Why do Brits boil everything ?

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I’m European but not British. I have to say the way you guys cook (vegetables in particular) ie boiling everything) really isn’t for me. It just makes everything so bland even if you add butter and salt after. Carrots especially. Why not roast or lightly sautee in a pan with some olive oil? My husband boils everything. I’ve never seen anything like it. Why boil carrots? Same as ILs. The first time I met ILs we had poached chicken. It’s so weird to me. Is it a health thing?

trust me OP the Spanish love to boil their veg 🤣🤣 when my friend cooks for me its boiled to death but still I'll eat it because the thought was there.

Some people must be boiling their food otherwise why are boiling water taps a “game changer “ according to the kitchen must haves threads on here, I doubt they are solely used for making a cup of tea. I boil carrots, broccoli, green beans and potatoes, I don’t want my vegetables covered in salt, oil, herbs, garlic or whatever, I like vegetables to taste like vegetables and just because olive oil is good for you, drenching them in oil adds huge amounts of calories, if people actually measured their so called “drizzle” they would be shocked.

Your parents are over-steaming their veg if they're going like that!

No boiling here... Roast, air fry, or steam mostly. Your DH and his family are the exception, not the rule

I thought boiling water taps WERE largely for making hot drinks, so you don’t have to boil a kettle?

Exactly. The OP has lumped everyone into the same boat.

If you aint boiling your potatoes how are you getting a lovely creamy mash with your Sunday lunch? And the par-boiling them to before roasting to get lovely fluffy roasties? What about your swedes to mash with lovely cream and butter, are you toasting your peas? I par-boil carotts to roast with honey, if i dont have time i boil the carrots too and mash ‘em up as well 😂 I roast meat though… not boil..

I do love a boiled ham or Bodice(not the wearing kind) mmmmmmmm, the longer it stays boiling the more tender it is, delicious

Actually i take back my statement about not boiling meat, ham- yes. Also carrots boiled in star anise are the best 👌

Everyone keeps saying "boiled to within an inch of it's life" or "boiled to death".

Just lightly boil veg so it stays crisp and tastes like veg, not garlic.

Carrots and Cabbage boiled in with the ham, the ultimate seasoning 😌

My mum used to boil dumplings in with the ham, @MyMilchick - they were lovely with parsley sauce!

mmmmmmmmm dumplings

Brits, and other people who know how to cook, boil or poach some things because it is a good way to bring out their flavours and control the temperature and timing.

Honestly it is a permissable way of cooking vegetables/food.

Cooking everything in butter or oil (or adding it when serving) is not heart healthy. Boiling veg is fine so long as you don't over cook it so it becomes wet and mushy. You can also air fry, roast using an oil free marinade or saute in water or stock.

yum

Pressure cookers, so steaming, have been a household staple for many decades and that's always how my Mum has cooked vegetables.

Nothing wrong with boiling, although we do also roast them. You can teach your DH to other methods. Xx

That sounds like a ‘you’ problem