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People can argue about food, its preparation and the best combinations until the end of time. Somehow we all are born with different taste buds and there are people who like and dislike identical foods, so if you think about it, such a discussion is kind of pointless. 

But it still goes on as Redditor heystarbuckslover asks “What are some foods that most people have been eating the wrong way or not the way it was intended?” Most people interpreted the question a bit differently and actually told the weirdest and rarest ways they eat food or someone else does. 

Whether they answered the question directly or were talking about what they personally were eating wrong, this list of people’s mistakes may be viewed as educational or even inspirational if any of these wrong ways sound delicious to you.

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People Explain That They Or Someone They Knew Have Been Eating These 30 Foods Wrong For The Longest Time My dad believes steak should be well done. And by well done, unseasoned shoe leather.
Growing up I never could fathom why anyone loved steaks, and why they were such an 'expensive treat' at the house.
My dad would buy these beautiful, thick cut rib eyes, then toss them on the flaming grill with no seasoning, cook them on one side for seven minutes, flip, then other side, till they had shrank half their size and were charred. Then he would berate us for using sauce because 'it covered up the flavor of the meat'.
No Scott, your inability to cook on a grill covers the flavor.
It wasn't until I was 18 and living on my own that I tried to grill my own.
Seasoned with garlic powder and salt, flipped on the flaming grill often and buttered between flips, taken off when I was tired of waiting, I had my first medium rare steak that melted in my mouth.
I have never let my father 'cook' me another steak since.

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Pirates of Zen Pants
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"No Scott, your inability to cook on a grill covers the flavor." Oh, wow. I don't know who got burned worse: Scott or the steak.

User# 6
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I suppose it's a matter of preference, but I worked many years in a lab for our national food safety authority. Let me tell you, I'd never touch any meat or fish that hasn't been fully cooked throughout.

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

I've said it before, I think people mix up well done and over done. A well done steak is still flavorful and juicy. An overdone steak is a dry piece of leather

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

I couldn't eat any meat with blood dripping out of it ....urgh

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

IMHO, well done steak is like eating a warm wet piece of wood. I will die on this hill.

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

That's how my mom cooked them because "that's how your father likes it". No mom, just no. He likes it well done and enjoys the char; he does not like chewing leather. I like my steaks rare (thanks to my best friend who introduced me to it) but you can cook a well done steak that has char and IS juicy. Granted it will not be as juicy as rarer temps but still juicy

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

My husband cooks like your Dad, except potatoes, those are always under cooked. I try to start the potatoes before so they can be cooked but he always finds them and mashes them so there are uncooked lumps.

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

As long as they aren't forcing you to eat them, I think people should get over the way others eat their steak. I mean, when I was growing up our steak was always well done, because that's the only way my dad would eat it but I'm not going to judge him for liking it that way. When my stepdad came into the picture he would ridicule everyone for not liking rare/med-rare steak. I preferred med-rare but now don't eat steak at all because I don't like meals where meat is the main ingredient, but to each his own.

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

With a ribeye, I wanna toss it on the grill, slap it's a*s with a spatula, flip it, do the same thing then ride it out of the kitchen!

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

I wonder if all of these people who say "well done can be tasty" aren't actually eating their steak medium well. Medium well, depending on which "doneness" chart you look at, either has no / very little pink or it has a light pink middle.

Jim Schultz
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

People were used to cooking the c**p out of things during the war.

Jozsef Szabo
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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Please be careful. You might not like overcooked meat, but from undercooked meat, you may get a tapeworm infection. Meat inspection cannot completely prevent it, it only decreases the likelihood of getting parasites. The people who inspect the meat, can see only its surface, and they have little time to inspect a piece of meat. Beef tapeworm is not dangerous, but pork and fish tapeworms are dangerous to humans (pork meat can also carry trichinella).

The Veil of Fire
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My theory is if you have to cover up the real flavor of the steak with tons of seasoning the you either can't cook or you got a bad cut of meat. Yet, I have to add that back in the day meat wasn't always safe to eat unless over cooked. So, yes parents or grandparents had to overcook meats.

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

Always medium. My husband has to have well done. Why even bother having steak then?

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

The description of how to cook a steak properly is making me drool. That is EXACTLY how I cook my steak with the exception that I don't flip it more than 2 or 3 times.

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

I will never understand people who start grilling meat and then stopping halfway... so that its still bloody and red in the middle - I am clearly team shoe leather

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

What this guy is describing is not "well done", it's burned. There is a difference. But I'd definitely take the burned version over medium rare any day. The idea of eating meat that far undercooked turns my stomach. As several other people have mentioned, if you get food poisoning from that, you'll have plenty of time to rethink while you're in the bathroom shooting out of both ends.

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

Scott's dad is right. Shoe leather over bloody plate mixing with the side dishes.

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

There is a portion of the populace that actually have a religious thing against any meat not well done because you would be ingesting blood. Then there's the group who are worried about food poisoning. They should just stay away from steak.

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

Very cheap steak needs to be cooked pretty well-done to be edible. An excellent quality one can be rare and (if sliced thin) absolute perfection.

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

My heart sunk when I saw show leather ribeyes. So glad you learned how to cook them. I do mine in a very hot cast iron. Salt and pepper only while cooking. Only flip once. Then a little butter at the end. Damn, now I want to go buy some ribeyes

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

Scott??? My Dad is a Scott...and he burnt the hell out of everything he cooked on a grill!

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

i adore my daughter in law and my grandson. my son, in fact, our entire family always eats steak rare. even our pork is cooked to proper temp because it remains juicy but well done for safety. whenever i cook beef on the grill in any form i always have to make sure hers and my grandson's are well done. i admit that i will pull them a little early so they basically look well done but not dry. to each his own, i guess. but, for me...i remember there was a line in a movie called the cowboy way. when asked how he wanted it the character said: knock it's horns off, wipe it's nasty a*s, walk it across the grill and lay it on the plate.

Llama_flower93
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I didn't like pork chops or steak growing up until I had other people make it for me other than my parents. They were afraid of worms and diseases and overcooked it every single time.

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

I love them rare. Take it off the grill at 120 f. Yumm, very tender very tasty. I've had them this way for many years.

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

Sounds Exactly how my father used to eat it...when it's leather, turn it one more time, then it's ready...

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

I'm a Super-taster, so must have very little seasoning on most foods. And I prefer medium-well...it's just a matter of taste buds and personal preference. The mistake this father made was not considering the different preferences of the members of his family. There is a reason restaurants ask how you want your steak cooked.

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

I like my rib-steak well done (but not dried out). I've got one marinating as we speak. And (gasp!) I eat it with ketchup on the side. Hell yeah.

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

Well, I have tried medium rare... I still prefer well done. I can't stand the taste of rare meat.

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

My grandma, who was usually an amazing cook, beat steak into submission with a metal tenderizer, covered it in flour, put in a pan of hot grease, then made gravy in the pan. Horrible greasy, gravy shoe leather. Youck.

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

Kind of like when the military tries to cook a steak and their manual says it must be well done. In the Navy I would beg for underdone steaks, something with pink and moisture in it.

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

Same thing happened to me with my mom & dad who would both cook meat until it was charred. My mother would even burn the pancakes. When I was 18 and moved, I finally had my first medium rare steak.

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

Yeah, I actually thought I hated meat as a kid, and didn't realize until I was an adult that my mom was just a terrible cook. At least it got me to eat my vegetables. It was either that or starve.

T'Mar of Vulcan
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's exactly how it was when I was growing up. All meat was cooked under the grill (Americans would say broiled) until you couldn't chew it. I literally could not chew it soft enough to swallow. Eventually I just stopped eating red meat. Then I became anaemic. Shocker.

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

As a former server I noticed that folks that order well done steak tips less

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

As a former server folks that order steaks well done tip less

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

Preseason and soak the steaks for a while in the refrigerator and they will be even more succulent!

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

My dad loves everything charred with the texture of shoe leather. If the steak is tender and juicy, it's underdone.

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

My father's Dutch so he had his steak blue and I learned to like it this way even though my mother was horrified (she is not Dutch and likes hers barely pink in the middle). I taught my daughter to enjoy blue steak as well. When she was very young wait staff could never believe that this little blonde girl wanted a blue steak. They must have reported back to the kitchen because a couple of times the chef came out to meet her!

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

I don't like the texture of steak unless it's well done. I don't like the taste of a well done steak :-( I stay away from steak.

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A well done steak is a crime against humanity!

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People Explain That They Or Someone They Knew Have Been Eating These 30 Foods Wrong For The Longest Time Okay, so this is more along the lines of me eating a certain dish the wrong way, but when I was little my mom would make french toast except she would put chilies, onions and sometimes chicken on it. I grew up thinking french toast was a savory dish until I ordered it at a diner and it was sweet. I still like my mom’s version of french toast better tbh.

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People Explain That They Or Someone They Knew Have Been Eating These 30 Foods Wrong For The Longest Time My grandfather enjoys eating lightly salted peaches with mayonnaise. If you didnt know there was a wrong way to eat a peach, now you know.

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People Explain That They Or Someone They Knew Have Been Eating These 30 Foods Wrong For The Longest Time My dad served us underripe fruit my entire childhood because to him firm = good and soft = bad. The first time I had a mango that was actually ripe I was an adult and the experience was borderline orgasmic.

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User# 6
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Call me a savage if you like, but when it comes to bananas, I prefer them when they're still a bit green.

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People Explain That They Or Someone They Knew Have Been Eating These 30 Foods Wrong For The Longest Time You have to devein shrimp, or else you're eating their poop.

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

Someone told me "You don't want to know" when I asked what the black thing they were taking out. I assumed it was a parasite and have avoided shrimp since. I can deal with it being a vein and pooper now.

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People Explain That They Or Someone They Knew Have Been Eating These 30 Foods Wrong For The Longest Time I eat Kiwis with the hairy skin on. My mom said I seemed to like it so she wasn't going to stop me. Later on I find out that I'm a freak of nature for doing it, but I still eat it that way because I just like it. The only downside is that since I like the texture of the hair and skin, I have "forbidden fruit" moments when I'm looking at the abdomen of a tarantula.

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

Nothing wrong with it. I've been eating them with the skin on for years. It's good for you and actually nice.

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People Explain That They Or Someone They Knew Have Been Eating These 30 Foods Wrong For The Longest Time Recently read where people were **eating the f*****g wax** on Babybel cheeses and I haven't been the same since

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People Explain That They Or Someone They Knew Have Been Eating These 30 Foods Wrong For The Longest Time There was a comment a long time ago from a guy who found out in adulthood that you aren't supposed to eat the cupcake wrappers when someone looked horrified when he ate it.

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

I mean, when I was little I would kind of gnaw on the paper stick from a lollipop?

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People Explain That They Or Someone They Knew Have Been Eating These 30 Foods Wrong For The Longest Time To everyone who eats spaghetti with a little itty bitty smidge of sauce at the top with the rest completely dry and white: Atone or be banned from cooking forever.

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The Queen Of Upper Butt Crack
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I eat my spaghetti covered in butter and parmesan cheese, the sauce is in a separate bowl covered in cheese was well. I eat the sauce like soup.

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People Explain That They Or Someone They Knew Have Been Eating These 30 Foods Wrong For The Longest Time When I first ate edamame I chewed up the entire pod and couldn't figure out why people enjoyed eating them. I did't realize you're just supposed to eat the bean inside the pod.

*Not peas in a pod. Beans.

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Pirates of Zen Pants
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Whoops. I've also eaten the pods. I figured it the beans were supposed to be shelled, they already would be.

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People Explain That They Or Someone They Knew Have Been Eating These 30 Foods Wrong For The Longest Time My buddy's step dad puts sugar in his f*****g mac and cheese. Sometimes I think about it and I can't sleep

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

I'm going to assume there's already sugar in KD considering Spaghetti-os puts sugar in their sauce.

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People Explain That They Or Someone They Knew Have Been Eating These 30 Foods Wrong For The Longest Time It's not traditional to eat Thai food with chopsticks. They use a fork and a tablespoon. Stop asking for chopsticks in Thai restaurants.

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Pirates of Zen Pants
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The Thai people who run restaurants in my town are incredibly hospitable, adaptable, and good-hearted. They know that people are going to ask for chopsticks, and although that's not part of their culture, they give them to those who ask. They also hand out fortune cookies.

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People Explain That They Or Someone They Knew Have Been Eating These 30 Foods Wrong For The Longest Time Not others but I don't take Oreos apart and lick the frosting off first, I just bite into them like a savage.

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People Explain That They Or Someone They Knew Have Been Eating These 30 Foods Wrong For The Longest Time [A man once sued a restaurant in Miami for serving him an artichoke which he promptly ate all of.] I don't mean like "he finished the artichoke" - I mean that this guy, who apparently is a *Doctor*, just ate the entire f*****g thing, including all of the inedible parts.

For those of you who have never encountered an Artichoke, the edible part of the plant is a fleshy substance that is on the inside parts of the leaves. You scrape it off and eat that part and discard the leaves. The artichoke heart, at the middle of all of the leaves, is also edible (and delicious). The stem and the fibrous leaves are not edible. Well I guess except to this guy.

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

As far as vegetables go, artichokes are indeed delicious, but they take the most amount of work for the least amount of return.

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People Explain That They Or Someone They Knew Have Been Eating These 30 Foods Wrong For The Longest Time This is really relevant to me today, because I just found out that my girlfriend has been buying smoked salmon for years then cooking it!

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People Explain That They Or Someone They Knew Have Been Eating These 30 Foods Wrong For The Longest Time You're supposed to wait for the pizza rolls to cool down BEFORE you put them in your mouth, not after while you're doing the dragon breath thing trying not to let them touch your tongue

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People Explain That They Or Someone They Knew Have Been Eating These 30 Foods Wrong For The Longest Time Ladies and gentlemen of Reddit. Do what ever you’d like behind closed doors, but please remember if you’re eating a banana in public it’s banana to mouth. Not mouth to banana.

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

I take a chunk off, then eat each of the 3 sections, then start another wedge. Anyone else?

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People Explain That They Or Someone They Knew Have Been Eating These 30 Foods Wrong For The Longest Time If you steam brussel sprouts and also dont salt and pepper them of course you dont like them. They need to be charred and on the brink of almost burnt for them to be good. Olive oil salt and pepper in a 450 degree oven cut in half, cook for 10 to 15 minutes.

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

Fatty bacon in a pan til it starts to brown, add halved sprouts, toss around until they start to brown on the edges, then devour while hiding them from your children.

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People Explain That They Or Someone They Knew Have Been Eating These 30 Foods Wrong For The Longest Time My friend eats popcorn by picking the fluffy parts away from each piece and discarding the “seed” center. Every time i tel him hes an idiot but hes too stubborn to just eat a damn piece of popcorn like a human

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

Some of these people are getting criticized for eating too much fiber; some are getting criticized for eating too little. Rock on with your fluff-eating self, friend.

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People Explain That They Or Someone They Knew Have Been Eating These 30 Foods Wrong For The Longest Time For me, it was crackers with any sort of topping until my wife showed me the error of my ways.

I would always put cheese, or whatever spread I might be eating with the crackers on the top i.e. salty side of the cracker. My wife lost her ever loving mind when she saw me do this. She then proceeded to explain to me that I should turn the cracker over and put the spread, cheese, or whatever on the bottom so that the salty side would hit my tongue when I put the bite in my mouth.

It was a revelation.

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People Explain That They Or Someone They Knew Have Been Eating These 30 Foods Wrong For The Longest Time Ya seen these taco lickers? You heard of these guys? Yeah, well there are these people out there, and I don't know who raised them or how they turned out the way they did, but they eat their tacos middle-out. They dip their heads down to their tacos and lick out all the insides first, then eat the soggy shell afterwards. Sometimes they don't even eat the shell. I can't take my kids out to the Taqueria anymore because of these freaks. I don't want my little girls to become taco lickers. It's just not natural and I will not have any taco lickers living under the roof of my house!

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

OK, but if we learned anything from Kevin Bacon in "Footloose," it's that restrictive measures often make kids rebel. Don't come crying to us when your kids run off to lick tacos in a commune in Montana!

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People Explain That They Or Someone They Knew Have Been Eating These 30 Foods Wrong For The Longest Time My grandpa would peel a green apple using this nifty little device, then salt it and put it on a stick and give it to me

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

This seems less like a snack and more like a arcane ritual for summoning an A24 horror version of Johnny Appleseed.

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People Explain That They Or Someone They Knew Have Been Eating These 30 Foods Wrong For The Longest Time Ginger with Sushi. You're actually supposed to eat the ginger slices between eating the rolls of sushi so as to cleanse the palate.

Although, personally I love putting ginger and Wasabi on my sushi roll then eating it in one bite.

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

Anybody else love eating all the ginger at the end? It's like a tiny dessert.

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People Explain That They Or Someone They Knew Have Been Eating These 30 Foods Wrong For The Longest Time people can make their basic ramen taste a bit better, open the packet, take out the seasoning, and set it aside, cook the ramen just in the water, after its cooked drain the water leaving only a tiny tiny amount, pour some more out you still have too much, just a little, and add the seasoning and mix it at that point, it actually flavors the noodles themselves and makes em taste much better

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

I cook the noodles in the broth, toss the broth, and then just eat the noodles.

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People Explain That They Or Someone They Knew Have Been Eating These 30 Foods Wrong For The Longest Time Vegemite. As an American I was tricked into eating some as a sandwich and was convinced it was just a food meant to prank people with. An Australian friend was alarmed when I recounted this and corrected the method for me.
"Oh GOD no, you don't eat it as a sandwich! You've gotta get yourself a nice piece of toast, spread a good layer of butter on it, then just the tiniest scrape of Vegemite over that. And if you can get a slice of cheap processed cheese on there, even better! Please please don't dismiss Vegemite until you give it another go."
This same friend introduced me to TimTams AND the TimTam slam, so who was I not to trust her implicitly?? I took her advice, and I'm glad I did. Ended up buying myself a little jar because dang, that's a nice little savory punch if you use it right!

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People Explain That They Or Someone They Knew Have Been Eating These 30 Foods Wrong For The Longest Time It might have been said already, but I got tired of scrolling.

I don't know if it's "most", but I know it's fairly common to rinse off your pasta after you drain the water. Don't do that.

Also, cooking the pasta until it sticks to a wall means you over cooked it.

I've read plenty of ways "to make your pasta better" but those two simple things are the only ones that really made any difference to me.

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

The issue is this - once I pour the al dente pasta into the colander to drain, it's still cooking. If I leave it there for 5 mins while readying my sauce or whatever, it gets too soft. Rinsing lowers the temp of the pasta so it stops cooking and my al dente stays al dente. Am I missing something?

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People Explain That They Or Someone They Knew Have Been Eating These 30 Foods Wrong For The Longest Time I don't know about most people, but growing up I always thought I hated guavas because they were so dry. Turns out, my parents used to cut out the best part--the fleshy seedy inside-- and serve me the dry rinds...

Edit: since a lot of the comments are confused, I'd like to clear a few things up.
My parents would cut out where the seeds are and eat the green part + the white parts where there are no seeds. not sure if that's fully the rind; I guess the easiest way to compare it is with a watermelon: it's like cutting away the red flesh and eating the skin + white part. no, my parents don't hate me (maybe for other reasons) because I've seen them throw away the seeds. we are Vietnamese and my parents prefer the dry, crunchy texture with some chili salt and think the seeds cause constipation.

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

I guy goes into the doctor with lettuce in his hair, carrots sticking out of his ears and beans in his nose. He says despondently, "Doctor, what's wrong with me?" Doc says "Well first of all, you are not eating right."

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People Explain That They Or Someone They Knew Have Been Eating These 30 Foods Wrong For The Longest Time Not many people know but you are supposed to remove the membrane that is on the bottom of a rack of ribs before you cook them. It makes them easier to cut and eat.

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People Explain That They Or Someone They Knew Have Been Eating These 30 Foods Wrong For The Longest Time If you eat salmon to have a healthy meal, it's more beneficial to leave the skin on... just fry it with some salt/pepper until it's crispy.

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#30

People Explain That They Or Someone They Knew Have Been Eating These 30 Foods Wrong For The Longest Time Up until a couple of years ago (22 currently) I thought you were supposed to bite the skin off the apple then eat it.


If I didn't have a knife I would spend my time biting around the entire apple, spitting the skin out, then eating it.

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

Most people eat the skin of an apple. It's odd that someone would peel it off with their teeth.

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#31

People Explain That They Or Someone They Knew Have Been Eating These 30 Foods Wrong For The Longest Time Nuts should be cracked lengthwise - not on the sides - to avoid getting pieces of the shell mixed in with the nutmeat.

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#32

I recently discovered that sticking your fork in a steak and picking it up to take a bite isn’t how most people eat steak. I have now remembered that knives exist.

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

They literally just use a fork and lift the whole steak up to their mouth and bite off pieces, instead of using a fork and knife to cut small bite size pieces to bring to your mouth with a fork, like the majority of the world does.

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#33

I've been eating tamales with the husk on for years before I saw the last post of this.

No one ever corrected me, and some people seven started to eat the husk too, like I had some inside knowledge about it. (Speak Spanish, work as a chef)

I'm f*****g dumb. I still eat the husk though.

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

That's a lot of chewing. We used to get cheap tamales that were made using parchment paper instead of corn husks. I can remember eating that at least once.

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Gyros. Don’t get me wrong, I love a good lamb/beef/spices gyro that are so popular in the us, but in Greece the gyros are NOT preprocessed lamb and beef cones, but strips of pork skewered together, and OMG sooooo good.

There are some places that sell pork gyros and souvlaki. Do yourself a favor and try them.

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

"How to Roast a Lamb" - Michael Psilakis Lamb Gyro Mix together grilled onion, ground lamb, ground pork, mustard, garlic (roasted), ground coriander, hot paprika, some fresh herbs, scallions, and eggs. Bake in a water bath for 45 minutes and refrigerate for at least 3 hours to develop flavors. To make gyros, fry slices of the pate in spiced oil and serve on pita bread with Tsatziki and Greek salad. Absolutely delish.

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#35

I had a roommate who put ketchup on his pizza, now I completely understand that it has tomato sauce on it anyways so ketchup doesn’t sound too crazy, but one time I made a homemade chicken Alfredo pizza with white sauce and before even taking a bite he smothered it in ketchup

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

I've been told that we Americans put catsup on everything, but the only thing I've ever used it for is to make sauces.

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People Explain That They Or Someone They Knew Have Been Eating These 30 Foods Wrong For The Longest Time Bibimbap is supposed to be mixed up then eaten, not eaten individually. It's like a special rice dish that you mix yourself.

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

I mix mine up. I always put all of the different little bowls in there, too (rather than adjusting to taste)--I don't know what the "right way" is, but that's my way.

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#37

Sushi is supposed to beaten with hands.

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#38

Your pork chops and Turkey are overcooked and not properly rested. That's why they're disgusting and dry.

Look up dry and wet brining.

Look up newer cooking temps. Cooking your turkey to 165 means it holds over to 170. And then you slice it immediately. And ALL the juices run out.

Cook pork chops to medium and let them rest.


LET ALL YOUR COOKED MEAT REST GODDAMNIT.


Edit:many comments on sous vide and not needing to rest. I dont have one so I cant comment. But apparently it's not needed. But most people dont have a sous vide.

Edit 2:
Some good debate on resting or not. While I respect the Meathead Goldwyn articles posted ( I use amazing ribs a lot) . I have a hard time accepting one mans opinion as fact, as so many others say otherwise. And maybe he is right as far as losing juices. But his method does not allow for making pan sauces or someone else wanting to eat something other than that steak first. Resting allows you to accomplish a few other tasks first. Some of which cant be completed until your steaks are out of the pan. Making his method give you a medium well or well done steak. If you want to pull your steak out of the heat and eat it right that second then go ahead. But that's the only way that will work.

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#39

People eat hamburgers upside down

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

But hamburger buns have thin bottoms and thicker tops, turning the whole thing upside down ensures the bun integrity doesn't breakdown mid-meal. Especially if you have sauce and other toppings which can affect the structure of the bread.

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