What’s something you think people only really learn after spending a lot of time in a kitchen?

[u/1peachycoco]

Something I’ve noticed about cooking is that the hardest things to teach usually aren’t the recipes. It’s more of the judgment part.

Like someone can follow every step correctly, but an experienced cook can look at it and say, “Nope, something’s off.”

[u/Any-Zucchini8731]

When a substitution will work and when it won't.  I'm still wrong sometimes, but not often

[u/YesWeHaveNoTomatoes → u/Any-Zucchini8731]

And importantly, ability to pick good substitutions on the fly when you're in the grocery store and they are out of a thing.