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...

“From scratch”.

sounds simultaneously smug and mediaeval.

Don't move to Bristol then, it's practically compulsory here.

Nooooooo! Wrong in so many ways!

Yes to 'marry me' dishes. They're always underwhelming as well

'Serve with good bread'

'If liked'

Hunter's chicken - silly name

Ooey-gooey

Tear and share

When chef's say 'I'm going in with the...' instead of 'I'm adding the....'

Yummy, nom nom

When I cook a full English breakfast, my DH says ‘that was a mega breakfast’. I have asked him to stop saying it!

Marry me chicken did confuse me - who would ask a chicken to marry them?

I cannot stand that word either. It makes me think of what dogs or birds eat 🤮

Bung it in the oven.

chuck it all in the air fryer.

A whole new thread...

The use of the word 'tribe' when one stranger on the Internet happens to agree with you.

I think that trumps all cooking annoyances.

Punchy. Anything punchy - like rocket leaves.
Nooooooo

Honest.

As in "honest food", "honest burgers" etc.

Especially if applied to a food full of hidden additives.

You beat me to it - my pet hate!

Family style

This! 👏

All the trimmings. I really hate that expression.

Batch cooking.

Plate up.

Pack up instead of packed lunch.

Bung or chuck it in.

Forgaing. No, you picked it.

Dirty, anything dirty e.g Dirty Fries 🤮

Slap up meal- sounds like everything was just tipped onto the plate!

Deep fat frier?

All of these and picky bits! All I can think of is a scab.

Can we add in "mmmmmm" whenever anyone on TV tries food and we get the ridiculous "mmmmmm" before it's even hit their taste buds. Looking at you Cat Deeley and Alison Hammond.....

How do you fold in broken bits of cheese

Pack up is regional I think

along with carry out vs takeaway

Dirty (one of my most hated!)
plate up (fuck off)
smoosh (are you 5yrs old?)
smashed (ooh, you so rad!)
eats - as in “This pudding eats well” (no, it bloody doesn’t - it’s a pudding!)
glug (sounds like you’re struggling to swallow vomit)
pan seared - (not in a dustbin lid, then 🙄)
cheeky - sooooo cringeworthy!

I don't know how to be any clearer.