Boiling is the worst way to cook vegetables. amirite?

That's the popular opinion If you were to say roasting them is the worst way that would be the unpopular opinion.

by StandardJackfruit 1 day ago

Who the hell boils tomatoes?

by Anonymous 1 day ago

Have you ever had pasta with tomato sauce?

by Individual_Prior 1 day ago

You don't usually boil sauce, it's usually simmered. That's also not what OP meant and you know it.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

People who make tomato sauce

by Anonymous 1 day ago

Simmer does not equal boil. Not to mention it's clear to me OP didn't mean a sauce or a soup.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

Who said anything about simmering? I also just answered a question about who the hell boils tomatoes, which are people who make tomato sauce. There are different ways to make tomato sauce (there are different types of tomato sauce too!) that include boiling.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

I mentioned simmering because sauces aren't usually cooked on a full boil.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

Boiling can just be part of the process. A lot of Mexican dishes are accompanied by a spicy tomato sauce that calls for boiling and then blending once they are cooled down. I don't think there is one way to make anything since most things come down to preference. My point was that boiling tomatoes is common and can be delicious as well! Nothing weird or odd about it.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

Maybe stewed tomatoes?

by Anonymous 1 day ago

Boil 'em, mash 'em, stick 'em in a stew

by Anonymous 1 day ago

What's tomaters, precious?

by Anonymous 1 day ago

Have you heard of soups before?

by damiangutkowski 1 day ago

Soups usually simmer, you don't generally boil a soup. I also wouldn't say I'm eating "boiled Broccoli" if it was part of a soup and not just a dish of only Brocolli.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

Fair enough, but simmering still counts as boiling Otherwise i cant really think of anyone who just boils vegetables to eat them by themselves

by damiangutkowski 1 day ago

Maybe OP equates steaming and boiling. They do generate similar results.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

I would never think this was unpopular. I have never encountered a boiled tomato, unless it was in a soup

by concepcion67 1 day ago

In my family tomatoes would be cut in a cross hatch before being boiled and put into ice water before being cooked into sauce

by One_Charity_5663 1 day ago

That's blanching to make skinning them easier.

by Desmond05 1 day ago

Tomatoes are technically a fruit, so...

by AggravatingCake5904 1 day ago

And a veggitable. The terms fruit and vegitables have nothing to do with eachother.

by bartellisaias 1 day ago

Ever had pizza?

by Anonymous 1 day ago

Yea, and I sure as hell don't boil them.

by Hildegard87 1 day ago

The tomato sauce on your pizza has boiled tomatoes, sorry you had to find out this way.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

Who the f*** is out there eating just a straight-up boiled onion brother

by sstracke 1 day ago

Ain't gonna lie sound kinda yummy still 🤤

by CardiologistHour6720 1 day ago

Bro no one is arguing this. Not to mention who's eating a boiled onion?

by Anonymous 1 day ago

Not sure why this is unpopular. People do it because it's a quick and easy way to cook them, not because it has the best results.

by marlin13 1 day ago

It's not unpopular.

by Hildegard87 1 day ago

So you don't like soup...got it.

by brianne20 1 day ago

No one boils things to eat them separately. Soup, stew etc, sure.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

Although.... Shabu shabu / hotpot do exist. Grab a thing, dunk it in the boiling goodness, wait a few seconds, eat the thing.

by Objective_Square 1 day ago

Boiled veggies arnt bad, but you have to use a timer, boil a few, test the doneness and then adjust the time so you nail the cook and arnt just making mush. If you're doing root vegetables sous vide is the way to go. Put all the veggies with butter and herbs in the bag and they keep their texture far better than boiling, roasting or frying. I've never heard of anyone boiling onions or tomatoes that sounds awful.

by Last-Imagination-322 1 day ago

Depends on the vegetable and how much the texture will change with boiling and how it feels when boiled. Potatoes, broccoli, and onion are great boiled. Carrots, green beans, and peppers, are terrible boiled

by Anonymous 1 day ago

Boiled greens (turnip or collard) with vinegar is really hard to beat.

by Junior_Citron 1 day ago

How is this in any way unpopular???

by Anonymous 1 day ago

I agree it's the worst way but sometimes it's the only way. If I'm working and have to make lunch fast, I'm gonna boil things like potatoes and hardy vegetables.

by One_Charity_5663 1 day ago

Blanching or steaming veggies is underrated, you just season them after it's not that hard.... But yeah, outright boiling is pretty gross

by Necessary-Unit 1 day ago

This is an extremely popular opinion.

by Difficult-Guitar 1 day ago

I've never eaten boiled vegetables.. I don't think a lot of people are preparing them that way

by Windleredythe 1 day ago

Never boil my vegetables but I do steam alot of them.

by PracticalShock9747 1 day ago

Blanching is excellent. Haricots verts/green beans are like this, cooked briefly in boiling water and then cooled in an ice bath. Artichokes can be cooked nicely at a low boil. Tomato sauce is good, and you remove the skin by cross-hatching the end and blanching briefly. This is how you make collard or turnip greens, the former particularly need to be boiled for some time with a bit of pork to reduce bitterness. Summer squash are nice boiled very briefly in a small amount of water. Spinach is boiled, just very briefly. Vegetable soup is delicious. Carrots are good cooked in water and butter, not a ton of water but definitely some. CORN ON THE COB. This opinion is stupid.

by Individual_Prior 1 day ago

Not unpopular at all.

by Gloomy-Library 1 day ago

Boiling or steaming. All it does it make them mushy and imparts zero flavor. Roasted is the way to go

by Anonymous 1 day ago