Cooking related terms that make you squirm (title edited by MNHQ at request of OP)

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Sides. No. It is side dishes. See also mains (Shudder)

I made lamb at Easter. No, you cooked it.

Cooked to your liking. Well they woudn't deliberately cook it otherwise if they wanted to stay in business...

Not a cooking term but people who call whole milk "fat milk" or classic Cola " fat coke" in cafes/restaurants. Doesn't make it sound appealing

*squirm

Plate up for no other reason that it sounds poncy.

I can’t stand the affectation on lots of meal suggestion posts on here - everything being served with ‘crusty bread’, I don’t know why but it really makes me cringe.

Oh yes, me too. Also dirty, or loaded anything.

Loaded is not so bad, but why would I want dirty food. I hate that so much.

Pulled.

Cook off and fry off, it's cook and fry. Also every ingredient described as beautiful, as opposed to ugly? Hand finished crisps. Sounds disgusting. Smashed avocado and now smash burgers. Piss off.

Heritage carrots, it’s a carrot not a grandfather clock
Muddled anything
Burnt anything (if I wanted burnt food I’d let the DC cook for me thanks)
Nose to tail- you’re not eating pig hairs or feathers, or in fact the actual nose or tail are you?

Chuck or bung.

We refer to sides and mains in the restaurant as its quicker when communicating ('mains away table 2'). Plate up is also a restaurant term which thanks to all the TV chefs has made its way into every day use. As long term restaurant owners (and working in not just owning) we use all sorts of terms at home which come from being in the industry.....

But I really hate 'dirty' as it's not a good association with food!

How do you feel about lashings of butter !

Lush.

If someone reers to any sort of food as "lush" I'm out the door. It has severely teseted my friendship with one of my oldest and dearest friends - every time she says it a tiny bit of my love for her dies.

Pan-fried. What else would you fry it in?

Full fat coke really annoys me. I’ve tried asking every which way I can for coke original but they always say ‘oh full fat coke’ Every. Single. Time.

I don’t much like rendered either (dead bodies)
But worst of all “what are we having for dinner” from my DH/ DC…

The word “mesclun” makes my bile rise and my sphincter clench.

Full fat Coke
Lush
Fry off
Chuck, bung and throw

and worst of all…nom fucking nom

Had to google that as I’d never heard of it. So it’s a posh green salad from Provence.

I really hate the word ‘portion’. It actually does make me squirm!

I don't want anything served on a chaise longue of flaky pastry, especially when they can't spell chaise longue!

'fresh' Chicken or 'fresh' eggs!

What else are you going to use???? 😳

Nice as in 'im going to boil a nice piece of fish' or 'Ive got some nice mixed veg here' They say it a lot on the TV. Of course its nice or you wouldnt be cooking it!

This is an MN one but I hate it when people trying talk about "chucking" food. "Just chuck a pizza in the oven" or "chuck in some herbs."

Greggggg on Masterchef (thank god he's gone) was always talking about food being "slippery" which made me feel sick.

This one did make me chuckle. Especially as whatever is being fried, in the pan, is often bunged in the oven for 5 minutes afterwards to finish off.

Although, doubting myself here, you could have deep fried.
Air fried?
Car bonnet fried...

The list is clearly not endless. Hmm.

I still sort of agree though...
Maybe.