Things people do in the kitchen that make you cringe

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  • Abookamongstthemany
    Abookamongstthemany Posts: 8,209
    Jeanie wrote:
    My great aunt used to smoke while she cooked! :eek:

    And no ashtray in sight either!!! :eek:

    I used to sit there while she cooked, my eyes following her every move, watching her cigarette ash getting longer and longer as it hung from the filter, waiting for it to fall into the dinner, but it never did! Least not that I saw anyway! And believe me I watched her every move! :D


    Omg, I can't stand the thought of anyone smoking in the kitchen much less while cooking. The smoke settles on everything...so GROSS! I can't believe I forgot this one...my mother used to make me cringe daily doing this.
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  • stylo17
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    when people leave bread crumbs on the counter and don't clean them. when they leave cups and utensils in the sink and leave them for a long time. when they spill some jelly on the counter and don't clean it. when it's there turn to wash dishes yet don't clean the stove. when they don't close the zip-lock bag with the deli turkey in it. when they don't use the tie-wraps that come with the bagels or the bread and just leave them out while the bread is open and in the fridge.


    when I think of more I'll post.
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  • Jeanie
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    Abookamongstthemany wrote:
    Omg, I can't stand the thought of anyone smoking in the kitchen much less while cooking. The smoke settles on everything...so GROSS! I can't believe I forgot this one...my mother used to make me cringe daily doing this.


    haha! :D Yeah, it was different times I guess! I think I'd fall over in shock if I saw it now but remembering back I always marvelled at how she managed not to drop ash everywhere and she'd be moving about, stirring, chopping, talking and everything. :)
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  • Toolgarden
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    I am such a kitchen Nazi. If you can't hold a chef's knife properly, you are not allowed to work in my kitchen. But I prefer to do all the cooking myself anyway. It makes me happy to prepare meals for people I care about.
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  • foxymop_stupidmop
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    I think it is disgusting when people don't rinse their dishes before putting them in the sink.
    Also, I am a big fan of shaking a drink before pouring it, i.e. oj, milk, other juice, even water. My husband is apparently an even bigger fan of never ever screwing the caps back on drink containers, so I am now doomed to a life of stopping my natural instincts in order to check said cap. Of course, there are those ever-so-pleasant mornings where nature wins and the fluid hits the floor.
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  • stylo17
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    Toolgarden wrote:
    I am such a kitchen Nazi. If you can't hold a chef's knife properly, you are not allowed to work in my kitchen. But I prefer to do all the cooking myself anyway. It makes me happy to prepare meals for people I care about.

    Soup Nazi?!

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  • catefrances
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    Jeanie wrote:
    My great aunt used to smoke while she cooked! :eek:

    And no ashtray in sight either!!! :eek:

    I used to sit there while she cooked, my eyes following her every move, watching her cigarette ash getting longer and longer as it hung from the filter, waiting for it to fall into the dinner, but it never did! Least not that I saw anyway! And believe me I watched her every move! :D


    this sounds like the 70s.

    RolandTD20Kdrummer wrote:
    My sister in law habitually leaves milk, open jam/peanut butter jars, cooked food etc... out on the counter for hours after taking it out of the fridge to make a sandwich etc...

    why does your peanut butter live in the fridge? mine lives in the pantry. consequently it does get left on the bench for hours sometimes.
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  • _
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    I can't help but point out that most of these annoyances practically disappear when one has the good fortune to live alone! :D

    But for the sake of thread integrity, I don't like it when people in the kitchen...

    ask me to cook anything. :)

    Okay, it also kinda bugs me when people stack dirty plates with utensils in between. God gave us plates that stack so perfectly together - don't screw it up with your dirty fork! (Well, that's only a really minor irritant, but I felt pressured to think of something to say to keep on topic. :D )
  • Anon
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    people that let their cats up on the counter to wander around, rub their butts all over the place, sniff and lick everything they see and then they prepare food there. talk about grossness of the mostness.

    disgusting.
  • Jeanie
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    catefrances wrote:
    this sounds like the 70s.


    How did you know????? :D
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  • Sian-of-the-dead
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    Not cleaning sideboards down...

    that really grinds my gears.
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  • Heineken Helen
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    Vedd Hedd wrote:
    thawing meat by letting it sit out on the counter until room temperature.
    what's wrong with that? :o

    I'll go with... leaving their mess for ME to clean up :mad:

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  • SENROCK
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    RolandTD20Kdrummer wrote:
    My sister in law habitually leaves milk, open jam/peanut butter jars, cooked food etc... out on the counter for hours after taking it out of the fridge to make a sandwich etc...

    i cant STANNNNND when people use butter AFTER using the same knife for jelly, leaving jelly AND bread crumbs in the butter!!!! :mad:
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  • know1
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    It bothers me when people do not wash their dishes immediately and put them into the dishwasher (or just wash them immediately if there is no dishwasher). Who wants to see and smell rotting food laying in the sink for days. There should be no need to leave dirty dishes in the sink.
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  • ZiggyStar
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    I cringe everytime my friends come over and I watch my beers walk out the fridge one by one until they're all gone! ;)
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  • Dissidentman
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    SENROCK! wrote:
    i cant STANNNNND when people use butter AFTER using the same knife for jelly, leaving jelly AND bread crumbs in the butter!!!! :mad:

    holy crap that is annoying.... good one.
  • catefrances
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    Jeanie wrote:
    How did you know????? :D

    i'm good. you know that girl. :p:D

    i have a thing about eating other people's cooking. i dont much like doing it.
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  • westsidepie
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    SENROCK! wrote:
    i cant STANNNNND when people use butter AFTER using the same knife for jelly, leaving jelly AND bread crumbs in the butter!!!! :mad:

    And there is nothing worse when you are really looking forward to the PBNJ sandwich, you spread the PB on the bread, you open the jelly, and look in to see globs of foreign matter sitting on the top of the jelly. :(
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  • westsidepie
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    I can't stand when my kids spill some kind juice on the kitchen floor and don't wipe it up. You walk into the kitchen with bare feet, and they stick to the floor.
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  • worlie
    worlie Posts: 64
    when someone doesnt run the disposal and of course you dont know that something is in there until it stinks up the kitchen
    when my husband refuses to clean out the fridge, even thought that pizza box has been in there for a week
    when my husband rinses my knives, but doesnt dry them and they get rust spots
    i knelt and emptied the mouth of every PUG around...

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