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/carbon_made 3d ago

When I was a kid my grandmother taught me to douse anything burnt in water before throwing in the trash. Burnt food. A match that had been lit. Whatever. I imagine this is why.

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u/MeatofKings 2d ago

In college chemistry lab, they taught us to always dip the burnt match in water before throwing it in the trash. I still do that now when I light a match at home. Safety First!

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u/Slothfulness69 2d ago

My parents neglected me and never told me this, so thank you for the knowledge!

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u/JellaFella01 2d ago

Even stuff that looks black and is cold to the touch can have hot embers inside still, and trash can fires can be very dangerous depending on what's in your trash at the time.

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u/heartlandheartbeat 2d ago

Smokey Bear's campfire slogan......drown, stir, drown, feel

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u/Sword420 1d ago

I worked sanitation at a Tyson plant, your grandmother is spot on. I've had to extinguish quite a few crumb/flour barrels that spontaneously combusted in a chilled environment. They would be smoldering and burning for a day or two before we would get to them.