/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>Every single "authentic bolognese" recipe tell you to just sweat the onions and cook them without color
>Cooked my bolognese like this for years, always thought it tasted a bit bland
>Watch Alton Brown's bolognese recipe, he uses an insane amount of onions and caramelizes the fuck out of them
>Try it for myself, it actually taste's a hundred times better

What are some times you realized the classic/common knowledge way to cook something was actually inferior?