The 3 Most Overrated Cooking Techniques in Your Mom's Kitchen

1. Overmixing the Batter (Sacrilege of the Ancients)

A delicate balance of wet and dry ingredients, shattered by the reckless abandon of your mom's overzealous whisking.

• Read about the time your mom made bread that would make a baker weep.
• Witness the catastrophe that was the soufflé

2. Not Tasting as You Go (The Great Unknown)

A pinch of this, a dash of that, a whole lot of 'I'll get to it later', resulting in a culinary abomination.

3. Using the Wrong Pot (The Pot of Despair)

Stirring, boiling, steaming – all the wrong tools for the job, all the wrong pots for the meal.