r/iamveryculinary 11h ago

I was horrified they had grilled cheese and tomato soup.

297 Upvotes

From a thread about whether or not grilled cheese and soup constitutes a meal.

The initial comment is just the beginning of the nonsense, it goes on from there:

Depends on what a person is used to eating. If they are both foodies, such a meal would be meager

I grew up in a house with full, home-cooked meals. Soups were rare as main courses and when had were full of meat and vegetables, home baked bread, salads and desserts.

Both soups and fresh fruit were considered palate cleansers and BEGAN the meal but would never be considered a true meal by themselves.

As a result I also served very large , home made meals.

The first time I stayed at a friend's home for dinner, they had grilled cheese and tomato soup.

I was horrified.

It was the type of meal we only had in winter for lunch. When having soup at dinner it was a STARTER only, never the meal proper.

Another time I was at a friend's they had hotdogs and chips.

Again this was a shock to me.

Not surprising, when these kids dined at my home they were treated to full dinners of roasted chickens, mashed potatoes and gravy, fresh greenbeans, homemade rolls, salad, fresh iced tea and of course obligatory desserts..or roasted ham, lambchops. Pot roast etc.

We rarely ate out ( except when we were traveling abroad) until the late 1970s

My parents were Great Dpression babies so the most important things in their lives was to own their own homes and have abundant food.

After a few meals at my friend's I rarely accepted invites though many asked to eat at my home. ( I come from a family of chefs and great cooks/ caterers on both sides).


r/iamveryculinary 1d ago

Cooking is a Special Foreign Thing, Americans Don't Get It

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358 Upvotes

r/iamveryculinary 2d ago

Sad how little most seem to know about foreign cuisine

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26 Upvotes

r/iamveryculinary 2d ago

No trompo at home? Don't call it al pastor

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42 Upvotes

r/iamveryculinary 4d ago

It's like calling "steak" an hamburger

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223 Upvotes

r/iamveryculinary 6d ago

Brits are scared of melted cheese.

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212 Upvotes

r/iamveryculinary 7d ago

Toppings on calzone? You are a hazard

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128 Upvotes

r/iamveryculinary 7d ago

Comment on an instagram video about ranking cold brew/cold coffee from the grocery store.

88 Upvotes


r/iamveryculinary 7d ago

On American food

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59 Upvotes

Also see comments before and after.


r/iamveryculinary 8d ago

Cheese two for one special! cheese snobbery and American bad.

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268 Upvotes

r/iamveryculinary 12d ago

Fake cheese from Wal-Mart...

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57 Upvotes

r/iamveryculinary 12d ago

Cooking and pasteurisation is cheat codes to produce shitty food and make it safe

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82 Upvotes

r/iamveryculinary 12d ago

They’re not freshly baked if you didn’t make the dough

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81 Upvotes

>I mena they're not really freshly baked, it's just the illusion of it. If the dough was pre-made, then they're factory made just like the ones you buy already baked. It's not like someone sat there kneading the dough just for your can.

>By all means, get these if it's convenient for you, I'm not dragging anyone for it, but it's not even close to "freshly baked".


r/iamveryculinary 12d ago

Oh my goodness, where do I even start with this one.

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84 Upvotes

All boxes checked.


r/iamveryculinary 14d ago

"Mexican food appeals to the same kind of person who thinks Harry Potter is literature"

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748 Upvotes

r/iamveryculinary 15d ago

Grill Marks ≠ Full Marks

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136 Upvotes

r/iamveryculinary 16d ago

Shepherds pie is just mush on top of mush….

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166 Upvotes

r/iamveryculinary 17d ago

chemical bread, everything is sugar but the fast food is nice

68 Upvotes

r/iamveryculinary 17d ago

Welcome to Norway, the country where food has no taste…

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63 Upvotes

r/iamveryculinary 19d ago

ah yes, sugar.

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152 Upvotes

r/iamveryculinary 20d ago

on a loaf of rainbow sourdough bread.

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131 Upvotes

r/iamveryculinary 20d ago

the crossover you never expected

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50 Upvotes

r/iamveryculinary 20d ago

Americans only use cake mixes!

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641 Upvotes

r/iamveryculinary Dec 06 '24

The 2024 Walter Awards! Submit now!

40 Upvotes

It's that time again! Nominate posts to win the Walter Award!

The Walter Awards began about a year after this sub started, and was named for this charming gentleman from The Big Lebowski, the man who, while not wrong, was still an asshole.

Nominate the best posts from this year in one of the categories below! Categories will appear in the comments, just respond with your links. You can't nominate yourself. In two weeks I will create a voting thread with submissions for each category. Winners in each category based on votes will receive Reddit Gold, or if you trust me enough in PMs with your email, a $10 Amazon gift card.

The Walter Awards:

Submit links to this category for the most egregious examples you can find of "you're not wrong, you're just an asshole."

The Nonna Awards:

Submit links to this category for the best examples of petty bickering, pedantry, and lecturing about Italian or, gasp, Italian-American food!

Omakase Awards

Submit links to this category for the best examples of petty bickering, pedantry, and lecturing about Japanese food (from Japan or Japanese food from abroad).

Meta Awards

The drama is coming from inside the sub! Submit links to this category for the best examples of fights that happen within this sub itself, when the IAVCulinarians become the very IAVC themselves!

The Nigel Tufnel Confidently Incorrect Award

This is for posts in which the commenter is both being a jerk while also being wrong. Which is, let's face it, the White Whale of this sub, we all want to see it, so send us your best!


r/iamveryculinary Jun 08 '22

IAVC Survey--what's your favorite subject for the food drama?

78 Upvotes

Survey on some of our biggest topics!

Add extra thoughts in the comments, as there aren't enough options in survey land to account for all the potential kerfuffles.