What is the biggest myth in cooking?

chicken fried steak isn't actually chicken

>>21470329 (OP)
the darker the yolk, or the color of the shell makes eggs better.

Liquid smoke invariably makes food worse. Real smoke isn't that great either

>>21470329 (OP)
>>21470334

Eggs raise your cholesterol dangerously - This has been largely debunked.

Egg whites are much healthier than whole eggs - While egg whites are lower in calories and fat, the yolk contains most of the egg's vitamins, minerals, and beneficial compounds.

>>21470329 (OP)
>better equipment won't make you a better cook
good tools give consistent results, removing variables you'd otherwise have to account for

That you have to use American cheese on burgers because of the way it melts

The biggest myth is the idea that you're supposed to add ginger or soy sauce to sushi before you eat it.
The ginger cleanses the palate, and the sushi is precisely sauced so you should save the soy sauce for another dish.

>>21470329 (OP)
Tap water is safe.

>>21470371
>and the sushi is precisely sauced so you should save the soy sauce for another dish
lmao fat naruto watcher dumping half a gallon of salt into his ramen

>>21470387
It is unless your water authority is fantastically incompetent.

Salting pasta water is a wildly inefficient way to season a pasta dish. I get that salt is cheap, so whatever, but this shit is still retarded. It would be like squirting out an entire bottle of ketchup, dipping a couple of fries, and then throwing the rest away. Idiocy

>>21470329 (OP)
>rice is steamed.

if you actually "steamed" the rice the normal way like you steam fish or buns, you would get really hard uncooked rice. you literally have to soak the rice in water. that's not steaming.

>>21470394
It raises the boiling temperature. Not everything you don't understand is retarded.

>>21470371
>sushi is precisely sauced so you should save the soy sauce for another dish.
>THE EGG IT'S THE EGG! THIS MAN IS A GENIUS!

post that "Billions" meme gif.

It turns out that a shrimp did NOT fry the rice

>>21470396
And what, precisely, does that do for your noodles, Mr. Newton?

>>21470394
I would assume salt will penetrate the pasta throughout using osmosis during the boiling and if you use it after the fact its possible the salt mostly hangs on top of the pasta or may clump annoyingly

and yes salt is so cheap and use so little of it per meal no one has to think twice about it

>>21470402
Sure, if you hit your head really hard and forgot how to stir right after adding salt. Otherwise the difference between *salt water infused pasta noodles* and salted pasta noodles is no negligible that I'd bet $1,000 that no one would be able to tell in a double blind taste test
It's just wasteful at best and pretentious at worst

>>21470400
Faster cooking and better texture. If you want to know more, there's this cool site called Google you can ask.

>>21470400
rehydrates the pasta more quickly so it cooks more evenly, inhibits gelatinization so it isn't soggy, and gives it a slightly salty flavor

>>21470397
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQ-9IE6cIF0

>>21470406

>>21470407
>I saved 20 seconds on cooking pasta because I dumped 4 cups of salt in my water
lmao, good job saving enough time to make this inane post
>>21470408
>Salt rehydrates things
Lot of high IQ posters out tonight

>>21470396
It's like 5 tbsp of salt per litre of water for a single degree of difference. It's not going to make a meaningful difference unless you're boiling in full on brine.
>>21470406
Nah.

>>21470411
>I don't have a coherent argument so here's an image macro containing a humorous depiction of a character from unrelated media that I enjoy

>>21470413
>>I saved 20 seconds on cooking pasta because I dumped 4 cups of salt in my water
you know your position is weak when you have to exaggerate so wildly to try and make a point. nobody is using 4 cups of salt. it's a couple tablespoons at most. if that's breaking your bank, you are living in absurdly severe poverty and should probably be worrying about other things besides how people season their pasta.

>>21470413
>>21470414
Nuance is what the art of cooking is all about. You'd think anons on the food and cooking board would understand, but considering the constant presence of "I don't like food" threads in the catalog, I guess I shouldn't be surprised.

>>21470417
If you're so rushed for time that you can't wait 20 extra seconds for your pasta to boil, maybe you should just open a can of chef boyardee, numbnuts

>>21470418
>Naunce
>art of cooking
You talk like a fag and your shit's all retarded

>>21470366
I agree to an extent, but I would argue that learning to account for those variables DOES make you a better chef by making you more adaptable. I would never suggest to anybody to start learning on shitty equipment if they have better equipment available to them, but it would be a good exercise to, for example, learn to cook outdoors where your equipment is limited.
but in general yes, better equipment will make you a better cook.

>>21470421
>If you're so rushed for time that you can't wait 20 extra seconds for your pasta to boil
oh, I can wait. I just don't have to.

>>21470424
You know there's like 60 other boards for topics you might be more interested in, take your pick:
>>>4chan.org

>>21470427
Well I hope the massive amount of salt you're dumping down the drain is worth the extra 20 seconds you get to tongue your gay lover's anus

>>21470430
I'm not the one who entered the discussion purely to huff my own farts

>umami is different than savory
>searing does not lock in the juices
Umami is savory and searing DOES lock in the juices. I won’t hear otherwise.

>>21470431
a couple tablespoons really isn't a massive amount of salt dude. it's like, fractions of a cent worth. sorry you're like medieval peasant tier poor dude.

>>21470433
umami flavors are savory, but not all savory flavors are umami

>>21470432
Wow, you sure got me there Mr. Poo-poo face.

>>21470329 (OP)
The heat from the rice does NOT cook the raw egg.

>>21470435
It's about pointless waste, not finances. But hey, if you want to larp as an italian so bad, go ahead and salta da spaghett likea da sea! Just know that anyone watching you cook will you for your reddit ass cooking methods

>>21470440
and that's a good thing. raw egg yolk is delicious

>>21470438
You provided no argument, just popped in to talk about how smart you are. My post was in keeping with the level of contribution yours made to the thread

>>21470329 (OP)
>21470329
>much brains

>>21470446
This you?
>>21470394

>Breaking pasta is bad
>Carbs is bad
>fat and salt is bad for you (excess of everything is bad)
>MSG is bad
Also the only reason restaurant food taste so good/different is because they DRENCH their food in salt,oil and fats

>>21470329 (OP)
olivölle is good for u

Seafood and cheese don’t go together.
Proper boomer wisdom.

>>21470430
>gatekeeping
You’re likely an insufferable prick.
Bet you’ve applied to be a janny.

>>21470393
>city water
shig

>>21470329 (OP)
That cooking is hard.
It is time consuming and some recipes are complex (requiring a lot of steps) but it isn't hard.

Cooking your own meals are cheap.
This one bothers me because it is persistent. Is it cheaper than eating out? Really depends on the dish in question. The reason why it's not cheap is people basically never assume your time spent cooking as a cost factor in the meal prep and assume you have all the spices, spirits, and secondary ingredients sitting around. Then you have to also factor in the time cost for the cleaning aspect following the actual cooking. Which brings me to myth number three.

Cooking is quick. Fuck no. There are loads of meals where your "active" part is pretty limited but the meal cooking portion is long as hell (soups, bread, roasts, smoking meats, etc).

Do I recommend cooking? Absolutely. Once you build up your pantry so you have 99% of the ingredients you need for a dish, you have your technique down for cooking, and such? THEN your cost moving forward for most meals are cheaper than eating anywhere else from a raw material perspective, however, the biggest reason I recommend cooking for yourself is because it will almost universally taste superior to anything you can buy elsewhere.

>>21470822
Agree that cooking isn't as hard as people make it out to be.

Disagree that it's necessarily very time consuming. It can be, but it doesn't have to be. There is a lot of stuff you can make quickly. For as many dishes that take a long time like you mentioned (soups, bread, roasts) there are equally as many that can be made in sub 30 minutes. And on top of that, the former time consuming dishes often create enough leftovers that they save you a significant amount of time in following days.
I also think that the time-cost factor when it comes to cooking is overstated and is mostly thrown around by people who just want an excuse not to spend time in the kitchen. We all know the adage "time is money", but let's be honest, most people aren't constantly generating income in their free time. Most people work a 9-5, come home and have several hours of unproductive free time. If you're gonna come home after work and veg out playing video games for 3 hours, there's no reason you can't have a stew simmering on the stove while you do that. I frankly don't believe most of the people who throw around terms like time-cost factor are actually that valuable. I can certainly understand wanting to get meals.out quickly if you're a busy person, and like I said there are lots of dishes you can prepare quickly. But I also don't think it's out of most people's grasp to spend a couple hours cooking something that will produce leftovers for a week, if they want to.
Also, cleaning isn't that hard or time consuming either, and if it is, you're doing something wrong in your kitchen workflow. In takes me less than 10 minutes to clean all my dishes for the day, by hand. Keep a towel on hand and wipe up counter tops and stuff as you cook, and learn to manage the number of dishes you use, and you will drastically reduce the amount of time you need to spend cleaning up after a meal. People who make doing the dishes into some Herculean task in their heads are just avoidant.

>>21470443
I generally agree about not being wasteful, but you're taking it to an illogical extreme. Salt is so ridiculously abundant that 2 tablespoons is simply insignificant, on both a personal level and grander scale. You're just looking for something to be upset over.

>>21470329 (OP)
Cheese and fish don’t mix

>>21470406
Have you actually tried doing this or are you just talking out of your ass

>>21470329 (OP)
British cuisine is bad

>>21470329 (OP)
food needs to look good to taste good, you can literally make a mush of the same shit and if you use the right sauce in the mush it will still taste excellent
>muh texture
speaking strictly of flavor, the flavor will be the same if you sauced it right

>>21470371
it’s white rice and raw fish, my bad for thinking it could use some more flavor

>>21470867
you forgot the sea weed and other seasonings

>>21470846
I'm gonna disagree hard on your time stance.
Some dishes are indeed quick cooks. Hell, steaming fish in a rice cooker that is preparing rice at the same time is a one pot meal that is quick and easy to clean.

If you are preparing a legit meal (protein, two sides, bread option), most meals are time investment and dirty up several dishes, pots, etc.

As an example, I made spaghetti last night. Ground the pork, made the sauce from fresh ingredients, homemade pasta, and a loaf of garlic bread from some french bread I made earlier in the day.
All told? I spent about two hours of time cooking and preparing stuff and another hour cleaning.

It isn't time I would have spent being productive, however, it is time I would have spent sleeping because I work 12 hours a day with a 60 minute commute to and from work.

The payoff is some banging food that helps me recover better. Corners could be cut (use dry noodles, jar sauce you season, pre-ground meat, frozen garlic bread) and the cook time would be cut down to 30 minutes, however, I am factoring in people cooking from scratch for most of their dishes because that's more what foodie fags do and is where the real cost benefit from home cooking starts showing its benefits.

>>21470394
the sauce is the seasoning, if you can't taste the difference between salted pasta water and unsalted it's entirely on you and your tongue.

>>21470342
Agreed. Liquid smoke is fine, and smoke makes everything better.

If you eat alot, you will get fat.

>>21470371
Chill out, Mr Miyagi.

>>21470371
Chill out Mr. Miyagi

>>21471031
Chill out, Mr Miyagi

>>21470371
Chill out, Mr. Miyagi.

>>21471033
Chill out, Mr Miyagi

>>21471035
Chill out, Mr Miyagi

>>21470443
I bet you also reuse your pasta water because throwing it out after cooking would be pointless waste. And you use the toilet water to shower too yes?

>>21471041
No... I use my shower water for the toilet idiot.

>>21471038
Chill out Mr Miyagi

>>21470387
ahh yes but the tap water in the plastic """""""""""hidden springs"""""""""" water bottle is perfectly fine! hilarious how much sharts love blindly trusting companies

>>21471046
Tired of you child raping pedophiles so much.

>>21471049
Chill out, Mrs Miyagi

>>21471048
Why do your taxes pay for water treatment then pedo? ;)

>>21470408
prove it

Heroin and other drugs are not food yet you consume them and they do provide small amounts of sustenance.

>>21471235
I mean weed gives munchies, cocaine supresses hunger and same with meth to a lesser degree so you are eather eating or not eating at all.

>>21471026
>Agreed
you been smokin' too much

>>21471438
Why would eat or use weeds? What weeds are drugs?

>>21470371
chill out mr miyagi!

>>21470329 (OP)
Leaving your steak on the counter for 15 seconds to bring it up to room temp.

>>21472383
this, you need to leave it out for 15 hours at least, uncovered

>>21470329 (OP)
Preheating for almost anything except baking.

>>21471442
Thread is biggest myth, you posted a myth: that smoke flavor sucks, which is close to as wrong as saying that salt tastes bad.