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Originally Posted by Stu from NYC
My mil used to cook veggies until they cried out for mercy. She never understood why I liked them with a bit of taste.
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that's left over from the preindustrial revolution with lots of unknown disease sources.
if your MIL grew up with parent from the late 1800, like my parents, over cooking / boiling / steaming to mush was the only known way to sterilize the food.
The food safety advancements in the last 100 years is exponential, and intl cuisine is beyond the comprehension of most housewives from the pre industrial days.
we live in extraordinary times. . .