indian flatbreads. Naan, paratha, kulcha etc. are all available frozen and easy to heat up. Just wait until you stuff your taco ingredients into a fluffy, spinach and paneer-filled kulcha! 🤤
I like corn tortilla more than flour so if they r all made from wheat flour or something alike than I pass:/. Something about corn tortilla is so much better than flour tortilla.
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Growing up in Puerto Rico most of our food was imported by ship, of course. When I came to the US and had a crispy fresh Oreo it was sooo strange because I was used to them being soft because of transit. I still find a crunchy oreo strange but they don't last long enough to get stale. 😋
Worsteshire sauce all over Kraft Mac n Cheese, i swear i can’t eat it if it doesn’t have worseshire sauce on it, it adds such a nice kick. Also uncooked minute rice, no clue why but it tastes great to me
I used to eat uncooked 2 minute noodles as a kid, until I ate too many in one go and got sick. I steered clear of them after that!
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I can eat beans any temperature but I like them best chilled too.
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Cake recipe? Throw a layer of chocolate chips down on the bottom. Bliss.
Now I know what people are talking about! I literally saw this exact same article title, and every most of the posts on Buzzfeed a few days ago! I really like Bored Panda, but it seems like they are a. losing ideas for posts or b. just getting lazy and copying others such as Buzzfeed.
I don't normally use recipes I cook by taste and availability, so when visiting my BIL I was making a dish that had several veggies fried up in a pan with some meat and a side of rice. He asked me what it was called and I said I dont know its just a fry-up. He didnt like the idea of eating something without a name and passed on it. Shame, it was good.
Ever since I was little, I like dipping fries in tartar sauce when I get fish and chips.
I always do that and dip my fish in ketchup.
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I like my pancakes brown. My eggs (scrambled ones) well done not slimy. Cake from the oven cooled to just warm straight from the pan. No icing. Homemade whipped cream. Almost burnt bacon. Rare steak. Potatoes in microwave are great for a rush instead of the oven. An my hubby made me French fries (I only like the thick ones or wedges) in a pan on the stove top w oil. Wtf those were awesome over cooking in the oven. And faster.
I like well done scrambled eggs too. I never order them in a restaurant because they never cook them enough. I like them well done enough that I can pick them up to eat with my fingers. Just a quirk of mine.
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No pink for me. I cook beef or pork until it falls apart when you lift it out of the pot. I don't use timers or thermometers. When it's falling off the bone (if there is a bone), it's done.
My weirdness is honey sandwiches. Staple of my youth. Just slap some of that good quality raw honey on some clean chemical-free bread and enjoy. Sounds a little mad, but it's very moreish!
The crusty dark rice from the bottom of the pan is a delicacy for my Persian friends. And my dad would ask my mom to purposely burn her cakes because that's how abuela baked. She did not comply, but he preferred everything overcooked, especially veggies in a pressure cooker. Discovering crisp brightly colored vegetables was an epiphany for me when I moved out. But I also oversauce everything. If you have leftovers many sauces don't make the cut unless you up the liquid content the first time through.
I like to dunk chocolate chip cookies into coca-cola. Not the soft cookies, the crunchy ones.
If I eat bologna I like it fried and to a crisp. I mean almost burnt crisp! I'm a southerner and fried bologna was a staple sandwich.
I take the dry ramen thing one step further and fry it in avocado oil and several cloves of garlic. The crispy fried noodles are the best.
I hate the "proper" way to cook scrambled eggs. Running eggs have a weird taste and texture that I hate. U kinda get that with the "proper" way. They always also seem to lack flavor. Like everywhere I got it's always the same kind of scrambled eggs, so I just eat the one's my family makes.
I like lamb well done. I always cook my lamb chops, toasts and legs of lamb until all the pink is gone. I think it tastes better cooked all the way through and I think lamb that is still pink is tough and chewy. I know this is blasphemous in the fine dining/chef-foodie world, but that's how I like it.
Just please be careful eating burnt food can lead to certain kinds of cancer
I feel like most of my eating habits are odd lol I prefer raw mushrooms and will only eat uncooked zucchini. I use butter to grease any pan whenever I cook. I only like my veggies steamed with absolutely nothing on them (with the exception of artichokes). I like my pasta slightly undercooked so its not even slightly mushy. and the list goes on, and on...
I break my spaghetti noodles and cook them in a way too small pot.
Hula hoop sandwiches on white bread with ketchup. The finest end to a night out.
What is a hula hoop sandwich? Never heard of it.
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Sometimes I sauté ravioli/tortellini in butter instead of boiling it before adding the sauce. Adds a subtle crunch. I also like to get a roast, cut it up into two inch slabs and freeze them for steaks. They cook better frozen. I make a thin sauce out of red wine and stuff to cook them in, and by the time the outside is blackened, the inside is still pink.
This whole list is about terrible taste in food. OMG these people are the opposite of foodies, the antithesis of those that actually like good food. There are a couple of things that don't fit the overall list but in general this just is a culinary abomination
I always over bake my mac and cheese. I like the crispy crust it gets when it spends a little too long in the oven 😋😋😋😋😋😋
My weirdness was dunking fries in my choc frosty at Wendy's! That mix of salty and sweet! Omg
I thought I was weird for doing that until I got older, and found almost everyone does that.
Load More Replies... This is a re-written/lightly adulterated article from The Takeout on Monday, at 15:00CST hardly enough time to even cool off…. https://thetakeout.com/which-foods-do-you-cook-wrong-on-purpose-1848492974 (Just giving credit where credit is due)
The list that list is about is from buzzfeed lol (https://www.buzzfeed.com/hannahloewentheil/foods-that-taste-better-cooked-incorrectly)
Load More Replies... My personal thing is adding a tablespoon of brown sauce to braised beef. It’s a hit of sweet, salty, sour and fruity all in one . It’s basically tamarind paste with added punch. It’s a bit frowned upon for being the cheap stuff you smother over bacon. It’s amazing in slow cooked food.
I ALWAYS overcook my salmon. Years ago I went out to dinner and got what I thought was half-cooked salmon. The feel of that salmon in my mouth was gross and I haven't half-cooked it myself. BTW...I sent it back to be cooked well-done
I like all my fish to be cooked well done. No wer fish for me!
Load More Replies... Tortillas are the 1-ply industrial toilet paper of flatbreads, and I suggest you start making tacos, burritos, quesadillas etc. using Indian flatbreads. Naan, paratha, kulcha etc. are all available frozen and easy to heat up. Just wait until you stuff your taco ingredients into a fluffy, spinach and paneer-filled kulcha! 🤤
I like corn tortilla more than flour so if they r all made from wheat flour or something alike than I pass:/. Something about corn tortilla is so much better than flour tortilla.
Load More Replies... Growing up in Puerto Rico most of our food was imported by ship, of course. When I came to the US and had a crispy fresh Oreo it was sooo strange because I was used to them being soft because of transit. I still find a crunchy oreo strange but they don't last long enough to get stale. 😋
Worsteshire sauce all over Kraft Mac n Cheese, i swear i can’t eat it if it doesn’t have worseshire sauce on it, it adds such a nice kick. Also uncooked minute rice, no clue why but it tastes great to me
I used to eat uncooked 2 minute noodles as a kid, until I ate too many in one go and got sick. I steered clear of them after that!
Load More Replies... I can eat beans any temperature but I like them best chilled too.
Load More Replies... Cake recipe? Throw a layer of chocolate chips down on the bottom. Bliss.
Now I know what people are talking about! I literally saw this exact same article title, and every most of the posts on Buzzfeed a few days ago! I really like Bored Panda, but it seems like they are a. losing ideas for posts or b. just getting lazy and copying others such as Buzzfeed.
I don't normally use recipes I cook by taste and availability, so when visiting my BIL I was making a dish that had several veggies fried up in a pan with some meat and a side of rice. He asked me what it was called and I said I dont know its just a fry-up. He didnt like the idea of eating something without a name and passed on it. Shame, it was good.
Ever since I was little, I like dipping fries in tartar sauce when I get fish and chips.
I always do that and dip my fish in ketchup.
Load More Replies... I like my pancakes brown. My eggs (scrambled ones) well done not slimy. Cake from the oven cooled to just warm straight from the pan. No icing. Homemade whipped cream. Almost burnt bacon. Rare steak. Potatoes in microwave are great for a rush instead of the oven. An my hubby made me French fries (I only like the thick ones or wedges) in a pan on the stove top w oil. Wtf those were awesome over cooking in the oven. And faster.
I like well done scrambled eggs too. I never order them in a restaurant because they never cook them enough. I like them well done enough that I can pick them up to eat with my fingers. Just a quirk of mine.
Load More Replies... No pink for me. I cook beef or pork until it falls apart when you lift it out of the pot. I don't use timers or thermometers. When it's falling off the bone (if there is a bone), it's done.
My weirdness is honey sandwiches. Staple of my youth. Just slap some of that good quality raw honey on some clean chemical-free bread and enjoy. Sounds a little mad, but it's very moreish!
The crusty dark rice from the bottom of the pan is a delicacy for my Persian friends. And my dad would ask my mom to purposely burn her cakes because that's how abuela baked. She did not comply, but he preferred everything overcooked, especially veggies in a pressure cooker. Discovering crisp brightly colored vegetables was an epiphany for me when I moved out. But I also oversauce everything. If you have leftovers many sauces don't make the cut unless you up the liquid content the first time through.
I like to dunk chocolate chip cookies into coca-cola. Not the soft cookies, the crunchy ones.
If I eat bologna I like it fried and to a crisp. I mean almost burnt crisp! I'm a southerner and fried bologna was a staple sandwich.
I take the dry ramen thing one step further and fry it in avocado oil and several cloves of garlic. The crispy fried noodles are the best.
I hate the "proper" way to cook scrambled eggs. Running eggs have a weird taste and texture that I hate. U kinda get that with the "proper" way. They always also seem to lack flavor. Like everywhere I got it's always the same kind of scrambled eggs, so I just eat the one's my family makes.
I like lamb well done. I always cook my lamb chops, toasts and legs of lamb until all the pink is gone. I think it tastes better cooked all the way through and I think lamb that is still pink is tough and chewy. I know this is blasphemous in the fine dining/chef-foodie world, but that's how I like it.
Just please be careful eating burnt food can lead to certain kinds of cancer
I feel like most of my eating habits are odd lol I prefer raw mushrooms and will only eat uncooked zucchini. I use butter to grease any pan whenever I cook. I only like my veggies steamed with absolutely nothing on them (with the exception of artichokes). I like my pasta slightly undercooked so its not even slightly mushy. and the list goes on, and on...
I break my spaghetti noodles and cook them in a way too small pot.
Hula hoop sandwiches on white bread with ketchup. The finest end to a night out.
What is a hula hoop sandwich? Never heard of it.
Load More Replies... Sometimes I sauté ravioli/tortellini in butter instead of boiling it before adding the sauce. Adds a subtle crunch. I also like to get a roast, cut it up into two inch slabs and freeze them for steaks. They cook better frozen. I make a thin sauce out of red wine and stuff to cook them in, and by the time the outside is blackened, the inside is still pink.
This whole list is about terrible taste in food. OMG these people are the opposite of foodies, the antithesis of those that actually like good food. There are a couple of things that don't fit the overall list but in general this just is a culinary abomination
