Name the most often overcooked food.

[LSK]

[acmavm]

1. Steak.

[ulysses]

2. heh - not around here.

Moo.

I say asparagus.

[realisticphish]

5. agreed nt

[jpgray]

4. I like thoroughly cooked steak. Yes I know, I'm a traitor to my country.

Maybe a tad of pink in the middle.

[ulysses]

22. philistine.

:D

[mikeargo]

3. Pasta nt

[LSK]

6. been there done that

[Omphaloskepsis]

8. You win..

al dente rules.

[youthere]

14. My Mother-in-law always overcooks it. She won't drain it until it triples in size.

[MissMillie]

33. does she not have teeth?

:shrug:

[Kutjara]

7. Brussels sprouts.

They're a traditional part of Christmas dinner in the UK. My mother would start cooking them in, I would guess from the flavour, late November.

[Aristus]

9. Broccoli.

Almost ALWAYS overcooked.

The best way: In a steamer, with a minimum amount of water, for precisely two minutes.

YUM! :9

[jpgray]

13. Once again, I'm wrong. :D I love to roast the bejesus out of my brocolli

A little charring, even. :o

[Aristus]

18. Hey, vive la difference.

I just don't like it overcooked.

[skygazer]

10. Poultry

It seems a rarity to find juicy but completely cooked poultry of any type.

[youthere]

11. carrots.

nothing worse than a globby pile of tasteless orange mush on your plate.

[unpossibles]

28. ugh! agreed! n/t

[MissMillie]

12. liver

that's why most people don't like it... they over-cook it.

90 seconds on each side. pink in the middle.

[1gobluedem]

15. Vegetables

Cannot stand mushy vegetables. Ick.

[MorningGlow]

16. Anything that comes out of my aunt's kitchen

What she does to a roast I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy.

All fear-based--as my relatives have gotten older, they've become obsessed with making sure their food doesn't poison them (undercooked meat, food left out too long--in their eyes, anything more than five minutes). I have no idea what's gotten into them.

[yvr girl]

17. fish

It gets so dry if it's overcooked.

[InternalDialogue]

19. Same answer as in the other thread: Flounder.

Overlooked and overcooked. Poor flounder.

[youthere]

21. I weep for flounder.

Truly. I do.

this is me...weeping...:cry: ...for flounder.



:hide:

[InternalDialogue]

26. PLEASE!!! PEOPLE!!! THINK OF THE FLOUNDER!!!!

If nothing else, it got saddled with that name.

[Hugin]

20. Veal.

Definately... Veal.

[guitar man]

23. Asparagus

I can't stand limp, mushy overcooked asparagus. I like it with some snap left to it.

[tk2kewl]

24. I always screw up asparagus

I like it firm too but I seem to get make it raw or mushy. :(

[Hugin]

25. True, most vegetables are rendered into unidentifiable grey matter...

Should be a crime.

[JitterbugPerfume]

27. vegetables

especially green beans

[Blue-Jay]

29. Tofu.

You keep thinking to yourself: "If I cook it a little longer, it might start tasting good....."

[youthere]

30. I keep trying tofu thinking I'll find a way that I'll like it...

no luck so far..although the least yucky way I've tried was deep fried with spicy peanut sauce at a Thai restaraunt.

[marzipanni]

31. Corn-on the-cob

Best when dunked in boiling water for ~2 minutes. Or maybe grilled 'til it's hot.

[Pacifist Patriot]

32. Chocolate

Just shut up and hand me a raw bar of it and no one gets hurt. ;)

[Beer Snob-50]

34. anything my step-mother cooks

she always taught me to cook pasta bout 20 minutes. and veggies- if the water ain't green you have not cooked it long enough

[Left Is Write]

35. Scallops.