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I swear. There's this implication that the idea of having cooking recipes are unscientific in that post... "Without understanding why one sautes the onions, why

I swear. There's this implication that the idea of having cooking recipes are unscientific in that post... "Without understanding why one sautes the onions, why should I saute the onions??? Where's the peer reviewed article proving that this results in statistically significantly improved taste?"

notjoemama 3y ago
I tend to think it's a side effect of having a curious mind. Anyone can saute onions. It's the curious that stop to ask, "Why does this taste so good and how can I do it again?" I think the best chef's are the one's that are curious in the same way. edit: auto correct did me dirty
- kelipso 3y ago
  That's an aspect but the best chefs have mastered sauteeing onions before exploring and being curious is what I was trying to get at.
- aksss 3y ago
  It’s time for the America’s Test Kitchen book on Coffee.
parineum 3y ago
The purpose of knowing why your doing things is so that you can tweak things and understand the implications. Sauteing onions is partially good because it caramelizing some of the sugars. What other sugary things could I saute? I rarely exactly follow a recipe so it's important to understand what effects the steps have so you can experiment with them. I've been trying to perfect cookies for years.
aqme28 3y ago
I can absolutely tell when onions are sauteed or not sauteed though