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Do you also get really annoyed when someone is in the kitchen while you are cooking or cleaning up? And are horrified when people pour milk first and then put in cereal? Do you feel the urge to correct a person who seems to know what they are doing but are doing it wrong?

It seems that the kitchen attracts a lot of frustration and people can argue about food and cooking for hours. Reddit user rawlingstones know this human trait and when they posed the questions of “What’s your stupidest cooking opinion” they also added “so we can fight about it?”

The fight in the thread was pretty civilised despite some pretty controversial opinions being thrown around. Are there any in this list that you agree with? What is a food opinion that you will fight about? Let us know in the comments!

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    #2

    Someone In This Online Group Asked “What’s Your Stupidest Cooking Opinion So We Can All Fight About It?” And 30 People Joined The Thread Pineapple on pizza is actually quite nice and the roasted sweetness complements the salty dish.

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

    Who downvoted this? People shouldn’t judge others for what they want on pizza, right??? It’s not their pizza, it’s that person’s. Where would you guys on BP be if I put hedgehog food on my pizza?? Plus, this person here is just complimenting something, not insulting something. People who have their own beliefs and not INSULTING something shouldn’t deserve downvotes unless what they’re saying is REALLY ridiculous.

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    #3

    Someone In This Online Group Asked “What’s Your Stupidest Cooking Opinion So We Can All Fight About It?” And 30 People Joined The Thread Every part of green onions is USEABLE! The green and the white! Both! Yes! Use the whole things >:) yes!

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    #5

    Someone In This Online Group Asked “What’s Your Stupidest Cooking Opinion So We Can All Fight About It?” And 30 People Joined The Thread You'll get me to stop using preground spices when you pry them out of my cold dead hands.

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    LooseSeal's $10 Banana
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes!! 95% of what I cook is for me and my immediate family. I'm not going through the extra time grinding spices and herbs to make supper every night.

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    #6

    Someone In This Online Group Asked “What’s Your Stupidest Cooking Opinion So We Can All Fight About It?” And 30 People Joined The Thread I hate when people leave the tails on shrimp especially in pasta dishes. Why not just remove it all?

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    #7

    Someone In This Online Group Asked “What’s Your Stupidest Cooking Opinion So We Can All Fight About It?” And 30 People Joined The Thread A kitchen full of expensive appliances does not make you a good cook.

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    #8

    Someone In This Online Group Asked “What’s Your Stupidest Cooking Opinion So We Can All Fight About It?” And 30 People Joined The Thread I don’t care if someone salts the food that I made them before or after trying it. As long as they enjoy it, I’m happy.

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

    Nope, for me it is a sign of respect to first try the dish. After your first bite, you are allowed to do whatever pleases you to enjoy your food but please try first and respect my work. Plus, this way i can learn to make it Better next time

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    #9

    Someone In This Online Group Asked “What’s Your Stupidest Cooking Opinion So We Can All Fight About It?” And 30 People Joined The Thread Can we stop saying "bone broth"? It's bleeping stock.

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    #10

    Someone In This Online Group Asked “What’s Your Stupidest Cooking Opinion So We Can All Fight About It?” And 30 People Joined The Thread “Best by” and “sell by” dates can go f**k themselves. If it isn’t growing hair when I open the lid then it’s getting cooked to 165F and that’s money in the bank!

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

    You can check if eggs are still fresh by putting them in a glass of water. If they sink to the bottom, they're fresh. If they stand upright or bop up and down a bit, they're still okay. You could use still them to bake a cake or make scrambled eggs or anything that completely cooks the egg. But I wouldn't use them for recipes that call for uncooked parts of the egg like royal icing or mayonnaise. If the egg is swimming on the surface of the water, toss it in the bin.

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    #11

    Someone In This Online Group Asked “What’s Your Stupidest Cooking Opinion So We Can All Fight About It?” And 30 People Joined The Thread grilled cheese sandwiches should only be cut diagonally

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    #12

    Someone In This Online Group Asked “What’s Your Stupidest Cooking Opinion So We Can All Fight About It?” And 30 People Joined The Thread Baking isn’t difficult, you’re just bad at following directions.

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

    The directions: Mix the ingredients until the right consistency, but I'm going to describe the consistency in a way that includes every known substance to man, such as 'until it covers the back of the spoon'. Then bake it with an equally vague idea (between 150 and 250 degrees, for 45-75 mins), but be careful! Too hot it won't rise, too cold it wont cook, too long and it'll turn to rock, no long enough it'll collapse when you open to door. Just make sure you get the temperature and timing perfect!!!!!

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    #13

    Someone In This Online Group Asked “What’s Your Stupidest Cooking Opinion So We Can All Fight About It?” And 30 People Joined The Thread I hate measuring in cups and ounces. Give me them grams

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

    I *whisper it* actually like using cups for measuring. They're very convenient and I don't need to get any scales out. There you go, America, something you've done that I prefer.

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    #14

    Someone In This Online Group Asked “What’s Your Stupidest Cooking Opinion So We Can All Fight About It?” And 30 People Joined The Thread Pre-minced jarred garlic is fine and you can pry the Costco sized jar of it out of my cold dead hands on this hill I've chosen to die on.

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

    I chop garlic but I've tasted the jarred garlic and it tastes different, it's also not as strong as fresh garlic.

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    #15

    Someone In This Online Group Asked “What’s Your Stupidest Cooking Opinion So We Can All Fight About It?” And 30 People Joined The Thread People who are super bougie and refuse to eat mayo because it's "gross", but will then gobble up a trough of aioli if a brunch place puts in front of them are the absolute worst and can f**k right the hell off. It's fancy mayo, b***h. Get over yourself.

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

    Classic Aioli does not even contain mayo, nor does it contain any egg or vinegar. It consists purely of garlic and olive oil, sometimes with some grains of salt or pepper. That being said, mayo itself is not gross, either. The gross part is to combine it with foods it is not suitable to be paired with. I love mayo on fries but can't stand it in salads.

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    #16

    Someone In This Online Group Asked “What’s Your Stupidest Cooking Opinion So We Can All Fight About It?” And 30 People Joined The Thread Sweet potatoes are better when prepared savory.

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

    But it’s also good with a little bit of salt and then just plain steamed. Which still counts as sweet, right? Right?

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    Someone In This Online Group Asked “What’s Your Stupidest Cooking Opinion So We Can All Fight About It?” And 30 People Joined The Thread I've never eaten a dish that was made better by truffle oil.

    Overwhelming taste and smell. Used solely to add 20% to the price of the dish

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    Mad Dragon
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If it’s actually real truffle oil and not that fake stuff, it makes homemade mac and cheese absolutely divine!

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    #18

    Someone In This Online Group Asked “What’s Your Stupidest Cooking Opinion So We Can All Fight About It?” And 30 People Joined The Thread Using fresh tomatoes for a tomato sauce is a waste of time. Stop being bougie and used canned.

    Unless you have a garden and a surplus of tomatoes.

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    #19

    Someone In This Online Group Asked “What’s Your Stupidest Cooking Opinion So We Can All Fight About It?” And 30 People Joined The Thread Generations have been brainwashed into thinking they cannot bake a cake or make brownies or muffins or macaroni and cheese without a box mix.

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

    Generations *of Americans*... I wouldn't even think of using a box mix for anything (particularly macaroni cheese - god knows how you guys in the US can eat that c**p)

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    #20

    Someone In This Online Group Asked “What’s Your Stupidest Cooking Opinion So We Can All Fight About It?” And 30 People Joined The Thread Wrapping things in bacon is the best way to ruin any food. Welcome to this stringy wet meat blanket that only tastes like floppy ding ding and not like what you tried to put it on to begin with.

    Bacon has a prominent flavor. It's going to be star of whatever you put it in so let it be crisp and delicious and not an accurate representation of your uncle's soggy love for you.

    AKA STOP WRAPPING BACON AROUND THINGS

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

    I think maybe YES I agree, but I fry the bacon first and dry it out (and the food it’s gonna be wrapped with) so it isn’t soggy. I thought that was… normal?

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    #21

    You must used overnight refrigerated rice to make good chinese fried rice.

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

    Or cook it *properly* a couple hours in advance. SO MANY PEOPLE don't know how to cook rice. You should not have to strain rice after it's cooked. It should have absorbed the water and be light and fluffy. 2x water to 1x rice. Boil the water away, turn off the heat, put the lid on and LEAVE IT.

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    #22

    Dividing fillings for sandwiches between two slices of bread first and then flipping it together don't make sense (unless they are viscous enough like PB&J) . Just pile it all on one slice and top it off with the last slice so things don't fall out

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

    My brother has committed an unforgivable sin. He put his peanut butter and his jelly on the same slice of bread then put the other slice on top.

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    #23

    Someone In This Online Group Asked “What’s Your Stupidest Cooking Opinion So We Can All Fight About It?” And 30 People Joined The Thread Greek yogurt is not a reasonable swap in all the recipes where you would usually use sour cream.

    Red onions are really purple and they are only suitable for cold or room temperature food preparations.

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    #24

    Much of Trader Joe's frozen food offerings are delicious and nutritious. They are not examples of insipid cultural appropriation.

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    Dave M
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Can't stand the term "cultural appropriation". Why aren't the same people slinging that around bashing all the "non-western" people wearing "western style" clothes? The rest of the world needs to stop wearing jeans, tee-shirts, and western suits. Also, stop listening to western/American music. I find it offensive. And since one person, ME, finds it offensive EVERYONE should stop doing it. This was sarcasm by the way.

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    #25

    Someone In This Online Group Asked “What’s Your Stupidest Cooking Opinion So We Can All Fight About It?” And 30 People Joined The Thread Garlic presses *aren’t* all that bad. Yes, sometimes there’s no use for them and I do hate single use devices, but they have their purpose.

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    This is my favourite reddit thread and pomegranate seeds are s**t.

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    #27

    Someone In This Online Group Asked “What’s Your Stupidest Cooking Opinion So We Can All Fight About It?” And 30 People Joined The Thread Simply mixing everything together at once for baking rather than mixing dry ingredients and wet ingredients separately is good enough most the time.

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    #28

    I cannot make a burger as good as ones in my favorite restaurants so burgers are exclusively going out foods, not cook at home foods.

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    #30

    MSG belongs in every soup, stew, chili, etc. it is a magical ingredient that adds depth without altering flavor

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

    MSG suffers from the same bad science as vaccines. One bad paper published by a disreputable academic took off in the mainstream media and that was that. It's all b.s.

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    #31

    you can use a lot more salt than people normally do and still not taste it. i see people pinching salt onto their steaks, while i sprinkle that s**t on every square inch. makes meat super tender and its great for flavor.. use more salt.

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

    NO! My pet hate. Chefs saying a pinch of salt then dumping a fistful of salt all over the dish.

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    #32

    Someone In This Online Group Asked “What’s Your Stupidest Cooking Opinion So We Can All Fight About It?” And 30 People Joined The Thread • Ricotta and cottage cheese in lasagna is disgusting.

    • Truffles are a waste of money

    • Chili without beans is a wasted opportunity

    • Kraft dried parm (shakey cheese) is delicious and has its applications

    • Garlic powder is a pantry essential and it gives another dimension that you cant get with fresh garlic.

    I'm sure there is more.

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

    I'm predominantly a meat eater, but as part of our cutting back on meat one of our meals is spinach and ricotta cannelloni, and it's really yummy.

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

    Say what now?? Cottage cheese in lasagna, yes..that's an abomination, but ricotta? Second gen Italian here and that's always in my Nonna's.

    Natalie H
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Fresh Parmesan cheese is so much more delicious than that powdered c**p.

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

    Wait until you find out what the Kraft dried parm contains. It’s not allowed to be called cheese or parmesan in almost every country except the US.

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

    that list was an 'each to their own' until that Kraft dried Parmesan comment...NOPE NADA NO it smells like it came back out of someone drunk

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

    Onion powder is also a must. You can't use fresh or browned onion when making your own seasoned croutons.

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

    #1 is the ABSOLUTE TRUTH! My Southern grandma makes lasagna with Velveeta cheese according to some recipe from the 1970s. It's sooo creamy and delicious. First time I had traditional lasagna I had a rude awakening.

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

    Parmesan cheese has an entirely different taste if you buy the already grated version or the actual slice and grate it yourself. Entirely different taste

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

    I prefer Bechamel to ricotta in my lasagna, but my friends prefer ricotta. I make a mixture with ricotta, eggs, salt, pepper, and freshly grated Parmesan & Romano. But cottage cheese in lasagna….*shudder*

    Splašená sardel
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    anything powdered is just a desperate substitute in desperate times for me

    Brian Droste
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I like cottage cheese and ricoyra cheese in lasagna and they say real chili does not have beans.

    Brian Shelley
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Real chili DOES NOT HAVE BEANS, and if you make it with beans, then you aren't making real chili. You're making spicy beef with beans it's NOT chili

    Jeff Mcelfresh
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I disagree with that lasagna one. Cottage cheese in it is delightful

    Samantha Mix
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My kids call it shaky cheese, too! I've had to explain that to babysitters for years. Shaky cheese! Shaky cheese!

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

    The only thing garlic powder gives you is horrible breath.

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

    Its nice on Roast Potatoes, give them a quick cover ten minutes before the potatoes are done.

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    #33

    Someone In This Online Group Asked “What’s Your Stupidest Cooking Opinion So We Can All Fight About It?” And 30 People Joined The Thread Leaving the avocado seeds in the guacamole does nothing to preserve the color/freshness. It's nothing more than a Suzie homemaker superstition

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    Someone In This Online Group Asked “What’s Your Stupidest Cooking Opinion So We Can All Fight About It?” And 30 People Joined The Thread My husband dumps salsa on almost every dish I serve, even if it’s French cuisine, and I just sit there and let it happen.

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    This hot take comes from my grandmother: chopping lettuce ruins it because you cut the vitamins in half so it's not as good for you when you eat it. You gotta shred it with your hands.

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    Someone In This Online Group Asked “What’s Your Stupidest Cooking Opinion So We Can All Fight About It?” And 30 People Joined The Thread San Marzanos are good but very overrated and the people routinely spending like $5–7 for a single 14oz can are dumb. I'll keep my $1.50 can of Mutti tyvm

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

    San Marzano tomatoes do taste better in my opinion. If I’m making something where tomatoes are the star of the dish then I splurge. Cento is a common brand but Glen Muir uses San Marzanos too I think and are a little cheaper.

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    #37

    Someone In This Online Group Asked “What’s Your Stupidest Cooking Opinion So We Can All Fight About It?” And 30 People Joined The Thread Ranch dressing on salads is disgusting

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

    I like to dip my pizza in it, fight me and you'll lose because I will be SLATHERED in ranch!

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    #38

    Someone In This Online Group Asked “What’s Your Stupidest Cooking Opinion So We Can All Fight About It?” And 30 People Joined The Thread The only known purpose of capers is to ruin the whole dish

    Grated cheese isn't a seasoning

    Watermelon is good but overrated

    People who can't eat cilantro are weak and natural selection is coming for them (also applies to spicy food)

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

    Isn't cilantro that thing that tastes like soap to some people? I might be wrong though.

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