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It’s bizarre to think that if you’re, hypothetically speaking, forced to do something for all eternity, you’d wager it would be something that is also eternally painful or dull or, simply put, anything but pleasant. Well, eating is one thing we’re “doomed” to do for all eternity and so far most of us quite like it.

So much, in fact, that some even form very strong opinions about food, cuisine, and everything in between. And there’s been an AskReddit post about it, with thousands of people sharing their culinary hills they’d die on.

Bored Panda has collected some of the best opinions from the now-viral post, which currently clocks in at nearly 27,000 upvotes, 29,000 comments and 60 Reddit awards. Scroll down to check them out, and while you’re at it, vote on the ones you like and comment your strong opinions in the comment section below!

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#1

Person Online Asked “What Culinary Hill Are You Willing To Die On?”, 40 People Delivered When you're baking from an online recipe, don't change three or four ingredients "to make it healthy" and then leave a one star review about how bad it is.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And don't bother the cook under the videos with questions like " I want to do the beef with pumpkin and carrots! Can i use pork instead of beef and put peppers and tomatoes instead of pumpkin and carrots? You can do whatever you want BUT IT'S NOT THE SAME RECIPE!

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Person Online Asked “What Culinary Hill Are You Willing To Die On?”, 40 People Delivered Only edible items should be plated. Garnishes should be edible, Hate it when I see rocks and sticks on a plate. Fight Me.

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Vicky Z
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This should be standard everywhere if the restaurants don't want to deal with lawsuits (edit: there are laws in many countries about this thing so yes the lawsuit is logical 🙄)

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#3

Person Online Asked “What Culinary Hill Are You Willing To Die On?”, 40 People Delivered Being poor isn’t a culinary crime. It takes talent to make cheap food taste as good as my mom did.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Also cheap restaurants are much better than those gourmet pretentious restaurants that serve you one meatball and charge you a fortune! I'm wondering who decided that this would be a great experience for anyone

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#5

Person Online Asked “What Culinary Hill Are You Willing To Die On?”, 40 People Delivered Putting gold leaf on food is f**king stupid.

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Robert T
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Never tried it, but I'm guessing it is still gold when it comes out the other end, so if you are a bit windy after eating, you may end up with golden glitter knickers!

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#6

Person Online Asked “What Culinary Hill Are You Willing To Die On?”, 40 People Delivered COOKING AND BAKING ARE DIFFERENT.

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Samantha Lomb
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Cooking allows you to experiment and be imprecise. Baking requires precision

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#7

Person Online Asked “What Culinary Hill Are You Willing To Die On?”, 40 People Delivered A burger should fit in your mouth and shouldn’t require a stick to hold it together or cutlery to eat it.

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#8

Person Online Asked “What Culinary Hill Are You Willing To Die On?”, 40 People Delivered If you think it's enough garlic, it's probably not enough garlic.

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#9

Person Online Asked “What Culinary Hill Are You Willing To Die On?”, 40 People Delivered Being snobby about food to the point where you're hindering someone else's enjoyment is not a positive personality trait.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

being a dismissive snobb is not a good personality trait, in every area of life.

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#10

Person Online Asked “What Culinary Hill Are You Willing To Die On?”, 40 People Delivered if you are writing a recipe, write a recipe. Not an autobiography

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greenbean
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's about some weird copyright laws in some countries. Very annoying, most people probably skip the 'biography' part, so apart from the copyright purpose this was wasted time. Ps. yesterday when looking for lasagne recipe I had to skip over world history of lasagne, a personal history of lasagne and author's philosophical exasperations - on lasagne, of course...

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#11

Person Online Asked “What Culinary Hill Are You Willing To Die On?”, 40 People Delivered Homemade chili is almost always better the next day.

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Person Online Asked “What Culinary Hill Are You Willing To Die On?”, 40 People Delivered Grilling on charcoal taste way better than propane, Hank Hill is an idiot

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Its ten times better but it also takes ten times more time and effort. I miss the smoke taste but now whenever I want to grill I just need to push a button.

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Person Online Asked “What Culinary Hill Are You Willing To Die On?”, 40 People Delivered That cheap bag of frozen peas and diced carrots you get at the grocery store is an outstandingly versatile source of nutrition. And tasty too.

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Person Online Asked “What Culinary Hill Are You Willing To Die On?”, 40 People Delivered Cereal first and then milk

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My daughter puts the milk in first, then the cereal. She says it keeps the cereal from getting soggy while she eats it. Or she may just be a monster. 🤷‍♀️

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#15

Person Online Asked “What Culinary Hill Are You Willing To Die On?”, 40 People Delivered This is actually something I'm willing to pass on

YOU DON'T NEED TO WASH YOUR GOD DAMN MEAT!

If you cook it right, you kill all the bacteria you're "washing". All you're doing is spreading the germs all over your kitchen sink.

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Robert T
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is particularly true of whole chicken - do not be tempted to wash it out.

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Person Online Asked “What Culinary Hill Are You Willing To Die On?”, 40 People Delivered Pasta water must be salted

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Honestly i don't know how people eat them without salt! If i ever have heart pressure problem i think i will just die cause i can't

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Person Online Asked “What Culinary Hill Are You Willing To Die On?”, 40 People Delivered That fondant is Play doh with sugar.

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#20

Person Online Asked “What Culinary Hill Are You Willing To Die On?”, 40 People Delivered The most expensive food isn't always the "best" food. No, I'm not impressed by a $200 slice of pizza with it's price driven up with truffle and gold flake.

Bonus: cereal or crushed Oreos on a donut isn't revolutionary.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'll say it again: who decided that a ridiculously small amount of food that will not be enough for anyone while being overpriced would be a good deal? Who and why?? Show up and apologize!!!

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#21

Person Online Asked “What Culinary Hill Are You Willing To Die On?”, 40 People Delivered A quality knife can replace 90% of your kitchen gadgets

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#22

Person Online Asked “What Culinary Hill Are You Willing To Die On?”, 40 People Delivered Worcestershire sauce can work magic.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So can fish sauce. Amazing how something that smells so vile can enhance so many flavors.

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#23

Person Online Asked “What Culinary Hill Are You Willing To Die On?”, 40 People Delivered If it tastes good it tastes good

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My cat LOVES whipped cream! She comes running when she hears the beaters, haha. Even though it isn't always whipped cream. She always looks personally offended when it isn't.

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#24

Person Online Asked “What Culinary Hill Are You Willing To Die On?”, 40 People Delivered We need to stop letting people put raisins where they don't belong.... It's getting out of hand.

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Person Online Asked “What Culinary Hill Are You Willing To Die On?”, 40 People Delivered I like dipping my sushi rolls and sashimi in a soy sauce and wasabi mixture and I don’t care if it goes against proper sushi etiquette. It tastes good.

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Person Online Asked “What Culinary Hill Are You Willing To Die On?”, 40 People Delivered instant ramen is delicious

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I implore all of you to hold your judgement on ramen until you try a few of the brands only found in Asian grocery stores - it's next-level quality compared to what we commonly see in the west.

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#27

Person Online Asked “What Culinary Hill Are You Willing To Die On?”, 40 People Delivered All food is fusion. No dish is above adoption or adaptation.

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yes but if you are publishing the recipe admit that its not the original one. I am sick of "traditional spanish" recipes that would make my grandma cry

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Person Online Asked “What Culinary Hill Are You Willing To Die On?”, 40 People Delivered I don't want to hear that you're bad at cooking if you don't follow a recipe or measure your ingredients. You can get so far by just reading and actually do it what it says.

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Robert T
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There are some people who can burn boiled potatoes. There was a BP thread on cooking disasters and there were several of them.

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Person Online Asked “What Culinary Hill Are You Willing To Die On?”, 40 People Delivered There’s no such thing as a “dry” brine. By definition, brines are liquid based. A salt-based dry rub is a cure. Brines are also a type of cure, but they are liquid based. All brines are cures, but not all cures are brines.

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Person Online Asked “What Culinary Hill Are You Willing To Die On?”, 40 People Delivered I live in the Midwest, I love the Midwest but just because you call something a salad does not mean it is healthy and an acceptable side dish to your main course. Snicker-marshmallow-mayo-whatever is not salad.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Apple crumble pie is a fruit salad with crouton and change my mind😅😅😅😅😅

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Person Online Asked “What Culinary Hill Are You Willing To Die On?”, 40 People Delivered Peanut butter is a fantastic savoury ingredient with a shockingly enormous range of applications.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I melt a little peanut butter mixed with a tiny bit of soy sauce and add it to stir fry. LOVE IT! Especially if you have chicken in the stir fry too.

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Person Online Asked “What Culinary Hill Are You Willing To Die On?”, 40 People Delivered The moment something gets hyped as a superfood, I'm out.

To clarify, "superfood" is a buzzword that cues bulls**t incoming and rising prices. The author loses all credibility. It's the point where I stop reading and close the window. Might look up the stats for the food afterward from an actual resource such as a university's nutrition summary.

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Person Online Asked “What Culinary Hill Are You Willing To Die On?”, 40 People Delivered Season your tomatoes, especially for sandwiches.

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Monica Rogers
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Unless they're grown in your yard. Then eat them like an apple. Tomatoes you grow yourself are 1000 times better and don't need anything.

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Person Online Asked “What Culinary Hill Are You Willing To Die On?”, 40 People Delivered Baked donuts are not donuts. Donuts must be fried. Baked donuts are just small cakes, which are delicious but NOT DONUTS

to clarify the exact type of donut imposter I am raging against

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Person Online Asked “What Culinary Hill Are You Willing To Die On?”, 40 People Delivered Learning how to cut an onion is the first lesson in the cooking world

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I can't. My eyes actually swell shut. I can't see after the first couple of slices

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Person Online Asked “What Culinary Hill Are You Willing To Die On?”, 40 People Delivered Often doing things “the right way” or “from scratch” just isn’t worth it. There are plenty of shortcuts that give you 90% of the result with 50% of the effort. I’ll take those shortcuts just about every time.

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Robert T
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You can make pastry from scratch, or you can buy it frozen in a packet. Apart from being able to say "I made it myself", nobody at home is going to know, and you just saved yourself a hour's work. ;-)

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Brian Kirk
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If people can not tell the difference between homemade and frozen pastry, they have NEVER had good homemade pastry.

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Stoopham McFernybabes
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

But it’s fun! I enjoy making things from scratch - it’s grounding and cathartic. My husband doesn’t get it - he’ll walk past me, kneading bread dough, and say “you know we can just buy bread?” and I have to explain for the billionth time that the enjoyment is is the process, it’s the making of something all myself with my own two hands, it’s joining in a fellowship of mothers baking for their children that dates back thousands of years, it’s relaxing and slowing myself and being in the moment.

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Bobby
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'll do things from scratch because I enjoy the process, but if I need it done quick give me the short cuts.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I once made an excellent spaghetti sauce from scratch; starting with fresh tomatoes...once I was done 8 hours of frying, boiling, simmering I decided that while I was proud of the result, I would never repeat.

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Marco Conti
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The biggest scam is the use of "fresh pasta" regardless of sauce and cooking method. Fresh pasta has its uses, but by and large it is much better to use packaged, good quality dried pasta. Exception: ravioli, rule: anything thinner than fettuccine (and even those, I prefer the dried variety as fresh pasta soaks the moisture out of the sauce). Also, fresh tomatoes for cooking. Bad idea. The best tomatoes for making a sauce are canned San Marzano (AKA "Roma" or "pear") tomatoes. Fresh tomatoes are way too watery for sauces and need to be cooked forever. Canned tomatoes acquire a distinctive sweetness that makes them ideal for sauces and especially, right out of the can, for pizza sauce. Try it. Get "Crushed Tomatoes" of good quality and spread thinly over pizza dough. Add fresh mozzarella (very little) and enjoy. (Well, cook it first)

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Bunzilla
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Maybe... but you often end up with a lot of undesirable additives. There's absolutely no shame in using pre-made ingredients, but I wouldn't say making it from scratch "isn't worth it". To each their own!

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Atia Janssens
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It highly depends. Making pizza dough is not that much effort, it just takes time. It tastes 7 times better, so I won't do anything else anymore. But I will never ever make puff pastry from scratch. Not worth it

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Sanne H.
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Indeed! Puff pastry, stock, mayonaise, pasta… it’s nice to try it once, but not every time that you need it.

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Just saying
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

One of the contestants on Great British Bake Off said something along the lines of 'who makes puff pastry in real life, just buy it in the shop'.

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Daniel Marsh
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Honest truth: I grew up in an Italian neighborhood. I've tried hundreds of little old Italian lady's pasta sauces. All runny, mostly rather bland. Store-bought pasta sauce is way better.

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Leslie Crittenden
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The reason for making food from scratch is to avoid the fillers, additives, preservatives, dough conditioners and excess salt and sugar. Very little prepared or processed food you buy in the supermarket is good for you. By making things from scratch you can control what goes into the food, and what doesn't.

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Phil Vaive
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Honestly, boxed cake and brownies are the best. You don't have to follow all the instructions, but really all it is is your dry ingredients pre-measured for you. Use butter instead of oil, and you have a pretty normal cake recipe.

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Huddo's sister
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yes, when you don't enjoy cooking and have a chronic condition, 3 hours work just to say it's from scratch, not worth it on most days. Days where you have the time and energy, sure. I don't think there is as much stigma in Australia about not having made things from scratch, or even homemade as it seems to be in some countries either.

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Monica Rogers
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I upvoted because you said "just about" instead of "every" time. Baking bread can be therapeutic and fun and delicious but I don't want to have to make it all the time. Life is too short to spend all your time in the kitchen.

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Pamela Blue
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have a stand mixer and a recipe that requires me to be in the kitchen for 6 minutes to knead the dough, 4 minutes to shape it into loaves, and 2 minutes to heat the oven and put it in. Between those times there are two 1hr rising sessions, and a half hour baking, where my presence isn't necessary. I also make my own home-made sourdough bread (delicious!). However THAT take much more time and most of the day, on and off. But I enjoy the process occasionally.

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Thomas Ewing
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Always use the right ingredients; no substitutions. A small increase in cost doubles the quality.

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Michael Lengyel
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why do scratch baked goods cost the equivilent of a bakery mortgage payment?

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Lilyan
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Bake the bread, buy the butter is a great foodie read.

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Nancy Kirkpatrick
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I loved making pies back in the day. You know. When I was young and people ate things like that. What cured me of being proud was the day I took 2 pies I had made to work for a holiday lunch. No one touched them. Said they don't eat things like that. However, there were a couple of slices out of a grocery store pie. Go figure. I loved rolling pastry because it connected me to my grandma. I do think people who haven't grown up with or been exposed to the tastes, the smells, the process of home cooking, canning and baking simply have no idea the difference. Of course, at 73 I no longer cook or bake like that. But I still miss how things used to taste and I miss the fragrant kitchen.

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Vic Owen
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There is no substitute for quality. Spaghetti sauce made using some fresh tomatoes in it and cooked for an hour is no comparison to the jarred stuff. Once you take the extra 10 minutes of washing and tossing tomatoes and fresh garlic into a blender and adding that to your canned tomatoes and other ingredients, you will never go back..

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Amy Stone-Chandler
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I can tell if it's home made or not. People that don't really cook/bake from actual scratch won't know the difference though. Pre-made tartlette's or empty pie crusts in a box are very gross to me.

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Lila Allen
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Just buy the puff pastry. Making it from scratch is messy and time consuming and it won't taste any better

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Mish.k.a
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Like... There's no need to make homemade pasta. It just isn't worth the effort.

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Gregory Mead
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'll never make pumpkin pie filling from scratch again. Yeah, it was great, but WAY too much time.

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Mike Loux
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Even the folks at Wilton use Duncan Hines cake mix when decorating their cakes.

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Sarah Wilson
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I buy frozen flaky pastry from the supermarket, too much effort without a dough break, anything else is easy enough

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Melanie Filmer
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I used to make my own pastry but since I've become disabled I've had to buy ready made, the only person it annoys is me. My family still love it either way

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Rhonda Price
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I learned that when I made pumpkin pie from a pumpkin. So many seeds and fibers and water! Never again.

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RoseAnne Hutchence
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"Shortcuts" often mean "overly processed" and / or containing unpronouncable ingredients. I'll take "from scratch" any day if it means I know exactly what's in it, even if it does take a little extra time.

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Susan Williams
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I love short cuts. Nowadays, they are called hacks. Same thing.

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Robert Duran
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The enjoyment of the process and understanding what makes something taste a certain way is absolutely worth it. For people like me, at least.

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Sylvia Robinson
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My poor newly married daughter decided to make gravy for the pasta from scratch. Friend fresh off the boat from Italy taught her. Traditionally, fresh everything and hours of work. My dear son-in-law didn't know the difference and didn't care. Its been 25 years of jar sauces for him.

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Bella Jones
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I've made both bagels and crumpets from scratch. Neither was worth the huge amount of effort I had to put in.

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Liesl English
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I like recipes I can make from scratch in bulk because they are cheaper. I found a recipe to make 20 pie crusts for around $8-10. And I find it fun and relaxing to roll out pie crust.

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LynzCatastrophe
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I once tried to make my own pasta for a dish I was making. My aunt who loves cooking as much as I do does it each time. It's a bloody time consuming process!!! No idea why she does it when stuff from a box tasted just fine.

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Sanne H.
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A few months ago I made my own vegetable stock for the first time. It tasted great, but it took a looooooot of time to prepare. I appreciate my regular stock cubes a lot more now. 😀

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KT
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I use my bread machine to make dough for bread and pizza. Then I portion and bake the bread and/or portion and freeze the pizza dough

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Lin B
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I can’t make a pie crust worth a damn and I won’t try to make puff pastry when you can buy it.

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royal_antelope
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

i disagree. a simple home made apple cake is so much better than bought cake. I'm gehen, i have baking pride.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

No. I will do it from scratch, the "right way", b/c I love the technique of it. I love my Happy Zone. I love finding my Kitchen Zen and having a mini-vacation while making something from scratch, and yes, I include puff pastry in that, altho as I age, I do buy that instead of making it.

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Xenon
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah, who the hell wants to try and make something like puff pasty from scratch?

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FrancesCat
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Except it looks like I'm looking at pie or pizza dough and scratch is way better than frozen. I also love frozen dough but it's not the same.

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Mazer
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

To each their own. Some people prefer traditional processes, I say do what makes you happiest and makes your food taste delicious

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NsG
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Depends of you have to know every single ingredient in exact proportion.

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EDH
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Also known as following a recipe. That's why they have lists and proportions of ingredients along with temperature and cooking time.

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Person Online Asked “What Culinary Hill Are You Willing To Die On?”, 40 People Delivered Use salt dammit

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

No. Use less salt. Most people just put too much in because they don't season any other way.

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People who hate cooking with stainless steel don’t know how to cook with stainless steel.

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Person Online Asked “What Culinary Hill Are You Willing To Die On?”, 40 People Delivered MSG is amazing

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The hate for msg is just based on anti asian racism. A doctor invented the idea that it produced headaches with 0 proof whatsoever. This was used as an excuse to attack asian restaurants while many other "western" products have msg. It is been proven since then that what he claimed was a lie.

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Person Online Asked “What Culinary Hill Are You Willing To Die On?”, 40 People Delivered If you can't drink it through a straw it's not a milkshake.

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