# Foods you like prepared "wrong". **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 11, 2015, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-like-prepared-wrong/734231 "2015-10-11T01:18:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2015, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-like-prepared-wrong/734231/21 "2015-10-11T03:33:12Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > I prefer dry turkey (with gravy) to moist turkey (which seems somewhat slimy to me). I thought I was the only one. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2015, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-like-prepared-wrong/734231/22 "2015-10-11T03:33:37Z")
> [@Trinopus](#): > > I can’t tell the difference between completely cooked and al dente; I suspect I let mine boil too long. And, yeah, I break it in half too! Much easier to eat in shorter strands! > > I let my rice boil too long also, and I don’t drain it. I only put in as much water as will be completely absorbed in boiling and cooling. > > I like my steak and burgers and other meat very well done. “Burn it, Sam.” Aficionados decry this as ruining the meat, but it’s how I prefer it. > > A friend of mine chides me for putting shredded cheddar on top of French Onion Soup. He says only shredded Swiss cheese is proper. I never learned that as a rule, and like cheddar (or Swiss, or both!) I like my rice sticky and clumping together. Fluffy rice–Blechh. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2015, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-like-prepared-wrong/734231/23 "2015-10-11T03:41:40Z")
I’m right there with room temperture soda and limp french fries. I’ll also add non-crispy bacon - I like there to still be just a little elastic chew. ---
**Author:** ![actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e79b87/32.png) [@actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/actualliberalnotoneofthose)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2015, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-like-prepared-wrong/734231/24 "2015-10-11T03:50:31Z")
I’ll take the non-crunchy bacon. French Fries to me are supposed to be sort of limp, but not shoestring- so that’s a different thing I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Master\_Wang-Ka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/master_wang-ka/32/3325_2.png) [@Master\_Wang-Ka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Master_Wang-Ka)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2015, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-like-prepared-wrong/734231/25 "2015-10-11T03:54:05Z")
I like chili with chopped raw onions, and beans are just fine. Topped with shredded cheddar. Mmm! ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2015, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-like-prepared-wrong/734231/26 "2015-10-11T03:54:21Z")
This isn’t quite the same thing, but the more “skin” on a bowl of chocolate pudding, the happier I am. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2015, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-like-prepared-wrong/734231/27 "2015-10-11T03:56:37Z")
> [@Sahirrnee](#): > > I thought I was the only one. We found a few like-minded souls in this old thread: > **[Anyone else not like really moist chicken?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=706834)** > > Most times when I cook individual chicken breasts, I cook them long to get slightly dry. Some people think I’m crazy for that. I just baked a whole chicken that came out really, really moist. Too moist! I actually had a temp in the high 180s in the... ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2015, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-like-prepared-wrong/734231/28 "2015-10-11T04:03:06Z")
I like all my beer ice cold, even home brew. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2015, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-like-prepared-wrong/734231/29 "2015-10-11T04:39:26Z")
I like my hot fudge sundae to be made with orange sherbet instead of vanilla ice cream… ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2015, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-like-prepared-wrong/734231/30 "2015-10-11T04:44:11Z")
^ Oh, yeah, the first chance I get… 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2015, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-like-prepared-wrong/734231/31 "2015-10-11T04:57:43Z")
> [@pseudograph](#): > > I like my pasta completely cooked, not al dente, as is proper, and I always break spaghetti in half. I grew up on overcooked noodles. Rigatoni, the way my Nona cooked it, was actually ‘flat’, in that it collapsed on itself. "Al dente’ pasta just seems undercooked and crunchy to me. I still can’t cook it the way she did without it falling apart, but I cook it well past al dente. When it gets to that point, that’s when I turn up the burner and start looking for the strainer. I also like cookies a bit overcooked. I’d much prefer them darker and a bit crunchy then with any hit of dough still in the middle (unless I’m specifically making cake type cookies). I know two people that both liked their food so over cooked (one hot dogs, the other burgers) that if they were over, after I pulled everyone elses food off the grill, I’d told them their’s were still on and they could take them off whenever they wanted. The hot dog person like them grilled to the point where they were starting to explode, the burger person liked them somewhat burned on the outside, though I’m guessing he had more of an issue with any sign of red on the inside. Maybe he liked the charred tasted (there’s other ways to go about that), but I get the feeling ‘cook the crap out of it, like, when you take them off, leave mine on for 5 more minutes’ was just his way of getting the message across easily. As a picky eater, I have no problem with wanting food cooked a specific way. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2015, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-like-prepared-wrong/734231/32 "2015-10-11T05:07:29Z")
I like steak welllll done. :eek: The horror! I know! ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2015, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-like-prepared-wrong/734231/33 "2015-10-11T05:08:45Z")
I like pastrami sandwiches with mayo. I ordered one once at a NYC deli and everyone around me stopped talking and stared at me. I put leftover sweet potatoes (made with butter, brown sugar and cinnamon) in tomato soup. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2015, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-like-prepared-wrong/734231/34 "2015-10-11T06:37:17Z")
> [@pseudograph](#): > > … and I always break spaghetti in half. You don’t impress me, unless you do it _lengthwise!_ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2015, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-like-prepared-wrong/734231/35 "2015-10-11T07:30:48Z")
When I make chili, along with chili powder, I add cinnamon. I love eggs over hard. I like my toast to be so under toasted that is essentially warm bread. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2015, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-like-prepared-wrong/734231/36 "2015-10-11T10:00:11Z")
I’ve never heard of draining white rice. How can you? It will absorb as much water as you put in it, turning into paste if you use too much. Anyways, considering the standards of this board: [ul] [li]I eat steak medium to well done.[/li][li]I prefer eggs to be hard.[/li][li]I microwave bacon.[/li][li]I prefer dry garlic.[/li][li]I eat at Applebees and Golden Coral for special occasions.[/li][li]I sometimes boil hot dogs. (But I do not eat them with ketchup.)[/li][li]I make dumplings in the microwave.[/li][li]I will sometimes cook certain raw meats in the microwave. (for example, it makes nice crispies on chicken)[/li][li]I really don’t like drinking tap water.[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2015, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-like-prepared-wrong/734231/37 "2015-10-11T11:17:58Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > I like lumpy mashed potatoes. And lumpy gravy to go with it. Yes. None of this creamy sloppy nonsense. I mash potatoes until they are broken, then I stop. ---
**Author:** ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2015, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-like-prepared-wrong/734231/38 "2015-10-11T12:58:43Z")
I eat cereal dry 99% of the time, I thought I was alone. Back in the day when I ate eggs, I asked for broken yolk, fried hard, lace is ok. I never could stomach a egg that was even raw-ish. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2015, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-like-prepared-wrong/734231/39 "2015-10-11T13:47:38Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > Yes. None of this creamy sloppy nonsense. I mash potatoes until they are broken, then I stop. I’ll be right over! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Ruken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f475e1/32.png) [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2015, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-like-prepared-wrong/734231/40 "2015-10-11T14:08:03Z")
> [@Trinopus](#): > > I let my rice boil too long also, and I don’t drain it. I only put in as much water as will be completely absorbed in boiling and cooling. > [@BigT](#): > > I’ve never heard of draining white rice. How can you? It will absorb as much water as you put in it, turning into paste if you use too much. I’m confused too. **Trinopus** , what is the “correct” way of cooking rice that you don’t do? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-like-prepared-wrong/734231.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-like-prepared-wrong/734231.md?page=3)