# Yes I DO know what am doing, I know how it's MEANT to be, but I prefer it like this. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 24, 2010, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-i-do-know-what-am-doing-i-know-how-its-meant-to-be-but-i-prefer-it-like-this/533615 "2010-03-24T13:16:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-i-do-know-what-am-doing-i-know-how-its-meant-to-be-but-i-prefer-it-like-this/533615/21 "2010-03-24T15:37:32Z")
> [@Joe Frickin Friday](#): > > Filet-o-Fish sandwich from McDonalds’s. Yeah, but the presence of actual fish in those is… debatable 😃 I too like beef _cooked_. ---
**Author:** ![Roland\_Orzabal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c2a13f/32.png) [@Roland\_Orzabal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roland_Orzabal)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-i-do-know-what-am-doing-i-know-how-its-meant-to-be-but-i-prefer-it-like-this/533615/22 "2010-03-24T15:42:49Z")
> [@Hampshire](#): > > I take my subs strictly meat-cheese-veggies. > “Hold the mayo.” > “Oh, then how about mustard?” > “Nope.” > “Oh, then you must want oil & vinegar?” > “Nope.” > “Then you must want one of our special dressings/sauces?” > “Nope.” > “Bu, bu, bu, but you can’t just eat it DRY!!!” I’m a meat-n’-cheese-only kind of guy myself. You can imagine the looks I routinely get. Tell you what, if Chef McMicrowavedchickenton is offended that I’m ruining his $5.99 masterpiece, send him out here to complain to me personally, and he can watch me pour ketchup all over it _just to piss him off_. As a non-food-related example, I also wear hard contacts, which fact sends every eye doctor under age 50 into anaphylactic shock. Not because there’s anything medically wrong with gas perms, mind, but because soft lenses just feel so much _better_ than hard, notwithstanding that I’ve been wearing the damn things for 15 years now with no trouble. I’ve quit arguing about it; I ask the doctor as soon as I meet him whether it’s going to be an issue, and if he so much as starts with the soft-lens spiel, I simply get up and leave. Life’s too short, and all that. ---
**Author:** ![cwthree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de0a6/32.png) [@cwthree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cwthree)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-i-do-know-what-am-doing-i-know-how-its-meant-to-be-but-i-prefer-it-like-this/533615/23 "2010-03-24T15:56:16Z")
> [@Rex\_Goliath](#): > > I actually can’t imagine any circumstance in which I would want cheese with fish. Any ideas? Lox with cream cheese on a bagel. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-i-do-know-what-am-doing-i-know-how-its-meant-to-be-but-i-prefer-it-like-this/533615/24 "2010-03-24T16:36:44Z")
I make a quick-n-dirty borscht and serve it as HOT soup. I like it that way. A Philly cheese steak sandwich is great as long as it is made with CHEDDAR cheese. I put Medaglia d’Oro in my standard coffee maker. ---
**Author:** ![Walkabout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/46a35a/32.png) [@Walkabout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walkabout)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-i-do-know-what-am-doing-i-know-how-its-meant-to-be-but-i-prefer-it-like-this/533615/25 "2010-03-24T17:42:04Z")
I like my vegetables thoroughly cooked. Not so they’re mush, but I don’t want crunchy beans or broccoli. To me, that’s not done, that’s raw. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-i-do-know-what-am-doing-i-know-how-its-meant-to-be-but-i-prefer-it-like-this/533615/26 "2010-03-24T17:47:36Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > I don’t put milk on my cereal. I eat it dry. > > Or wash it down with mouthfuls of iced tea. Oh, yeah, I hate milk in my cereal. Can’t stand it. ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-i-do-know-what-am-doing-i-know-how-its-meant-to-be-but-i-prefer-it-like-this/533615/27 "2010-03-24T17:50:53Z")
I also prefer borscht hot. ---
**Author:** ![amaguri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@amaguri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amaguri)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-i-do-know-what-am-doing-i-know-how-its-meant-to-be-but-i-prefer-it-like-this/533615/28 "2010-03-24T17:51:41Z")
I was just having this conversation the other day, about how much I prefer “fully cooked” pasta to its al dente counterpart. I also hate undercooked eggs. I can sorta tolerate sunny side up, but I can’t choke down scrambled eggs that are too moist. I don’t eat steak anymore but when I was a kid, I wouldn’t eat it without A-1 and/or ketchup. :eek: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-i-do-know-what-am-doing-i-know-how-its-meant-to-be-but-i-prefer-it-like-this/533615/29 "2010-03-24T17:53:08Z")
Cold potato soup. What the fuck? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-i-do-know-what-am-doing-i-know-how-its-meant-to-be-but-i-prefer-it-like-this/533615/30 "2010-03-24T17:58:47Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > I chill red wine. So? People make sangria with red wine all the time - that’s often served with _ice_, right there in the glass. I wouldn’t want to chill a really good red wine - but a random glass with dinner, on a hot summer evening? Stick it in the fridge, and it’ll hit the spot nicely. Cold red wine with cold leftover pizza - the summertime dinner of champions, am I right? _crickets chirp_ ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-i-do-know-what-am-doing-i-know-how-its-meant-to-be-but-i-prefer-it-like-this/533615/31 "2010-03-24T18:04:24Z")
> [@DanBlather](#): > > There is a guy on \*Chopped \*that is awful: “You never serve cheese with fish in Italy”. We are not in Italy asshole. Scott Conant - guy’s an ass. > [@AHunter3](#): > > I put Medaglia d’Oro in my standard coffee maker. That stuff is awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Nefarious\_Chipmunk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nefarious_chipmunk/32/1045_2.png) [@Nefarious\_Chipmunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nefarious_Chipmunk)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-i-do-know-what-am-doing-i-know-how-its-meant-to-be-but-i-prefer-it-like-this/533615/32 "2010-03-24T18:11:26Z")
In my mashed potatoes, I leave in the skin and hand mash so there are a few chunks. I don’t want them to be smooth and creamy. It is the way my mom made them and I think they are awesome. Smooth and/or riced potatoes just make me think “instant”. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-i-do-know-what-am-doing-i-know-how-its-meant-to-be-but-i-prefer-it-like-this/533615/33 "2010-03-24T18:13:03Z")
You’re all heathens, I tell you! ---
**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:** [March 24, 2010, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-i-do-know-what-am-doing-i-know-how-its-meant-to-be-but-i-prefer-it-like-this/533615/34 "2010-03-24T18:19:14Z")
I LOVE onion soup. I hate mushy bread on top of it. I order it without the garnish. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-i-do-know-what-am-doing-i-know-how-its-meant-to-be-but-i-prefer-it-like-this/533615/35 "2010-03-24T18:24:42Z")
My girlfriend doesn’t get the al dente thing either, and no matter how much I insist she is just uncultured and doesn’t get it, she won’t accept my reasoning. She also likes steak well-done, which is a terrible waste of steak IMO. ---
**Author:** ![Sister\_Vigilante](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@Sister\_Vigilante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sister_Vigilante)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-i-do-know-what-am-doing-i-know-how-its-meant-to-be-but-i-prefer-it-like-this/533615/36 "2010-03-24T18:32:11Z")
My mother puts ketchup on her (well done) steak. Mine are all already here: fully done scrambled eggs and pasta, fully done meats (except steak, which is medium well), although I will eat sushi. Regarding fried eggs: the yolk must be broken and completely done. ---
**Author:** ![Surly\_Chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Surly\_Chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surly_Chick)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-i-do-know-what-am-doing-i-know-how-its-meant-to-be-but-i-prefer-it-like-this/533615/37 "2010-03-24T18:36:15Z")
Count me in the anti-al dente crowd. As well as the dry cereal crowd. And the cheese on fish crowd - especially parmesan on garlic shrimp. ---
**Author:** ![Arglefraster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3bc359/32.png) [@Arglefraster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arglefraster)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-i-do-know-what-am-doing-i-know-how-its-meant-to-be-but-i-prefer-it-like-this/533615/38 "2010-03-24T18:41:15Z")
I like my Cream of Wheat to be lumpy. Thick, gooey lumps for me to chew. Yum. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-i-do-know-what-am-doing-i-know-how-its-meant-to-be-but-i-prefer-it-like-this/533615/39 "2010-03-24T18:44:52Z")
Craig Claiborne recipe for scrambled eggs called for holding back a few spoonfuls of raw egg batter, then mixing it into the finished eggs just before serving. Fuck if I’m doing that. ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-i-do-know-what-am-doing-i-know-how-its-meant-to-be-but-i-prefer-it-like-this/533615/40 "2010-03-24T18:48:13Z")
> [@Rex\_Goliath](#): > > I actually can’t imagine any circumstance in which I would want cheese with fish. Any ideas? My Pacific NW heritage is showing… Pickled herring spread on top of a thick slice of smoke gouda… Smoked salmon and goat cheese spread on toasted bread drizzled with olive oil… Piles of shredded cheddar covering a steaming bowl of clam chowder… Caviar and any stinky soft cheese… Trout topped with mozarella and baked to a golden juicy brown… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-i-do-know-what-am-doing-i-know-how-its-meant-to-be-but-i-prefer-it-like-this/533615.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-i-do-know-what-am-doing-i-know-how-its-meant-to-be-but-i-prefer-it-like-this/533615.md?page=3)