What does Reddit perpetuate that you, as an expert in that space, know to be bullshit?

I've across some extremely closed minded people on reddit with regards to cookery.

Basically, if you contradict anything that Alton Brown says, or one of the hive mind's approved methods, you are a shit cook who knows nothing.

Now I like Alton Brown he's a great cook, and many of the hive mind approved methods are good methods, but cooking isn't about finding one thing and saying 'this is the pinnacle, we're done now'. It's a craft that always benefits from being challenged and talked about and challenged again.

I once mentioned in a thread that you don't always need to sear meat when braising or stewing. I got dozens of nasty and aggressive comments about how if you don't get a good of mailliard reaction then the dish is a failure and you're a pathetic noob.

It's cool if you've never heard of a blonde sauce or stew but don't be a dick about it. Open your mind to new ideas (blonde sauces are actually classic cookery but whatevar) and the world of cookery will give you so much more fulfillment.

So it's not that reddit perpetuates bad cooking advice per se, but it tends to perpetuate bad cooking attitudes.

There's more than one way to skin a cat as they say.

And p.s. Before the MAILLIARD REACTION!!! evangelists get all fucking snippy again please try this out. Season two chicken breasts. Sear one then place in a white chicken stock, in a sauce pan. Leave the other one raw but also place it in white chicken stock in a sauce pan. Poach each for the necessary amount of time. Obviously less poaching for the seared one. Rest them. Then taste each one. You'll find they both taste like chicken but will have subtle differences in appearance, flavour, texture, and aroma. Neither one is right or wrong, but each will occupy a different place on the spectrum of chicken. You might prefer the seared one. I do. But as a cook don't you want more notes to play with? Why are you fighting for a narrower spectrum of ideas and methods?

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