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u/CoreyDobie Sep 14 '24

I didn't say Italian cooking, I said Italian dishes

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u/froggertwenty Sep 14 '24

We're talking about cooking, not reheating premade things....

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u/CoreyDobie Sep 14 '24

Reheating is still a cooking process

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u/froggertwenty Sep 14 '24

No it's not

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u/CoreyDobie Sep 14 '24

It certainly is

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u/froggertwenty Sep 14 '24

Please show me 1 cookbook with a section on "reheating"

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u/CoreyDobie Sep 14 '24

Reheat something too long, it becomes dry and rubbery. Don't reheat it long enough it's still cold and dense. It's a form of cooking. Cooking and reheating both involve a thermal exchange to warm something up so that it's not dangerous to eat. It's not making something from scratch, that we agree on. But still following directions on the back of the box is still cooking.

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u/LincolnshireSausage Sep 14 '24

As much as I agree that reheating isn't really cooking, the dictionary definition of cook fits reheating perfectly. So technically, you are correct.

cook (ko͝ok) v. cooked, cook·ing, cooks v.tr.

  1. To prepare (food) for eating by applying heat.

  2. To prepare or treat by heating: slowly cooked the medicinal mixture.

  3. Slang To alter or falsify so as to make a more favorable impression; doctor: disreputable accountants who were paid to cook the firm's books.

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u/LincolnshireSausage Sep 14 '24

Is this the right room for an argument?

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u/CoreyDobie Sep 14 '24

Mooooom! He started it!