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 Post subject: Common Misconfections
PostPosted: Wed Jan 05, 2011 12:40 am 
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Wikipedia has a nice little List of Common Misconceptions, which should probably be required reading for everyone about to start an argument at a party.

This includes a few cooking items:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_co ... ns#Cooking

... including one I didn't know, about the Danish. From Turkey to Vienna to Denmark to the USA. I wonder if the US has promulgated Danishes to other countries, and if so, what they're called there?

Can you think of other "common misconceptions" in cooking? Here's a few from me:

1. Liquid and dry measuring cups do not measure different volumes. They are, however, easier to use accurately with liquid and dry ingredients, respectively.

2. Preheating the oven is not essential for all baked or broiled foods. It is only actually useful for baked goods and egg dishes which need "oven spring", and for items which are supposed to be baked crispy. Other items can be put in a cold oven which is then turned on, with only a small increase in cooking time.

3. There is no difference between "virgin" and "extra virgin" olive oil, at least that sold in the USA.

4. Virgin olive oil does not burn at a lower temperature than "pure" olive oil. Only unfiltered olive oil should not be used for frying (I had this misunderstanding for quite a while).

5. The following items and foods were never actually proven to be specifically unhealthful, even though they acquired a bad reputation through propaganda: aluminum cookware, nonstick cookware, palm & coconut oil, olestra (although it did have some, ahem, side effects), and cyclamates sweeteners.

6. The following "health food" items have no proven health benefits, and some are even mildly toxic: ginko baloba, gogi berries, ecinacea, omega-3 fatty acids, aloe vera, ginseng, and acai berry. Further, there is no proof that "ancient" grains such as spelt, emmer wheat, and millet are somehow more nutritious than other whole grains.

7. We do not get blood cholesterol by consuming cholesterol in foods. Most people's blood cholesterol is raised due to eating saturated fats in foods. Since all foods which have cholesterol also have saturated fats (although not vice-versa), the confusion is natural.

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 Post subject: Re: Common Misconfections
PostPosted: Wed Jan 05, 2011 6:12 am 
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Reading xkcd this morning? :)

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alt:'Grandpa, what was it like in the Before time?' 'It was hell. People went around saying glass was a slow-flowing liquid. You folks these days don't know how good you have it.'


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 Post subject: Re: Common Misconfections
PostPosted: Wed Jan 05, 2011 8:41 pm 
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Thank you for posting this. Now, for once, I can be right in an argument with my husband. He is an engineer (No, offense, Pete.)

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 Post subject: Re: Common Misconfections
PostPosted: Wed Jan 05, 2011 9:14 pm 
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Awwwwww...I had my chocolate hopes up, since your post is misconFections!

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 Post subject: Re: Common Misconfections
PostPosted: Thu Jan 06, 2011 4:15 pm 
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On the "mildly toxic" list, I'm going to add Zinc. Zinc is good for skin, and is in most dark leafy green vegetables, but in pill form, you can build up toxic levels.

Massive doses of vitamins can cause hair loss.

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 Post subject: Re: Common Misconfections
PostPosted: Thu Jan 06, 2011 8:56 pm 
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What, Frank hasn't posted "there are no beans in chili!" yet? :lol: :lol:

I would add:

    Salt in the cooking water does not make beans tough.
    Washing mushrooms does not make them soggy.
    Putting a potato in oversalted soup does not take away the saltiness.
    Putting the avocado pit in the guacamole will not keep it from turning brown.


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 Post subject: Re: Common Misconfections
PostPosted: Thu Jan 06, 2011 10:27 pm 
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Darcie,

Yeah, I've been waiting for that. Frank?

I'll also point out that there are no tomatoes in the traditional chile con carne, San Antonio-style, either. Just chiles and meat.

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 Post subject: Re: Common Misconfections
PostPosted: Fri Jan 07, 2011 9:11 am 
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Darcie wrote:
What, Frank hasn't posted "there are no beans in chili!" yet? :lol: :lol:
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Some things are a given my dear...

As a side note...Through a "error" my bride renewed my subscription to CI...the latest edition has a "chili" (using term loosly here) recipe...with of course beans, included is a very long justification of said legumes.

*sigh* :cry:

My usual outcrys have been muffled by extensive travels...next week, Lake Chas., LA...hard to find a bad meal in Cajun country!!! Mmmmm

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 Post subject: Re: Common Misconfections
PostPosted: Fri Jan 07, 2011 9:21 am 
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has a "chili"


I read that recipe as well, and it is strangely nearly exactly the same as Sarah Moulton's "Big Boy Chili," which I used to make for the guys.....hmmm. They wouldn't be ripping anyone off, would they?

I think the best chili is Chili Verde. Just me.

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KSyrahSyrah wrote:
They wouldn't be ripping anyone off, would they?



I've noticed the extreme closeness of their recipes to others in the past. Just sayin'.... (Oh excuse me, "just saying" is supposedly SO last year...)

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