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

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

  • FuglyDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
    97·
    2 months ago

    Cooking is simply the preparing of food.

    It doesn’t necessarily require the application of heat.

    If some one is being proud of a sandwich- let them be proud. We all start somewhere.

    edit: to all the people downvoting me: https://www.dictionary.com/browse/cooking

    1. the act of a person or thing that cooks.
    2. the art or practice of preparing food; cookery.

    https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cooking

    1A) the act of preparing food for eating, especially by heating 1B) a manner of preparing food

    To say that “cooking” requires heat is inaccurate. It’s the usual qualification, but is not necessary in a general sense.

    and more to the point: If some one is proud of their sandwich, why would you take that from them? dick move. Even Gordon Fucking Ramsey had to start somewhere.

    • RandomStickman@fedia.io
      3·
      2 months ago

      Cooking, also known as cookery or professionally as the culinary arts, is the art, science and craft of using heat to make food more palatable, digestible, nutritious, or safe.

      Wikipedia says so. Can someone make a really good sandwich without cooking? Sure. I wouldn’t even pull an “um ackshuly” on them. But you’re putting words in OP’s mouth now.

      • FuglyDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        2 months ago

        But you’re putting words in OP’s mouth now.

        Am I?

        Where did I say the OP said anything at all?

        Also, I wonder whose more definitive on the meaning of words? The long-standing, generally recognized as the definitive dictionary for US-English… or… wikipedia?