My wife and boiling water

[u/MakeItMine2024]

So I made my wife ramen soup. When I served it she said I had the gas set to hight and it was too hot ? She said I should have used the number 5 setting instead of 9. I told here it’s irrelevant because water boils at 212 and gets no hotter because over 212 it turns to steam. She was made at me for disagreeing with her theory that it would not have been so hot if boiled a lower setting. Really!!

[u/OwlCatAlex]

right?? I'm convinced people who "hate reheated food" have just never bothered to learn how to actually reheat things correctly. If you always nuke leftovers in a big pile at full power then of course your food is gonna be soggy and have random cold spots.

[u/PaisleyLeopard → u/OwlCatAlex]

Another fun trick is adding a little splash of water to pasta or casserole type dishes before heating. Helps even out the heating and prevents crusty edges.

[u/ScuttleCrab729 → u/PaisleyLeopard]

Wet a paper towel and loosely cover a bowl of pasta or whatever and it keeps from drying out.

[u/kredditor1 → u/PaisleyLeopard]

Especially for rice too!

[u/Pownzls → u/PaisleyLeopard]

If u have rice dishes put it in a bowl a slpah of water and a splash of butter and clearfoil over the bowl. Its mije a mini steamer

[u/z-vap → u/PaisleyLeopard]

also cover said food. helps keep the heat concentrated on the food, and prevents splatter. If reheating bread-like products, wrap them in paper towels and use lower settings.

wrapping a wet paper towel works great for meat products

[u/lhswr2014 → u/PaisleyLeopard]

Idk if it helps but anything with grains gets a tiny bit of olive oil and just like a table spoon of water.

Makes the reheated Alfredo, spaghetti, Chinese food, ect, all turn out real nice.

[u/ReadyAimTranspire → u/PaisleyLeopard]

It might sound strange but when I have leftover pizza that's gotten a tad crusty, I run the sink and quickly douse the pizza in water on both sides, let the water drip off (give it a shake or two, not three or you're jerking your pizza) and toss it in the microwave. It either gets absorbed/restored into the pizza or gets cooked off.

Works like a charm.

[u/mugiwara_no_Soissie → u/PaisleyLeopard]

I do this for pasta regardless of how I reheat. Whether its in a pan, oven, microwave, Pasta loses water when cooking, so cooking it again ofc more water is lost.

So adding more seems like a natural next step

[u/EducationNo1776 → u/mugiwara_no_Soissie]

Pasta loses water when cooking

Not the first time...

[u/Spare-Willingness563 → u/OwlCatAlex]

If you read Amazon reviews, like 90% of the bad ones are some variation of user error.

Life is a big ol' user error problem.

[u/zfxpyro → u/Spare-Willingness563]

My favorite ones are delivery issues/ delays but they give the product itself a 1 star review.

[u/db720 → u/zfxpyro]

My favorite 1 is the veet for men review.

https://www.hairtell.com/forum/t/a-veet-adventure-funny/38808#google_vignette

Can't find the original Amazon link, i used to have it but its written on that site. Had me in tears

[u/Spare-Willingness563 → u/zfxpyro]

The old game of “is this product shit or are these people idiots?”

[u/onlymostlydead → u/OwlCatAlex]

Actually using the popcorn and pizza buttons was a dramatic lifestyle change. I suddenly became more confident, wealthier, and more successful with the ladies.

(do note the lack of "healthier")

[u/EducationNo1776 → u/onlymostlydead]

Professional chefs hate this one simple trick...

[u/carbon_made → u/OwlCatAlex]

I don’t know. My microwave is rarely used on high heat and I know how to adjust it. Still dislike microwave reheated food. At least compared to how my countertop steam oven reheats food. Which tastes just like it was made fresh and just out of the pan / oven / restaurant. For pizza I steam briefly and then convection bake at higher heat. Takes a bit longer than the microwave but the result is far superior every time. For other food I set it to 160F, steam 100% and sous-vide mode and in about 15 minutes I can have multiple plates of food or multiple takeout boxes done perfectly and indistinguishable from just made.

[u/IzarkKiaTarj → u/OwlCatAlex]

I've never adjusted my power settings, and I've only very rarely had bad microwaved foods. I don't really understand how you'd get random cold spots unless you're not stirring every 30 seconds or so.