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Millennials generally find boiled dishes tasteless and old-fashioned, but Baby Boomers prefer this method. The reason behind this is related to food security and convenience in the early years. Nowadays it can be improved by adding salt or blanching.
Generally the younger generation believes that boiled food is bland and bad in taste, butbaby boomers However, there are historical reasons behind preferring this method of cooking, including initial food safety considerations and time-saving convenience. However, boiling destroys the nutrients. Experts suggest that it can be improved by adding salt, blanching etc.
Food website Chowhound reports that if you ask a millennial which cooking method they find least appealing and outdated, the answer is likely to be disappointing. But their baby boomer parents may object to this answer. There are many reasons why two generations have different views. For millennial Chowhound contributor Tim Forster, poaching is a fairly tasteless way of cooking.
For example, he gave the example of vegetables boiled in water, but their taste was tasteless. The consequences of hard-boiled eggs may be even worse, with some Millennials ruefully remembering that their Baby Boomer parents overcooked their eggs beyond recognition. Not only this, the worst thing is probably the meat, because boiling it will not only make the meat tasteless but will also become quite tough to eat. However, there are historical reasons why baby boomers love boiled food so much.
At first it was a reliable way to kill pathogens. When baby boomers grew up, supply chain food safety was still in its infancy, and food recall systems, for example, did not begin until the 1970s. Additionally, throwing everything into a pot of boiling water was considered a convenience at the time. Then in the 1980s, roasting vegetables really became a mainstream practice using the Maillard reaction to make the vegetables more delicious. Before then, ovens were mainly used for baking.
Millennial ideas aside, there are other negative aspects to poaching. Apart from the taste issues, boiling vegetables also removes their nutrients as the nutrients get leached into the boiling water and then thrown away. For example, boiling broccoli and spinach will lose about half of the folate, while boiling broccoli will lose more than a third of the vitamin C.
Of course, boiling still has its place. For example, pasta needs to be boiled in water for approx. The main thing is to add enough salt to the water. For example, 1 tablespoon table salt per 4 quarts of water is a good idea, but health-conscious people need not worry because only about a quarter teaspoon of salt is actually absorbed by the noodles.
In addition, you can also choose to blanch the vegetables, that is, boil them for a while and then add ice water, and then quickly stir-fry or stir-fry. Blanching really helps preserve flavor, color, and texture. With this, the vegetables can be made of better quality after freezing without spoiling their taste.
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Because they believe that boiling food loses its flavor, vegetables taste dull, eggs are often overcooked and meat becomes dry and hard to eat, they find this method boring and outdated.
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The article explained that this related to the background of his growing years. At that time the food security system was not yet mature. Boiling in water can effectively kill pathogens, and adding ingredients to boiling water is both time-saving and convenient.
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Apart from the bad taste and aroma, boiling will also destroy the folic acid and vitamin C present in the vegetables in the water. Improvements include adding enough salt when cooking noodles and switching to blanching to preserve color, flavor, and texture.
