Professional chefs were asked about the biggest mistakes made by home cooks – 20 culinary crimes to avoid

11.

‘Not realizing failure is your teacher and not your enemy. You will mess up seasoning a dish, over or under cooking a dish, or some other technical matter but too many people let those experiences dissuade them from experimenting or getting outside their comfort zone in the future to try more difficult dishes and improve.

When you fail still ask your what worked and what didn’t work in the thing you made: those lessons will help improve your cooking going forward.’
–Flaky_Classic_3248

12.

‘Not a chef, but food served on cold plates drives me insane. It sucks the heat out of the food straight away and spoils the whole dining experience.’
–HallettCove5158

13.

‘If a recipe asks for frozen berries, or frozen anything. Make sure they’re still frozen when you add them to your recipe. If you let them defrost, you are adding extra liquid into your recipe and it likely won’t turn out the way you hope.’
–EllwyndYumi

14.

‘Complicated = Yummy. Simple recipes are ninjas. I have a four ingredient biscuit recipe that could carry a breakfast menu. My grilled cheese sandwiches can increase soup sales. Life is celebrated with big meals. However, life is lived between the day to day meals. Finding joy in these small task moments while cooking is simply bliss.’
–Odd-Resource3025

15.

‘Cooking pasta way past al dente and not seasoning food properly.’
–footballpenguins

16.

‘I don’t recall the last online recipe I read where I wouldn’t add a considerable amount extra of whatever spices or seasonings being used. The rule of garlic in whatever recipe, at least double it.’
–Key_Wrangler_4301

17.

‘Bay leaves are not used enough. They make rice, stews and meat better.’
–xlouiex

18.

‘You don’t need to wear gloves in the kitchen when preparing food – it gives you the false sensation of clean hands and makes you wash your hands less.’
–grilled_cheesus01

19.

‘You need to salt a dish at every stage of its cooking, not just all at once at the end.’
–bleh-apathetic

20.

‘Not tasting as they cook. The tongue is the best tool in the kitchen. A cook who doesn’t taste is cooking blind. Salt, acid, and heat shift with time. You can’t fix the end if you ignore the middle.’
–StatisticianBig9912

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