# Foods you prefer cooked "wrong" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [March 13, 2024, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-prefer-cooked-wrong/998787 "2024-03-13T03:32:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 15
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2024, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-prefer-cooked-wrong/998787/281 "2024-04-04T13:13:22Z")
Eating lunch, I realized that my lazy microwaved cheese on toast probably qualifies for this thread. (Important instruction: you have to _dry the bread out_ by toasting it super slowly for this to work). j ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2024, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-prefer-cooked-wrong/998787/282 "2024-04-04T17:25:39Z")
I think it’s simply a reminder that kitchens can be dangerous. Regardless of videos, people are always going to cut their hands open on bagels and avocados, but also washing glassware and catching falling knives. I consider myself pretty safe and dexterous and damned near put myself in the hospital with a mandolin wound to my thumb. Burns, shocks, toxins, sharps, power tools (like blenders and garbage disposals) are everyday hazards right under our noses. One little lapse of attention and I lop off a fingertip. Then, there are the less common risks. Pressure cooker explosions, mishaps during hypothetical cryogenic ice cream experiments, RF scars from misguided DIY microwave repairs, lobster pinches, pets underfoot, and so on. ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2024, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-prefer-cooked-wrong/998787/283 "2024-04-04T18:17:45Z")
> [@jnglmassiv](#): > > I consider myself pretty safe and dexterous and damned near put myself in the hospital with a mandolin wound No shock there, mandolins are probably more dangerous than making an avocado bagel. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2024, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-prefer-cooked-wrong/998787/284 "2024-04-04T18:47:00Z")
I bought myself some cut-resistant gloves purely for when I use the mandoline. Even when I use the handguard/pusher/whateveryoucall it, I don a glove on my vegetable-holding hand. Mandolines are trecherous. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2024, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-prefer-cooked-wrong/998787/285 "2024-04-04T18:56:12Z")
> [@jnglmassiv](#): > > lobster pinches … [coconut crabs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-kitchen-accidents/925829/33) … ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2024, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-prefer-cooked-wrong/998787/286 "2024-04-04T19:46:19Z")
> [@Cheesesteak](#): > > No shock there, mandolins are probably more dangerous … Not for people like Me! You see, I’m better than you and … @#$%&! dammit, my other thumb tip’s on the floor. Go get the mop, I’ll see which Urgent Care is open. > [@pulykamell](#): > > I bought myself some cut-resistant gloves … I’ve since bought a pair, too. Never one to leave well enough alone, I tested one up near the cuff with a large and sturdy pair of scissors, think Korean BBQ shears. They did a lot better than I expected, barely a nick, and I’m totally confident it will fully protect for normal household mandolin use. If I ever regain the nerve to use it again. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2024, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-prefer-cooked-wrong/998787/287 "2024-04-04T21:53:14Z")
> [@Cheesesteak](#): > > No shock there, mandolins are probably more dangerous than making an avocado bagel. A stringed musical instrument?? 🤪 ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2024, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-prefer-cooked-wrong/998787/288 "2024-04-04T22:00:17Z")
It can be either, but typically “mandoline” in US English and “mandolin” in UK English, as far as the internet tells me. I always spelled it “mandoline” for the slicer, but I’m a USian. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2024, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-prefer-cooked-wrong/998787/289 "2024-04-04T22:52:19Z")
I pronounce it mandoLEEN when I’m talking about the kitchen tool, not the stringed musical instrument. There seems to be some support for this on the internet. ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2024, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-prefer-cooked-wrong/998787/290 "2024-04-05T00:07:04Z")
I put mandoline earlier, decided it didn’t look right, and went with mandolin. > [@DrDeth](#): > > A stringed musical instrument?? Violince. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2024, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-prefer-cooked-wrong/998787/291 "2024-04-05T00:30:58Z")
> [@jnglmassiv](#): > > I put mandoline earlier, decided it didn’t look right, and went with mandolin. I would just say “mandoline slicer”. But “mondolin” is an acceptable alt spelling, just that I would clarify it by adding “slicer”. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2024, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-prefer-cooked-wrong/998787/292 "2024-04-05T00:44:23Z")
> [@jnglmassiv](#): > > Violince. That’s the problem with modern music. Too much sax and violins. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2024, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-prefer-cooked-wrong/998787/293 "2024-04-05T16:39:32Z")
I don’t have any stats, but a neighborhood friend works in the ER, and he says cuts from slicing bagels are very common, and he thinks it’s one of the top reasons anyone goes to the emergency room. ---
**Author:** ![fedman1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e495f1/32.png) [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2024, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-prefer-cooked-wrong/998787/294 "2024-04-06T16:00:20Z")
what’s interesting to me is that we’re told to keep olive oil away from heat, bur cooking show like Diners et al show bottles practically on top of the stove 🤨 ---
**Author:** ![fedman1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e495f1/32.png) [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2024, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-prefer-cooked-wrong/998787/295 "2024-04-06T16:08:37Z")
sorry, see cite below– [ ### James Bond’s Vesper Martini Recipe [image] The Spruce Eats [https://www.thespruceeats.com](https://www.thespruceeats.com) › … › Gin Cocktails ]([James Bond's Vesper Martini Recipe](https://www.thespruceeats.com/vesper-martini-recipe-760130)) [ [image] ](https://www.thespruceeats.com/vesper-martini-recipe-760130) Feb 8, 2024 — In a _cocktail_ shaker, combine 3 ounces gin, 1 ounce vodka, and 1/2 ounce Lillet Blanc or dry vermouth. ---
**Author:** ![fedman1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e495f1/32.png) [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2024, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-prefer-cooked-wrong/998787/296 "2024-04-06T16:11:29Z")
I use olive oil when I cook eggs, it adds a buttery taste ---
**Author:** ![fedman1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e495f1/32.png) [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2024, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-prefer-cooked-wrong/998787/297 "2024-04-06T16:24:32Z")
and wouldn’t most restaurants have a bagel slicer? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2024, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-prefer-cooked-wrong/998787/298 "2024-04-06T16:27:47Z")
That’s Janice, but she’s on vacation right now. ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2024, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-prefer-cooked-wrong/998787/299 "2024-04-06T16:39:10Z")
Is it a sin to buy pre-sliced bagels? j ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2024, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-prefer-cooked-wrong/998787/300 "2024-04-06T16:44:17Z")
What is a bagel slicer? We always just used a bread knife at the cafe I worked at (which served tons of bagels.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-prefer-cooked-wrong/998787.md?page=14) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-prefer-cooked-wrong/998787.md?page=16)