XO, The Serious Eats Team. No images? Click here Cooking Tasks That Fill Us With DreadIt should come as no surprise to any of our readers that everyone on the Serious Eats staff loves to cook. Many of us are even die-hard defenders of the proposition that anything homemade is preferable to store-bought, from English muffins and cake (bye, Betty Crocker!) to even condiments like mayonnaise and chili crisp, where the store-bought versions are totally fine to use. That doesn't mean we all love everything about cooking! Some kitchen tasks are incredibly annoying. Washing spinach? Picking thyme leaves? Touching corn starch? Yup, all of those are bad. Usually, we'd say about such tasks, "Life's too short. No one has time for that." And yet, now, for all of us, everywhere, cooking more of our meals at home, we all do, in fact, have time for even the most-time-consuming kitchen chores. But that doesn't mean we have to like them any better than in the time before coronavirus. Click the link below to hear our latest team post about our most dreaded kitchen tasks. More controversial opinions from the Serious Eats team! |