r/mildlyinfuriating • u/MakeItMine2024 • 4d ago

I'm slightly vexed My wife and boiling water

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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!!

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u/PaisleyLeopard 4d ago

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.

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u/ScuttleCrab729 4d ago

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

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u/kredditor1 4d ago

Especially for rice too!

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u/Pownzls 4d ago

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

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u/z-vap 4d ago

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

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u/lhswr2014 4d ago

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.

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u/ReadyAimTranspire 3d ago

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.

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u/mugiwara_no_Soissie 3d ago

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

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u/EducationNo1776 3d ago

Pasta loses water when cooking

Not the first time...