Person Online Asked “What Culinary Hill Are You Willing To Die On?”, 40 People Delivered
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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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.
Only edible items should be plated. Garnishes should be edible, Hate it when I see rocks and sticks on a plate. Fight Me.
Being poor isn’t a culinary crime. It takes talent to make cheap food taste as good as my mom did.
Life is too short to not use butter.
COOKING AND BAKING ARE DIFFERENT.
Cooking allows you to experiment and be imprecise. Baking requires precision
A burger should fit in your mouth and shouldn’t require a stick to hold it together or cutlery to eat it.
If you think it's enough garlic, it's probably not enough garlic.
Being snobby about food to the point where you're hindering someone else's enjoyment is not a positive personality trait.
if you are writing a recipe, write a recipe. Not an autobiography
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...
Homemade chili is almost always better the next day.
And lasagne...and tiramisù.. the next day they are always better...
Grilling on charcoal taste way better than propane, Hank Hill is an idiot
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.
Cereal first and then milk
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. 🤷♀️
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.
We need to make burgers wider not taller
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.
Worcestershire sauce can work magic.
So can fish sauce. Amazing how something that smells so vile can enhance so many flavors.
We need to stop letting people put raisins where they don't belong.... It's getting out of hand.
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.
All food is fusion. No dish is above adoption or adaptation.
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.
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.
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.
Peanut butter is a fantastic savoury ingredient with a shockingly enormous range of applications.
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.
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
Learning how to cut an onion is the first lesson in the cooking world
I can't. My eyes actually swell shut. I can't see after the first couple of slices
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.
People who hate cooking with stainless steel don’t know how to cook with stainless steel.
MSG is amazing
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.
If you can't drink it through a straw it's not a milkshake.
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Here's one of mine- making exotic and foreign dishes is NOT cultural appropriation- everyone should be free to make whatever food they wish as no recipes should belong to any one race/group. Culinary gatekeeping needs to end. Allow your tastebuds to embark on a global trip via your kitchen, guilt-free!
Cultural gatekeeping needs to stop.
Indeed. Cultures have always enriched from sharing with each other. There is barely any culture that has developed on their own (except maybe a few isolated tribes). One thing is to be disrespectful but the odea of "cultural apropiation" is most of the time used just to attack people percieved as white for anything they do. For example Japanese people often come to spain, buy sevillana dresses and dance flamenco, aparently it is quite popular. And thats great. Why is it bad if a spanish person then buys a kimono and learns how to make sushi?
What I have gathered is that the actual people living in that country and in that culture do not see it as "cultural appropriation", they actually rather enjoy when foreigners show interest in their culture... the people who are bitching about this are second or third generation immigrant descendants who have never been in their parents/grand parents country of origin but somehow feel entitled to that culture.
You genuinely don't understand the context here do you? Ofc you don't care. You don't live in a country where your culture is denigrated. Immigrants do. They live in places where when they express their culture they get mocked and punished but when the majority adopts those same cultural elements they get praised You have no skin in the game and no actual argument here, and don't understand the issue at hand at all.
I dont know why Dim T was down voted when they were completely correct. Cultural appropriation HAS been misunderstood as a refusal to share one's own culture and for virtue-signalling. Its similar to how you will hear multiple companies state that African-American hairstyles are "unprofessional", but the white ex-president/prime minister having a blond hairball on their heads receives no such condemnation. it is for the people who use racial slurs against these communities in one breath, and then in the next, use our culture for points on the Internet or whatever. No community is actively gatekeeping, we're simply doing what we have to to protect the very community.
In Africa if white folks get dreads or cornrows or wear shweshwe we super love it and get excited. So no, that wank about cultural appropriation is just virtue signalling from college kids in america/canada/uk. Speaking as an actual african communist, we do not give a f**k. We welcome you to become african, we all came from africa. All that matters is that you want to be here. https://www.timeslive.co.za/sunday-times/lifestyle/fashion-and-beauty/2019-01-16-shweshwe-the-fabric-of-sas-turbulent-history/
Yeah, my friend who is actually from Africa gave me some very beautiful dashiki patterned pants from there as a gift, but I would be publicly shamed for wearing them here in the US.
especially since dreads originate in Asia.
Getting to know a culture through its food is a beautiful way and mostly appreciated a lot by the natives who are proud of it. Culinary gatekeeping is really stupid and I doubt it comes from the people of the certain culture itself.
Italy would never have had pasta if it wasn't for Asia (China?). Everything comes from somewhere. Food would be pretty boring if it wasn't for people experimenting and creating new things!
I agree with your point but you are not right that italy wouldn't have pasta without china. First written signs of pasta from italy are from the 1st century, before any contact with china. Pasta dough is very simple (flour+egg or water) and it could definitely be invented in more parts of the world independently. But I agree that sharing, experimenting and combining different styles and recipes from different cultures is enriching and fun!
The assumption that cultures were totally segregated is a complete fallacy. Trade routes existed from surprisingly far away. Also, the first ever noodles found are from 4,000 years ago in China. 2,000 years is a long time for that information to spread.
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Cultures should be proud other cultures adopt their best traits and if that is food then so be it.
Yes, this! Especially in countries (ahem, USA) that always have a large population of immigrants. Food brings people together; don't be divisive about it.
.... Thats not what cultural appropriation is. Cultural appropriation is when let's say a restaurant chain claims they invented a dish that's actually a dish from a different culture. Thats cultural apropation. Appropriate literally means to take without permission. What exactly would you be taking if you cook a food at your home?
Cultural appropriation is ok, too. Stop caring what other people think and do.
Where do you all live that you can't cook whatever you want without being accused of cultural appropriation?!
Hear hear! Peeps across the globe create restaurants to share their foods and the love for their foods. So what's wrong with that???
Hmm. I've never heard of "culinary gatekeeping" in my tiny world. Guess ignorance truly IS "bliss" at times. I cook whatever I want whenever I want without concern which region of the world though of it "first."
WELL SAID!!
Nobody rational cares what food you eat or make. If you're opening a restaurant that competes with someone making their own cuisine to support their family, that's an issue.
Between my intolerance and allergies, I eat what I can. People against "appropriation"of food can eat the way I have to, without trying to" appropriate" and see how fast they change their minds.
F**k yes. I'm sick of feeling obligated to make some other cultures cuisine in my very tiny kitchen and very limited grocery store. It's not fare. Do i want you to feel fit in. Yes. Do I need to bend over backwards to make sure you do. No. Period.
This! Thank you! I get so upset when people insist I can't eat XYZ. OK, then they can't eat "white people food". (And half the "white people food" is from the Americas anyway: peppers, vanilla, cacao, tomatoes, potatoes.... Seriously, just enjoy the darned food!)
Who says you can't eat certain things? That's absurd. You're being hysterical.
Eat foods that are in season where you live to the greatest extent you can. It's cheaper, better tasting, and better for the environment.
Agree.
Also. Buying in bulk is not a bad thing. Buying heat and eat food is not bad and investing in a vacuum sealer will pay for itself over and over again
Freezer bags are my favorite. Idgaf
I can make raw meat last 2 years with my vacuum sealer
Here's one of mine- making exotic and foreign dishes is NOT cultural appropriation- everyone should be free to make whatever food they wish as no recipes should belong to any one race/group. Culinary gatekeeping needs to end. Allow your tastebuds to embark on a global trip via your kitchen, guilt-free!
Cultural gatekeeping needs to stop.
Indeed. Cultures have always enriched from sharing with each other. There is barely any culture that has developed on their own (except maybe a few isolated tribes). One thing is to be disrespectful but the odea of "cultural apropiation" is most of the time used just to attack people percieved as white for anything they do. For example Japanese people often come to spain, buy sevillana dresses and dance flamenco, aparently it is quite popular. And thats great. Why is it bad if a spanish person then buys a kimono and learns how to make sushi?
What I have gathered is that the actual people living in that country and in that culture do not see it as "cultural appropriation", they actually rather enjoy when foreigners show interest in their culture... the people who are bitching about this are second or third generation immigrant descendants who have never been in their parents/grand parents country of origin but somehow feel entitled to that culture.
You genuinely don't understand the context here do you? Ofc you don't care. You don't live in a country where your culture is denigrated. Immigrants do. They live in places where when they express their culture they get mocked and punished but when the majority adopts those same cultural elements they get praised You have no skin in the game and no actual argument here, and don't understand the issue at hand at all.
I dont know why Dim T was down voted when they were completely correct. Cultural appropriation HAS been misunderstood as a refusal to share one's own culture and for virtue-signalling. Its similar to how you will hear multiple companies state that African-American hairstyles are "unprofessional", but the white ex-president/prime minister having a blond hairball on their heads receives no such condemnation. it is for the people who use racial slurs against these communities in one breath, and then in the next, use our culture for points on the Internet or whatever. No community is actively gatekeeping, we're simply doing what we have to to protect the very community.
In Africa if white folks get dreads or cornrows or wear shweshwe we super love it and get excited. So no, that wank about cultural appropriation is just virtue signalling from college kids in america/canada/uk. Speaking as an actual african communist, we do not give a f**k. We welcome you to become african, we all came from africa. All that matters is that you want to be here. https://www.timeslive.co.za/sunday-times/lifestyle/fashion-and-beauty/2019-01-16-shweshwe-the-fabric-of-sas-turbulent-history/
Yeah, my friend who is actually from Africa gave me some very beautiful dashiki patterned pants from there as a gift, but I would be publicly shamed for wearing them here in the US.
especially since dreads originate in Asia.
Getting to know a culture through its food is a beautiful way and mostly appreciated a lot by the natives who are proud of it. Culinary gatekeeping is really stupid and I doubt it comes from the people of the certain culture itself.
Italy would never have had pasta if it wasn't for Asia (China?). Everything comes from somewhere. Food would be pretty boring if it wasn't for people experimenting and creating new things!
I agree with your point but you are not right that italy wouldn't have pasta without china. First written signs of pasta from italy are from the 1st century, before any contact with china. Pasta dough is very simple (flour+egg or water) and it could definitely be invented in more parts of the world independently. But I agree that sharing, experimenting and combining different styles and recipes from different cultures is enriching and fun!
The assumption that cultures were totally segregated is a complete fallacy. Trade routes existed from surprisingly far away. Also, the first ever noodles found are from 4,000 years ago in China. 2,000 years is a long time for that information to spread.
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Cultures should be proud other cultures adopt their best traits and if that is food then so be it.
Yes, this! Especially in countries (ahem, USA) that always have a large population of immigrants. Food brings people together; don't be divisive about it.
.... Thats not what cultural appropriation is. Cultural appropriation is when let's say a restaurant chain claims they invented a dish that's actually a dish from a different culture. Thats cultural apropation. Appropriate literally means to take without permission. What exactly would you be taking if you cook a food at your home?
Cultural appropriation is ok, too. Stop caring what other people think and do.
Where do you all live that you can't cook whatever you want without being accused of cultural appropriation?!
Hear hear! Peeps across the globe create restaurants to share their foods and the love for their foods. So what's wrong with that???
Hmm. I've never heard of "culinary gatekeeping" in my tiny world. Guess ignorance truly IS "bliss" at times. I cook whatever I want whenever I want without concern which region of the world though of it "first."
WELL SAID!!
Nobody rational cares what food you eat or make. If you're opening a restaurant that competes with someone making their own cuisine to support their family, that's an issue.
Between my intolerance and allergies, I eat what I can. People against "appropriation"of food can eat the way I have to, without trying to" appropriate" and see how fast they change their minds.
F**k yes. I'm sick of feeling obligated to make some other cultures cuisine in my very tiny kitchen and very limited grocery store. It's not fare. Do i want you to feel fit in. Yes. Do I need to bend over backwards to make sure you do. No. Period.
This! Thank you! I get so upset when people insist I can't eat XYZ. OK, then they can't eat "white people food". (And half the "white people food" is from the Americas anyway: peppers, vanilla, cacao, tomatoes, potatoes.... Seriously, just enjoy the darned food!)
Who says you can't eat certain things? That's absurd. You're being hysterical.
Eat foods that are in season where you live to the greatest extent you can. It's cheaper, better tasting, and better for the environment.
Agree.
Also. Buying in bulk is not a bad thing. Buying heat and eat food is not bad and investing in a vacuum sealer will pay for itself over and over again
Freezer bags are my favorite. Idgaf
I can make raw meat last 2 years with my vacuum sealer