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The culinary arts are second only to the world of audiophiles in being seriously in need of some double-blind tests to dispell long-standing myths. The trouble
by andybak 4y ago
The culinary arts are second only to the world of audiophiles in being seriously in need of some double-blind tests to dispell long-standing myths.
The trouble is some myths are true. I have a strong hunch about a few that aren't but I'd love to see a TV show that tested some pundits to actually tell the difference.
- wffurr 4y agoSerious Eats does a lot of double blind testing and analysis of long standing culinary myths.
- bryanlarsen 4y agoThey're mostly Cook's Illustrated personnel who have been doing similar testing for many decades. Similarly, many of the Serious Eats alumni have moved on to do their own thing. (J. Kenji López-Alt for example). But their focus is very much on taste, sacrificing convenience to maximize taste. Only when the double blind shows taste to be equivalent do their recipes contain the more convenient step. If you read the entire article prose it'll give you some hints on which conveniences will have little effect on taste and which will significantly compromise the dish.