This makes me laugh when I read reviews on recipe blogs. They change so much of the recipe that it’s a different dish entirely

Some people have to cook family meals for people with dietary restrictions. I HATE not bring able to use salt when preparing certain holiday meals because my dad is sodium restricted.

Roasted Brussels sprouts and broccoli are so good roasted!

Love the last sentence.

Both my sets of grandparent did this, which meant for a long time my parents did too, because they didn't know how to do it better.

Oh yes, my parents had a glass chopping board when I was a kid and I hated the sound out made.

especially for suffles and profiterolles, which will collapse and be spoiled by opening the oven too soon.

Ah, I use this technique sometimes for Indian dishes. But only if you use something wet afterwards, for example coconut milk or (vegan) yoghurt or tofu scramble.. It makes the flavor of the herbs come out.

You'll end up with burnt garlic which is bitter. yuk

Mostly due to inexperience.

Now I'm crying too.

Maybe he was former military. All of the meat I was served in the army was grey. "Mystery meat". Chicken, grey, beef, grey, pork, grey. Tasted like meat too. Just. Meat.

Yeah, and my mother add liters of water to that and waits for it to boil about 30 min, and then dares to serve it as a baked steak just about done.... It's overdone to the point of completely diseased and not even edible for the animals... Never ever ever ever ever boil your meat when you want to bake it.

Why kill the animal twice

Improperly cooking steak should lower your credit score.

Not just gray - gray and watery. Steamd meat. (Crying.)

You sure that's not my mom you're talking about? Good woman, horrible cook. I learned young how to make my own food

I'm a huge steak and burger fan, always med rare for both...and when my husband grills he will always make sure its med rare and seasoned fantastically but then as we live with my in laws we will get how are you eating that there is blood everywhere its raw...u cant feed that to the baby( who is not a baby btw shes 6yrs old) now for our daughter we do cook her meat the same as ours because we learned she doesnt like hers well done, we did try and i know alot of people have issues with med rare meat for kids but it's how she likes it and how she will eat it. In laws think shoe leather is the appropriate way for meat to be cooked for everyone... I just cant do it lol but will cook separate for them so its cooked the way they will eat it but also cooked the way the rest of us will eat it as well so 2 dif temps but at least same meal haha

He’s my kinda man! Well done, not raw! Yay!

HE DOES WHAT?!?! This actually makes me sad for him…if that’s what he thinks steak is supposed to look/taste like, then he’s never had a good steak.

Why? My poor brain, now I'm going to have nightmares about it 😭

I was brought up with over cooked grey meat :-( My Dad would refuse any meat that showed any sign of pink :-(

ALWAYS make sure meat is room temp before putting into a (hot) pan! Let the pan heat up - it should be waiting for you, not the other way around. (Racheal Ray).

I love to braise my (room temp, seasoned) ribeye steaks in a very hot pan. 4 mins on each side. A pad of butter to top it off. While they are resting … caramelize a sliced onion & mushrooms, plate and serve. Accompany with a spring salad, a glass of red wine then … a scoop of fruit sorbet.

Yip! I cannot eat a steak that is more than medium rare. Its so chewy and my teeth are blunt. And most places that seem to do that, don't have sharp enough knives at the table so how the hell are you meant to eat this thing?

This sounds absolutely awful.

WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY THE MEAT HAS SO MUCH POTENTIAL AND YET YOU MAKE IT GO TO WASTEEEE

There are some things that can never be unseen in the minds eye...thanks for the scars.

That's why you pour A1 over it. =)

Please tell me how to do it correctly! I was a vegan when I learned to cook. I just f#©k meat up, every time. 😭 How are you supposed to cook steak? How do you cook pork (or chicken for that matter) so it's done enough, to not be dangerous, without it being rubbery & gross, & way over cooked?

No 12.. BLEEEEEHHHHCCHH PERIOD. The rule is; hot pan cold oil, dry,and not cold meat.

That poor cow deserves more respect than that.

My father on law used to do that same thing. Put this thin little skinless chicken breast in a pan on low for 25 minutes.

Sadly my grandfather from Holland and my husband's father from Texas ate steak that way. Grey meat disgusting.

Why does he still have a job??

My Dad could take the finest cut of beef, cook it till it was black and dry, and then put ketchup on it. Absolutely horrible. After I had medium rare steak at a cookout, I promptly went home and announced I was never eating burnt meat again. We had to put meat on the grill in stages after that. Lots of funny memories trying to convince restaurants it was almost impossible to overcook my father's steaks or hamburger.

Oh nooo

I've heard of rubber chicken, but.......

Did you talk to him about it?

This hurts, offends, saddens, and depresses me. I hope the friend can be taught the egregious error of his ways

I gagged a little.

Cooked meat should still make noises when you eat it

I got my first Japanese knife recently. It's literally razor-sharp and so much fun to use

My Dad cooked one meal a year and acted like it was going to be a gourmet experience for all. I remember him describing the best way to cook green beans: put them in a casserole, with french onion soup mix and water and cook slowly for an hour. My step mother and I looked at each other and said "uh, no". Steam them for a minute or two and put some butter on. Let the green beans be green beans and speak for themselves. I think my father was thinking slow cooked meat is yummy so slow cooked beans would be too.

I thought everyone would always taste the food during cooking.

Wash up (and clean) as you cook!

Nooooo are people doing this?? Better not let the Italians read this 🤯

For me, heat is part of the joy of eating meat. So what if some juices run from the meat when it's cut. The juices mix with other food on the plate anyway, so it all gets consumed.

I've always heard that it's dangerous, like cancer inducing, to cook in a scratched teflon pan. Maybe a hoax, but I can't find a reliable source about that. Some sites even said that it's dangerous if you cook above a certain temperature.

My dad does this and it makes me want to scream

With you 💯

I can't even think of a single place where I think the use of margarine is justified, exept for, perhaps, if you are cooking for a lactose intollerant person. Especially if you are making Danish pastry, you MUST use butter. Those substituting it width margarine, make a product where the fat just coats the upper part of your mouth in a thin film, that will not dissolve as you eat it.