Poll of the Day > How often to you burn what you're trying to cook?

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DONT LIE

Lets see if PotD knows how to cook...


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Never.

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hahaha ok bro

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FrozenBananas posted...

hahaha ok bro

I cook for a living. I'm too good to burn things since it only takes paying attention to the task at hand to not burn.

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burn? like burn black, or just overcook a little? can't even think of a time when I've outright burned something as an adult.

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im talking about overcooking dude come on

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My cooking is lvl 99 and I use cooking gauntlets so I never burn.

Yall are just too much, I dont believe of this hahahahah

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FrozenBananas posted...

Yall are just too much, I dont believe of this hahahahah

I made my first pancake and egg breakfast at 7. I have a lot of practice, most people that cook for themselves also have a lot of practice.

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I don't think burning something or not is about skill exactly, it's more absent-mindedness or not paying attention. to really burn something you have to forget about it. as a child or teen, that was definitely a common occurrence, but as a supposedly responsible adult I make sure not to do stupid things like that.

and then, depending on how extreme or not "burning" is, some examples that may or may not count could include:
- singeing microwave popcorn? I did that once a few years ago.

- overcooking fried eggs? if you cook the eggs before the hashbrowns, the eggs get cold since it takes so much longer to cook hashbrowns. if you cook the hashbrowns first, the frying pan is too hot for the eggs. but I wouldn't really call that "burnt", they're just a bit rough on the outside

- overcooking chicken? trying to get the exact right cooking time and temperature on my oven, I did get it a bit dry the first time, but only slightly.

- I tried putting olive oil on chicken while it baked once, that was a bad idea, made a lot of smoke. not exactly "burning" though, the chicken was fine.

- sometimes when you make those pasta meal things, if they have milk in it, they can literally go from not boiling to boiling over in like 2 seconds. that sort of does burn when it goes under the burner and makes a mess. haven't done that in a long time though.

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Not since I was a kid

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Never. More on account of very rarely cooking than being good though.

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I don't. I'm more likely to undercook than overcook. That being said, not burning something doesn't necessarily mean it's good. There are many ways to not know how to cook without burning something...
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I did the opposite and undercooked some rice while making paella once.

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Sahuagin posted...

if you cook the eggs before the hashbrowns, the eggs get cold since it takes so much longer to cook hashbrowns. if you cook the hashbrowns first, the frying pan is too hot for the eggs. but I wouldn't really call that "burnt", they're just a bit rough on the outside

What if you used two different pans?
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LinkPizza posted...

What if you used two different pans?

Look at Mr. Moneybags over here.

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Sarcasthma posted...

Look at Mr. Moneybags over here.

Pfft, I have 3 pans and a cast iron baking dish!

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SunWuKung420 posted...

Pfft, I have 3 pans and a cast iron baking dish!

Youre a cast iron baking dish.

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Sarcasthma posted...

Look at Mr. Moneybags over here.

I'm still a baller on a budget. But most pans come in groups of more than one. I mean, you can buy only one. But you can get more for you buck if you buy a set...
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LinkPizza posted...

I'm still a baller on a budget. But most pans come in groups of more than one. I mean, you can buy only one. But you can get more for you buck if you buy a set...

Look at Mr. Didntgetthejoke over here.

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Oh my god this place is filled with liars I cant believe it hahahah

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Sarcasthma posted...

Look at Mr. Didntgetthejoke over here.

While many things go over my head due to my short stature, the joke did not...
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Sarcasthma posted...

Youre a cast iron baking dish.

Thanks

*blushes"

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LinkPizza posted...

the joke didn't not...

Ah! A double negative!

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FrozenBananas posted...

Oh my god this place is filled with liars I cant believe it hahahah

Which poll choice did you go with?

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Sarcasthma posted...

Ah! A double negative!

That wasn't not a mistake. My apologies, good sir...
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Hmmmmmm...

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Sarcasthma posted...

Which poll choice did you go with?

I havent voted yet but lets say its not good bahaha

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Burning to the point of being inedible? Pretty much never. The most recent time I can remember is burning a caramel 2-3 years ago, and I'm not even sure that counts because caramels are so much more merciless than just about anything else one can cook. Cooking things a bit further than I'd like or having some burnt bits stuck to the bottom of the pot/pan? Happens occasionally. That's just how cooking goes, especially working in a small kitchen where attempting to multitask often results in small delays and distractions as I shuffle things around to make room to work.

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You work in a bakery, right?
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I undercook around 80% of the time because I'm impatient and always hungry when i cook

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I do, part-time while I finish my last semester of pastry school. I did overbake a tray of shortbreads a few months back because I got caught up in doing other things and neglected to set a timer to remind me that I needed to check on them in a minute, but again, that'd more qualify for the "suboptimally overcook" level of burning rather than the "this is inedible" level (though they were too far gone to be sellable).

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I'm actually pretty good at cooking. Pretty much the only time I ever burn stuff is if I'm putting something new in the toaster oven since instructions are never accurate for the damn thing.

Less than 10%. Whenever I make chili or some stew, I sometimes forget to stir the bottom frequently enough to avoid the stuff sticking and burning to the Dutch oven.

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I can't say I've burnt anything. Although I don't cook much so meh.

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Less than 1%. I keep an eye on the time, I usually have multiple things on, meat dish, vegetable, possibly gravy, maybe casserole, try to get things to be ready to serve at the same time.

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I once burn a bit of macaroni on the frying pan.

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Only when I try new recipes, or use ingredients I'm not familiar with (not every time in these scenarios, just that's when I will burn something typically)

Occasionally, I'll burn something in my toaster, but only when I'm preoccupied with something else on the stove or whatever


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FrozenBananas posted...

Oh my god this place is filled with liars I cant believe it hahahah

Just cause you're a shitty cook/absent minded doesn't mean everyone else is.

Talk about projecting.

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I learned how to cook from my mother. I have never burned anything. One time we were cooking a frozen meal thing from Safeway and the plastic tray it was in melted, but that was because our oven malfunctioned.

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Never

I over cook but I don'tburn

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I can't think of a single time that I burned something aside from the time that the microwave at work broke and kept going after it was supposed to shut off. I've known how to cook since I was, like, six. Even overcooking is pretty rare for me to the point I can't think of the last time I did that either.

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Accidents may happen, but it's less than 1% for me. This is with me cooking multiple things at once, including with woks at work.

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Never, I am actively cooking. If I burn something while standing there by it I would be an idiot.

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~10% of the time.

Living alone pretty much forces you to make your own meals or get takeout/fastfood (which is unhealthy and pricey).

Screwing up and/or burning your food means you have to either eat the resulting disaster or go hungry. That's enough incentive to get it right the first time.

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I tend to slightly undercook rather than overcook.

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Usually baking sweet potato waffle fries. I guess the sugar in them doesn't give you much room for error when trying to get them crispy so the outside ones tend to burn fast.

dedbus posted...

Usually baking sweet potato waffle fries. I guess the sugar in them doesn't give you much room for error when trying to get them crispy so the outside ones tend to burn fast.

Your oven heats terribly irregular.

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Most likely. But regular waffle potatoes don't burn as easily.

When I was still learning to cook, I would occasionally burn things.

I haven't burned anything in like 8 years though

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