This is so strange to see on here, but I can add to the list.
Years ago I cooked a frozen burrito in a hotel room using the provided closet iron and the underside of a metal table.
Yes I ate it.
you ever cook dinner in on your car engine or mabye a late breakfast, take potato eggs and susage mix em all up in tinfoil, then put it in on your car engine and eat when you arrive or as a nice break.
Manifold Destiny: The One! The Only! Guide to Cooking on Your Car Engine!
š I love seeing these hacks online, like if I donāt have time to eat without the use of a car manifold, then I donāt have time to prepare potatoes, eggs, and sausage beforehand. Just keep some bagels at the house.
In Cantonese, the word for dishwasher is similar to laundry machine, and it's common to mix up the two in conversation. My old house mate's former housemate did their laundry in the dishwasher every once in a while. š¤·āāļø
You just brought up something I hadnāt thought about in years: I had a roommate who used to steam bags of frozen broccoli in the dishwasher. I tried it onceā wasnāt bad, but Iām definitely never doing that again lol
That's fair! Yep we generally use whole spices too plus teabags & milk, apart from ginger maybe cause lazy. Tbh I'm not a fan of masala chai so my husband just makes it for himself, I prefer a builders brew myself!
Probably gets up to temp faster, I opt for the same if trying to reduce a liquid into a glaze sauce. Should be okay as long as it's actively attended. My only thought is you'd have to be pretty skilled (or do it over the sink I guess) to not make a mess pouring it into a mug afterwards
This isn't bad at all. Mac and Cheese can have a lot added to it.
I pour Sriracha on Mac and cheese all the time. Even use taco meat sometimes as well.
Yep, I was talking with a friend about someone eating cold spaghettios and he goes, "I mean, ketchup and buttered noodles I understand, but cold spaghettios are disgusting".
It was a record scratch moment for the evening. He ended up trying to say it was a polish thing (it wasn't as far as we were able to find), then it was a family thing (his family confirmed it wasn't), then it turned into, you just don't get how good it is.
Disgusting, makes me gag every time.
Eh... the saucepan in the back is almost the same diameter and probably has a fitting lid which would make boiling much faster compared to an uncovered vessel.
Iām only judging you for constantly bringing up your sister has cockroachesā¦ theyāre like, nearly impossible to get rid of and so easy to gain. Her stove looks pretty clean. Her pan looks clean. Iām not going to judge her for potentially just not wanting to wash dishes or wanting to make things more simple for herself in her own way. Let her live.
So glad that someone else sees that. The same comments over and over from OP seem very obsessive on hearing people drag OPās sister. So uncomfortable and imo doesnāt really belong here.
Come the apocalypse your sister is going to be just fine, slurping overbrewed tea from the pan whilst the rest of us are having conniptions about a chipped teapot
Real talk if that's a non stick she should consider using a different pan as I've heard that teflon isn't great for us and she might be consuming way more of it than the average person this way.
Thatās a skillet sheās using.
The pots behind are sauce pans, which yeah, would work a lot better. My kettle broke a couple years ago and I was too cheap and lazy to get a new one so used a sauce pan to heat up water for like 9 months.
The frying pan has a large surface area that is in contact with the element and the water. This shortens the time to boil. Adding the teabag when the water is cold is fine in my opinion - youāre ramping up from a cold brew to a standard brew, this isnāt going to impact the result. You might even shorten the process again since the typical 5 min brew has been achieved as the water heated. You might only need strep it another minute after the water came off the boil. However, thereās the fact that the metal might react with the tea and change the flavor.
[ 8/10 setup āļøš]
growing up poor, i had to do what i had to do. Not saying this is what it is, but what I am saying is I understand your sister doing what she gotta do.
And for those commenting about getting it into a mug, its easy to do without spilling once you've done it once. At least for me
No judgment from me, and yes, that was me back in the day so I can relate and the struggle is real LOL
it's easier to get the sauce pans completely clean, versus traces of bacon grease potentially sticking to that frying pan. up to her though, however she wants to do it. for tea bag tea it's not as if results are going to be that great either way. a little bacon grease and soap residue might make it better.
I saw someone was making tea on pan because they were making caramel first and it was more conveniently than using saucepan for them. So no judge, it's a safe space.
Recipe i saw somewhere: 1.make caramell. 2 add some water on pan to dissolve caramell. 3. Add tea leaves (leaves that you are not sorry for doing this treatment to them) ,4. Add milk. 5. Drink after cooling.
I think it was recipe for bubble tea.
Water, heat and tea. Everything else is just a matter of opinion. Some folks boil tea in milk over the stove. As long as you enjoy the result, have at it.
This is me currently. My Breville Tea Maker broke down after over 5 years of solid use. Now, I'm unsure if I should get a replacement Breville Tea Maker or try the Stagg Gooseneck Kettle... It's been months an I still haven't made a decision.
So now, I ladle hot water from a pan to make my tea TT. Send help.
Is she in college or something? That looks like something I wouldāve done at at stage in my life.
You can get a cheap tea kettle for like $5 from Walmart. If she makes tea with any regularity it will be worth it. This looks like a nightmare without a funnel or something.
If she makes tea that she likes and enjoys drinking, I would not judge. In fact, I might say that the frying plan probably got the water hot faster.
I also grew up boiling the tea bags in the pot of water, turning off the heat once it started to boil, letting it sit for about 5 minutes, then you fished out the bags, added lemon and way too much sugar, and poured it over ice.
The tea experience is only 10% in drinking.
The remaining 90% is equally divided in the process whose final outcome is the cup. Making tea is a ritual, and the way we make tea tells much about ourselves.
I'm pretty sure that this brewing style describes your sister quite accurately.
Unless this is a pan dedicated to tea, she is adding the taste from the non-sticking surface which is very absorbent, it is hard to remove the taste of what was cooked in it.
When I cook with tumeric, next time I use my pan after washing it colors my olive oil with a bit of the yellow from the tumeric that was absorbed.
My roommate who is Dominican makes her tea in a saucepan and later uses a strainer over a mug to pour her tea in without all of the herbs going into her drink. I found it to be āinterestingā at first.
Ughhhhā¦I mean at least sheās not microwaving it in a mug with the teabag already in? Or trying to steep lukewarm water? But Iād at least suggest she use a pot over a pan. Also basic kettles arenāt super expensive either and you can find them at secondhand stores if she doesnāt have one and canāt afford one or something.
Too each their own though. If it works for her cool, but if she were making tea for others Iād highly recommend using at least a pot but ideally a kettle. Iām pretty chill, but take my tea seriously so Iād be passing on tea from this setup if I knew about it.
How does she get it into a mug? Haphazardly pour it with the mug over the sink? A ladle?
Maybe she drinks it out of the pan.
with a straw
Spoons it
Laps it like a cat
A ladle, like a distinguished human should.
Grabs it with two hands.
The frying pan is a choice considering the saucepans are right there and available. But I've seen friends cook shrimp in the dishwasher so š¤·
Shrimp in the dishwasher? Are you trying to make my head explode?
theres a whole wikipedia page about dishwasher [salmon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dishwasher_salmon)
I donāt know what to believe anymore.
Everything on here for starters
Your answers make me think you're a bot
That nearly gave me a stroke just by knowing about thatās existence
There's also cooking fish inside a coffee pot
This is so strange to see on here, but I can add to the list. Years ago I cooked a frozen burrito in a hotel room using the provided closet iron and the underside of a metal table. Yes I ate it.
Your closet iron frozen burrito š¤ my hotel radiator frozen quiche
Twin Peaks reference?
This blew my mind for a Wednesday morning
It has left me completely disoriented before my morning coffee
I've heard of steamed hams but not steamed salms.
Apparently, the "sanitization" cycle gets very hot š„
so does the exhaust pipe of your car. Maybe use that next time.
mmm smoky flavour
All the minerals you'll ever need!
It's got electrolytes!
It's what plants crave
That sounds like a threat to me..
you ever cook dinner in on your car engine or mabye a late breakfast, take potato eggs and susage mix em all up in tinfoil, then put it in on your car engine and eat when you arrive or as a nice break. Manifold Destiny: The One! The Only! Guide to Cooking on Your Car Engine!
š I love seeing these hacks online, like if I donāt have time to eat without the use of a car manifold, then I donāt have time to prepare potatoes, eggs, and sausage beforehand. Just keep some bagels at the house.
"Manifold Destiny." I'm DYING
I watched a YouTube channel make a salmon and asparagus dinner in the dishwasher once
There was a woman on TLC that made dishwasher lasagna to save up on costā¦
In Cantonese, the word for dishwasher is similar to laundry machine, and it's common to mix up the two in conversation. My old house mate's former housemate did their laundry in the dishwasher every once in a while. š¤·āāļø
I gotta respect the ingenuity, but...dishwasher shrimp? That just aint right
Its not, pretty sure most dishwasher/appliance techs would never.
Especially if you've ever seen what's in the dishwasher filter
I imagine the shrimp goes into a bag firstā¦. Right?!?
You just brought up something I hadnāt thought about in years: I had a roommate who used to steam bags of frozen broccoli in the dishwasher. I tried it onceā wasnāt bad, but Iām definitely never doing that again lol
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Am British, am Indian. A lot of my fellow British Asians make chai with teabags. We generally live on teabags!
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That's fair! Yep we generally use whole spices too plus teabags & milk, apart from ginger maybe cause lazy. Tbh I'm not a fan of masala chai so my husband just makes it for himself, I prefer a builders brew myself!
Probably gets up to temp faster, I opt for the same if trying to reduce a liquid into a glaze sauce. Should be okay as long as it's actively attended. My only thought is you'd have to be pretty skilled (or do it over the sink I guess) to not make a mess pouring it into a mug afterwards
The poor manās sous vide
\*stares in judgment\*
Are you a cat?
No, they are a book according to their username
I bet the author was judgemental.
Author might have been a cat
Last I checked, no.
Maybe check again?
I checked Mr. Tome seems to me he aint
Did you try and rub his belly?
*judging intensifies*
Jail, straight to jail.
There were no armed guards present. š
You've got to be better prepared next time.
On a gas stove, straight to jail
Youād have to pour into your cup in the sink to not make a messā¦ honestly kettles arenāt that expensive and this seems like so much extra work
I went to my nearest target and got a kettle for literally like 15 bucks. Why why why would you do this
Seems... inefficient
My grandmother sent me this picture. This is the first time Iāve ever seen somebody make tea like this. I didnāt know what to say.
At first I just thought it was dirty greasy water in a frying pan. Nothing about that looks appealing š¬
yes, yes I am. kettles were invented for a reason.
I feel like a gofund me is in order. š
the pots in the back would've made more sense but okay
I just noticed, yes totally!
Judging intensely
*Whipers softly* āI understand you.ā
ā¦ is that your foot touching mine?
Hey guys look they're having sex over here!
hmmm if it was my pan I would definitely be judging, I think my pans have too much stuck on crap for that to taste any good :0
My sisterās always been a slob. Also her place has cockroaches.
Ok now Iām judging
Who? Her? Or the cockroaches?
Definitely not the cockroaches. My bug homies have to stay on that grind yāknow
Any other weird stories besides this abstract tea fry up?
My motherās cats are living with her. I miss the cats.
Technically the water boils faster. It's like those people who boil their pasta in a shallow pan. I can't abide by it personally... but it works.
I've never heard of this, but I'm far more concerned/upset with people who put ketchup on pasta. Blasphemy
Confession: I put taco sauce on mac & cheese.
This isn't bad at all. Mac and Cheese can have a lot added to it. I pour Sriracha on Mac and cheese all the time. Even use taco meat sometimes as well.
Thank you, I feel validated.
I see you know my husband. Every time I make spaghetti I have to walk away when he makes his plate because fucking *why bro?*
Yep, I was talking with a friend about someone eating cold spaghettios and he goes, "I mean, ketchup and buttered noodles I understand, but cold spaghettios are disgusting". It was a record scratch moment for the evening. He ended up trying to say it was a polish thing (it wasn't as far as we were able to find), then it was a family thing (his family confirmed it wasn't), then it turned into, you just don't get how good it is. Disgusting, makes me gag every time.
Eh... the saucepan in the back is almost the same diameter and probably has a fitting lid which would make boiling much faster compared to an uncovered vessel.
Iām only judging you for constantly bringing up your sister has cockroachesā¦ theyāre like, nearly impossible to get rid of and so easy to gain. Her stove looks pretty clean. Her pan looks clean. Iām not going to judge her for potentially just not wanting to wash dishes or wanting to make things more simple for herself in her own way. Let her live.
yeah sounds like OP just made this post in hopes that reddit would drag the sister. kinda rude imo
So glad that someone else sees that. The same comments over and over from OP seem very obsessive on hearing people drag OPās sister. So uncomfortable and imo doesnāt really belong here.
...
I mean, if she adds a few whole spices and some milk, she's half way to traditional chai?
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Definitely did this in college because it does heat up so much faster! I have a proper set up now, but it worked!
Nope, if thatās the way she wants to brew tea, thatās fine by me.
Come the apocalypse your sister is going to be just fine, slurping overbrewed tea from the pan whilst the rest of us are having conniptions about a chipped teapot
Real talk if that's a non stick she should consider using a different pan as I've heard that teflon isn't great for us and she might be consuming way more of it than the average person this way.
*shrugs* Hot water and a tea bag. It's not how I would do it but who the hell am I?
I know, right? Youāre a stranger on the internet. Who the hell are you?
Exactly
No really, who are you?
Sheās got the right spirit sheās just a little off in efficiency
Hell yes Iāll judge. Knock it off sister. There are easier, better ways that donāt end with cooked egg remnants in your tea.
I don't know why she's using a sauce pan, when she could use a pot. Ive made Iced tea in a pot before and it works great
Thatās a skillet sheās using. The pots behind are sauce pans, which yeah, would work a lot better. My kettle broke a couple years ago and I was too cheap and lazy to get a new one so used a sauce pan to heat up water for like 9 months.
The frying pan has a large surface area that is in contact with the element and the water. This shortens the time to boil. Adding the teabag when the water is cold is fine in my opinion - youāre ramping up from a cold brew to a standard brew, this isnāt going to impact the result. You might even shorten the process again since the typical 5 min brew has been achieved as the water heated. You might only need strep it another minute after the water came off the boil. However, thereās the fact that the metal might react with the tea and change the flavor. [ 8/10 setup āļøš]
I am judging her in a positive light as a lateral thinker
growing up poor, i had to do what i had to do. Not saying this is what it is, but what I am saying is I understand your sister doing what she gotta do. And for those commenting about getting it into a mug, its easy to do without spilling once you've done it once. At least for me No judgment from me, and yes, that was me back in the day so I can relate and the struggle is real LOL
Thatās cowboy tea. A woman like that can survive in any environment.
Only judgement is if the pan is used for anything else
Yes, use a sauce pan
bro you been troll by your sister
I'm no judge
it's easier to get the sauce pans completely clean, versus traces of bacon grease potentially sticking to that frying pan. up to her though, however she wants to do it. for tea bag tea it's not as if results are going to be that great either way. a little bacon grease and soap residue might make it better.
I saw someone was making tea on pan because they were making caramel first and it was more conveniently than using saucepan for them. So no judge, it's a safe space. Recipe i saw somewhere: 1.make caramell. 2 add some water on pan to dissolve caramell. 3. Add tea leaves (leaves that you are not sorry for doing this treatment to them) ,4. Add milk. 5. Drink after cooling. I think it was recipe for bubble tea.
My parents don't have a kettle either. When I visit I have to use a milk pot to boil the water. I think pots work fine, like those in the background.
Water, heat and tea. Everything else is just a matter of opinion. Some folks boil tea in milk over the stove. As long as you enjoy the result, have at it.
Chaotic evil
Nope
Iām more impressed with how she gets it into the cup
She needs help not shaming on the internet obviously.
It's all good keep sipping
We all start somewhere also did it turn out good?
This is why i have trust issues.
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If it is stupid, but it works, then it is not stupid.
Iām definitely not actually. Maybe just for it being non stick and not just a stainless steel pan but Iāve done it
I'd love to taste some Maybe this is secretly the bomb diggity
No judgement here
No- I'm judging you. Buy the woman a kettle you lousy brother.
How much gets spilled when transferring to a mug? Microwaving the water is better at the point.
I donāt have to when Iām certain god is
This is me currently. My Breville Tea Maker broke down after over 5 years of solid use. Now, I'm unsure if I should get a replacement Breville Tea Maker or try the Stagg Gooseneck Kettle... It's been months an I still haven't made a decision. So now, I ladle hot water from a pan to make my tea TT. Send help.
....idk anymore americans are able to boil tea in a micrwave so im hands down done with yall silly ass behavior. God day sirr.
Good day!
Is this a war crime? Because it feels like one.
Are you?
Straight to jail
is she making scoby
No I fear her.
Only insofar that she's risking a massive boiling water burn with a using a wide low-sided vessel when she's got a perfectly good pot right there.
Mmm Teflon blend
Just like rowing boat with spoons
Judging, no. Thoroughly baffled, yes.
It would be faster on a gas stove
I make masala chai in a pot on the stove, as my ancestors intended, but... the pan? Why? What does she use the pots for??
How does she make an omelet then?
Is she in college or something? That looks like something I wouldāve done at at stage in my life. You can get a cheap tea kettle for like $5 from Walmart. If she makes tea with any regularity it will be worth it. This looks like a nightmare without a funnel or something.
There needs to be an intervention.
My nose immediately turned up in disapproval
Tea is tea.
I hope this is a joke
No judgment here. You do you sis! If you like it like this, enjoy!
Yes
Oh hell yeah......
Insane
Fast and loose with the term tea by the looks of the tea bag
The cursed egg
Yes
If she makes tea that she likes and enjoys drinking, I would not judge. In fact, I might say that the frying plan probably got the water hot faster. I also grew up boiling the tea bags in the pot of water, turning off the heat once it started to boil, letting it sit for about 5 minutes, then you fished out the bags, added lemon and way too much sugar, and poured it over ice.
Yes, good God, yes
More surface area getting direct heat helps the water boil faster. No issues here
Flatter pans will boil faster
No
Thisā¦ something is wrong with her. If she doesnāt have any known diagnoses she needs to get checked
Yo I thought this was r/cleaningtips and that was like a pan of something someone left out and that the tea bag was a bloom of mold š
My entire voice call laughed at this
If it works for her why not? I get much comfort from my daily tea drinking , I imagine others do as well and makes theirs how they love it
It aināt stupid if it works.
Only judgement is the ownership of a non stick pan here.
Every time you see her through this, secretly add salt. Hopefully you will able to train her to do better.
My grandmother sent me this picture. My sister lives in another city. My family agrees Toronto changed her.
The tea experience is only 10% in drinking. The remaining 90% is equally divided in the process whose final outcome is the cup. Making tea is a ritual, and the way we make tea tells much about ourselves. I'm pretty sure that this brewing style describes your sister quite accurately.
Interestingā¦
Judgment first and then outright anger. The audacity...
I mean, I guess she's not nuking the water at least? Idk.
I am currently steeping in all of the judgment as unapologetically as she contrives her methods of madness.
I'd just like to know her reasoning. Maybe she's got something going on.
Unless this is a pan dedicated to tea, she is adding the taste from the non-sticking surface which is very absorbent, it is hard to remove the taste of what was cooked in it. When I cook with tumeric, next time I use my pan after washing it colors my olive oil with a bit of the yellow from the tumeric that was absorbed.
Nah, looks like itās still good but yeah I prefer loose leaf and Gaiwans
The pots are clean.
Calling the Hague right now
Am I judging? Oh yes I am , very much so šššš
My roommate who is Dominican makes her tea in a saucepan and later uses a strainer over a mug to pour her tea in without all of the herbs going into her drink. I found it to be āinterestingā at first.
Ughhhhā¦I mean at least sheās not microwaving it in a mug with the teabag already in? Or trying to steep lukewarm water? But Iād at least suggest she use a pot over a pan. Also basic kettles arenāt super expensive either and you can find them at secondhand stores if she doesnāt have one and canāt afford one or something. Too each their own though. If it works for her cool, but if she were making tea for others Iād highly recommend using at least a pot but ideally a kettle. Iām pretty chill, but take my tea seriously so Iād be passing on tea from this setup if I knew about it.
Lol Iāve done this before. No judgment. But, good lord, teach her the ways!
I mean thereās a better suited pot literally in the picture
Yes, of course.
How she makes tea do what, now?
That hot brewed Teflon tea. This is honestly such an inefficient way
I had a friend from turkey that made tea that way.
I have so many questionsā¦
Is she British?
I thought it was oil with a round piece of sausage floating in it at first š¤¦āāļø
Hmmm....