ITT: weird food-related myths/bullshit your family taught you

>>9128367
Yeah I dont know why but this has always been a thought in the back of my head...I don't even know why...wtf.

>aspartame causes cancer
>meat causes cancer
>whiskey causes cancer
>EVERYTHING GOOD CAUSES CANCER

My mom was paranoid as fuck. Oh, and guess what she got for keeping that shit out of her diet?

>>9128383
>aspartame
>good
Tastes like really off sugar imo. Absolutely awful aftertaste. I'd rather just eat less sugary stuff than deal with aspartame.

>>9128383
Cancer?

>>9128400
Ding. Ding.

>>9128397
Right, I should have replaced that one with real cheese, which she also said caused cancer. There were tons of foods she claimed. A lot of these I have no idea where she was getting her info.

>>9128367
>niggers have spores that come out of the bottom of their feet

>>9128367
>microwaving water/milk is toxic

>>9128367
double dipping is a sin

Washing your hands

>>9128367
>Microwaving styrofoam can potentially poison your food.

Nobody has ever died from th......

>>9128383
The thing is she's not necessarily wrong, but this is just an example of what happens when people don't have any scientific education and take what they read in the news as gospel.

I mean, even the sun "causes" cancer, but when you report that to someone who doesn't look into it any further, they'll never leave the house again.

>Coffee stunts your growth

I'm 99% sure this was an old wives tail invented by parents who didn't want their kids drinking coffee and subsequently bouncing off the walls, but there are a lot of people who believe it.

>>9128367
>milk helps neutralize toxins
I got to say, whenever some food makes me feel iffy, it helps to drink some milk, but so does drinking water.

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>>9129328
My family ritual for when you get sick is drinking Canada Dry ginger ale. And eating sherbet. No idea how the hell that started.

>>9129301
I wasn't allowed to drink coffee until I was 16 because of this. My mother is a fucking idiot.

>>9129410
Well ginger is considered a tummy settler but no plebs have or want raw ginger so they buy ginger flavored soda. It makes sense how uneducated people would arrive to that conclusion.

Sherbet? No idea.

>dont put hot food in the fridge because the food will go bad and youll get food poisoning.

My sister and I took food safety classes and discovered it was the opposite.

>>9129410
My dad used to force me to drink gatorade when I was sick.

I like the yellow one, so that's fine, but I think it's a little ridiculous to force it on someone.

>>9129439
same. No one believes me either.

>>9129439
Don't put cold food in the hot?

>>9129441
It makes sense you faggot. Also parents would

>>9128887
When I was a kid I thought I'd turn black if I was touched by a black person. I avoided them at all costs.

>Don't drink milk while/soon after having meat or you'll get a stomachache
Granted it's a disgusting taste combination but if you can put cheese on it I don't think milk is any different.

>>9129459
Correct.
Cooking food causes cancer. That's why it's become more prevalent in modern times

>milk and watermelon is poison
>country crock is butter
>every kind of beef cut should be eaten well done or you'll get worms
>all brands taste the same, the only thing that change is the price
>raw meat must be frozen, otherwise it will go bad
>defrosting meat can only be done with sunlight, otherwise it will cause cancer

>cooking food in the microwave ruins the nutritional value
> the gold flakes in goldschlager cut your throat, and the alcohol seeps in the cuts and make you drunker

If you belive either one of these, please kill yourself.

>>9129999
Wait that 'schlager thing isn't true?
I knew it was a fucking meme, good think I drink gin

>>9129972
black

It's not a myth but an annoying habit of people I know. The lazy cookers that either turn the food on high and leave the room so they always burn it. Or the people who turn it too low so they can leave the room (they were previously the last person). I know someone who boils water on low.

>>9128383
Meat literally does though.

>>9128383
muh dick?

>>9128367
>Never buy produce from Mexico because the workers urinate on the plants

>>9129301
My parents told me that it was illegal for children to drink coffee

>>9128383
She is right.
But y'know, going outside in the sun also causes cancer.
Everything either causes or somewhat slows cancer.

>you need to put cold water in a pot and put it on the burner after you turn it off or else the stovetop will burn

I had a really stupid mother, don't ask

Also

>shaking fruit juice too hard will bruise it

>>9131101
They do you liberal faggot theres videos of it on youtube

>>9128367
I remember at spacecamp they even told us a horror story of a guy that brought a sandwitch into orbit, which ended up warming up on exit and he ended up puking into his spacesuit

also
>if you don't cook pork to the consistency of a rubber boot you'll get AIDS and die

>>9131178
>>shaking fruit juice too hard will bruise it
This is the entire argument for people who prefer gin based mixed drinks stirred rather than shaken.

I'm not even shitting you.

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>>9129611
>feed milk to baby

everything fine

>feed cheese to baby

u oh trabble

Goddamn doublestandards.

>>9128367
if you want to boil water you cant put hot water in the pot cuz it wont boil

>parents told me that meat came from plants
I believed that until I was 8 years old

>mom would tell me not to look into the microwave while it was on because it would cook my eyeballs
>I would stare into it when she wasn't paying attention

>eating raw eggs will give you salmonella

>eating rare chicken will kill you :(

>MSG IS BAD
>SALT IS BAD
>YOU SHOULDNT EAT FAT, HERE EAT ALL THESE HEALTHY CARBS FROM THIS RICE

>>9131245
You're oversimplifying things. 'Bruising' may be an old wive's tale, but shaking your drink and smashing up all the ice is going to give you cool water spiked with gin due to faster melting caused by greater surface area, not to mention making your drink look cloudy as dishwater.

Gentle stirring ensures the cocktail is thoroughly mixed while causing minimal melting.

>put bread in the fridge when it gets hot out
>put the coffee bag in the fridge to keep it from going stale
Both of these are counterintuitive

>>9129410
My parents would cook jello on the stove and have us drink it while it was warm. I'm guessing not a lot of people do this because my co-workers (pharmacy) thought it was really weird when I mentioned it

>>9129439
Fridges are bad at cooling down. They can keep cool, but take an awful long time to lower temperature.
If you put a large bowl of hot soup for example, your whole fridge and what's inside will get lukewarm for a significant time before getting cold again. So it's better to let the large bowl of hot soup to reach room temperature first (also lowers your electricity bill.)

>>9129611
>Don't mix dairy and meat.
Isn't that a Jewish thing?

>>9131449
Raw chicken? Because it will.

>>9131578
>>9131578
hasn't so far

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>>9131572

This. You want to cool the food down first before it goes into the fridge. A great way to do this is to put the food in an ice bath or to use a cold paddle.

Pic related.

>>9131578

Raw/rare chicken is no more dangerous than any other meat at the same state of cooking.

The reason why we don't eat raw/rare chicken is because it doesn't have a pleasant taste or texture, whereas raw/rare beef or fish is very popular because it tastes good.


Refer to the section on microbiology and food spoilage in Modernist Cuisine. IIRC it's near the end of volume 1.

>>9131595
If I eat raw chicken will I be kill?

>>9128367
My parents taught me to put lobsters in plastic bags when boiling them to muffle their screams.

>>9131595
>Raw/rare chicken is no more dangerous than any other meat at the same state of cooking
Bullshit. Chicken and poultry is much more prone to dangerous bacteria than other meats, which it has to have 165 degrees internal for 10 seconds to ensure it's fully cooked.

>>9131632
>Chicken and poultry is much more prone to dangerous bacteria than other meats,

But that's not true, as the source I posted explains.

You've got some old wives tale in your head.

Also, laws regarding time/temperature have little basis in actual fact. That's also discussed in the same source. Stop parroting what you've been told and educate yourself.

>>9130497
guanciale is great

The deal with cheek is it gets a lot of exercise so it has a deeper flavor than say a loin which does hardly any work

>>9131638
>Go out and buy my books

How's about you go out back and shoot yourself?

Mom told me that grape seeds get caught in your appendix and cause appendicitis.

>>9128367
I was told watermelon seeds would cause watermelons to grow in your stomach and make your stomach burst open, eating apple seeds could kill you, and never to drink soda after eating pop rocks as it will make your stomach explode and your guts spill out on the floor.

>>9129410
Here we usually drink flat 7-up/sprite and get a drop of mustard or honey on the tip of the tongue

>>9129301
It is sort of true. Growth hormone is only released when a child is sleeping, so if caffeine is keeping them up more than they are supposed to be, they are not going to grow to their max potential. So, it isn't the coffee, per se, but the lack of sleep.

>>9131764
If you're an adult can you take growth hormones to make you taller?

>>9128367
>MSG is bad for you
>diet soda causes memory loss
>standing close to a microwave or looking at it while on will give you cancer

>eating uncooked pasta will give you worms

Thanks mom, you useless fucking cocksocket.

>>9132694
No, your growth plates are probably closed

>you need to put oil in your water to keep your pasta from sticking together
>you need to rinse your pasta
but if you just put a bit of salt in the water the pasta won't stick and doesn't need to be rinsed and your sauce will stay on your damn pasta

>>9132716
How do you open them back up?

>>9132835
With a crowbar.

>>9128367
>Microwaving frozen bread makes it stale
30-45 seconds is plenty. Given how microwaves react to water content, at best opening the door would be like a sauna.

>Oil in water means you don't have to stir pasta/Food with long cooking times don't need tending, set it and forget it.
Never do this unless you're retard and if you're female, don't mind a husband that beats you for burning dinner or serves soggy/squishy pasta.

>Break pasta noodles in half to fit it into the saucepan
Let the water boil proper. You don't have to have break shit like a nigger. Maximum noodle length is best.

>A knife is a knife
Not always. One should consider a knife that's best at something. Serrated knives are best for fibrous materials such as bread or steak. Cake knives are often long with a simple blade meant to press rather than cut other substance, you shouldn't use a cake knife to cut vegetables or slice meat. Chef knives are sort of multi-purpose I guess, but best kept for raw materials, namely vegetables and fruit. I know some might say "when all you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail" but fuck, there is such a thing as picking the wrong knife for the job.

>Cutting open burger patties to check for done-ness
Texture tells it all. If the burger is firm to the touch, it's good. Also, if the burger is cooked more outside than inside, it means you set the heat too high and flipped too much/too little.

>Cold pizza will give you food poisoning
Not family, a substitute teacher in 3rd grade. He's probably dead now, he was pretty old then.

>>9131166
It's only illegal for kids to drink coffee in schools in burgerland

>>9132915
Half Life 3 confirmed.

>>9131638
>this book I am shilling is more reliable then decades of international studies

uh-huh

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>>9131764
>Growth hormone is only released when a child is sleeping
>tfw had a hard time sleeping as a child

Doctor said I was going to grow taller than my dad, but I'm just as tall as he is. Did I gimp myself?

>>9131736
>that one fucking episode of Rugrats with the watermelon seeds in Angelica's stomach
I'm pretty sure I started away from watermelon for a while after I saw that.

>>9131764
>Growth hormone is only released when a child is sleeping

That explains a lot

>>9133112
Came here to post that.

I asked my parents if it was true after I watched it and my dad would make me paranoid about it whenever I ate something with seeds.

>>9131515
>>9131245
It dissolves oxygen into the gin. Oxygen makes alcohol taste/feel rougher on your tongue.

>>9129528
You made the right choices

>>9133103
>averaged like six hours of sleep a night all through puberty because adderal
>tfw should have been like 5'10-5'11
>only 5'7

>>9130664
i turn my stove on low so i can watch tv in the other room while food heats up

>>9130677

if you believe this, you'll believe anything.

>>9131736
Apple seeds do contain trace amounts of cyanide.

>>9131178
Omfg is this why my room mate is always leaving water on the stove? Dumbass nigga

>>9131187
Insects, birds, rats, and possums all shit and piss on our produce, but Mexicans is where you draw the line?

>>9131178
>shaking fruit juice too hard will bruise it

The fruit has already been blended and squeezed into oblivion, what more harm could you POSSIBLY do to the fruits therein?

>>9131557
what the fuck is the point of jello then

>>9131557
It is very weird.
Why not just heat coolaid?

>>9129410
my family does the ginger ale thing too for stomachache

>Drinking any amount of alcohol regularly means you're an alcoholic

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>>9128367
Dangerously stinky, yeah.

>>9128383
>>aspartame causes cancer
This is true
>>meat causes cancer
Only processed meats
>>whiskey causes cancer
Too much whiskey is bad for your health, with a fucked up liver and poor immune system you are more prone to cancer.
>>EVERYTHING GOOD CAUSES CANCER
What's your definition of "good"? I'm guessing when you say "everything" you are talking about deep fried and microwavable foods

Go organic and learn to cook, it's not hard. You're post is enough evidence you are unhealthy and probably fat.

>>9134916
Okay, A. I'm 125lbs. The examples I provided were just bad. She thought milk caused cancer.

B. I bet I'm a better cook than you.

>>9128887
Actually, there's some parasite in africa that reproduces like that.

>>9132712
How often do you eat raw pasta anon?

>>9134979
>niggers
>some parasite in africa

>>9131557
When I was a kid my Mom would do the same thing with the jello

>>9128367
>A smoothie is a beverage not a meal
I'll fight you everyday on this one, mom.

>>9134224
Dunno, I leave water in pots, so they don't get dry and difficult to clean later, especially when I don't have time (or will) to wash them right away.

>>9132712
Could be true if the flour was never heated. Flour usually isn't pasteurized and is more likely to make you sick than eggs if you eat raw cookie dough.

>>9134113
It's true though. I consider the risk worth taking.

>>9129999
My aunt unironically believes the microwave one. Then again she also believes in crystal healing.

Also checked.

>>9134916
>>aspartame causes cancer
>This is true
Link to proof?

>>9128383
Aids?

>>9131178
True for shitty old stoves.

>>9129441
because of the electrolytes. he was pretty smart unlike you

many already covered, i have a friend who always unplugs the microwave from the wall except during use (duh) because he believed it would emit cancer prone microwaves at all times (his wife died of cancer sadly, microwave disappeared after that)

> eating watermelon and drinking wine, will turn the watermelon in your stomach into a cork like solid material and clog your insides

> going into water (swimming pool, beach river shower etc) 30mins to 2 hours after eating will stop your digestion

> we had the oil in the pasta for it not to stick (they still do it at my mom's)

>>9129301
I have memories of my mom whipping out her tit and squirting breastmilk into coffee and tea when I was like 4 years old. We were a pro-caffeine household.

>>9128383
Was it a puppy?

>>9128400
My Grandfather smoked his whole life. I was about 10 years old when my mother said to him, 'If you ever want to see your grandchildren graduate, you have to stop immediately.'. Tears welled up in his eyes when he realized what exactly was at stake. He gave it up immediately. Three years later he died of lung cancer. It was really sad and destroyed me. My mother said to me- 'Don't ever smoke. Please don't put your family through what your Grandfather put us through." I agreed. At 28, I have never touched a cigarette. I must say, I feel a very slight sense of regret for never having done it, because your post gave me cancer anyway.

>>9131638
"Modernist Cuisine" is not a scientific source let alone an academic p2p review. Educate yourself yourself you pseudo-intellectual.

>>9134916
Post sources you regurgitating scum. I cook organic most of the time as well but I dont want that being associated with illiterate hippy dogs like you that believe aspartame causes cancer after that being disproven for decades.

>>9129439
Except it's true.
Putting hot or warm foods, before it's properly cooled down, in the fridge means it's still a hotbed for bacteria.
Doesn't mean it'll spoil, it just means it will still develop and grow bacteria which can infect other foods in your fridge.

>>9138615
No. The problem is that it heats up the fridge, which can spoil everything else in it.
The faster you cool your food the better preserved it is, but a fridge isn't magic, so when you stick a big pot of chili in there straight from the stove it can't keep up.

>>9138552
thats not even reddit, thats straight up youtube comment section tier
gas yourself or get out

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>>9128367
>it's completely safe and germ-free to drink from the drinks of family members as opposed to any random person
i believed this until i was like 18

>>9131382
Why the fuck is this??
No one can give me a straight answer

>If you swallow your gum, anon, it will never dissolve.

>Watermelon seeds will grow inside your stomach.

>>9138732
It's more likely that filling a pot with hot water used to be a bad idea because it would leach lead/other things from old piping, which somehow became "it won't boil". There's no reason that cold water would come to a boil faster.

>>9138805
7 years to digest

>>9138809
or most like based on the truth that hot water freezes faster

>all sourdough bread is disgusting and tastes rotten
>plain corn-based cereals are disgusting because "it's just corn"
>bananas are calorie-free

>>9138929
thats not weird thats just retarded

>>9138157
>> going into water (swimming pool, beach river shower etc) 30mins to 2 hours after eating will stop your digestion
I heard that one, but with instakill due to cold shock response.
https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=https%3A%2F%2Ffr.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FHydrocution%23Id.C3.A9es_re.C3.A7ues&edit-text= (English page doesn't talk about digestion.)

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My grandma won't eat food that blacks have touched with their hands because she believes that the palms of their hands (along with the bottom of their feet) are lighter because the blackness rubs off when they touch something and she doesn't want to eat it.

>mfw she loudly asks the black server if he's touched anything on her plate in the middle of a crowded restaurant

<3 you mawmaw but i don't want to be culturally enriched at lunch.

>>9129301
idk dude I used to down pots with my cousin and game out at 15 and now were both manlets :/

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>>9138192

>>9139046
smart woman

>>9139046
Same sit. My 6th grade SCIENCE teacher won't touch food made by foreign workers. She stopped going to a local place when she found out the workers were Bengalis.

>>9139053
Depends on your diet, genetics, general health too. I drank coffee and never slept much but was usually physically active with a good diet, I'm pretty tall.

>>9138192
did she have nice tits?

>>9128383
Your mom was right

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>>9131764
Wat. All my life I've had problem with sleeping, insomnia, and I am over 2 meters.

>>9138809
Actually cold water does boil faster than warm water. Its a law of thermodynamics

>>9139324
https://youtu.be/8Kak8EHAQyw?t=2m37s

http://www.fitday.com/fitness-articles/fitness/exercises/the-spider-man-workout.html

>>9139335
ignore the second link it pasted the wrong one got fucked somehow

>>9131632
Erm not quite, look up some charts of bacterial die off by temperature. All bacteria is completely dead by the time your chicken reaches 165F. This is why you let whole cooked chicken or chicken parts rest for a few minutes before serving. The outer temperature is hotter than 165 and as that heat moves in towards the center the whole thing equalizes at a temperature that is safe to eat.

When I cook whole chickens I usually pull them out when the breast reaches 150 or 155 and the thigh is 165 but usually the thigh is fine so I've stopped checking when I make for myself. Also I've taken to spatchcocking just because it's easier.

>>9132711
I love MSG. I buy that shit by the gallon. Can't live without MSG.

>>9129410
icecream is for when you vomit, it doesn't hurt coming back up most times

>t. someone with intestinal issues who throws up a lot

>>9138814
>>9139324
You know that point where you know a little bit about a subject and find yourself sitting nicely at mount stupid when you try to use it? You're right there.

>>9139899
this is two people but whats your point? you cant ignore the fact that hot water freezes faster under certain conditions and im saying this could be the basis for the myth.

>>9138552
0/10 pasta
10/10 bait

great post!

>>9138192
why is it that every mom I've known who does that uses their left tit? never their right, it just seems odd to me.

>>9139907
There are no equivalent conditions that lead to hot water freezing faster. Anecdotes exist, but they have not shown to be repeatable and are therefore likely due to non-equivalent conditions.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5121640/

>>9134288
Rapid shaking of the container atomizes oxygen and emulsifies it into the juice causing rapid deterioration of the sugars due to oxidation, causing off flavors in the juice. :^)

>>9138812
more like 7 hours to poop out.

>bread is bad the day it 'expires'
>water bottles have to be thrown out if half full and at room temperature because of legionaire's disease
My mom still thinks those. At least I got her to stop freezing bread and coffee until its needed.

>>9140106
>legionaire's disease
kek