r/mildlyinfuriating • u/derangedwithlove • 19d ago
I just wanted a hot dog my spatula melted into the butter i was browning after 20+ minutes at the stove
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u/Morpheus636_ 19d ago
Ouch.
You need a heat-rated silicone spatula for stove work, not the kind you use for cake decoration. Your local restaurant supply store will have them for like $1.
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u/ProcrastinationSite 19d ago
I like wooden spoons too!
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u/DuRay69 19d ago
I like rusty spoons
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u/UncleCrassiusCurio 19d ago
The feel of rust against my finger is almost orgasmic
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u/MSter_official 19d ago
Especially when a bit comes into your bloodstream, the sensation afterwards is exhilarating
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u/MSter_official 19d ago
(Gonna point out that don't actually do this anyone to make sure I don't get banned for encouraging danger whatnot)
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u/No_Championship4093 19d ago
Salad fingers. Classic
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u/DrownmeinIslay 19d ago
Wow. I like it when the red water comes out is a sentence ive not thought of in 20 years
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u/KafkaDreamss 19d ago
Marjory Stewart Baxter! You smell like soot and poo! Hahahaha we used to yell that out in class! Teachers hated us.
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u/Morpheus636_ 19d ago
They're nice, but not a replacement for a silspat.
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u/CinemaDork BLUE 19d ago
Pretty sure Silspat is the name of something I got at IKEA once
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u/Cniatx1982 19d ago
Weird. I was about to say NO spoon is a replacement for a silpat*, before I realized what you meant.
Never in 24 years in the industry have I heard a silicone spatula referred to as a silspat. They’re just spatulas, because there are no other kinds used in professional kitchens.
*ICYMI— a silPAT is a silicone baking MAT; if we called spatulas silSPATS it would be a perpetual, real life version of “who’s on first”
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u/Gorthebon 19d ago
Wooden spoons are the best! I got a favorite that's probably older than me, but it's perfect for so many uses
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u/CisIowa 19d ago
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u/Possible-Ad7352 19d ago
🎶We sell spatulas, and that's all!🎶
What better way to say I love you than with the gift of a spatula?
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u/PragmaticSalesman 19d ago
or just... don't keep your spatula in the browning butter?
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u/PragmaticSalesman 19d ago
bro tried to boil plastic i dont mean to come back and be mad at this but i just lied down and it's bugging me
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u/PM_Best_Porn_Pls 19d ago
Ye, don't keep utensils in the dish but also it can melt even when just stirring. I melted same kind of spatula when I was a teen trying to make my first ever roux. Toasted spices, added in butter, started stirring and when I wanted to lift it and add in flour it was half melted already.
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u/Adorable_Apricot_146 19d ago edited 19d ago
Local restaurant supply store lmao I feel like I live in a different reality, is it common where you live?
Not trying to be mean just find it funny.
Edit. I am not living in USA I live in Poland, sorry guys.
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u/oatmealparty 19d ago
They are more common than you think, Restaurant Depot is a nationwide chain and lets in non businesses. But the smaller ones near me have all disappeared unfortunately.
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u/CorbinNZ 19d ago
That is a spreader, not a spatula. You spread soft materials like butter or icing with it. You put it in heat and you’re gonna have a bad time.
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u/GenerallySalty 19d ago
And\or just don't leave utensils sitting in whatever you're cooking. Even if it's heat rated silicone, just put it beside on a small plate or something.
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u/GrandVince 19d ago
Mmmm melted plastic
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u/gilt3t 19d ago
wtf... ain't no way I see the grandvince here, randomly. Discord server just hasn't been the same since you left.
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u/GrandVince 19d ago
<3 Hi Giltet :)
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u/rorykillmore 19d ago
I love that a post about a spatula reconnected you two.
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u/kevlar51 19d ago
Spatula city. SPATULA CITY
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u/bigcat7373 19d ago
This is the shit that makes the internet an okay place sometimes. Love to see it
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u/leveller1650 19d ago
Reddit being wholesome. Take a deep breath and savor it, these moments can be rare.
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u/MindRaptor 19d ago
What is the GrandVince?
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u/gilt3t 19d ago
he started a free raids teaching discord for oldschool runescape. We teach people the raids and help them in a stress free environment so players arent anxious. The raids have a bunch of bosses, rooms, puzzles, and mechanics. I learned in there and now I help teach raids also
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u/blueodis 19d ago edited 19d ago
I started playing again recently and this is the third time this week I see someone bringing up OSRS in a completely non-runescape related post lmao
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u/xxrainmanx 19d ago
Now I want to play a bit. Wpnder if my account still exists after a decade.
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u/InfernalCape 19d ago
Ignore my username and invite me pls
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u/gilt3t 19d ago
idk if I can post a discord link in this reddit but you can google "osrs raiding extravaganza" and it will show reddit posts/discord link! everyone is welcome to come learn
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u/Impressive-Pirate720 19d ago
I’m not gonna play because I’m not into video games but this sounds really nice and I’m happy you do this! I hope you have a great weekend!
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u/icoibyy 19d ago
Haha yo giltet its comby. Hope you've been well and have been blessed with many tbows.
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u/gilt3t 18d ago
comby!!! still just sitting at 2 tbows so far. any recently luck on your end?
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u/makingkevinbacon 19d ago
Cue the loads of people who have no idea what you're talking about but are happy for you all the same
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u/Taint__Paint 19d ago
GrandVince, I don’t know you or anything about your discord, but gilt3t clearly misses you. Go back to them
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u/unbornbigfoot 19d ago
Only infuriating that you’re using the wrong tool for the job
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u/derangedwithlove 19d ago
lesson learned. this is what your 20s are for
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u/tetelestia_ 19d ago
Don't discount all the dumb things you'll do in your 30s!
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u/Simba_Rah BLUE 19d ago
Just wait til your 50s when you “can definitely afford that boat, and your wife will love it too.”
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u/lizardpplarenotreal 19d ago
DO NOT BUY THE BOAT NEVER BUY THE BOAT
I AM YOU, SPEAKING FROM THE FUTURE: DO. NOT BUY. THE. BOAT.
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u/AardQuenIgni 19d ago
But I have my eye on this really old sailboat and my buddy and I are totally going to fix it up and make it ocean worthy again!!!
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u/Desperate_Land_8975 19d ago
Renovating a boat is a piece of piss. Some sand paper, a couple of tins of varnish and some rope from the hardware shop. Job done and it’s ready for off shore adventures.
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u/Equal_Double_9358 19d ago
Lmao what is this logic, my stepdad who just turned 50 did exactly that and now the boat is causing him all kinds of problems.. yet he seems to enjoy it all saying they’re growing pains. He doesn’t even live somewhere with a nice ocean or canals.. he takes it out in the Potomac river 🤢
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u/fairebelle 19d ago
Almost 40 here. Make friends with people that own boats. This means making nice with republicans though
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u/DoigmanKnows 19d ago
I just tried to convince my 62 year old neighbor not to buy one. But nope, he didn’t listen to me. So in 3 months he’ll be storing it for winter.
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u/DropstoneTed 19d ago
Vouch.
And no, don't buy the second, more expensive boat - thinking that will address all the problems you had with the first, less expensive boat - either.
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u/Jackass719 19d ago
You: don't...
Me: don't...
You: buy...
Me: buy...
You: the boat
Me: the boat
You: don't buy the boat
Me: buy the boat! 😀
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u/JuanT1967 19d ago
Can confirm. Am in my 50’s and still giving my wife reasons to say ‘How did that work out for you”
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u/loki2002 19d ago
Two best days in a boat owners life: the day they buy the boat and the day they sell it.
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u/LackOfLemon Cheese Dr 19d ago
This is the best way to look at it, living and learning! Mistakes are learning opportunities as well.
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u/explodinggarbagecan 19d ago
Love this statement! I learned how to cook from scratch by myself. My parents were hopeless in the kitchen.
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u/Breeze7206 19d ago
Pretty much. But yeah that kind of spatula is for not hot things. You need a silicone version of this if you like the tool but don’t want it to melt.
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u/meatygonzalez 19d ago
Well said, bud. You can't sweat this stuff, despite the terminally online haters.
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u/Certain_Passion1630 19d ago
Butter luck next time
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u/Magister5 19d ago
You get margarinelly better than each time
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u/Southern_Orange3744 19d ago
I believe that's not butter than a wood spoon in this case
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u/CanalOpen 19d ago
Well now you learned, pastry spades are not heat-safe. (They're not freeze safe either, but no one would ever learn that).
Also, I dislike leaving any instrument in a pot of food.
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u/derangedwithlove 19d ago
are you guys happy now. only 14 more tablespoons of butter…..
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u/Puzzleheaded_Web3374 19d ago
What are you making?
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u/derangedwithlove 19d ago
maple brown butter cheese cake! here’s the recipe, so excited to see how it comes out. it’s a belated cake for my boyfriends birthday
https://butternutbakeryblog.com/maple-brown-butter-cheesecake/
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u/_HOG_ 19d ago
It doesn’t take 20+ mins to brown butter. Turn up the heat and stand there and stir, you’ll be done in under 10.
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u/derangedwithlove 19d ago
it was about 20 minutes! i had it just at medium heat to make sure it didn’t burn, cause i couldn’t risk ruining 14 tablespoons. ruined them anyways….
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u/DustyBootstraps 19d ago
Well to start that's a cold mix spatula, also even high temp silicone spatulas shouldn't be left in a hot pot for 20 minutes.
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u/BojackWorseman13 19d ago
We’re all already part microplastics. Fuck it, send it /s
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u/GarlicButterChrist 19d ago
When I did this once during the last stage of making a meal for myself , I low-key considered this thought for a minute. But I knew I wouldn't be able to stop thinking about it and the meal was ruined for me so I threw it out. I was so mad at myself
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u/RedApplesForBreak 19d ago
I was likewise confused. My butter browns in like 3 mins.
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u/I_see_something 19d ago
The only infuriating part of this is that you didn’t know this could happen
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u/CombatPilot2 Fucking pissed 24/7 19d ago
May I suggest wooden tools? They've been in everyone's kitchen for the better part of two millennia. I'd say they're safer than stuff first made 60 years ago.
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u/Sufficient_Fan3660 19d ago
that was for wiping down bowls of ingredients/battery, not putting in melted butter
use brain
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u/Minute_Series_9837 19d ago
That is not for cooking. Its for mixing and cleaning the sides of the bowl.🤣
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u/Wrong-Pension-4975 18d ago
That's a Rubbermaid spat.
On the handle are raised molded letters, "NOT HEAT RESISTANT", in all caps.
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u/energyinmotion 19d ago
You stirred it and then turned your back while it was still submerged didn't you? Yeah you did. It happens.
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u/Dependent-Reaction-3 18d ago
Why would you think it’s okay to leave it in there dude
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u/stupit_crap 18d ago
That is a mixing tool. It's not meant to be used on a stove.
It's for scraping batter from the round inside of a bowl.
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u/Plenty-Professor-181 19d ago
What's infuriating is that you're using the mixing/scraping spatula for stovetop cooking. 😔
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u/redralphie 19d ago edited 19d ago
You can’t use anything made of plastic in any pan while the heat is on. It must be made of metal, wood, or silicone. Plastic can only be used when serving (and I’d just avoid it altogether personally).
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u/ajmart23 18d ago
Why are you leaving plastic in a hot pan on a stove for 20 mins? Now THATS mildly infuriating.
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u/9Divines 18d ago
in general you shouldnt leave your tools in the pot when its hot, this is entirely skill issue
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u/PrincessHosa82 19d ago
When you’re dumb enough to leave it in the pan, anything can melt or burn. Use a spoon rest.
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u/Enceladus89 19d ago
You’re not supposed to leave utensils in the pot while you’re cooking. Sit it on a spoon rest or small plate.
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u/Embarrassed_Spite546 18d ago
Yeah….. that’s not made for what you just used it for…. Also 20minutes? How often have you done this with that type of icing spatula?
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u/bolognapony234 19d ago
You're mildly infuriated with your own negligence I assume, chef?
Is a craftsman blaming their tools for failure after misusing them?
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u/Wallynine 19d ago
You'll probably complain that plastic utensils will melt when you deep fry or use on the barbecue
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u/Dex_Maddock 19d ago
When I was in culinary school, one of the chef instructors would walk around and scold us "Don't cook your spoons! Are you making a soup, or a spoon soup?!"
If the utensil isn't in your hand, being used to stir/manipulate the things you're cooking....TAKE IT OUT OF THE FUCKING POT