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“I Still Refuse To Eat Anything She Makes”: 30 People Share The Wildest Cooking Practices My mother has entire cookbooks dedicated to cooking in the microwave. She thinks there are two ways to cook vegetables:

1. Place frozen vegetables into Corningware. Add water and margarine. Microwave until they are mush.

2. Dump canned vegetables and liquid from can into pot. Add margarine. Hear until slightly warm.

I realized I could like vegetables the first time I tasted fresh green beans that had been lightly sauteed with olive oil, garlic, and salt.

smk3509 Report

Final score:

258points

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Hanako-Kun 花子くん 1 year ago (edited)

Try baked broccoli with garlic and Parmesan cheese 😋 edit: and olive oil and baked

116points

“I Still Refuse To Eat Anything She Makes”: 30 People Share The Wildest Cooking Practices My mom wouldn't eat hummus until I started calling it "bean dip".

AustinTreeLover , Ludovic Avice Report

Final score:

246points

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Zoe Vokes 1 year ago

My guess is that it’s because hummus sound foreign. Bean dip sounds traditional and local.

100points

“I Still Refuse To Eat Anything She Makes”: 30 People Share The Wildest Cooking Practices My step dads mom took a stick of butter, used it like a crayon to butter the raw turkey, then put the rest of the stick on the table for rolls. That was over 20 years ago and I still refuse to eat anything she makes.

Luckily, I live several states away. I plan all trips to visit my mother NOT on holidays so I can avoid her... And all the holiday travelers.

alyxmj , Sorin Gheorghita Report

Final score:

225points

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Jane No Dough 1 year ago

I remember one Easter half my family went to the hospital because of leftovers. Thanks Mom!

88points

tantetricotante , Peter Bravo de los Rios Report

“I Still Refuse To Eat Anything She Makes”: 30 People Share The Wildest Cooking Practices My in-laws visited for a month and I had to learn the hard way that, despite having travelled the world over, they are not adventurous eaters nor particularly well acquainted with good cooking. We wanted to grill one evening and my mother-in-law insisted that the pork loin medallions needed to be BOILED for AN HOUR before cooking on the grill. I watched her turn the meat into small gray pucks, slather them in bottled sauce, then grill for 5 minutes a side. When they cut them, the interior was fluffy and dry, resembling sawdust more than meat. Very glad we also cooked sausage or I would have been sad AND hungry.

Final score:

212points

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Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 1 year ago

What a waste!

118points

“I Still Refuse To Eat Anything She Makes”: 30 People Share The Wildest Cooking Practices I have a dairy allergy. I visited home for the holidays. My dad tried to argue with me that THERE IS NO DAIRY IN RANCH DRESSING.

“What about the buttermilk, Dad?”

“It’s *not* milk-it’s *buttermilk*! Ha!”

“And what is the base ingredient for that curdled milk Dad?”

“It’s not the same thing. You’re just being picky!”

gingerytea Report

Final score:

207points

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Jane No Dough 1 year ago

It is sad when strangers ignore or even mock your food allergies, but when it comes from people who supposedly care about you, that's just awful.

200points

“I Still Refuse To Eat Anything She Makes”: 30 People Share The Wildest Cooking Practices Mine really isn't that bad but my sister acts like I'm CrAZy when I leave the skin on my salmon to cook...I know it's less common in the US but I still can't help to feel very annoyed. Crispy skin is the best part!

kitty_kotton , Karyna Panchenko Report

Final score:

206points

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Jane No Dough 1 year ago

Even if you don't eat the skin, the salmon tastes better if cooked with the skin on it.

229points

“I Still Refuse To Eat Anything She Makes”: 30 People Share The Wildest Cooking Practices It is always stressful eating at my in laws. MIL cooks one potato per person. They're the size of golf balls.

Thanksgiving. She takes away the sour cream immediately so it doesn't spoil. It's been out for 5 minutes. She'll hover and take your plate the second you clear it. Don't even think about 2nds. Remember, 1 potato per person.

Husband, FIL, and I come in for lunch after hours of making firewood. Felling trees, hauling them out. Block, split, and pile. MIL has made one half of a premade garlic loaf for all 4 of us. That one made me cry.

2 weeks ago. Husband and I realize we haven't had French Toast in a couple years. You can't screw up French Toast, so we went to my in laws for breakfast. Her "recipe" is 1 egg and 3 cups of milk, which she mixed up before even putting the bacon on. She served her husband a lump of wet bread. I said my bacon was enough. My husband sort of salvaged the mixture by adding more eggs. Puts mixture in fridge. But FIL wants another piece. MIL scolds him to put the mix back in the fridge not 2 seconds after his bread hit the pan so it doesn't go bad. Yet, it's already been out 20 minutes because she mixed it up before even putting the bacon on.

Non food related, we stopped out this weekend. She said sorry for not combing her hair - she's washing sheets today, which means she washes her hair today, and her comb, so she can't comb her hair until after.

God forbid you take anything out of the oven before the timer goes off. Even if that means burnt Grands biscuits. Which are gross even when not burnt.

Watching her wash dishes is painful. Wash a plate, rinse it, dry it with a towel, then lay it on the table. For *every* *fricken* *dish*. Not wash all the plates, then rinse every plate, then dry every plate. And she complains her feet get sore from all the walking.

Christmas a few years ago. I made a beautiful beef roast and also a duck. I freaked out when she tried to dump a can of cream of mushroom on my duck *for gravy". She still brings it up "my mother was a good cook and I've been cooking for 45 years"

Easter is this weekend. She asked us to coordinate going out because she doesn't want to cook this year. Now, I would love to host, and do all the cooking because a) I love to host and b) I wouldn't leave hungry. But we're in the middle of some projects so we can't. And I refuse to cook at her house because I like things like mixing bowls, proper utensils, more than 2 inches of counter space because she's got s**t piled everywhere, and accurate ovens. Anyways. I spent a couple hours coming up with a few options to present to my husband's brother and sister. Then I find out MIL has asked all 3 of her kids to do the coordinating. So we all had different ideas instead of one person running the show, so to speak. All of us are irritated.

Gah.

jsat3474 , Peter Schad Report

Final score:

199points

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Lyone Fein 1 year ago

It sounds like she is afflicted with OCD.

160points

“I Still Refuse To Eat Anything She Makes”: 30 People Share The Wildest Cooking Practices My mom once had a meltdown in her kitchen when she saw me cooking an egg in a pan on the stove. She likes to cook her eggs in the microwave until they're rubbery and tinged with gray, and she insists that this is the only way to do it.

PeanutButterPigeon85 , SHOT Report

Final score:

184points

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General Anaesthesia 1 year ago (edited)

Your mother is right. The ancient Phoenicians introduced the microwave to the Baltic kitchen, and eggs haven't been the same since.

199points

#10

I moved to the Santa Fe, New Mexico area after college and fell in love with the food. I took my parents to a decent New Mexican restaurant when they visited...and my father got a hamburger in a tortilla. You know that feeling when you've discovered something you think is life-changing, you want to share it, and no one cares? That was me on that day.

citou Report

Final score:

177points

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Moosy Girl 1 year ago

Recognizable.

49points

#11

“I Still Refuse To Eat Anything She Makes”: 30 People Share The Wildest Cooking Practices All non-American dishes (anything besides burgers, sandwiches, meat and potatoes, etc) are "ethnic food" no matter the cuisine. They also typically assume any "ethnic food" will be spicy.

Fresh vegetables are too crunchy, so canned is preferable.

One exception to this is popcorn, which is a totally normal dinner side and something that my dad proudly claims is his "favorite vegetable."

"Salad" can mean almost anything. Example: apple banana salad = apples, bananas, mayonnaise

Pureed anything (especially soups) = baby food, and they usually won't touch it.

(My family consists of a bunch of white Midwestern people, can you tell? Lol)

dirtyswrk , ABHISHEK HAJARE Report

Final score:

169points

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Bols 1 year ago

I am generally rather open minded but fruit with mayo should be punishable lol

259points

#12

My mother's and grandmother's reaction when I mention kimchi was saying "isn't that buried in the ground for months" and general mild disgust. They both eat sauerkraut, so fermented cabbage shouldn't be something overly exotic.

LokiLB Report

Final score:

163points

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BWC 1 year ago

Sounds like they got their kimchi information from watching M*A*S*H.

94points

#13

“I Still Refuse To Eat Anything She Makes”: 30 People Share The Wildest Cooking Practices "That smells great! What is it?"

Butter and garlic

beathelas , Sorin Gheorghita Report

Final score:

155points

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Jane No Dough 1 year ago

Makes me laugh remembering every time I would start to heat butter or ghee with some onion my whole family would suddenly appear.

99points

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#14

“I Still Refuse To Eat Anything She Makes”: 30 People Share The Wildest Cooking Practices Oh I have so many i don't know where to start. I was born and raised in eastern Europe in the 90's so my parents weren't really exposed to different cuisines or spices and this has cause some drama and confusion whenever my parents visit and I make them try something new.

My mom threw out my camembert cheese and then scolded me for a good 10 minutes about keeping "stinky, moldy, bad food " in the fridge.

My dad refuses to eat any vegetables that still have any crunch or sushi (even though he tried sushi and liked it... Eating raw fish is wrong??)

Black pepper is too spicy.

According to my dad avocados taste like "creamy dirt"

On the plus side they were mind blown by poached eggs and adequately cooked meat.

Final score:

154points

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Dreaming Spirit 1 year ago

Hold on, avocados have taste? To me, they taste like creamy nothing... It might be because they are imported and not of best quality, but they need a lot of spices to taste like something

54points

#15

My mother in law makes substitutions that make even good recipes inedible. Adding wheat flour and almond extract to sugar cookies. Making my roasted chicken with lemon herb compound in butter, she used skinless chicken breasts, margarine, dry herbs and the plastic lemon 🍋 lemon juice. Then says “mine didn’t taste like yours” yea, no s**t Janet.

annswertwin Report

Final score:

149points

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Moosy Girl 1 year ago

My mom does this too. I also think in her mind if something has the same colour as what she’s supposed to use, it’s fair game.

76points

#16

I was cooking once and had some powdered turmeric on the counter. My young son asked me why I was putting 'cheese' in the dish. That was the moment I realized I'd served him Kraft mac 'n' cheese one too many times...

CleverAmbrosia Report

Final score:

140points

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Bamboozled Panda 1 year ago

At least he’s young XD

37points

#17

“I Still Refuse To Eat Anything She Makes”: 30 People Share The Wildest Cooking Practices Ordered takeout last night with my in-laws. There was a salmon ciabatta sandwich with a dill mayo on it and my father-in-law asked me what dill mayo was and wondered if it was some kind of pickle flavored mayo. I said no, it’s just mayo seasoned presumably with some fresh dill weed. This man is 70 years old and had no idea dill weed is a herb/spice! I pulled some dry dill weed out of my spice cabinet to show him because he had never heard of it before.

belle_rn , Önder Örtel Report

Final score:

139points

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Robert T 1 year ago

Calling it "weed" really doesn't help. Dill is a herb. I am trying to resist the urge to call dill mayo, dilldo.

169points

#18

“I Still Refuse To Eat Anything She Makes”: 30 People Share The Wildest Cooking Practices On one visit, my Mom threw out 2 six-packs of Hefeweizen because the bottles were cloudy and had sediment.

argtri , Jack Harner Report

Final score:

138points

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WonderWoman 1 year ago

Your mother took it upon herself to throw out things in your refrigerator without discussing it with you???

181points

#19

“I Still Refuse To Eat Anything She Makes”: 30 People Share The Wildest Cooking Practices Went to visit my uncle a few years back and made some slow cooker beans (with pork) which everyone loved and asked me to make again. Later, on the drive to the store with my aunt, I mentioned wanting to get some smoked pork hocks and she immediately started telling me all the reasons why pork isn’t good for your health (I honestly didn’t know she didn’t eat pork sauce the rest of my family does).

I didn’t have the heart to tell her that she’d just scarfed down two bowls of porky beans the night before. Now, I make sure to tell her repeatedly when something I cooked contains pork.

PuzzleheadedFroyo995 , MChe Lee Report

Final score:

137points

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Justin Smith 1 year ago

This is the aunts fault. She should have asked what was in it if she didn't know.

77points

#20

My dad refused to eat raw veggies and dip until I renamed it “crudités”.

ichooserum Report

Final score:

132points

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Mouse 1 year ago

Is your dad Dr Oz?

56points

#21

“I Still Refuse To Eat Anything She Makes”: 30 People Share The Wildest Cooking Practices I made Christmas dinner once and my sister deemed the ham trash because "You didn't take the bone out. Gordon Ramsay would've" I got deemed unfit for next Christmas dinner so she took care of it. She cooked a tube of deli ham instead. I used hand shredded cheese for a casserole and she complain it was too cheesy cause it was melted too much. She's the only family I got left so it's kinda hard to not cook for her. She's so randomly picky.

FayeQueen , Pavel Subbotin Report

Final score:

131points

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sbj 1 year ago

It's sad that she doesn't appreciate your efforts

95points

#22

My mom’s side of the family is full of passionate, talented professional and home cooks.

My dad’s side of the family puts under-seasoned ground meat, cheddar, and KETCHUP on a tortilla and calls it a taco

Smelly_Pocket Report

Final score:

124points

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Glenn Schroeder 1 year ago

There's a German lady with a cooking channel on YouTube. Most of the stuff she makes looks pretty good, but occasionally I'll see her add sliced avocado to a dish . . . and then put ketchup on it. I cringe every time.

53points

#23

“I Still Refuse To Eat Anything She Makes”: 30 People Share The Wildest Cooking Practices My dad loves cocktail shrimp served in those little plastic circle dishes from the grocery store and breaks them out wherever company is over. Thinking it's fancy, he calls it "Shrimp Circle".

7_of-9 , Cody Chan Report

Final score:

120points

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teenytabs 1 year ago

I'm not gonna lie, I do love a shrimp circle.

159points

#24

This is an everyday occurrence. Me: Sautéing garlic and onions as I prepare to make an Italian dish. My dad: 'What the HELL is going ON here?!
Honestly, he would prefer I starve than 'stink the whole place up' with garlic and onions,

broccolimountain Report

Final score:

116points

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teenytabs 1 year ago

Imagine thinking sauteed garlic and onions smell bad.

189points

#25

“I Still Refuse To Eat Anything She Makes”: 30 People Share The Wildest Cooking Practices My friend considered himself a true connoisseur of whisky/whiskey/Scotch. I found out he keeps it in the fridge and drinks it cold. He was quite horrified when I suggested he try it at room temperature (or warmer, or with a splash of water added). Imagine my face when he eventually tried it and said ‘wow, the flavour is really coming through actually!’

He also made us dinner once by putting a frozen-solid chicken breast in a pot of plain boiling water. (I said nothing by the way as I was his guest, but yeah he considers himself a very decent home cook)

Scorpy-yo , Dylan de Jonge Report

Final score:

113points

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Steph 1 year ago

At least he tries…

66points

#26

“I Still Refuse To Eat Anything She Makes”: 30 People Share The Wildest Cooking Practices My Dad insists he can cook. All he knows how to do is chop things small and boil them. The Maillard reaction has never taken place in his kitchen.

No matter what cooking method he uses, it invariably comes out tasting like it was done in a slow cooker.

Rd28T , Frank Zhang Report

Final score:

113points

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David A Paterson 1 year ago

"the Maillard reaction has never taken place in his kitchen". LOL!

91points

#27

“I Still Refuse To Eat Anything She Makes”: 30 People Share The Wildest Cooking Practices My parents went to New Orleans and ate at a Wendy's.

MissIdaho1934 , Siyuan Lin Report

Final score:

112points

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Jane No Dough 1 year ago

Ugh, this drives me nuts! Why travel at all if not to immerse yourself in the culture and cuisine of the area?

82points

#28

“I Still Refuse To Eat Anything She Makes”: 30 People Share The Wildest Cooking Practices My dad will comment on and interfere with anything another person is doing in the kitchen. I have to kick him out. My aunt deals with it by giving him jobs like setting the table.

BeauteousMaximus , Alyson McPhee Report

Final score:

112points

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Jane No Dough 1 year ago (edited)

While I'm sure that can be annoying when you're cooking, I think it's nice that he stays "involved" instead of snoring in front of the television.

66points

#29

“I Still Refuse To Eat Anything She Makes”: 30 People Share The Wildest Cooking Practices My dad hates the texture, and taste, of most vegetables. He passed this down to my brother and I, so my mom made awesome salsa- that was totally pureed. I was very confused by chunky salsa when I was old enough to notice it at other people's homes.

Kindly_Sweet6442 , Marvin Ozz Report

Final score:

106points

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Jane No Dough 1 year ago

I was talking with someone recently who is a fully grown adult who never ate a mushroom. Will not eat an onion or pepper that hasn't been pureed, will not eat 95% of all the fabulous herbs and spices in the world. Makes me very unhappy to think about living such a bland life.

103points

#30

I brought a bottle of red wine to my cousin’s house. She immediately put it in the fridge.

enidokla Report

Final score:

84points

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Bruce Horton 1 year ago

I've read in different places: red wine in the fridge 15 minutes before serving, white wine the opposite

45points

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#31

“I Still Refuse To Eat Anything She Makes”: 30 People Share The Wildest Cooking Practices One of my aunts has a dish she calls Barbecue Ham. I will share the recipe with you:

1. Put several packs of pressed ham cold cuts, one sliced onion, and a bottle of KC Masterpiece in a crockpot and cook on high for 4 hours.

2. Serve on wonderbread.

My mom and I always find excuses to miss the family reunion potlucks.

NerdWithoutACause , Сергей Орловский Report

Final score:

28points

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Steph 1 year ago

I wonder what wonderbread is….?

8points

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#32

Growing up, we always knew my mom's turkey burgers were done when the smoke alarm went off.

My mother, to this day, still raves about how fabulous the food at my grandparents' retirement community brunches was. Everything was overcooked and under-seasoned, just how she cooks at home.

Final score:

28points

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David A Paterson 1 year ago

Overcooked and underseasoned. Yum yum. You're making my mouth water.

11points

#33

“I Still Refuse To Eat Anything She Makes”: 30 People Share The Wildest Cooking Practices My folks took a cruise overseas many years ago. They were seated with 8 other people at the dinner table. After one meal, a cheese platter was served. One of the diners, apparently from Arkansas or somewhere similar, asked my Dad what all that 'stuff was'. He said it was different kinds of cheese and identified each one for the guy. His response? " Dang, there Really IS other cheese than Velveeta"?

Ok-Strain-9847 Report

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26points

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David A Paterson 1 year ago

This has to be an urban myth. A true story from a friend of a friend, right?

15points

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#34

“I Still Refuse To Eat Anything She Makes”: 30 People Share The Wildest Cooking Practices My MIL puts a packet of Lipton’s dry onion soup mix in everything she makes. Every dish! Rice, mashed potatoes, taco meat. It’s the only thing consistent about her cooking.

alwaysaplusone Report

Final score:

23points

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Annik Perrot 1 year ago

I only use dry onion soup to make dip, if I'm i a hurry. But if I have time, I much prefer fresh chives, parsley, garlic and shallots.

11points

#35

“I Still Refuse To Eat Anything She Makes”: 30 People Share The Wildest Cooking Practices Once watched my wife's grandma dice an onion by slicing rounds, like you might do for burgers, then peeling the slices, then go through and dice it. All with a steak knife.

Ok_Chapter8131 , Wilhelm Gunkel Report

Final score:

23points

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TheElementalGod️️ 1 year ago

My eyes watered just looking at that picture

4points

#36

My friend throws things in to bake a cake & thinks it’s like cooking where you go with your heart & do as you feel like & add a bit of this & a bit of that.

One day she said she doesn’t understand why her stuff doesn’t come out well. She was completely shocked & didn’t seem to believe me when I said baking needs a recipe following on the whole & some rules obeying for it to succeed as it’s a science & can’t be treated like cooking.

My aunt buys takeaway fried chicken & fries it again at home before serving it to her family because she says the outside is too dry & not oily enough.

A relative deep fries things & then puts it in the air fryer to make it less oily.

LittlePeach80 Report

Final score:

23points

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MotherofGuineaPigs 1 year ago

I learned that baking is chemistry - need the right formula (recipe) to get it right. Cooking is a rough plan that can be switched up.

15points

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#37

My MIL and FIL have a standardised set of three (3) dishes that they make. Dry, overcooked roast with overcooked potatoes and carrots. Oven-roasted chicken thighs, rice and powder-bernaise. Grilled sausages with lettuce. That's it.

bonejammerdk Report

Final score:

23points

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teenytabs 1 year ago

Oh my....

6points

#38

My stepfather is an absolute toddler about food. A literal 60-year-old man who still throws tantrums when my mom doesn't make him what he wants for dinner...
One of his normal practices is to eat slices of white American cheese straight from the packages. Sometimes he just takes slices out of the package and stuffs them in his mouth. He spent all of last summer insisting that every pack of cheese my mom got was 'bad,' but they were all totally fine. Our conclusion? We think that for the first time in his life, he actually smelled the cheese before inhaling it.

Cymas Report

Final score:

23points

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David A Paterson 1 year ago (edited)

"One of his normal practices is to eat slices of white American cheese straight from the packages. Sometimes he just takes slices out of the package and stuffs them in his mouth." Doesn't everybody? The individually wrapped slices also make good bookmarks.

10points

#39

“I Still Refuse To Eat Anything She Makes”: 30 People Share The Wildest Cooking Practices My dad’s mom boiled steak in a cast iron skillet. She caught an empty cast iron on fire and scorched the kitchen ceiling.

michaelyup , Ivana Cajina Report

Final score:

22points

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Vedette Aecus 1 year ago

It's a Southern Thing ... Southern Vittles Unit youtube

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#40

My FIL bought a precooked Honeybaked ham one year.

To reheat it, he put it in the oven at 350 for at least an hour.

The Sahara desert of ham. Gods it was dry.

StateOfContusion Report

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21points

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Madster 1 year ago

What was confusing about "pre-cooked"?

9points

#41

My ex-MIL told me adding salt to water made it take longer to boil, and that putting a metal spoon in hot water made the water hotter, not cooler. Not a big believer in science, that one.

Drealjas Report

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21points

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Frances M 1 year ago

But she’s right about the salt water, boiling point of salted water is 102 degrees Celsius, while just pure water is 100 degrees Celsius.

24points

#42

My partner met my grandparents for the first time who are Mauritian Chinese. They’d cooked a pigs trotters stew (amongst other things). My mrs took a bite, not realising they had bones in…not sure if it was impolite to spit the bones out, she swallowed them.

On the other hand, I’ve been offered “food” once at her family’s place. It was what they called a “pizza bagel” - a cold bagel, with tomato purée and a slice of plastic cheese on it…

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21points

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Moosy Girl 1 year ago

ESH. :p

11points

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#43

My mother-in-law proudly makes this one very specific chunky salsa...that has raw diced carrots in it. I have no idea where she got that recipe from, but it's bland, watery, and WAY too crunchy.

Ishmael128 Report

Final score:

21points

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Glenn Schroeder 1 year ago

I had salsa once that people bragged on. The only thing I could taste was chili powder. Not good. I don't mind heat, but salsa should not taste strongly from chili powder.

7points

#44

I brought my mom and niece to a nice restaurant in Boston, interpreted the menu for them (it was in Spanish, I could make out most of it). We played it safe but also ordered a few new things for them to try (adventure in food and culture is important for kids). My mom SCREAMED “ew gross” like a child in the middle of the crowded dining room when I said there are anchovies on the Cesar salad as they were delivering them to the table. She thought that meant caviar.

_lucy_blue Report

Final score:

21points

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Lyone Fein 1 year ago

Why can't grown people behave?

32points

#45

My mother-in-law cuts every single vegetable up with a paring knife. It's horrible watching her struggle to cut large items (like potatoes and onions), but she just sits there and insists that 'A small knife makes it go faster.' Then again, she also boils chicken in water in the microwave and eats it, so...

Skarvha Report

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21points

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David A Paterson 1 year ago

A paring knife is safer. Good for 1001 uses, such as getting the glue out of a tube when it's gone solid at the nozzle.

8points

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#46

My brother and his wife had this huge house with an amazing kitchen. Nice layout, all the fancy stuff. They never used it. Well, they used the horizontal surface of the island and counters, but not one meal was cooked in that kitchen. Their kids were raised on take out food.

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20points

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David A Paterson 1 year ago

Quote from TV show. "Oh, is that your kitchen", "I don't know, I've never used it".

15points

#47

Ohh that's bad. My mom said cooking the turkey on Thanksgiving day was too much work along with hosting. So she cooked the bird weeks in advance, carved it and froze it. Mmmmkay

thatbitch8008 Report

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20points

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Kyrsten Woller 1 year ago

Ugh! I can taste that horrible dry turkey!

7points

#48

My mum will buy and eat any substitution food she can because she believes it’s healthier, even if it’s specifically made for people with food intolerances (like gluten free bread) or religious reasons (like lamb bacon she got from a halal butcher). Mung bean pasta, cashew nut pesto, cannellini bean hummus, it goes on and on and I find it very confusing

TimedDelivery Report

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19points

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R Dennis 1 year ago

Cashew pesto is delicious though...

4points

Richard Michael 1 year ago

And?

2points

Spittnimage 1 year ago

If she wants it, why not?

1point

Lyone Fein 1 year ago

But why not? It's just her thing.

1point

Justin Smith 1 year ago

Because she is doing it for the wrong reason and probably complains yhet others dont follow her lead.

2points

Sans Serif (Sans) 1 year ago

Being able to avail oneself of a halal butcher is a wonderful thing!

0points

deejak 1 year ago

Maybe it's just a show of solidarity, to help bring the cost of such foods down? Dunno, could be?

0points

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#49

My mom once made butternut squash soup, it was very bland so when I asked her what was in it, she said it was just butternut squash roasted and blended - not even any salt. When I asked her if she considered adding anything like seasoning or garlic, she said she prefers it to just be butternut squash

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Encarnación 1 year ago

*Carrie’s a packet of salt in pocket just in case*

7points

#50

But…did you put Christmas tree needles in your olive oil?

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Pantelis Troiannos 1 year ago

I think they mean... rosemary?

27points

#51

When my dad makes cheese sauce, he adds milk, then a few tablespoons of flour and butter. Then, he adds a chunk of cheese, not grated just a full chunk of cheese in. Once melted, if it hasn't thickened enough he will add a tablespoon or two of cornflour (cornstarch) to seal the deal. Tastes bland, has the texture of a chunky paste.

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deejak 1 year ago

The trick is this: you MUST add the flour to the fat (butter) FIRST, so the starch gets coated in lipids. Then you add the milk or whatever aquaeous liquid you are using. Once that is smoothe, add the cheese however you like, shredded or as a block.

16points

#52

“I think there’s weevils in your pumpkin”, from father commenting on a carrot and caraway seed purée.

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Spittnimage 1 year ago

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4points

#53

“I Still Refuse To Eat Anything She Makes”: 30 People Share The Wildest Cooking Practices My family calls everything small and in large quantities rice. Quinoa? Rice. Couscous? Rice.

I guess it’s only two things, but it’s still weird.

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Jeremy James 1 year ago

I used to date a girl who called all birds, "chickens." Pigeon? Chicken. Dove? Hey, little chicken!

14points

#54

My uncle had a bunch of dried herbs that were at least 7 years past their best by date and he absolutely refused to throw them away. Just add sawdust to your food at that point.

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Ace 1 year ago

Herbs in jars may lose their potency over time, it's true, but many will retain a lot of flavour, so use them up, just make sure you add extra and taste, taste, taste as you're cooking to check how much flavour they've added. Seven years past their date is nothing.

30points

#55

Honestly, I'm amazed that my grandfather never got food poisoning. He'd frequently leave soup out on the stove for days on end — just heating it back up when he was hungry and letting it cool down for hours, or even days, before heating it up again. In the winter, he'd store food outside instead of in the refrigerator since it was 'free' to cool it down...except he'd continue to do this until it was in the 50s.

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Ace 1 year ago (edited)

Leaving a pot of soup out and reheating isn't actually a health hazard per se, as long as it's covered and properly reheated every time. This was actually common for centuries, known as pottage, where new ingredients could be added each day but only rarely would the pot be emptied and started from scratch.

30points

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David A Paterson 1 year ago

Thankfully, nobody mentioned my mother's speciality. Some people throw out leftovers, my mother wasn't one of those people. All leftovers ended up in meatballs, which tasted disgusting. It wasn't until my second wife, 20 years later, cooked meatballs that I realised that they could taste delicious if done properly. Ditto with omelettes.

17points

Did I say that out loud? (he/him)cis/het 1 year ago

There's nothing wrong with using leftovers as such, but I guess it all depends on what you do with them. One of my most favourite meals as a kid was bubble and squeak.

15points

Joann Hart 1 year ago

Lol, I have a cousin that thought he hated pot roast until he got married, his bride made pot roast as the first meal. He said I don't like pot roast but ate it and loved it. He then realized, his mom couldn't cook.

6points

Lea S. 1 year ago

Good food never has to be thrown out. There's usually a way to use leftovers.

2points

Sara Wilson 1 year ago

I'm ALL for leftovers, but that's just gross! I remember my stepmom made this HUGE batch of veggie burgers once, and I mean HUGE! And they were so gross, because she just threw a bunch of random veggies in it, and then got all upset because no one would eat them

1point

Brainmas 1 year ago

The audacity of just throwing away something from someone else's fridge without asking! Just no.

13points

Hannah 1 year ago

My grandma used to have her sister's come down with their families every summer and her younger sister would do the same thing. She'd throw stuff out, replace it with stuff no one liked, throw full sticks of butter into a pot my grandma was cooking when no one was looking. Couldn't see a problem with it at all. Not until her son got married and her daughter in law did the same thing to her (specifically to teach her a lesson) she still adds butter to everything but at least now its on her own plate. And she brings a cooler when she comes down for all her "better than yours" food. Lol

7points

Parriah 1 year ago

My grandma would cook a great big baked ham at Easter and then leave it sitting out on the counter for the next two days just slicing off it for sandwiches, and the cat would go have a nibble on it here and there. She’d make beautiful thick sandwiches for our 5 hour drive home day or two later and we’d toss ‘‘em out halfway home and get something at a truck stop diner. Really tho, she lived to 91 and I can’t remember her ever being real sick with anything.

8points

Yohualtica 1 year ago

Her immune system was like The Hulk's from sharing her food with the cat

8points

HelluvaHedgehogAlien 1 year ago

I’ve grown to hate any sort of ketchup, with anything. Don’t ask

7points

Melissa Rose 1 year ago

I have at least 7 types of mustard in my fridge and a handful of ketchup packets for guests.

5points

Did I say that out loud? (he/him)cis/het 1 year ago

Each to their own, for whatever reason, but you definitely wouldn't want to eat with my daughter.

4points

Brandon Parisien 1 year ago

Try Maple syrup if it's breakfast food :)

1point

Stay Off My Lawn 1 year ago

Ketchup is not even allowed in my house. You will eat your fries with barbecue sauce and you will LIKE IT!!!

1point

Karen Philpott 1 year ago

I have tomato sauce, BBQ sauce, steak sauce, apricot sauce, spiced plum sauce, sweet and sour sauce, sweet soy sauce. There's probably one or two more that I can't remember!

0points

Dorothy Stovall 1 year ago

I have a terrible phobia (?) of eating pretty much anything someone else cooks/makes, even my own husband and grown daughters. It started when I was very young and got food poisoning from a blueberry cheesecake my aunt made. It's very distressing to live with, and to pretend I'm not hungry when staying for a week at a relative's home.

4points

Tempest 1 year ago

OMG I have a similar condition (?). Even I find it really hard to eat anything that isn’t prepared by either my parents or myself but I have no problem eating out at fancy restaurants. My parents didn’t let my sister and I eat from outside shops (mostly the street shops) when we were young for fear of unsanitary cooking conditions and I believe this habit is what has continued into my adulthood. It’s quite challenging if I’m invited to enjoy meals cooked by friends/family and I have to repeatedly explain to people that I’m not avoiding their food because it’s not tasty/etc, but simply cause of some random condition/phobia I have. I’m glad to hear that I’m not alone in this. First time I found another person who has a similar issue. Hope we can get through this together!

2points

Awsomemom52 1 year ago

I'm German and when I had the cooking elective at school in the 80s, I tried out some recipes at home and cooked for the family. At this point, my paternal grandmother still had control of the kitchen...she cooked everything beyond recognition. My mother, who was much better at cooking, didn't have much to say back then. I made pizza back then... complete with dough, tomato sauce, etc. I think it was my father's first time eating pizza. He even ordered schnitzel with fries (very German) at a Greek restaurant (we have quite a large Greek community in our city). He liked the pizza, but was confused by some of the ingredients: olives, salami, mushrooms and cheese. His reaction to Bolognese was even better. He was very suspicious of the grated Parmesan, but (adventurous as he was) ate it anyway. Then (at the age of 15), I taught my mother how to cook a bolognese... and she taught me how to make her delicious fried chicken and so much more. When I was 16, we took over the kitchen (with "for

3points

Marcus Lynch 1 year ago

More a food/storage story. I once had a relative who had a mouse problem in the kitchen. They decided to keep mouse bait (the little greenish bits that they eat and then dissolve from the inside out) in an open box in the same drawer as all the silverware. I saw that and vowed to never eat anything there unless it was off paper plates and plastic utensils. Person died a few years later due in part to liver failure. I firmly believe that they accidentally and slowly poisoned themselves.

2points

Kayla C-B 1 year ago

I know someone who is afraid of fruit. Refuses to eat any sort.

2points

VM37 1 year ago

I have one od those. Age 7, ate a piece od Apple one, trow uo everything she ate that day

0points

Greenegone Nuts 1 year ago (edited)

The thing is, I once ate cake with ketchup and my taste buds decided that *y'know, I like it!* so a lot of these are really mild for my tastes.

1point

William Worley 1 year ago

Yeah my mom got kicked out of my sister's house and then moved into my house while I was at work. She then threw away ALL MY FOOD literally all of it. Then proceeded to rearrange my entire kitchen and stock it with what she deems "healthy". Fun to come home to.

1point

Brandon Parisien 1 year ago

I have no sense of smell, so near zero taste. I don't need herbs and spices, but will use anyway (dried 100%). Recipe 100% of the time too, lol.

1point

day light 1 year ago

my grandfather has a similar condition so his specialty is ordering the spiciest food at any restaurant he visits just to be able to taste something (and brag about his spice tolerance)

1point

Stay Off My Lawn 1 year ago

My mother is the kind of person who thinks that she can make any sauce just as good as canned. Her “specialty” when I was a teenager was spaghetti sauce, which she makes by puréeing raw whole tomatoes and adding dried oregano. It looked, smelled, and tasted like throwup.

1point

Parriah 1 year ago

I did that at like age 9 and yeah… gross

0points

Keith Lancaster 3 months ago

My Mum used to boil potatoes in an open pan for about three hours. Horrible mush.

0points

Marvin HeartofGold (she/them) 1 year ago

When husband and I were still dating he would always brag about loving to cook, being a great cook, being taught by his father who was also an amazing cook, etc. And then proceeded to burn so much over the course of the last dozen years. Then apologizes and says he doesn't understand what happened. He has this complete inability to learn anything after the first time he makes something. Once day I'm making grilled cheese for everyone and he asks how I get mine so perfect. I told him the same thing I've told him pretty much every time: lower and slower. He firmly believes that heat should always be on high when cooking. And when baking he sets it at the suggested temperature every time, despite having burnt everything he's ever baked. He absolutely can not understand the concept of adjusting based on our individual oven's performance. It's been even more fun since we bought our house that came with a convection oven!

0points

4mySweetheart369 1 year ago

MIL served me spaghetti once that has really odd taste. I gave my husband (then bf) a quizzical look. He told me later that she reused bbq meatballs she'd made the night before for a get together. Yep, bbq meatball spaghetti with marinara.

0points

Brian Charles 1 year ago

My wife and I argue over omelettes vs scrambled eggs with s**t in it HAHA! I just don't have the patience to make a proper omelette, but she does. I do saute and pre cook the veggies and filling though. I just scramble it all up in the eggs and cook it together. Still tastes good. Another one, my FIL put a roast in a crock pot, waited an hour and then pulled it out and threw it in a pan on the stove because "it wasn't cooking fast enough". Same FIL bought a 50 lb bag of steel cut oats. Cooked them for 5 minutes. Then gave us the rest of them because "they were too crunchy". He prefers the mushy instant oatmeal texture. He was baffled when I explained he needed to cook them for 20 - 30 minutes minutes or even the overnight method. "Who's got THAT kind of time??" Oy vey.

0points

Tiffany Shankle 1 year ago

My maternal grandmother is an awesome cook. I'm really sad that she's gotten too old to do that. My paternal grandmother on the other hand? She made "hamburger casserole," whatever that was really supposed to be. It was the only dish she ever cooked for me. I tried to eat it. She asked me how it was. I said, "Slightly better if I don't look at it." I was 21. I didn't like her anyway, but that was the day I found out that I didn't like her cooking either.

0points

K Brooks 1 year ago

My sister looked in my cabinet once and asked, What's all these fancy spices? My response: There's more to life than salt, pepper,and seasoned salt. Plus they're not fancy. I bought most of that from Trader Joe's.

0points

The Starsong Princess 1 year ago

My grandparents used to serve toasted English muffins with ketchup, Kraft cheese slices and bacon bits. They called them mini pizzas. I blame my cousin who liked them. Otherwise they were great, if very plain cooks. Amazing roast chicken, turkey dinner, pies, homemade bread. But dill on the potatoes was considered exotically spiced and I don’t think they ever cooked with garlic.

0points

just me 1 year ago

Pizza burgers! Mom used old (stale) hamburger buns, pizza sauce, Velveeta, ground beef, and mozzarella. Never my favorite, but not bad. She steamed or boiled veggies to mush, though.

0points

Nancy Marine 1 year ago

I gotta be honest and say I've never seen so many pretentious, condescending, and judgmental people all in one place! I've taken more than my fair share of cooking and training classes in my lifetime and am considered to be a great cook by most. However, I would NEVER think less of someone who doesn't have the same adventurous palette or cooking skills as I! No two people are the same and we don't know the backgrounds of these people to judge! My mother wasn't the greatest cook when I was growing up. She's over salt everything! Come to find out later she did that because of her time growing up on a farm during the 20s, 39s, and 40s and everything being stored in the cellar, such as the meat they had butchered only twice a year, them covered in salt to preserve it. Also, she was raising 5 kids with my dad on a shoestring budget and they couldn't afford the finest cuts of meat then so did whatever she had to do to make it remotely palatable.

-2points

Tyranamar Seuss 1 year ago

I'm a lousy cook and I'm not afraid to admit it. Some people genuinely suck at cooking. We're allowed to say so.

13points

Vira 1 year ago

If people want to live bland lives with bad food, that's on them. However, most of the submissions were about people interfering with their food, or kitchens. Or about unsafe cooking practices. Or about being judgemental about food that isn't "from their culture."

4points

Laura sometimes 1 year ago

Your mom sounds like a terrible cook who refused to improve herself

3points

El Constipado 1 year ago

Shoestring budget is not an excuse for yucky food though. Your mother just came from a long line of bad cooks. Peasant meals are enjoyed today because of people's ability to take the worst cuts of meats and/or cheap easily accessible vegetables and turn them into something delicious.

3points

Andrea Steinacher 3 weeks ago

so you think fruits with Mayonnaise are ok? Mouse poison on the counter - ok? Any vegetable cooked to mush - ok?

0points

Nancy Marine 1 year ago

After my siblings and I grew up and moved out her cooking got much better because they could afford better food to start with, including fresh vegetables and freshly butchered meat from our local butcher.

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David A Paterson 1 year ago

17points

Did I say that out loud? (he/him)cis/het 1 year ago

There's nothing wrong with using leftovers as such, but I guess it all depends on what you do with them. One of my most favourite meals as a kid was bubble and squeak.

15points

Joann Hart 1 year ago

6points

Lea S. 1 year ago

Good food never has to be thrown out. There's usually a way to use leftovers.

2points

Sara Wilson 1 year ago

1point

Brainmas 1 year ago

The audacity of just throwing away something from someone else's fridge without asking! Just no.

13points

Hannah 1 year ago

7points

Parriah 1 year ago

8points

Yohualtica 1 year ago

Her immune system was like The Hulk's from sharing her food with the cat

8points

HelluvaHedgehogAlien 1 year ago

I’ve grown to hate any sort of ketchup, with anything. Don’t ask

7points

Melissa Rose 1 year ago

I have at least 7 types of mustard in my fridge and a handful of ketchup packets for guests.

5points

Did I say that out loud? (he/him)cis/het 1 year ago

Each to their own, for whatever reason, but you definitely wouldn't want to eat with my daughter.

4points

Brandon Parisien 1 year ago

Try Maple syrup if it's breakfast food :)

1point

Stay Off My Lawn 1 year ago

Ketchup is not even allowed in my house. You will eat your fries with barbecue sauce and you will LIKE IT!!!

1point

Karen Philpott 1 year ago

I have tomato sauce, BBQ sauce, steak sauce, apricot sauce, spiced plum sauce, sweet and sour sauce, sweet soy sauce. There's probably one or two more that I can't remember!

0points

Dorothy Stovall 1 year ago

4points

Tempest 1 year ago

2points

Awsomemom52 1 year ago

3points

Marcus Lynch 1 year ago

2points

Kayla C-B 1 year ago

I know someone who is afraid of fruit. Refuses to eat any sort.

2points

VM37 1 year ago

I have one od those. Age 7, ate a piece od Apple one, trow uo everything she ate that day

0points

Greenegone Nuts 1 year ago (edited)

The thing is, I once ate cake with ketchup and my taste buds decided that *y'know, I like it!* so a lot of these are really mild for my tastes.

1point

William Worley 1 year ago

1point

Brandon Parisien 1 year ago

I have no sense of smell, so near zero taste. I don't need herbs and spices, but will use anyway (dried 100%). Recipe 100% of the time too, lol.

1point

day light 1 year ago

my grandfather has a similar condition so his specialty is ordering the spiciest food at any restaurant he visits just to be able to taste something (and brag about his spice tolerance)

1point

Stay Off My Lawn 1 year ago

1point

Parriah 1 year ago

I did that at like age 9 and yeah… gross

0points

Keith Lancaster 3 months ago

My Mum used to boil potatoes in an open pan for about three hours. Horrible mush.

0points

Marvin HeartofGold (she/them) 1 year ago

0points

4mySweetheart369 1 year ago

0points

Brian Charles 1 year ago

0points

Tiffany Shankle 1 year ago

0points

K Brooks 1 year ago

0points

The Starsong Princess 1 year ago

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just me 1 year ago

Pizza burgers! Mom used old (stale) hamburger buns, pizza sauce, Velveeta, ground beef, and mozzarella. Never my favorite, but not bad. She steamed or boiled veggies to mush, though.

0points