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30 Bad Cooking Habits That Get On Everyone’s Nerves

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We usually think about acquiring good cooking habits and ways to improve our masterchef skills by implementing novelties, tips and tricks, and going out of our comfort zone. In fact, we previously wrote a handful of useful posts just about that and you can find them here, here and here.

But the truth is, unless we earn our bread from cooking, most of us are pretty susceptible to daily kitchen mishaps, faux pas and questionable recipes that would make any chef’s hair stand on end. “What bad cooking habits get on your nerves?” asked one Redditor on the Cooking community and added “For me it’s when people use the highest flame setting to cook EVERYTHING. It is wasteful, overcooks food, overboils everything and it really does ruin pans.”

The thread immediately resonated with cooking aficionados who saw it as a perfect opportunity to spill all the bad cooking habits that totally annoy them. And it’s not looking pretty.

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#1

"I can't get my lasagna to taste as good as yours."

"Did you follow the recipe?"

"Yeah, but I don't really like pork so I substituted chicken, and instead of salt, I added extra sugar, because I prefer sugar. "

GJacks75 Report

Final score:

325points

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#2

30 Bad Cooking Habits That Get On Everyone’s Nerves Putting no salt in anything and expecting the salt shaker at the table to do the job. Nothing seasoned at the table with a salt shaker will ever even approach the flavor of something that was seasoned throughout the cooking process.

NailBat , pexels Report

Final score:

324points

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#3

30 Bad Cooking Habits That Get On Everyone’s Nerves Parents who only steam veggies and barely use salt or pepper on them and then act all shocked when their kids don't like it. Of course they won't like that, most adults would be peeved getting something like that.

Something as simple as roasting veggies with some basic herbs and a good olive oil can make a huge difference.

SkySong13 , flickr Report

Final score:

321points

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#4

30 Bad Cooking Habits That Get On Everyone’s Nerves 10 years in kitchens here so bear with me...

crowding pans, moving/scraping cut ingredients with the sharp side of knife, knife in the sink, steaming most veggies, not salting pasta water, watering down beer for brats, way too much water when boiling pasta, adding garlic too early & burning it, not toasting buns, not letting leftovers cool before putting in tupper-ware & fridge, etc etc etc.

edit: add to that impatiently flipping/mixing around food while its cooking! whether it's burgers/steaks/veggies whatever! sometimes you need a lil color/char

but also if someone else cooks for me, i will love whatever it is sincerely and not say a word.

SickofCaptchas , peakpx Report

Final score:

303points

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#5

30 Bad Cooking Habits That Get On Everyone’s Nerves Boiling vegetables until they are mush. My husband didn’t eat vegetables for more than half of his life because he thought they were disgusting. I found out it was because his grandmother just boiled everything and then covered it in that nasty “0 calorie” spray butter. ROAST THEM. SAUTEE. GRILL. please don’t boil veg unless for something specific like potatoes or you need to blanch something.

Noisy-Bones , pxhere Report

Final score:

303points

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#6

30 Bad Cooking Habits That Get On Everyone’s Nerves My mother’s glass cutting board. I lack the words to explain the torture of using a glass cutting board. Awful. I did finally buy her a couple good knives that she won’t use. This year I am getting her a nice wooden board for her to not use.

atomicgirl78 , pixnio Report

Final score:

301points

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#7

30 Bad Cooking Habits That Get On Everyone’s Nerves Stop opening the oven. If you're looking, it ain't cooking!

amateur_reprobate , pexels Report

Final score:

263points

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#8

30 Bad Cooking Habits That Get On Everyone’s Nerves My husband “seasons the pan” instead of seasoning the food. As in, he sprinkles salt/pepper/Italian seasoning into a hot pan and then adds plain, unseasoned protein on top. He seems to think this accomplishes the same thing as seasoning the meat directly. It does not.

coldbrewcoffee22 , flickr Report

Final score:

228points

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#9

30 Bad Cooking Habits That Get On Everyone’s Nerves I can’t deal when they put the onion and garlic in at the same time and expect the onions to be caramelised. I need more time than the garlic will allow !

m3lted , flickr Report

Final score:

217points

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#10

30 Bad Cooking Habits That Get On Everyone’s Nerves Following the recipe even when your food is clearly going to sh*t. Looks burnt at 20 mins? Maybe don't cook it for 25.

stesha83 , pxhere Report

Final score:

217points

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#11

There’s a guy I work with that makes me cry when he cooks a steak. Toss a cold steak in a cold pan and cook on med-low, flips it at 15 minutes for another round. Cooked meat should not be gray.

tomphoolery Report

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214points

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#12

30 Bad Cooking Habits That Get On Everyone’s Nerves More of a lack of a habit than a habit, but not sharpening knives regularly is one of the worst things to do to your knives. And 9 out of 10 times, people cut themselves on a dull knife, not a sharp one. Its also just better for the food you are going to end up eating; your veggies wont be so bruised, your steaks wont be that little bit extra tenderized from forcing a dull knife through it. The dullest knife ive ever seen couldnt slice through the skin of a baked potato. So it is in your interest and the food's also.

SpontaneousKrump92 , peakpx Report

Final score:

203points

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#13

Every. Single. Thing. My. Dad. Cooks.

He puts good meat in a slow cooker with nothing but water. Slowly boiled meat. Yum.

Puts all ingredients in a pan before he heats the pan

He uses a glass cutting board

"As far as I'm concerned, the microwave is the best way to cook _____."

A thick layer of aerosol cooking spray on meat before grilling it.

Never give this man a ribeye.

artgarfunkadelic Report

Final score:

192points

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#14

I have had to teach so many of my friends to TASTE THEIR FOOD AS THEY COOK IT. Shocked me that apparently that wasn’t obvious to some people

broughttoyoubytrauma Report

Final score:

184points

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#15

30 Bad Cooking Habits That Get On Everyone’s Nerves Dirty cooks. Leaving the knife dirty, not wiping down the counter, cross contaminating everything.

"I don't cook with salt."

And people who only use shortcuts that get mad because they tried my recipe and it didn't work.

ScammerC , wikimedia Report

Final score:

174points

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#16

30 Bad Cooking Habits That Get On Everyone’s Nerves Putting the noodles into the water before it's boiled, like legit the water is straight out of the tap and the stove's not on yet. Read the goddamn instructions, boiling water takes longer than 3 minutes and thats why your ramen is fucking mushy.

minimasha , pxhere Report

Final score:

170points

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#17

30 Bad Cooking Habits That Get On Everyone’s Nerves When people press down hard on everything they’re cooking...I am thinking of one person in particular that is an absolute dumpster fire in the kitchen. Making pancakes? She flips them and then mashes them down with the spatula! Fried eggs? Smash em!

Also when people don’t let meat rest after it’s cooked. Or cut with the grain.

dirtsmcmerts , wikimedia Report

Final score:

170points

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#18

30 Bad Cooking Habits That Get On Everyone’s Nerves My mother uses metal utensils when cooking in our Teflon pans, then complains that they wear so easily. Even AFTER I've explained you never use metal in the pans, she does it anyway and says she forgot.

We have gone through 3 non-stick pans so far.

Parxival_ , unsplash Report

Final score:

163points

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#19

Plating food, then moving a screaming hot pan to the sink and dumping cold water all over it. Had to explain to a friend why she couldn't do this to her roommate's brand new Le Creuset braiser.

ninepebbles Report

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161points

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#20

Cross contamination. Whether it’s products or utensils with raw to cooked foods. Washing hands in there too... these things get on my nerves for real.

Final score:

159points

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#21

Margarine. It is NOT the same as butter. Got into a fight with my mom last Christmas over her wanting me to use margarine in the macaroni and the mashed potatoes.

Then she tried to cook asparagus in the microwave (with margarine) but I'm hoping that was just a her thing.

justbreathe5678 Report

Final score:

157points

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#22

When people f**k with the timer/burner when I’m cooking. I had some tomato sauce going at a nice even simmer, but apparently someone else in my household thought it should be boiling like pasta water, so they jacked up the temp to high and added more time to the timer...

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Final score:

147points

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#23

Starting a big cooking project with dirty dishes in the sink. Not cleaning while you go.

Final score:

142points

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#24

Refusing to use salt when seasoning a dish. My friend thinks that she has "discovered" how to season food with herbs and spices and that she doesn't need to use boring old salt. It is kind of pretentious and her food is very bland.

onemoretaste Report

Final score:

137points

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#25

When you make the effort to do a BEAUTIFUL roast dinner for someone for the first time and they immediately drown it in cheap sh*tty tomato sauce. Happened to me last week. It cut a little bit, I’ll admit.

adventure-please Report

Final score:

136points

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#26

Nonstick pans don’t hold heat well. So if you’re trying to get a sear on meat, as soon as you put the meat in the nonstick, the heat transfers and the pan temp goes down. So getting consistent browning and crust is impossible.

I’ve had really expensive pans of all kinds, and nothing has outperformed my $18 cast iron skillet. Everything from searing meat, to browning veggies, to baking pizzas and breads. Nothing compares. If it’s the Maillard Reaction you’re trying to achieve, it’s the best option in my opinion. If you prefer carbon steel or stainless steel, I won’t argue with you because the differences aren’t super noticeable. But from my taste buds and experiences, it’s cast iron.

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Final score:

130points

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#27

This is burned into my memory: I was at a friend's house and she was making guacamole. Her idea of pitting the avocado was wielding the chef knife in a stabbing motion directed point first at the pit, while she was holding the avocado half in her other hand. I thought I was watching a slasher film. I was TERRIFIED.

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126points

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#28

Not seasoning food. Unless for health reasons. Also, salting a plate before tasting.

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114points

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#29

Pots on the stove with the handles sticking out. It’s so easy to elbow-bump one and have boiling water on your knees. Don’t cook barefoot!

Final score:

110points

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#30

30 Bad Cooking Habits That Get On Everyone’s Nerves When they put 5 grains of salt instead of a good pinch.

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108points

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#31

I have many but adding garlic on the pan too early and burning it to bitter. Looking at you, Facebook videos I end up watching even when I haven't subscribed.

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100points

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#32

30 Bad Cooking Habits That Get On Everyone’s Nerves People cutting up things one at a time. Example: celery stalks. Grab a few at a time!!!

lilwaterone , flickr Report

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97points

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#33

When burgers are thick and not wide. Its so much easier to cook to temp when it's all evenly spread on the griddle. Can't stand a crusty thickburger that's still mooing in the middle.

Final score:

18points

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#34

Dirty kitchens, greasy, smelly, dirty kitchens.

atomicgirl78 Report

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15points

#35

People who season things way too early, before it has had a chance to reduce down, and then complaining it’s too salty. People who use WAY too much salt are just as bad as those who don’t season food at all. People who put their expensive kitchen knives in the dishwasher. Cross contamination - preparing meat (especially chicken) before cooking it, then using the same board to cut vegetables for the salad! No, running it under the tap is not enough!

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15points

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#36

30 Bad Cooking Habits That Get On Everyone’s Nerves Cutting everything with steak knives: An apple? Steak knife; onion? Steak knife; watermelon? Steak knife; any kind of meat? Steak knife -.- A cooked steak?? Butter knife...

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#37

30 Bad Cooking Habits That Get On Everyone’s Nerves Putting food into a cold, oiled frying pan

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#38

Watching people abuse or neglect good knives is unnerving, wasted zest and fond makes me sad, but it straight up bothers me when people crowd the pan and end up steaming what's inside instead of browning it

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13points

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#39

USING THE SHARP SIDE OF YOUR KNIFE TO SCRAPE THE CUTTING BOARD

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13points

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#40

When people make sauces like they're making a goddamn soup. Ooooo this boils my blood. My mom isn't a bad cook but my dad always was. Making spaghetti was like the peak of his culinary achievement. Pasta sauce for him was always watered down with giant chunks of onion and peppers and whatever other nonsense he threw in there. You would essentially be lading a vegetable soup over your unsalted and over or undercooked noodles. I get personal preference but holy sh*t man thats my line.

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13points

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#41

One of them for me is when people have no flexibility when it comes to cooking.

Went on a trip with some friends and one of my friends wanted to roast some veg and the recipe he wanted to use called for thyme. We went to the store and they didn’t have any. But they had rosemary and other herbs. I kept suggesting that rosemary would be a good substitute...but he refused. We ended having to go to another store for his precious thyme.

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#42

My ex would pour pasta into boiling water and then turn it down to low. Like he was making rice not pasta. He thought all gluten free pasta was just terrible. NO BRO, it’s just that your sh*t at making pasta.

I tried to teach him how to cook it properly. I even gave him food science articles on how it cross links while in boiling water. No dice. I’d have to watch him and make sure he wasn’t turning down the pasta water whenever I cooked pasta. He was banned from ever cooking pasta on his cooking nights after that.

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#43

30 Bad Cooking Habits That Get On Everyone’s Nerves When people use a small knife for everything.

Over use of bacon.

Steak for every meal at that one family's house.

Browned omelettes.

Cast iron for everything.

lazerdab , flickr Report

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#44

When people wash their hands and walk around the kitchen dripping water everywhere !!! It drives me insane!!

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#45

People who don’t know how to properly cut a onion

People who don’t know how to hand someone a knife

Final score:

7points

#46

Letting dirty dishes pile up and then leaving them in the sink to soak until morning. Just do them now, and start your day with a clean kitchen!

Also dull knives. Not just annoying but a hazard too.

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7points

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#47

My dad dumps seasoning and beer onto the flames of the grill

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#48

30 Bad Cooking Habits That Get On Everyone’s Nerves Plating naked pasta with a pool of sauce on it, rather than finishing the pasta in sauce.

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#49

When people substitute spices. i once did a cooking class with my friends and they literally substituted sugar for salt. on purpose. not as much a habit, just kinda lazy.

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Hoppinger 2 years ago

My parents grew up in very rural areas during the Great Depression where they would overcook the food to kill anything that would make you sick. They didn't learn to cook any differently when they got older so I grew up with bland, mushy vegetables, hockey puck steaks, and tough dry chicken. Never liked beef or veggies much until I got out on my own and learned how to properly cook them. They were only cooking how they knew, but overcooking is my big pet peeve.

26points

Klaatu Verrata (Cough) 2 years ago (edited)

I still remember my depression-era grandfather, who was born in 1910, saving EVERYTHING and eating it months later. He would try to eat meat that'd been in the fridge for weeks. He also never rinsed dishes when he washed them "to preserve water". Going over to see him was a gastric nightmare if he ever tried to cook for you. And, to this day, my father (who was born in '45 and is a multi-millionaire) makes fresh coffee on Monday, leaves the grounds in the maker all week, and just tops it off with a sprinkling more of new coffee each morning. I live far away from them and didn't know this until all three of my siblings approached me at once after my dad handed me a cup of coffee on a visit and said, "You do NOT want to drink THAT!"

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Jo Choto 2 years ago

Some of these things really don't matter at all. I also find all the knife comments annoying. If your knife cuts your food to your satisfaction, then why does it matter? Not everyone needs to have some professional set of expensive knives to make good food.

23points

Cartesia Formulae 2 years ago

I mean, I get having cheap knives. I do. I've lived with them most of my life, and I turned out alright. But you need👏 to👏 sharpen👏 them! 👏👏 I don't care if you use one of those cheap handheld drag-it-through things or a whetstone, just sharpen your damn knives! It's safer, easier to use, and faster! And no, the honing stick doesn't count, but use that too.

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Vira 2 years ago

Cheap knives are still knives that need to be cared for, just like cheap clothes still have to be washed.

4points

Kathy Mcmillan Bazzi 2 years ago

You don’t have to have “expensive” knives, but is in your best interest to keep them SHARP!

2points

Klaatu Verrata (Cough) 2 years ago

As someone who owns both types (expensive knives gifted to me) and sharpens them all regularly, I've decided that Frou-frou, expensive knives are the culinary equivalent of monster trucks. They often make haughty people feel elitist and special in a compensatory way. I have two separate friends who are very elitist who own thousand dollar knives and neither can barely boil water. Meanwhile, my Amazon and outlet knives happily slave away at all this decent food that people actually want to eat--and I don't have to freak out if someone puts them in the dishwasher.

2points

G I 2 years ago (edited)

You have clearly missed the message. Sharpen the knife, regardless of its cost. Both cheap or expensive knives will cut properly (and not you) if sharpened, the only difference being the expensive knives usually stay sharper longer.

1point

Customer1234 Doe098765 2 years ago

I just love all these bored panda lists that have the same thing repeated in it multiple times and they'll title it something like 30 great tips and it's really 22 different tips and 1 tip repeated 8 times

10points

Klaatu Verrata (Cough) 2 years ago (edited)

And, actually, as it turns out, like1actual tip and 40 entries where people are just bïtching to feel superior.

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Hoppinger 2 years ago

My parents grew up in very rural areas during the Great Depression where they would overcook the food to kill anything that would make you sick. They didn't learn to cook any differently when they got older so I grew up with bland, mushy vegetables, hockey puck steaks, and tough dry chicken. Never liked beef or veggies much until I got out on my own and learned how to properly cook them. They were only cooking how they knew, but overcooking is my big pet peeve.

26points

Klaatu Verrata (Cough) 2 years ago (edited)

I still remember my depression-era grandfather, who was born in 1910, saving EVERYTHING and eating it months later. He would try to eat meat that'd been in the fridge for weeks. He also never rinsed dishes when he washed them "to preserve water". Going over to see him was a gastric nightmare if he ever tried to cook for you. And, to this day, my father (who was born in '45 and is a multi-millionaire) makes fresh coffee on Monday, leaves the grounds in the maker all week, and just tops it off with a sprinkling more of new coffee each morning. I live far away from them and didn't know this until all three of my siblings approached me at once after my dad handed me a cup of coffee on a visit and said, "You do NOT want to drink THAT!"

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Jo Choto 2 years ago

Some of these things really don't matter at all. I also find all the knife comments annoying. If your knife cuts your food to your satisfaction, then why does it matter? Not everyone needs to have some professional set of expensive knives to make good food.

23points

Cartesia Formulae 2 years ago

I mean, I get having cheap knives. I do. I've lived with them most of my life, and I turned out alright. But you need👏 to👏 sharpen👏 them! 👏👏 I don't care if you use one of those cheap handheld drag-it-through things or a whetstone, just sharpen your damn knives! It's safer, easier to use, and faster! And no, the honing stick doesn't count, but use that too.

12points

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Vira 2 years ago

Cheap knives are still knives that need to be cared for, just like cheap clothes still have to be washed.

4points

Kathy Mcmillan Bazzi 2 years ago

You don’t have to have “expensive” knives, but is in your best interest to keep them SHARP!

2points

Klaatu Verrata (Cough) 2 years ago

As someone who owns both types (expensive knives gifted to me) and sharpens them all regularly, I've decided that Frou-frou, expensive knives are the culinary equivalent of monster trucks. They often make haughty people feel elitist and special in a compensatory way. I have two separate friends who are very elitist who own thousand dollar knives and neither can barely boil water. Meanwhile, my Amazon and outlet knives happily slave away at all this decent food that people actually want to eat--and I don't have to freak out if someone puts them in the dishwasher.

2points

G I 2 years ago (edited)

You have clearly missed the message. Sharpen the knife, regardless of its cost. Both cheap or expensive knives will cut properly (and not you) if sharpened, the only difference being the expensive knives usually stay sharper longer.

1point

Customer1234 Doe098765 2 years ago

I just love all these bored panda lists that have the same thing repeated in it multiple times and they'll title it something like 30 great tips and it's really 22 different tips and 1 tip repeated 8 times

10points

Klaatu Verrata (Cough) 2 years ago (edited)

And, actually, as it turns out, like1actual tip and 40 entries where people are just bïtching to feel superior.

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