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amen on the undercooked vegetables. there was a real fashion at one point for something called "crisp-tender." this has been one of my pet peeves for at least 10 years. i think in part that was a reaction to the mushy vegetables of the past, in part perhaps a misunderstanding of Japanese and Chinese vegetable cooking. to me, the worst offense is against carrots. Properly cooked (tender through), they are delicious; undercooked (still crunchy), they taste like parsley ... and not in a good way.
What is your feeling on asparagus? It can get awfully mushy, but it seems that nowadays people want to have it much crunchier than it ought to be. When they are tiny, whatever, but when you have those lovely big asparagus and somebody undercooks them, keeps them crunchy, it is a crime against humanity IMO.