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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.

cliff99 , Wonderlane Report

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Vicky Z
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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.

urbancowgirl42 , Eugene Kim Report

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Vicky Z
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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.

HeinrichLK , Toukou Sousui 淙穂鶫箜 Report

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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.

moanahere , CopperCatStudios Report

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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.

Jimboberelli , Jorge Michel Report

#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.

poisonpurple , Mike Mozart Report

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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.

swordcowboy , Maxim B. Report

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El muerto
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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

lickety_split_69 , The Marmot Report

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

burritokiller1971 , Moxieg Report

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#12

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

Cuss-Mustard , Ben Stanfield Report

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Pisco
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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.

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

That's why BBQ is social or family event - you spend the time needed for charcoal to heat up by chating, drinking and socializing. If you want quick dinner, just put some meat to frying pan.

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

Gas "barbecues" as just upside-down grills. If it's not coal, it's not a barbecue!

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

His love of propane was both a flaw and character strength. Deep down even he knew charcoal tasted better (there's an episode they get him drunk and he admits it) but he was loyal. Hank was a man who looked past what he perceived as a person's flaws and supported what really mattered. How many times did he say "What's wrong with that boy?" about Bobby but immediately support whatever Bobby was doing.

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

Yes...all the yes...and it's even better if you use real wood. Yall gonna call me crazy, but try grilling a burger with a lil bit of (WELL SEASONED) cedar wood.

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

Grilling on charcoal that is lit with a wood fire and not with accelerant is so much better still you get that smokiness from the wood but you don't get the gasoline taste from the starter

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

Just add liquid smoke. Because while you are waiting for your charcoal to be ready for cooking we are already cleaning the plates up because The food was already finished and everyone already ate and went home. Legend has it you are still waiting for the charcoal to be ready

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

Yes, as long as you don't let the wrong person manage the grill. I know someone who puts so much lighter fluid on the charcoal that you can taste it in the food.

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

Funny they posted that as there was a whole King of the Hill episode on this. It was "Hank and The Great Glass Elevator"

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

It's also more of a health hazard, but probably ok once or twice.

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

Yep, a cheap BBQ with charcoal and a lid is by far the best type.

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

To me & mine … pan searing w/butter & mushrooms is the best tasting!💜✽💜

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

Our condo community okays gas grills, but doesn't allow charcoal BBQs because, well - people are stupid. Apparently, sometime before we moved in, someone hadn't let the coals cool down and caught their garbage can on file, which caught the fence on fire. Major drama.

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

This is absolutely true. I HATE cooking and never, ever do it. Except on my charcoal grill with wet herbs & wood chips in a smoker box. It's the only way I can tolerate cooking.

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

Way better but also produces way more carcinogenes, which we then ingest. I use charcoal, but I barbeque maybe half a dozen times a year. If you do it all the time, gas is easier nad helathier.

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

Hey Hank Hill works at the propane company and selling propane is his job. Don't hate on someone trying to make a living!

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

agreed 100% .. but it requires a lot of practice and care to develop skill to "properly" cook on charcoal just right .. and not over or under do it

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

I disagree that's its that much more work. I use a chimney to start my coals and I'm usually cooking within 10 minutes.

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

Applewood smoking chips are your gas-grill’s best friend

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

I'm gonna have to jump through hoops to tell you how stupid you are! If you want smoke flavor use wood chips you damn dingus. First 5-10 minutes of smoke are what matters most anyway you idiot.

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

Solution : Ceramic "briquettes" made especially for gas grills. You won't taste the difference the first time, but you will afterwards.

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

Totally agree. On the Hank Hill point, he found out charcoal tasted much better, and hid when he ate it. Hank felt like he was cheating on propane, so he stopped. (My kids were/are hooked on the show, so I was by default.) Lol

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

Didn't Hank Hill work for the propane company?🤯🤣🍔🥩

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

Well, yeah that's the joke. Hank is a sterile man who can't have fun. There's even an episode of KotH specifically about this.

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

See I rather on a gas grill. I don't like the flavor on a charcoal pit.

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

My gravity smoker takes like 5 minutes to go from cold to 500. Doesn't take any more effort than a gas grill and I mix wood chips with the charcoal. Steaks, burgers, fish..EVERYTHING comes out great. If I was gonna use propane, I would just cook it on the stove inside. I totally agree with this

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

People like diffrent things and ignoring that is kinda dumb. Over all not a hill to die on just a lump of dirt.

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

Grilling is OK once in awhile, but dangerous to your health to est it regularly. Of course alcohol is awful too.!

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

Some folks are allergic or sensitive to the charcoal. It gives me the worst heart burn!

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

Wood smoke is #1, charcoal is #2, propane is #3 and those glass electric stove tops? To the moon, Alice! 😂

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

Smoke is better then direct grill as grill is better then propane. Yes Hank got it wrong Dam Bobby.

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

This is my hill to die on and my families. Anyone who days different doesn't want to admit they're lazy.

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

It sure does, but if you put a chunk of hard dry wood for smoking on your grill grates you can have the best of both worlds.

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

Depends on what you're cooking, in my opinion. If it's tri tip, definitely fire up that charcoal. If it's burger patties, hot dogs and possibly chicken thighs, it may not be worth it to do a charcoal grill.

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

Bah! Put a simple grill over a fire pit. Put the effort into it. You'll never use a BBQ again!!! Yes im nuts and I go camping lots, I've gotten inspired.

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

I use wood and it's even better. Simple things like typical burgers, hot dogs, sure, propane will do fine. But when I'm doing a good steak, chicken AND the vegetables (hell, I've even done pizza), propane is blasphemy and you should be burned at the steak.

VM37
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Especially fish. In my country, we use primary wood, olive trees most often, or oak and pine. In the city if you dont have wood, then charcoal. But its considered inferioar to wood.

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

I just realized art stores waaaaay over price their charcoal if I can get a bag of charcoal at, say, Canadian Tire for $8.99

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

I am a charcoal girl & my husband prefers propane. I am convinced he only prefers it because of how the grill looks. It can't be because of how it tastes. He thinks my Big Green Egg looks stupid & refuses to use it.

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

Wasn't that the point of King of the Hill? It's about an airhead, redneck.

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

Hard disagree! I actually love propane grills over charcoal ones. I've never really enjoyed the taste of charcoal on my food. Grilling with propane, OTOH, allows the natural flavors of whatever you're cooking to really POP; nothing better than a well-cooked burger or steak on the grill with nothing more than a bit of salt and pepper to bring out that delicious beef flavor 🤤

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

The charcoal lighter fluid is disgusting, I use natural form charcoal hunks soaked in alcohol. It burns quickly and clean and leaves no nasty flavor. You only taste the smoke and seasoning on whatever you cook.

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Mel in Real Life
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well I used to think this way, now I have decided the best way to cook a steak is in a searing hot skillet with butter.

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

Yes and no. Grilling on mere propane is bad. Presumably, Hank, being a Texan, knows to use lava rocks, which pass the smoke flavors from one cooking to the next.

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

Washing chicken isnt about removing bacteria. Its about that nasty slime, feces and blood. I'm from the country. I know where food comes from.Chicken processing is beyond nasty.Ya'll can eat it if you want to but as for me and my house...we will rinse chicken.

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

I can't believe THIS is what you feel makes him an idiot. There is so, so much you could choose from. Lol

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

IIRC, there was, in fact, an episode where Hank actually tries a burger made on a charcoal grill, and is horrified to discover he loves it.

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

Uh, he was an idiot for a lot more than just grilling on propane.....uh, yep!

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

Okay, this is going to irritate the purists, but I put a used gas grill burner in my charcoal grill/smoker with the regulator outside the grill. I use lump hardwood charcoal to smoke at 300F for a couple of hours and then use the propane to maintain that temperature for the remining cooking time. I add a little wood or charcoal as needed to have some smoke action (mostly because it smells so good) without having to keep it steady using the charcoal and damper.

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

Agree but I like not having to worry about hot coals on a windy day

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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.

UncleIrohsPimpHand , Joel Kramer Report

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

myAOLsn , Shiloh tillemann-d**k Report

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Mad Dragon
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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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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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Vicky Z
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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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#19

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.

RenzoGee , Jeena Paradies Report

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Vicky Z
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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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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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Nikki Sevven
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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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Bunzilla
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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.

Commercial_Suit_9440 , stu_spivack Report

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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.

scrodytheroadie , Bernt Rostad Report

#26

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

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Troux
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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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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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Ozacoter
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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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#28

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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#29

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.

wzl46 , Warren Layton Report

#30

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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Vicky Z
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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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#31

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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Sarah
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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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#33

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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#34

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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#35

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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Samantha Lomb
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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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#36

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

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F. H.
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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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Pisco
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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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Person Online Asked “What Culinary Hill Are You Willing To Die On?”, 40 People Delivered You scrape it off the chopping board with the BACK SIDE OF THE KNIFE. The back side!

The opposing arguments I've seen below are 1) You can always sharpen your knives (which is true, and everyone should) 2) Use a bench/pastry scraper. 3) That you should never have your knife's sharp edge facing you for safety reasons.

For 1) Yes you can, and should, sharpen your knives. But also, I don't see that as an invitation to intentionally dull them.

And for those who don't sharpen, the reason we say this: A sharper knife reduces the risk of the blade slipping or rolling off something rather than cutting it. It's one of the bigger risks of cutting yourself in the kitchen. Dull knives responsible for more cuts than sharp ones, imo.

2) Yes. Scrapers are great tools. The hill I'm dying on here is, more accurately, "don't use the sharp side" rather than "The best choice is the backside". Scrapers are great tools, but not everyone has them. Everyone cutting with a knife, has a knife. And if you're not going to be switching tools, you should use the back side of the knife.

3) Avoiding a sharp edge facing you is a very logical sentiment for professional chefs or people cooking in a busy environment. If they're bumped while holding it, they don't want to be cut by the sharp edge of the knife facing them. And the previously mentioned downsides: Chefs don't need to worry about the maintenance of the knife if it belongs to the restaurant and/or if they have other employees to sharpen them. And if you won't be eating the food you're preparing, you probably don't mind so much if you scrape little fibers of plastic or wood into the food. Unsuspecting patrons don't see what's happening in the kitchen, after all, so they don't know which side of the knife you're using. So in this sense, I see the argument as "it's faster and it's safer to me". Perfectly logical. I understand the argument. But the reason this is a culinary hill I'm willing to die on is that I don't see it as the personal risk it's being made out to be, and the benefits massively outweigh that non-risk.

If the chopping board is small enough to lift, you can scrape directly into the pot or pan at an angle. The chopping board will be in the non-dominant hand (or... non-knife hand) diagonally to the side of the pot/pan. You rotate your wrist to turn the sharp side of the blade away from you (I'm right handed, so that's clockwise). In this way, the blade will be perpendicular to the chopping board and the sharp side of the blade will be facing away from you (basically in the direction you're facing). In this way, I don't see it as a risk.

If the cutting board is flat on a counter, it sort of doesn't make a difference. I can't recall ever accidentally coming in contact with the dull edge of the knife before. So if I flipped the knife, why should the blade? I it falls on the ground, it sort of doesn't matter which direction the knife was facing. Just avoid it (never attempt to catch a falling knife. Another culinary hill I think we all will die on).

So to that end, chefs of the world, I do see your point about why there is personal benefit and no real downside to you if you use the sharp side. But I'm no professional chef, and hence why it's a culinary hill I will die on! I'll reduce the wear on my knives, and I'll prevent myself and my loved ones from eating plastic or wood/bamboo fibers. I don't see a significant risk of rotating wrist to scrape or scoop from the chopping board. No more of a risk than simply using a knife in the first place, anyway. This is my hill!! Use the backside of the knife! :)

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#43

3x the herbs called for in any recipe

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

No. This is hugely dependent on which herb and how much is called for in the recipe.

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