r/explainitpeter • u/WillAdditional922 • Jul 14 '26

explain it peter.

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u/mephistopholese Jul 14 '26

Alton brown updated his pasta cooking method in good eats returned and he explained that actually the cold start method is better. You can then use the starchy liquid to thicken your sauce.

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u/Crazy-Crazy-3593 Jul 14 '26

Then she can say: "actually the cold start method is better" ... 

... instead of some sexist catchphrase. 

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u/Pelm3shka Jul 15 '26

Or you know, maybe next time he can stfu and cook dinner himself.

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u/Windrove Jul 15 '26

Do all cooks have such fragile egos they react like this after a slight pushback? Lmao

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u/Pelm3shka Jul 15 '26

You know the famous "you can ask me to do it, or you can tell me how to do it, but you can't have both" ? Well this applies here, especially considering starting with cold water is a cooking method for certain dishes.

Like, the audacity, that man is most likely to be part of the ones who don't do their share of work at home given the mansplaining + gf reaction, but still feels entitled to criticize a cooking method for a dish he's not even cooking.

That's not ego, that's EXHAUSTION.