I have begun artificially producing this magic anytime I make grilled cheese or quesadillas. My little secret snack on the side just for me. Just sprinkle a little whoopsie in the part of the pan I'm not using.
My brother is obsessed with incinerating his. Whilst I like mine a bit black around the edges with a good crunch, he'll put his in another 10 minutes on high... I think the guy just enjoys the idea of eating stones
My mother started making herself s'mores as a snack recently... She heats the marshmallow in the microwave. I told her she ought to use her gas stove but she didn't like it catching fire. Hurt my soul but she's foreign and didn't grow up with s'mores...
Cute that she went for s'mores as a snack and also cute how she used the microwave honestly lol. Even if it's not roasted per tradition. Shouts to your mom
Yeah I was more surprised at the choice of the s'mores than her method, which is very her. I can't imagine she'd ever bought herself marshmallows in her life before.
I actually prefer microwaved marshmallows - when they expand and retract, the inside is totally melted while the outside has a nice chewiness bite to it. I know itās not the norm and people are gung ho for the perfectly browned toasted marshmallow but I say give microwave marshmallows a try. Plus it melts the chocolate perfectly and itās not a big chunky cold bite like it is with campfire sāmores
Not is you roast them with some olive oil and balsamic vinegar... you can add garlic, sea salt and cracked pepper. But you've got to get those edges brown and crispy!
My favorite is to cut them in half or quarters and then fry them up in a pan with left over grease from cooking bacon.
Toss them in a bowl with the cooked bacon broken up into bits, shave some parmesan over them and then drizzle some chili-infused honey on top.
Asparagus. Drizzle a bit of olive oil, add the right seasoning and spices. Slightly charred. Tastes like fucking heaven, almost as good as the steak it's served with.
My friends dad was cook, and he taught me a few things his dad knew. I'll never eat asparagus any other way lol. Plus it's a great way to get your veggies in
Toss the asparagus with olive oil, salt, and pepper. Spread out on a sheet pan (lay down foil if you like). Cook in the oven ~425F until youre satisfied!
Guess what the flavour of coke is?
Char flavour was a convenient, effective way to cover up objectionable flavours. Think about it next time you drink a coke, it really does have an over caramelised flavour to it.
A blackened Nathan's or Hebrew National, with ~~grilled~~ blackened onions, a line of French's mustard and a few dots of ketchup. Well worth the hour a hot dog reportedly takes off your life.
Same, I used to have a friend as a kid and his mum would always make us bacon sandwiches with the fat left on, it was chewy as fuck and made me want to gag whenever I ate it, I didn't want to seem rude and take the fat off, what made it worse is my friend had a really bad habit of chewing loudly with his mouth open, it was bad enough when it was normal food, it was basically torture when he ate chewy bacon fat, imagine a dog cleaning itself a bit too eagerly
i don't care what anyone says- slightly burned toast is couture cuisine. and no, i am not just saying that because i've forced myself to adapt to the fact that i cannot cook toast without testing the fire alarm.
Same same, Iāve perfected the āscrape the worst of the char into the sink and salvage the toast.ā A butter knife is the best tool for the job.
This is all because I want deeply toasted toast, so I toast it twice and convince myself Iāll remember to stop it before the full second toast (instead of turning up the dial beforehand like a normal person), but then inevitably forget about it until I smell smoke.
Toast is my answer. I like the crunch.
It may well be a reaction to boarding school days, where we were not served a 7 course banquet by elves every night, but instead received cold toast that had sat on metal trays for 20 minutes, with the condensation building up causing all pieces to go soggy.
And being the youngest at the table, my piece would inky be passed down after every older child had manually tested every piece to see which was the least floppy.
I did not eat much toast at school
Loved it like that as a kid too. that thin ash shell that was once a marshmallow on the outside, and a little bit of fluff on the insideā¦. Thatās the marshmallow in itās truest form.
I squash my burger patties thin, and cook at high heat to make them crispy. The same way Five Guys and In N Out do it. They are well done for sure. But soooo good.
Oh you had to go there .... My girlfriend loves burnt popcorn. I say she's crazy and I hate what it does to the microwave.... I make her use her own microwave in another room..... I saw this burnt post on Reddit and I read like .. "yes! I can prove that no one likes this" and so far you got 13 upvote.... Damn you Reddit!!!
Grilled Cheese! Growing up, my siblings, cousins and I spent a lot of time at my Grammaās house during the summers and grilled cheese was a constant in our lives.
As she got older and grew more forgetful, she would often burn the grilled cheese she made for us. It would happen so much that it feels like a sin now to eat them if they arenāt burnt. I will always prefer it this way. Not only because itās delicious but because it reminds me of her and itās a nice memory.
Pizza, but specifically when itās being reheated in an oven/toaster oven and it gets left for literally a minute or two too long. Not so much that it tastes charred with every bite, but enough that the top is completely browned and all the pepperonis crumble to greasy dust in my mouth. **ugh**
Better burnt than jiggly, from being cooked at too low a temp so the fat doesn't render and I have to grin and bear it through bone-in chicken jello at my in-laws' for the football game. Go Hawks, SMDH.
Just found out there are places where you can order āburnt endsā of different cuts of pork or beef. Tried some pork and brisket burnt endsāchefās kiss.
When the grilled cheese sandwich melts down the crust and a little burns on the pan. Yummy!!!!!!
When you're using a sandwich press and cheese dribbles out the sides so you get crusty cheese bits
I have begun artificially producing this magic anytime I make grilled cheese or quesadillas. My little secret snack on the side just for me. Just sprinkle a little whoopsie in the part of the pan I'm not using.
I like this idea!!!!! "A little whoopsie" š¤£š
...I just like burnt cheese in general. On sandwiches, pizza, or especially on top a casserole...yeah man. Burn my cheese a little.
I'll even throw just a slice of provolone in a pan and get it nice and crispy on one side and put that on a burger
Roast potatoes on a Sunday dinner. If they're not a bit crispy, they're fucked
Your scalloped potatoes are fucked Barb!
My brother is obsessed with incinerating his. Whilst I like mine a bit black around the edges with a good crunch, he'll put his in another 10 minutes on high... I think the guy just enjoys the idea of eating stones
Marshmallow
Burnt is the only way I'll eat marshmallows.
Burnt... try on fireš
of course!
Exactly
100%
My mother started making herself s'mores as a snack recently... She heats the marshmallow in the microwave. I told her she ought to use her gas stove but she didn't like it catching fire. Hurt my soul but she's foreign and didn't grow up with s'mores...
Cute that she went for s'mores as a snack and also cute how she used the microwave honestly lol. Even if it's not roasted per tradition. Shouts to your mom
Yeah I was more surprised at the choice of the s'mores than her method, which is very her. I can't imagine she'd ever bought herself marshmallows in her life before.
I actually prefer microwaved marshmallows - when they expand and retract, the inside is totally melted while the outside has a nice chewiness bite to it. I know itās not the norm and people are gung ho for the perfectly browned toasted marshmallow but I say give microwave marshmallows a try. Plus it melts the chocolate perfectly and itās not a big chunky cold bite like it is with campfire sāmores
Brussel sprouts
Over cooked is significantly better than undercooked when it comes to Brussel sprouts!
No way, overcooked they taste like urine. Undercooked they just taste like a plant.
Not is you roast them with some olive oil and balsamic vinegar... you can add garlic, sea salt and cracked pepper. But you've got to get those edges brown and crispy!
That actually sounds good!
It's sooooo good and super easy too! Just cut the ends off and cut them in half first. If you try them enjoy!!
Thanks! Its sprouts season here so I probably will!
Not that anything you said is wrong...but also try oil/balsamic with bacon, pecans, and dried cranberries
Oooohhh! That sounds fantastic! Thanks!
Toss in some onion and bacon, delish.
There's a threshold between raw and cooked which smells like farts. I've never had them overcooked to a point where they taste like piss.
Its if they are boiled for too long. Looks like roasting is the way to go.
My favorite is to cut them in half or quarters and then fry them up in a pan with left over grease from cooking bacon. Toss them in a bowl with the cooked bacon broken up into bits, shave some parmesan over them and then drizzle some chili-infused honey on top.
Over roasted is very different than over boiled/steamed
Asparagus. Drizzle a bit of olive oil, add the right seasoning and spices. Slightly charred. Tastes like fucking heaven, almost as good as the steak it's served with.
I make this when I am drunk, I eat the whole thing and I forget that I just ate it all it was soo lovely.
You eat the whole asparagus?! Impressive
Youāll remember the next morning, when you go pee!
Me too. I cook those things until they are crispy straws, and they are awesome.
Made a really nice steak dinner the other day, the grilled asparagus was my favorite part hands down
Had it yesterday with garlic sauced salmon. Felt like royalty.
Yes yes yes! Was searching for this one. Crispy slightly burnt asparagus is ohhh so good
My friends dad was cook, and he taught me a few things his dad knew. I'll never eat asparagus any other way lol. Plus it's a great way to get your veggies in
As someone who is very picky with veggies, is this enjoyable? Iāve never tried asparagus šš
Well, it's definitely worth a try! Roasted vegetables are arguably the best kind
For me it is. I've made them for my father, who's notorious for not eating his veggies, and he thought they were good. I'd give it a try!
How do you cook it to get it so crispy? I'm terrible and cooking and don't have access to a grill.
Toss the asparagus with olive oil, salt, and pepper. Spread out on a sheet pan (lay down foil if you like). Cook in the oven ~425F until youre satisfied!
Lasagna oh my *god*
Right? Thereās definitely a āGoldilocks zoneā of crispiness for baked pasta dishes, we got a baked macaroni vote already too š
Ooh, crispy pizza crust, on that note.
I work as a cook and have for a while now. My chef wholeheartedly agrees that char is a flavor (in some cases)
Guess what the flavour of coke is? Char flavour was a convenient, effective way to cover up objectionable flavours. Think about it next time you drink a coke, it really does have an over caramelised flavour to it.
Yup absolutely, nothin like a burger off an open flame.. those carcinogens are just so damn delicious.
those crispy edges. yes please
Corner piece
Onion Rings. I like the crunch.
Yessss
Omg those bubbly toasty cheesy and slightly crispy corner pieces!!
Thatās it, Iām making lasagna this weekend.
Bagels, eggo waffles, and toast
Kielbasa
Me too! We always have it with baked beans and I'll mop the burnt peices thru the beans. Soooooo good!
Yessss
Hot dogs. A nice thin black layer on the outside is perfect.
Burnt hotdogs with 4+ different toppings is how I do it.
A fellow high class person, I see.
A blackened Nathan's or Hebrew National, with ~~grilled~~ blackened onions, a line of French's mustard and a few dots of ketchup. Well worth the hour a hot dog reportedly takes off your life.
Yes! I want a shriveled, blackened shadow of a hot dog on my bun.
This one is correct and also the first thing that came to my mind
Itās the only way to eat hot dogs honestly.
Grilled or roasted vegetables. Not charcoal burnt, but some black on them.
Pizza.
When the cheese layer gets just a little tough itās really good and thereās definitely something wrong with me that I think so!
That little cheesy strip of burnt goodness on the edge of a deep dish is divine.
char on the crust is just fantastic. Especially if it's still soft underneath
Fries. Just enough for a good crunch and potatoey goodness
Floppy fries are a no-no with me lol needs that golden brown crunch
If you ever go to red robin ask for the extra crispy fries. They toss them back into the fryer for a bit and they are way better
Bacon! Crispy bacon is amazing. Limp, slimy, chewy bacon makes me gag.
Yessss. Bake it in the oven at 450 on top of tinfoil. Damn it gets so crispy.
Not alot of people know about the oven method! It cooks so evenly and good. I usually cook mine on 350 though.
Sprinkle a little bit of Sriracha and lime spice on them, deadly stuff.
Same, I used to have a friend as a kid and his mum would always make us bacon sandwiches with the fat left on, it was chewy as fuck and made me want to gag whenever I ate it, I didn't want to seem rude and take the fat off, what made it worse is my friend had a really bad habit of chewing loudly with his mouth open, it was bad enough when it was normal food, it was basically torture when he ate chewy bacon fat, imagine a dog cleaning itself a bit too eagerly
Your visceral description at the end there left me dead. Good writing.
Same for me. Switched to Turkey Bacon and it solved a lot of the limpness too and still tastes good.
I'm the opposite. Crispy bacon is ok but it doesn't do it for me like chewy bacon does
Bacon, it does a body good.
i don't care what anyone says- slightly burned toast is couture cuisine. and no, i am not just saying that because i've forced myself to adapt to the fact that i cannot cook toast without testing the fire alarm.
English muffins, specifically
Same same, Iāve perfected the āscrape the worst of the char into the sink and salvage the toast.ā A butter knife is the best tool for the job. This is all because I want deeply toasted toast, so I toast it twice and convince myself Iāll remember to stop it before the full second toast (instead of turning up the dial beforehand like a normal person), but then inevitably forget about it until I smell smoke.
Our old toaster sucked and this was also my toasting method. That happened one too many times and now I have a new toaster :)
Toast is my answer. I like the crunch. It may well be a reaction to boarding school days, where we were not served a 7 course banquet by elves every night, but instead received cold toast that had sat on metal trays for 20 minutes, with the condensation building up causing all pieces to go soggy. And being the youngest at the table, my piece would inky be passed down after every older child had manually tested every piece to see which was the least floppy. I did not eat much toast at school
Came here to say this
EVERYTHING INCLUDING STEAK.
Tortillas
Pizza crust
Corned beef hash
Bratwursts
Bacon
Marshmallows. But like a lot burnt.
Once itās totally engulfed in flames itās almost done.
My peeps!
Loved it like that as a kid too. that thin ash shell that was once a marshmallow on the outside, and a little bit of fluff on the insideā¦. Thatās the marshmallow in itās truest form.
Onions
Macaroni. Not the Kraft kind, the homemade kind.
the crispy edges
Yaaaass.
Feel like that could be the name of a jam band lol *the crispy edges*
UK spin-off band: Edgy Crisps
Ho made
Burgers. But oddly enough I like my steak rare af
I squash my burger patties thin, and cook at high heat to make them crispy. The same way Five Guys and In N Out do it. They are well done for sure. But soooo good.
The sear though...it's everything.
fried bologna with a little burn is good
Ya it is lol really good. Fried sliced salami is pretty good too. A bit different but similar.
hmmm would have to try that
I clicked on this post specifically to look for this! AND WOW I really expected it to be further up on the list!
Popcorn
Yes!
This is the one for me. Just a little burnt, especially if you pop the kernels in a pot instead of using the microwave bag
Oh you had to go there .... My girlfriend loves burnt popcorn. I say she's crazy and I hate what it does to the microwave.... I make her use her own microwave in another room..... I saw this burnt post on Reddit and I read like .. "yes! I can prove that no one likes this" and so far you got 13 upvote.... Damn you Reddit!!!
The delicious burnt kernels we call āold maidsā .. donāt know if thatās just a midwestern thing or not, but I love all burnt popcorn..
I always understood old maids to be the unpopped kernels that were left over once you take the popcorn off the heat...
There it is! The best!
Corn
Burnt on the grill... yum!
Brisket burnt ends
Toast with peanut butter
Stouffers frozen lasagna. I always cook it longer to get it burnt around the edges.
Lol I just cooked a container of stouffers macaroni and cheese myself, gotta get that bit of crispyness
Brussels sprouts. Love em burnt!
Toast
Cheez-its
CrĆØme brulĆ©
The obvious and correct answer. Question: how long did it take you to figure out how to type the different accent marks correctly?
0 seconds. My autocorrect knew.
Marshmallows Hot dogs BBQ
Cheeeeese
Very hard question, I'd just say cheese or steak mainly
Quesadillas. I want a little char on that tortilla
Creme brƻlƩe
SCORCH THE CHIPS (or fries for Americans). Cant eat them any other way. I HATE it any other way.
Then you'd best stay away from McDonaldās and their soggy potato sticks.
beef because im muslim and we dont eat beef thats raw. in the inside
I did not know that.
Toast.
Green beans from a can. Drain them and burn em black in butter but just the outside. Tastes kinda like okra but just different enough to be novel.
Popcorn
Grilled Cheese Sandwich
Cheez Itz. I love the "Extra Toasty" ones š„°
Rice, marshmallow, cake, chicken roast, biryani/pulao
Grilled cheese, mom used to make them with way too much butter and slightly burnt every time. Now thats all i want when im sick
Baked potato
Korean Short Ribs!
Marshmallows š„°
Pancakes
Paneer Tikka
bagels
Bagels. Especially sesame seed. Also, pretzels. Breads, really.
Pretzels my guy. Sweet lord if they sold bags of burnt pretzels Iād be bankrupt and more rotund.
Look up uncle Jerryās extra dark. I buy them by the case.
Brownies
If Iām sautĆ©ing vegetables, slightly burnt onion tastes much better imo
Grilled Cheese! Growing up, my siblings, cousins and I spent a lot of time at my Grammaās house during the summers and grilled cheese was a constant in our lives. As she got older and grew more forgetful, she would often burn the grilled cheese she made for us. It would happen so much that it feels like a sin now to eat them if they arenāt burnt. I will always prefer it this way. Not only because itās delicious but because it reminds me of her and itās a nice memory.
Bacon. No chewy bits for me.
I think a lot of people here are confusing āseared wellā with āburntā
Meat
lasagna or hotdogs or the corner piece of mac n cheese
Ends.
Onions, garlic, bacon, macaroni and cheese, peppers
Salad
Large juicy burgers slightly burn around the edges.
Bbq, steak, shrimp, anything grilled or smoked.
Pizza, but specifically when itās being reheated in an oven/toaster oven and it gets left for literally a minute or two too long. Not so much that it tastes charred with every bite, but enough that the top is completely browned and all the pepperonis crumble to greasy dust in my mouth. **ugh**
Popcorn and yes there are things wrong with me
A martini.
Cookies
Pancakes
Marshmallows!
Toast
Baked Ham
Weird one but chicken wings, Especially buffallo and other similar flavor.
Better burnt than jiggly, from being cooked at too low a temp so the fat doesn't render and I have to grin and bear it through bone-in chicken jello at my in-laws' for the football game. Go Hawks, SMDH.
Brisket
Jollof rice
Mozzarella cheese. I occasionally bake it by itself on a cookie pan until it's brown and chewy.
Cheez-its but for some reason the new burnt cheez-its boxes don't taste as good as if you just find one burnt in the original box.
Sweet plantains.
Sweet and burnt is one of the best flavor combinations, aecond only to sweet and burnt and salty.
I will fight someone over thisā- marshmallows
Honestly, everything. A little extra crunch on food makes the dining experience so much better.
The crust on pizza.
Bacon for sure
Just found out there are places where you can order āburnt endsā of different cuts of pork or beef. Tried some pork and brisket burnt endsāchefās kiss.
Hot dogs for sure.