Why do restaurants serve nearly raw vegetables as cooked?
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Today I had a lovely fish and shellfish pie in a local restaurant but served with near raw asparagus. I asked for the asparagus to be cooked till it was soft and it was returned still too hard for the table knife to cut it. I returned it again to be cooked 'very soft' and cited health reasons as to why, but once again it came back hard. The waitress said she doubted whether it would be any different to the last time, which was true, my wanting it cooked more had been ignored by the kitchen. I gave up after that and managed to eat the top most tips of the asparagus but left the stems.
Why do restaurants want to serve nearly raw vegetables when most middle aged/old folk want them cooked?
Why do restaurants want to serve nearly raw vegetables when most middle aged/old folk want them cooked?
Efbe said:
did you have the right dentures in?
I didn't have any dentures in. There's a lot of reasons why people want soft vegetables apart from being easy to chew. It's also easier to swallow. I am attending another group Christmas meal next week and we have specifically requested soft veg as the previous year ( we are having it at the same hotel) it was so hard it couldn't be eaten.
Perhaps they do it on purpose so it can be made into soup later on.
they are soft and easy to eat. Parsnips I boil with carrots to have together. The Mad Monk said:
Has anyone ever told you that you are really asking for trouble?
No, no one did.I could have complained about how the table knife was so blunt it couldn't cut into the asparagus, which is why it was returned the 2nd time. Waitress wanted to know if it was OK, I said if the knife can't cut it...then no. Is woody asparagus acceptable too?
At home, I have table knives that cut food and I know how to steam asparagus ( 5 mins is fine).
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