Knowledge about cooking and food is not always innate. While some of us seem to be born knowing how to dice an onion and having recipes from our ancestors baked into our brains, others are lucky to prepare a frozen pizza without burning it. There’s no shame in being inept in the kitchen, but if you’re looking to improve your cooking skills, we’ve got you covered.
We’ve compiled some of the most informative graphics about cooking and food from the Cool Guides subreddit to give you a crash course in culinary knowledge. So grab your apron and chef’s hat and dig into the informative list below, which even features an interview with a professional chef and the host of interactive culinary events, Chef Egg.
Don’t forget to upvote the guides you find most tasty, and be sure to share any delicious cooking tips or fun food facts you know in the comments section below. Then, if you’re looking for even more knowledge to add to your cooking arsenal, check out this Bored Panda piece next.
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The Life Cycle Of A Strawberry Is Neat
My wild strawberries are just in flower/losing petals. Soon I'll have some strawberries, if I'm faster than the squirrels, to harvest them!
How To Pick The Right Watermelon
Macaroon Or Macaron?
Common Foods Before Humans Domesticated Them
At A Burger Joint In My Town
Can My Dog Eat This?
This Is How To Measure Rice (Asian Style)
Six Vegetables That All Came From The Same Plant
Nestlé Won't Be Leaving Russia. Here's A Guide To The Product Brands That Nestlé Owns
This company is…. Truly evil. Like I know y’all hate Amazon but this place is worse. My mother’s favorite example is that they, to sell gerber baby formula, basically send people to tell poor African mothers that breast milk is not sufficient for their baby and that they need formula. And the babies *deep sigh* are uNaLiVeD because the mothers use the water available, which is dirty and unsafe for infants. Nestle is evil.
The Ultimate Banana Guide
Know Your Coffee
Apples On A Scale From Most Tart To Most Sweet
A Healthy Snack
How Old Are Your Eggs
Eggs should be stored pointy side down. This keeps the air bubble at the top and will stay fresher longer. Store bought eggs are at least a month old.
How To Open A Lime!
When To Boil Water To Cook Vegetables
Spice Combos
Cake
I Would Love To Have This For Afternoon Tea!
A Restaurant Guide For How You Want Your Steak Cooked
STOP TELLING PEOPLE THEY CANNOT HAVE THEIR STEAK WELL DONE!!!! IT'S THEIR FECKING STEAK!!!! Just because I like mine blue, doesn't meant I'm right or wrong, just that we prefer thigs differently!
Birdy Eggs
British & American Words
How To Test If A Plant Is Edible
A Cheese Melting Guide!
All The Ways To Screw Up A Chocolate Chip Cookie...
You Want Lots Of Potatoes? This Is How You Get Loads Of Potatoes
Please use the wood listed (if using wood). DO. NOT. USE. PRESSURE-TREATED LUMBER. (aka deck lumber-there are poisonous chemicals which will leak into the soil)
Evolution Of Pepsi Bottles
Weird Fruits
Durian is best eaten frozen. Smells like stinky feet. (A coworker said it was jack fruit. He's the one that brought it to work. Said he got it from an Asian specialty store and that it was called Jack Fruit and he said they sold it frozen and that was the best way to eat it. As pungent as that fruit was it was actually good tasting. If I were wrong, he was wrong. Sheesh.)
The Only Wine Chart You'll Ever Need
Unfortunately this is not exactly true. The chart is partly correct as it refers to the sugar content naturally occuring in the grapes, but not taking into account the process. The sweetness of wine is not only determined by original grape but by vinification. Riesling, for example, more often than not is vinified as dry, although having much (inherent) sugar to begin with. Dry ports and dry moscato do exist, as do sweet Sangiovese or Sauvignon Blanc. To make matters even more complicated, this variies regionally - some grapes are mostly vinified dry in one country and sweet in another.
Vertical Foods
A Quick Guide To Tea!
Different Kinds Of Cheesecake
Was Just Finding Information On When To Harvest My Peppers And Found This
Yogurts Of The World
Preserves Are Probably My Favorite
None of it fits what would pass for jam in my mind - whole fruits cooked for so long they break into smaller bits, added sugar, bo jellying factor added nor needed
Ok, Now You Know
Cold Cut Guide I Saw At The Deli Section
Onion Use Guide
I Made A Guide Explaining How Different Types Of Halloween Candy Got Their Names
Brownies-How To Mix Them Up!
Types Of Sandwiches
Which Waters To Avoid By Region
Some areas, or even whole countries don't have drinkable tap water.
Load More Replies...Ridiculous. Tap water tastes far better than Arrowhead.
Load More Replies...I religiously drink Poland Spring water from Maine. It tastes far cleaner and better than tap water. I've found myself drinking alot more water after I started using it.
Zephyrhills water tastes like if mud and limestone could p**s. If I was lost at sea for weeks and rescued I'd think twice if my only option was that. What im trying to say is... 🤐
This should be higher on the list. Everyone needs to know this. Do not buy anything from Nestle
United States Of Sandwiches
I Hope It's Not A Repost.
Donut & Wine Pairings
Well this changes my breakfast plans entirely. Can we get Dunkin’ on board with this?
Percentage Of Air In Chip Bags
Where Is USA Are Common Foods Grown?
California: “We got the citrus covered, guys.” XD am Californian, can confirm.
Tuna Sushi And Sashimi Cut Guide
Guide To Ratio Rules In Chocolate Chip Cookies
I love not knowing s**t about food because I can enjoy everything no matter how s**t it is.
Hit the "share" icon and send to your text message or email...🙂
Load More Replies...Why are y’all downvoting them! It’s a opinion not a fact! Downvoting can literally get then blocked on BP! Leave them alone!
Load More Replies...somehow i lost the post of the most remarkable birds you didn't know exist...how do i get back there?
Just something to be aware of, so no-one uses this vile word ever again. Please. It is a truly truly vomit-inducing disgusting word, even worse than the N-word. https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/anti-black-racism-product-waitrose-b1867121.html
The...er...K one? I was wondering why that word nagged at the back of my mind for some reason, but I couldn't remember till you said something. You are correct, and it is not a word I'd ever say. Our store's never picked up an exotic lime of that nature; the strangest citrus I've seen appear is the Buddah's Hand, and that had to be explained to me by a Hong Kong native who was working in the Chinese department at the time we first picked them up. (I asked after taking a wild guess on if he might know; he knew.)
Load More Replies...I love not knowing s**t about food because I can enjoy everything no matter how s**t it is.
Hit the "share" icon and send to your text message or email...🙂
Load More Replies...Why are y’all downvoting them! It’s a opinion not a fact! Downvoting can literally get then blocked on BP! Leave them alone!
Load More Replies...somehow i lost the post of the most remarkable birds you didn't know exist...how do i get back there?
Just something to be aware of, so no-one uses this vile word ever again. Please. It is a truly truly vomit-inducing disgusting word, even worse than the N-word. https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/anti-black-racism-product-waitrose-b1867121.html
The...er...K one? I was wondering why that word nagged at the back of my mind for some reason, but I couldn't remember till you said something. You are correct, and it is not a word I'd ever say. Our store's never picked up an exotic lime of that nature; the strangest citrus I've seen appear is the Buddah's Hand, and that had to be explained to me by a Hong Kong native who was working in the Chinese department at the time we first picked them up. (I asked after taking a wild guess on if he might know; he knew.)
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