Every one of us has cooked food at least a few times during our lives. And it doesn’t matter if your cooking was just making ramen from a store-bought pack or making a complicated meal from scratch. It’s still cooking in some capacity. 

And a lot of us have committed some cooking sins. Some of us even did it knowingly. Recently, Reddit users in a thread on the community r/Cooking shared what cooking sins they commit knowingly and shamelessly. Let’s take a look. 

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#1

I break my spaghetti in half like a mf champion and never regretted doing so

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#2

I let my meat defrost on the counter, and if I pay enough attention I´’ll put it in the fridge when its defrosted, but sometimes I totally forget about it and it comes to room temp. My family is still alive.

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#3

I make, and eat, raw cookie dough. With eggs. Best treat. Never been sick

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#4

I use salted butter and don’t add salt in baking recipes. My desserts/baked goods always end up perfectly, slightly salted.

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#5

I’ll put ketchup on hotdogs and brats. I don’t care what others think. I like it.

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#6

Using a teaspoon to scoop out some spices, then putting it back into the drawer because it was spotless.

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#7

I rinse my mushrooms. Ain’t nobody got time for carefully wiping off the soil.

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#8

I cook with butter more than oils. It tastes better. Not as healthy, but it’s worth it to me!

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#9

I don’t dice onions the proper way (keeping the root end attached). I cut off both ends, slice one way, then the other. I know it’s supposedly easier, but I don’t like doing it that way.

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#10

I use my chef’s knife for everything. All my other knives are just there to look pretty.

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#11

My chef mother taught me NEVER to cut lettuce, only to rip. Ripping the lettuce and then rinsing/washing was my job every night before dinner, and I loathed it. Now, I only cut my lettuce with a knife, I refuse to rip it lol

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#12

My cast iron is seasoned properly so it gets a quick hand wash with soap and rinsed and then dried completely. It will get touch up seasoning when needed. The hysteria is so unnecessary.

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#13

Sometimes, I salt the water *before* it is boiling.

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#14

When I bake I don’t weigh anything, and just scoop up the flour in the measuring cup. I know it packs down, but whatever. My cookies always come out great anyway.

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#15

I don’t do “mise en place”

It’s more like a mess in place, but as long as the food turns out good, I’m okay with that lol

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#16

Using dry measuring cups for liquids.

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#17

I don’t curl my fingers when cutting things. I’ve been cooking for 50 years and have only cut myself a few times and usually not when slicing. I feel I get a better grip not curling.

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#18

I remove shrimp tails before cooking. Apparently you’re not supposed to but the tails are disgusting

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#19

🫣 You can cook rice on the stovetop just like you would in a rice cooker. No need to do it pasta style lol. You’d just need to adjust the water to rice ratio and let it go.

I don’t taste as I cook. I just season with my eyes.

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#20

I made homemade jambalaya a bunch of times until I really had it down, then decided that except for special occasions, it’s generally not worth the effort to make from scratch. So these days I’m back to starting from a box of Zataran’s and doctoring it up.

#21

My secret ingredient is msg.

#22

Unless it’s going to stay in a dish uncooked, I rarely bother with fresh garlic these days. It’s good enough for weeknight cooking when I mostly just want to make something fast but decent. I chop and freeze onions and buy canned beans for the same reason.

I take a lot of shortcuts like that due to health issues, honestly. Reducing the number of steps until done is helpful in getting myself to actually cook.

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#23

I overcook my eggs, eggs over-hard and scrambled over high heat until they are rubber. It’s probably mostly just because that’s how my mom prepared them and it’s nostalgia. I know how to properly cook an egg and that they are supposed to be at least somewhat runny. I will also never cook them that way.

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#24

I use a garlic press. Sorry, not sorry.

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#25

I’ll keep bread in the refrigerator. Especially for grilled cheese where it’ll be reheated in butter anyway.

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