30 ‘Cooking Crimes’ People Know Are Wrong, But Still Do Them

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.

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

🫣 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.

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.

My secret ingredient is msg.

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.

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.

I use a garlic press. Sorry, not sorry.

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

I crowd the pan 🤷🏾‍♀️