“Cajun does not equal so spicy it can’t be eaten. Most Cajun food is full of flavor and not all that spicy. I have been to a few restaurants and seen dishes to the effect of pasta with ‘Cajun sauce.’ I don’t know what the hell ‘Cajun sauce’ is, but in all my years, no one in my family has ever made that or heard of it.” —u/orezybedivid “‘Cook the onions until they look like this,’ is a million times more useful than ‘cook for three minutes until 165°F,’ or whatever.” —u/Loose_Acanthaceae201 “The name literally means garlic and oil. That is the base to make an aioli. You can get more creative from there, but that’s where it starts.” —u/BrandanosaurusRex “My biggest gripe with most food blogs, usually run by a white woman with kids, is that if you follow the recipe, the dish turns out under-seasoned and bland. I’ve made it a rule now that if I see pale hands in the pictures, I’ll probably need to at least triple the spices, as well as add additional herbs and spices.” —u/MSteds728 “A lot of people don’t realize you shouldn’t crowd your meat when you’re browning it.” —u/VisualCelery —u/broom-handle “My wife and I went to a coffee shop years ago, and I’d ordered a BLT — universally meaning bacon, lettuce, and tomato. The food came out, and it was a bagel with egg, cheese, lettuce, and tomato. I tell the waitress that they got my order wrong, and she tells me, ‘No, this is our version of a BLT.’ I kinda just sat there, staring at my ‘bagel lettuce tomato,’ trying to process their disconnect.” —u/Different-Horror-581 “I love that take, considering the French practically invented fine dining and are, in fact, white.” —u/thesneakywalrus
