# 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:** 15\ **Page:** 16
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2024, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-prefer-cooked-wrong/998787/301 "2024-04-06T17:02:49Z")
No, but it might be a sin to buy pre-sliced challah: > **[Cutting the Challah Before Hamotzi - OU Kosher Halacha Yomis - OU Torah](https://outorah.org/p/83097/)** > > Q. On Shabbos, should one begin cutting the challah before reciting Hamotzi?A. On a weekday, a cut should be made before the beracha, but the Rema (Shulchan Ar ---
**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, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-prefer-cooked-wrong/998787/302 "2024-04-06T18:05:34Z")
I’m sure that’s one of the things we bought at our local Israeli bakery ([Mamoosh](https://mamooshbakery.co.uk/)). They failed to provide us with instructions. 😉 j ---
**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 6, 2024, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-prefer-cooked-wrong/998787/303 "2024-04-06T18:13:55Z")
> [@fedman1](#): > > 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 🤨 If you are going to use it up in a week, it can’t matter if you keep it next to the stove. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2024, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-prefer-cooked-wrong/998787/304 "2024-04-06T18:51:54Z")
> [@fedman1](#): > > 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 🤨 Consider it part of the _mise en place_. > [@pulykamell](#): > > What is a bagel slicer? We always just used a bread knife at the cafe I worked at (which served tons of bagels.) [![](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71tTlhu3yfL._AC_SY879_.jpg) ](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71tTlhu3yfL._AC_SY879_.jpg) ---
**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, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-prefer-cooked-wrong/998787/305 "2024-04-06T19:10:45Z")
what you’ll showing is what I thought was bagel slicer–didn’t know ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2024, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-prefer-cooked-wrong/998787/306 "2024-04-06T20:16:39Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > 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. Thank you. I could not remember my cite, but this works. > [@fedman1](#): > > In a _cocktail_ shaker, combine 3 ounces gin, 1 ounce vodka, and 1/2 ounce Lillet Blanc or dry vermouth. Adding vodka does nothing for the flavor. ---
**Author:** ![stui\_magpie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stui_magpie/32/11010_2.png) [@stui\_magpie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stui_magpie)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2024, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-prefer-cooked-wrong/998787/307 "2024-04-09T08:37:25Z")
> [@fedman1](#): > > what you’ll showing is what I thought was bagel slicer–didn’t know I had a bad injury a few years ago because of a bagel slicer. Working at a cafe, I put my dick into the bagel slicer. The boss caught us and sacked us both and my wife beat shit out of me when she found out. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2024, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-prefer-cooked-wrong/998787/308 "2024-04-09T08:40:58Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Adding vodka does nothing for the flavor. James Bond is an alcoholic. He’s not adding vodka for the flavor. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2024, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-prefer-cooked-wrong/998787/309 "2024-04-09T19:27:18Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > James Bond is an alcoholic. He’s not adding vodka for the flavor. Yeah, I noticed when he was sent to the health farm, he snuck booze in. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2024, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-prefer-cooked-wrong/998787/310 "2024-04-09T19:33:13Z")
This isn’t cooking, per se, but I don’t eat grapefruits by slicing them in half then gouging out the flesh with a spoon, I eat it by cutting it into wedge-slices like an orange, and eating it like an orange. ---
**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:** [April 9, 2024, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-prefer-cooked-wrong/998787/311 "2024-04-09T20:19:23Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > This isn’t cooking, per se, but I don’t eat grapefruits by slicing them in half then gouging out the flesh with a spoon, I eat it by cutting it into wedge-slices like an orange, and eating it like an orange. I peeled them like an orange, separated the wedges like an orange, then painstakingly peeled the membrane (which is rather bitter on grapefruit) off the wedges and then ate the pulp. For me eating grapefruit was a messy and time-consuming affair. Can’t eat them anymore (statins), but I miss them. I was very fond of grapefruit and grapefruit juice. ---
**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 9, 2024, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-prefer-cooked-wrong/998787/312 "2024-04-09T21:33:16Z")
I sometimes eat them that way. ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2024, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-prefer-cooked-wrong/998787/313 "2024-04-09T21:57:29Z")
> [@Tamerlane](#): > > like an orange, separated the wedges like an orange, then painstakingly peeled the membrane Supreme or supreming and I also did it by hand to grapefruit as a kid curled up in front of the tv before I knew the term > **[What Does It Mean To 'Supreme' Citrus? - Tasting Table](https://www.tastingtable.com/1160627/what-does-it-mean-to-supreme-citrus/)** > > To supreme citrus entails removing the fibrous section of the fruit to access only the fleshy insides. A sharp knife and good-quality fruits are essential. ---
**Author:** ![dwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwyr/32/363_2.png) [@dwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwyr)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2024, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-prefer-cooked-wrong/998787/314 "2024-04-09T23:45:51Z")
[Citrus supreme using enzyme](https://www.chefsteps.com/activities/perfect-citrus-supreme) ---
**Author:** ![stui\_magpie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stui_magpie/32/11010_2.png) [@stui\_magpie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stui_magpie)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2024, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-prefer-cooked-wrong/998787/315 "2024-04-11T08:10:21Z")
I used to like grapefruit but apparently it messes with my blood pressure medication so I can’t have it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-prefer-cooked-wrong/998787.md?page=15)