Things people do in the kitchen that make you cringe

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  • Not cleaning sideboards down...

    that really grinds my gears.
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  • Heineken HelenHeineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    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:

    Orrrrrrrr... cooking mushy peas... they fucking stink the entire house out... luckily none of my housemates seem to be into mushy peas though :)
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  • SENROCKSENROCK Posts: 10,736
    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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  • know1know1 Posts: 6,794
    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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  • ZiggyStarZiggyStar Posts: 14,328
    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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  • DissidentmanDissidentman Posts: 15,378
    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.
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
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    i have a thing about eating other people's cooking. i dont much like doing it.
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  • westsidepiewestsidepie Posts: 627
    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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  • westsidepiewestsidepie Posts: 627
    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.
    To pie I will reply
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  • worlieworlie 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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  • PatrickBatemanPatrickBateman Posts: 2,243
    Vedd Hedd wrote:
    thawing meat by letting it sit out on the counter until room temperature.
    my wife does that shit all the time....drives me crazy. I will put it in the fridge to thaw and 5 minutes later, right back on the counter.
    She also leaves the refrigerator door open all the time then complains about electricity.
    and dumps god knows what down the sink (we dont have a garbage disposal)
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  • I figure that since I've swapped spit with her, that it's not gonna be that big of a deal....;)

    you should tell this to my ex-boyfriend. I tried to share a spoon to eat ice cream with him and he wouldn't. I was like "um, do you honestly think that's worse than what we just did upstairs?"
  • my wife does that shit all the time....drives me crazy. I will put it in the fridge to thaw and 5 minutes later, right back on the counter.
    She also leaves the refrigerator door open all the time then complains about electricity.
    and dumps god knows what down the sink (we dont have a garbage disposal)

    that's how my mother told me you're supposed to defrost meat...what's wrong with it?
  • haha reading this thread makes me even more happy to live alone. I can make a mess when I want and be clean when I want. I can lick the whole goddamn fridge (not that I would, but I could). actually, I can really do anything I want and not bother anyone but myself.
  • PatrickBatemanPatrickBateman Posts: 2,243
    that's how my mother told me you're supposed to defrost meat...what's wrong with it?
    i am not a scientist but doesn't the outer parts defrost first and allow bacteria to grow and the meat start to go bad.
    if not then, I guess I am wrong.
    I always thought it is best to defrost in the fridge
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  • i am not a scientist but doesn't the outer parts defrost first and allow bacteria to grow and the meat start to go bad.
    if not then, I guess I am wrong.
    I always thought it is best to defrost in the fridge

    well the best way is in the fridge, but you don't always have time for that.

    if you're leaving it out on the counter, it's not going to be for that long to allow stuff to grow. plus, don't you leave it out still in the packaging?
  • worlieworlie Posts: 64
    just thaw it in its package (sealed of course) in cold water. drain the icy water as it gets really cold and refill it with standard cold tap water (not warm or hot)
    this method happens more quickly, and doesnt allow time for the meat to spoil. it also keeps it from hitting the air until it is thawed.

    it is the same principal as putting ice into a lukewarm drink-heat transfer and all that.

    you should never freeze it in the freezer paper unless you have plenty of time to let things thaw in your fridge. otherwise they should be in plastic freezer bags, in which case my method works great for anything frozen\

    also, dont freeze them with the styrofoam meat package from the store. that is gross. take it out when you get home and repackage it.
    i knelt and emptied the mouth of every PUG around...

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  • Kilgore_TroutKilgore_Trout Posts: 7,334
    my roommate cut his toe nails in there once...
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  • patrickredeyespatrickredeyes Posts: 8,834
    People who have cats that let them walk around on the counters. Yuck cat hair.
  • roarroar Posts: 1,116
    People who have cats that let them walk around on the counters. Yuck cat hair.

    this is why all indoor pets make me cringe, in the kitchen or any other place in the house.
  • elmerelmer Posts: 1,683
    Not draining the fat after having browned mince, or else throwing it all in for say a Spagbol. They say,"oh,it adds flavour....".

    Finding slivers of Marmalade atop the butter.
  • OttOtt Posts: 403
    My roommate has a TON of bad kitchen habits.
    1. He never loads the dishwasher until the last minute- I will clean the fuck out of the kitchen, run and empty the dishwasher, leave it ready for new dirties, and by the time I go back in the kitchen, whatever he has just eaten off of is sitting in the sink, unrinsed, when the dishwasher is two feet away.
    2. He will leave trash in the sink for undetermined amounts of time. Plastic wrappers, strawberry tops, veggie peelings, cans, whatever. AND he HAS to walk by the trash can on the way out of the kitchen.
    3. He will put anything in the disposal, but not run it. He leaves eggshells on top of the black plastic thingie so that when I go in there, it's apparently up to ME to push them down and turn the damn switch.
    4. He will thaw his meat (OUT OF THE PACKAGE) in the dirty sink. Stop up the drain, put two opened chicken breasts in the water to thaw. I am not sure if I am more grossed out by the meat leaving all kinds of bacteria in the sink, or the bacteria in the sink getting all over his meat. Oprah had a show about the thousands of nasties living in our sinks.
    5. I have seen him take the sponge from the sink used for dishes, wipe something off the FLOOR, and just throw it back in the sink. Needless to say, I store my own sponges under the sink for this reason.
    6. WHEN he loads the dishwasher, he ignores all laws of physics and the direction the water is flowing. SO many times, I have to rearrange the shit because of this, or lack of pre-rinsing.

    I fought it for a year, then started just cleaning MY messes and leaving his crap everywhere, but that grosses me out, and he didn't get the passive aggressive point I was trying to get across. Time to move out this summer.

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  • Putting your fingers in the peanut butter jar, taking a lick, diving back for more and so forth... oh wow.
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  • SENROCKSENROCK Posts: 10,736
    Pj_Gurl wrote:
    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.

    that is DEFINITELY disssssGUSTING!!!
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  • reeferchiefreeferchief Posts: 3,569
    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 hate seeing milk and fresh meat or dairy produce left out of the fridge.
    Can not be arsed with life no more.
  • SENROCKSENROCK Posts: 10,736
    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. :(

    yes. that happened yesterday. i was making a glorrrious peanut butter sammich and looking forward to it. I open the jelly and im like *gasp* :eek: WHAT THE HELL????!!!! :mad: theres butter EVERYWHERE!!! :mad:
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  • People that leave toast crumbs in the butter. :mad: And people that stand over me while I cook.
  • reeferchiefreeferchief Posts: 3,569
    People that leave toast crumbs in the butter. :mad: And people that stand over me while I cook.

    Yeah thats nasty, sometimes I'll be cooking and the rest of the family 3 kids and the girlfriend will start to congregate in the kitchen and I'll be like wtf? Is there a problem in the living room, skidaddle.
    Can not be arsed with life no more.
  • halszka123halszka123 Posts: 1,109
    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:
    Yes! I dislike when sb use the knife or anything else to different foods! it's disgusting.
    And licking fingers while cook, and trying i.e. soup from a pot many times the same spoon without washing the spoon.
    And I hate smacking lips.
    And of course - smoking while cook

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  • SENROCKSENROCK Posts: 10,736
    halszka123 wrote:
    And licking fingers while cook, and trying i.e. soup from a pot many times the same spoon without washing the spoon.
    OH MY GODDDDDDD. THAT disgusts me like CRAZY!!!! I dont care WHO it is, if someone is cooking and does that, theres no way in HELL im eating any of it!!! ugh thats GROSS.

    and i really dislike when someone washes dishes with GROSSNESS all up in there andthen with hands still wet, they start to cook and touch like the tomatoes or cheese!!! :mad: i think im never eating again at anyones house.
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