Personally, I don’t* but I was curious what others think.

*some sandwiches excluded like a Cubano or chicken parm; those do require cooking.

  • CrimeDad
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    663 months ago

    I don’t think it’s cooking unless you are applying heat to cause a chemical reaction. So, making a grilled cheese sandwich counts as cooking, but a BP&J does not.

    • @[email protected]
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      213 months ago

      Making ceviche or sushi officially not cooking confirmed - how dare those posers call themselves sushi chefs.

      • Miles O'Brien
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        133 months ago

        I think of a chef as a “preparer of food” not necessarily “food cooker”

        So sushi chef is still accurate to their opinion, disclaimer I agree with them so I could always be rationalizing it.

        • @Num10ck
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          43 months ago

          chef is french for chief. they are the head of the kitchen.

      • CrimeDad
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        83 months ago

        Some of the constituent ingredients have to be cooked, but ceviches and sushi rolls aren’t cooked any more than salads or burritos. They’re assembled or prepared.

        • @SpaceNoodle
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          You’re ignoring the chemical process in ceviche.

            • CrimeDad
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              -23 months ago

              You could cook using an exothermic reaction between ingredients, but I don’t think that’s what’s happening when making ceviche, so a ceviche is not cooked.

              Cc @[email protected]

      • @kryptonianCodeMonkey
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        Ceviche is said to be “cooked” with acid, even if that’s not the most accurate term. And most forms of sushi are made with cooked rice, at minimum, and not uncommonly with other cooked ingredients. So those things kind of muddy the waters for your point. But a clearer example may be something like beef tartare, a garden salad with a vinegarette, or sashimi. Those things are “prepared”, not cooked, because no cooking is involved in their making. Cooking is specifically the preparation of food utilizing heat. Chefs prepare plenty of dishes that do not involve the act of cooking.

      • Drusas
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        23 months ago

        Just because it’s preparing food and not cooking doesn’t mean that it is lesser.

      • @njm1314
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        23 months ago

        The acid from the lime is doing the cooking in ceviche.

      • CrimeDad
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        23 months ago

        You can cook with a microwave, but if you’re just reheating something that’s not cooking.