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There are people who love to cook and who find that the best way to make themselves a delicious meal is by following a recipe. And there are those who like to improvise with what they have and what they know. A lot of things can happen during the cooking process and it might seem that the dish is ruined, when in fact, a little mistake just made things better. Having this in mind, Reddit user @ThymeandGarlic decided to ask others what is that one dish they cook “wrong” on purpose because it tastes so much better. The question that received more than 8K upvotes was answered by many cooking enthusiasts who revealed their little secrets that make their food taste better. 

Some users revealed that they prefer over-cooked meals while others don’t bother waiting until they are fully cooked. Other members revealed that they like rich tastes so they don’t limit themselves when it comes to putting sauce or gravy on their food. Which food do you intentionally cook “wrong”? Share your thoughts and experiences in the comment section down below! 

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#1

User Online Had To Find Out “Is There A Food You Intentionally Cook 'Wrong'?", And 30 Folks Delivered "Add one clove of garlic."

Oh, bless your sweet soul. It's like those recipes from the fifties that suggested a few grains of cayenne added to an entire pot of food. I don't get out of bed for less that 4 cloves of garlic.

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#2

User Online Had To Find Out “Is There A Food You Intentionally Cook 'Wrong'?", And 30 Folks Delivered Hella. Vanilla. Never measure it. Just hella vanilla.

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

Add a couple of drops of vanilla to your pancake batter. Thank me later.

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#3

User Online Had To Find Out “Is There A Food You Intentionally Cook 'Wrong'?", And 30 Folks Delivered I know it's traditional to cook quesadillas in a dry skillet, but if you butter them first, the flavor is really quite good.

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

I think it makes them crispy without burning them to much or completely melting the cheese all over

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#4

User Online Had To Find Out “Is There A Food You Intentionally Cook 'Wrong'?", And 30 Folks Delivered I drain the water out of my ramen and eat it like a pasta rather than a soup. My girlfriend makes fun of me for my "dry ramen" but I cant eat it any other way

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

had a gf who cooked and drained the noodles, then added a spoonful of butter with the spice pack. salty af, but i can't say it wasn't tasty.

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#5

User Online Had To Find Out “Is There A Food You Intentionally Cook 'Wrong'?", And 30 Folks Delivered I was drunk one night making tacos and halfway through realized we had no tortillas... so I changed it to sloppy joes, but already had put in the taco seasoning. We liked it so much that we make "Taco Joes" as a regular thing now.

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#6

User Online Had To Find Out “Is There A Food You Intentionally Cook 'Wrong'?", And 30 Folks Delivered I prefer dry cereal.

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Who Panda 420
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Dry cereal with a cup of milk to wash it down. Then the cereal stayed crunchy. I like raisin bran

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#7

User Online Had To Find Out “Is There A Food You Intentionally Cook 'Wrong'?", And 30 Folks Delivered I love burning vegetables a little bit when I roast them. Not until they’re blackened or charcoaly, just past the point where their natural color disappears. I’ve been doing it a lot with zucchini lately and it’s magical.

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#8

User Online Had To Find Out “Is There A Food You Intentionally Cook 'Wrong'?", And 30 Folks Delivered I like my salmon overdone on the edges... nice and crispy but not dry as a bone on the inside. It’s a fine art haha

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

just have to cook it at a high enough temp. i like salmon and tuna crispy outside and near raw inside

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#9

User Online Had To Find Out “Is There A Food You Intentionally Cook 'Wrong'?", And 30 Folks Delivered I actually really like instant mashed potatoes. I can make some really good dishes with potatoes from scratch, but that cheap instant stuff is like crack to me.

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

My family always buys the best instant mashed potatoes from Costco. Add a little butter and some herbs😗🤌

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#10

User Online Had To Find Out “Is There A Food You Intentionally Cook 'Wrong'?", And 30 Folks Delivered Mushy cereal and melting ice cream. Just leave it on the counter for like 10 mins.

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#11

User Online Had To Find Out “Is There A Food You Intentionally Cook 'Wrong'?", And 30 Folks Delivered I make "baked potatoes" in the microwave.

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#12

User Online Had To Find Out “Is There A Food You Intentionally Cook 'Wrong'?", And 30 Folks Delivered I burn my grilled cheese sandwiches. I grew up with a mother who always burned them, so its become a comfort flavor for me.

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

Not picked up from Mom. Cheddar on sourdough, put butter in pan, then add sandwich once butter melts. Turn heat down really low, set the timer for 10-15 minutes. If really well browned, pick up sandwich, add more butter and flip. Give the same amount of time to the second side. Solo crispy, and the cheese that oozes out and gets crispy...Mwah! Also, try tomato or V-8 juice as a side.

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#13

User Online Had To Find Out “Is There A Food You Intentionally Cook 'Wrong'?", And 30 Folks Delivered I prefer my bacon soft and chewy.

I consider it done when caramelization starts to occur on both sides.

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

I know it is crazy....hear me out....most cooked meat requires chewing and there may be a little crunch. Putting an overcooked piece of bacon in my mouth only to have it disintegrate on my tongue is just gods awful.

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

Ugh! Can't stand under cooked bacon. Might as well eat it raw. Has to be crispy... that's crispy, not crunchy. There's a big difference.

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

Yes, exactly! In the oven 18 minutes, that's it, perfect every time. No bacon dust, and no fat strings when you try to take a bite and your sandwich pulls apart because the bacon isn't cooked properly and the fat is still too chewy. Bacon should still be crispy and slightly chewy, but you should be able to bite through it in one bite, not gnaw on it like it's freaking jerky

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

I think most of the complaints here about "crispy" bacon are really about over cooked, hard as a rock, CRUNCHY bacon. Yeah... that's bad. As bad as soft, limpy-wimpy, under cooked bacon. Blleeaagh! I think the issue is that bacon is one of those things that has to be done just right (crispy, not crunchy) and that's actually hard to do. Maybe because bacon is very inconsistent in quality. Too much fat sometimes, at others, not enough. Makes eating out and getting a perfectly done BLT difficult because the bacon comes out either limp and chewy or hard as a rock. 3/4s of the time, I'd say I get a way less than perfect BLT.

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

i love when its kind of chewy but not fully yknow? but we use turkey bacon so it might be different lol

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

We call it floppy bacon in my house. The kids and I like floppy bacon, my husband prefers crunchy bacon.

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

I like mine exactly like in this picture. nothing worse than burned bacon. I used to work at mcdonald's and i miss munching on the bacon when my manager wasn't looking because it was always so perfect. I miss so many things from there. I used to eat the sausage, too. I'd put a piece of cheese on top of freshly made sausage and then eat pieces....mmmm just thinking about it. Now I desperately want micky d's.

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

As a kid I ordered Fat eggs and Skinned up bacon...still like over easy ans soft bacon BWAHAHAHAHA BWAHAHAHAHA BWAHAHAHAHA

Stealthee 3k
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There are no redeeming qualities to crispy bacon. I don't want my bacon to be like a potato chip. It needs to be chewy and moist.

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

See and I can't eat mine that way, I damn near want my bacon just saved from burning or candied. You haven't lived till you've candied bacon, it's addictive.

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

I only eat "jiggly bacon" except on a cruise,you don't get a choice on there. But crispy bacon is just not for me.

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

My mom likes her bacon burnt to a crisp. We always tell them at restaurants to "kill" it. I like mine just like the above picture. Bacon is amazing, however you like it.

TF 88
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That is literally how it is supposed to be cooked though.... This post is a gong show

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

I just gagged reading this. My bacon has to be so crispy it's nearly burnt. It's the texture that gets me with soft bacon.

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

I like a good middle ground. Not full crisp but not just sog

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

If any of the fat is still white, it's undercooked. I prefer my bacon extra crispy. It should be able to be used as a bookmark 😁

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

I love chewy bacon, and am always worried that I will undercook it

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

On time I asked if a guest like their bacon floppy or crunchy... and now I call soft and chewy "floppy" bacon.

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

I cook bacon in the microwave on paper towels. Less grease to worry about and it just hits different

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

I don't understand the American cooking competitions, they always complain that bacon is raw, just because it isn't stiff. I like my bacon just browned.

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

Not soft per se but grilled until cooked but not crispy, if there's rind it's removed and grilled until crispy.

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

It's the texture of fat that freaks me out, have to cook it down until it goes hard and not gelatinous anymore. Crispy bacon FTW.

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

Soft is the ONLY way to eat bacon. I never order it when eating out because they way over cook it

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

The day I found out my husband liked soft SOFT bacon... I was heart broken lmao

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#14

User Online Had To Find Out “Is There A Food You Intentionally Cook 'Wrong'?", And 30 Folks Delivered I don’t cook my cookies. They never make it to the oven.

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

If they just vaccinated the chickens against salmonella like we do in the UK, the issue of eating cookie dough raw would not be a problem anymore.

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#15

User Online Had To Find Out “Is There A Food You Intentionally Cook 'Wrong'?", And 30 Folks Delivered i swear the veggies come out better in the oven if you dont turn them. Having one side really well done and the other not is the superior way to roast veg.

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#16

User Online Had To Find Out “Is There A Food You Intentionally Cook 'Wrong'?", And 30 Folks Delivered Extra lemon in my hollandaise.

Am I out of touch? No, it's the recipes that are wrong!

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#17

User Online Had To Find Out “Is There A Food You Intentionally Cook 'Wrong'?", And 30 Folks Delivered Way too much black pepper in everything.

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

No such thing as too much pepper. Whenever I order a sandwich and am asked if I want pepper I tell them to paint it black.

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#18

User Online Had To Find Out “Is There A Food You Intentionally Cook 'Wrong'?", And 30 Folks Delivered I like my pasta overdone. Like not mushy but definitely past al dente

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

This is far too common. I know a lot of people like mushy pasta, and I'll eat pasta in any form, but I prefer it with a little toothiness left in it.

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#19

User Online Had To Find Out “Is There A Food You Intentionally Cook 'Wrong'?", And 30 Folks Delivered I grew up eating canned green beans. I don't like crunchy green beans, slow cooked is the best!

I love Southern Style green beans, of course.

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#20

User Online Had To Find Out “Is There A Food You Intentionally Cook 'Wrong'?", And 30 Folks Delivered Not actually cooking I guess...but stale marshmallows. Not rock hard, but that...crunchy-chewy stage? I will purposely leave the bag open in the pantry to get that treat.

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#21

User Online Had To Find Out “Is There A Food You Intentionally Cook 'Wrong'?", And 30 Folks Delivered Risotto. Julia Child puts it in the oven and it's never failed me. Every time I try to make it on the stove, it doesn't come out right. If it's good enough for Julia, it's good enough for me.

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

Chefs pan on the stove every time, smoked haddock, peas, asparagus, broccoli, courgette and creme fraiche.

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#22

User Online Had To Find Out “Is There A Food You Intentionally Cook 'Wrong'?", And 30 Folks Delivered Way too much vinegar in everything. I would never serve my salad dressing to guests, but I definitely love that sour pucker.

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

i could do vinegar shots. I'm sure my teeth have suffered from my love of sour

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#23

User Online Had To Find Out “Is There A Food You Intentionally Cook 'Wrong'?", And 30 Folks Delivered There’s one particular pasta dish from my childhood which isn’t properly nostalgic unless I put that s***ty pregrated Parmesan on it

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#24

User Online Had To Find Out “Is There A Food You Intentionally Cook 'Wrong'?", And 30 Folks Delivered I know pink pork is safe, and I always temp my meats, but I like it above where most sites say it's "perfect."

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

Gregory House blew this one for me, the episode where the patient had loads of tapeworms in her system from eating undercooked pork. From that day on I overcook pork always.

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#25

User Online Had To Find Out “Is There A Food You Intentionally Cook 'Wrong'?", And 30 Folks Delivered I intentionally burn my rice. I think the crispy part is very tasty.

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#26

User Online Had To Find Out “Is There A Food You Intentionally Cook 'Wrong'?", And 30 Folks Delivered When I cook Kraft dinner, which is rare now, I add way too much milk. I love it saucy!

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

Has to be called "Kraft Dinner" in Canada because it doesn't contain enough actual cheese to have "cheese" legally in the name. Which doesn't make it bad; just an interesting fact.

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#27

User Online Had To Find Out “Is There A Food You Intentionally Cook 'Wrong'?", And 30 Folks Delivered No but sometimes I prefer white wine with red meat.

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AxleMunshine001
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

To be honest, there is a lot snobbery in the wold of wine. My advice is jus drink whatever wine you like with whatever meal. If you like it an enjoy, that is all that matters.

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#28

User Online Had To Find Out “Is There A Food You Intentionally Cook 'Wrong'?", And 30 Folks Delivered French fries... I like em soggy

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#29

Honestly? I like my chicken a little dry. Obviously not hard to swallow dry, but I don’t enjoy a really juicy chicken breast/tenderloin/etc.

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#30

User Online Had To Find Out “Is There A Food You Intentionally Cook 'Wrong'?", And 30 Folks Delivered My grandpa is a terrible cook so when he makes pancakes they’re always burned on the outside and basically raw batter on the inside, but they taste soo good like that. He always asks: how are they? are they fully cooked? and we all just say yes because we purposely want him to keep making them like that

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#31

I only ever fry gnocchi

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

i've never had gnocchi that i liked. I say that and people will tell me "oh, you've never had the gnocchi at xyz! they do it right and it's delicious!" so i go to xyz and it's gloppy, gluey, flavourless lumps. I accept the theoretical possibility that good gnocchi exists, but have never encountered it in person.

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#32

User Online Had To Find Out “Is There A Food You Intentionally Cook 'Wrong'?", And 30 Folks Delivered "Cook until softened, not browned," nah I want that maillard reaction you do you.

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#33

User Online Had To Find Out “Is There A Food You Intentionally Cook 'Wrong'?", And 30 Folks Delivered I bake drop biscuits a little too long as I like them extra crunchy.

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

What do you eat with this biscuits? I've just checked the recipe for this and it's like bread with baking powder and a little more fat. But what goes with it?

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#34

User Online Had To Find Out “Is There A Food You Intentionally Cook 'Wrong'?", And 30 Folks Delivered I love eating dry oats as a snack. Just put them in a cup and eat them with a spoon. My husband always asks if I would like a feed bag...haha!

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#35

Frozen waffles: I wait for them to cool off after toasting because I prefer the butter to stay unmelted. Then I just dip the butter side into syrup.

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#36

I like to make string cheese sandwiches, if that counts

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#37

I like thick pancakes with just a bit of gooey batter in the middle. Like a custard pancake.

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#38

User Online Had To Find Out “Is There A Food You Intentionally Cook 'Wrong'?", And 30 Folks Delivered Summer sausage- I like it cooked in the microwave until crunchy

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#40

Apparently everything because I don't use onion or garlic

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