Cooking & the kitchen
What's the hardest everyday thing to cook well?
There is no correct answer to this one. In Hivemind you are guessing which of these 5 answers most other people picked.
The options
- Poached eggs
- A steak
- Rice
- Roast potatoes
- Fluffy pancakes
Why this one divides people
Difficulty in cooking is rarely about complexity; it is about how narrow the window is. Eggs cooked loose in water get named constantly because the gap between perfect and ruined is measured in seconds and there is nowhere to hide. Meat cooked over high heat attracts the people who once wasted real money on a grey result and never forgot it. Rice looks trivial until you have made it in an unfamiliar pot on an unfamiliar hob. Anything that has to rise or brown evenly punishes impatience. Most people choose whichever dish embarrassed them most recently in front of guests.
Answers recorded so far
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