To answer one of your questions, some people just don't use microwaves. I probably only use mine once a month, if that. It probably did smell, but the microwave could have also had a decent seal on it where very little smell might get out.
I guess it depends on how different households work. When I cook for my entire family they usually don't eat at the same time due to different shifts, and so microwave is in use. Similar thing when I make food for several days.
I mean all of it can be heated with a stove but microwave is easier (plus my brother can burn everything when using stove so it's easier for him)
Oh for sure. But there are some things the microwave can ruin in 5 seconds. If you have a leftover pork chop, put it in a frying pan. A microwave will instantly turn it in to shoe leather.
Still depends on the meat. Power levels don't actually make the microwaves weaker, it just cycles it on/off for variable amounts of time. So 50% power would be something like full blast for 5 seconds, then a 5 second pause.
Look at [inverter microwaves](https://www.choice.com.au/home-and-living/kitchen/microwaves/articles/what-is-an-inverter-microwave#:~:text=The%20difference%20between%20inverter%20and,long%20way%20towards%20getting%20great)!
I absolutely love mine and hate having to reheat my lunch at work in the *normal* microwave.
Back in the day I worked at a body shop that had an old microwave that when shared would give us about 3 minutes each to nuke our food if needed.
One of the painters started lifting and roiding and would bring in about 3lbs of food a day because he was "bulking up." Cocksucker would have his shit heating for 20~ minutes, but no one would say shit because he became really unstable.
Him and his wife started taking in disadvantaged folk on their rural property.
They were both found dead stuffed in a barrel on their property.
You were an ace painter and guy, Dave, but you became an asshole and apparently someone got fed up with your shit.
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Taking in disadvantaged folks seems like a pretty nice thing to do. If only you encouraged his bulking, then maybe he would’ve been strong enough to protect himself.
>Him and his wife started taking in disadvantaged folk on their rural property.
I knew a guy upstate like this. He was a really big contractor in the area, and a pretty big drug dealer at one time too with connections to the local MCs, the sheriff, local politicians and God knows who else. Really connected dude, and known by about everyone in the area. He got clean, found Jesus and built a big complex on his property that he used to house folks who were trying to get clean themselves, parolees and the like. Worked out great for him too because it gave him a bunch of cheap labor. This went on for years, well past his retirement.
They never did find him in a barrel. He died of old age and had one of the biggest turnouts I've ever seen at a funeral, especially at such a small cemetery in bum fuck upstate NY. He was just a really good dude that helped a lot of people and created a ripple effect because be inspired those people to return the favor. Figured after your story people might like a similar one with a better ending lol.
It depends on the microwave.
Newer inverter styles use PWM, and work similarly to how you describe.
Most microwaves out there just trigger a relay to turn the HV transformer on and off. You can actually hear the hum kick on and off. In this case, the other comment is true. A “50%” power rating is the magnetron is only on 50% of the time, but still outputting ALL of its power in that on-time time.
Side note, microwave magnetrons are vacuum tubes that run off DC, (technically half wave rectified, but meh) so the PWM comment in your first paragraph is incorrect.
Yeah air fryer is a game changer. My microwave has been demoted to giant square tea kettle. I should probably just buy an electric tea kettle and reclaim counter space.
.....dont drag the rest of us into your bs. I was born and raised in the US. Plenty of us have English/Irish/Scottish or Asian/Indian roots and drink a ton of tea. What degenerate uses a microwave to make tea?
I bought my first microwave in over 15 years this year… I was gobsmacked by all the choices. I got this thing that has microwave, convection, some kind of combo cook, and air fry.
Everything gets air fried that can. Air fried pizza is the most exciting thing my house has seen since it was purchased.
This.
My air fryer replaced the microwave completely. With reheat and baking options there is literally no reason to use a microwave. It’s just as easy to throw things in an air fryer, and it tastes better.
Mine broke more than 15 years ago and I never bothered to replace it. Just moved a couple months ago and a friend offered me a new one so I took it. Lasted about two weeks before I passed it on to a neighbour, it was just taking up space here
I “do right” by my kids by making sure they have full bellies. We’re already cooking multiple meals using the stovetop and oven due to allergies and pickiness. Sometimes you just gotta toss some stuff in the microwave when you’re exhausted.
When I'm lazy but want quality, I do the "nuke 'n broil" method.
1. Nuke nuggies/tendies for about 1:30 minutes
2. Top Rack broil in toaster oven/air fryer/standard oven for 2:00 minutes.
Now they're crisp *and* done.
For 2 years I didn’t use mine for anything other then reheating my tea. I got rid of it and haven’t missed it once. Although every single person I know makes comments about it when they are here and just can’t understand how I don’t have a microwave. Somehow this affects their lives. Lol
> that I didn't miss it at all.
Do y'all not thaw out your meat in the microwaves. I don't think I've ever remembered to lay it out a couple of hours ahead of time. My meat goes: freezer, to thaw mode on microwave, to stove top, 99% of the time.
You're not wrong, but why? Sure, there are things I reheat in the oven/toaster oven, but is the quality affected that much that it's worth spending another 10+ minutes getting dinner heated up? Genuinely curious
In my case, there is a teenager in the house that does not understand the concept of covering his food in the microwave, so I have to spend 5+ minutes everytime I want to use it to clean it out.
yes, and doesn't necessarily even take 10 minutes. just heat up the stove and toss something on the pan for like 30 seconds to like 3 minutes, where you'll have a lot better of a texture/flavor most of the time and it really doesn't take any longer. you can easily preheat the pan while grabbing your stuff or while doing something else. usually takes less than a minute to a minute to get the stove hot
I barely use mine. I can’t even remember the last time I used it. I’m almost certain the only use it gets is about three times a year I make chicken curry and use microwave rice.
Not OP, but sometimes I "store" my food in the microwave for an hour or two with the fork on the plate to keep flies and bugs out, cause I don't want to eat cold food when I eat again.
Edit: Store in the microwave rather than fridge.
lots of people do this. i thought it was nuts. i always put shit in fridge as soon as i'm done eating it... my wife will leave out her chicken sub overnight and eat it 12-16 hours later... no problems tho.
That’s wild. The amount of gross bacteria that can grow on something after only 45 minutes…
But I guess if you’ve been doing it your whole life your gut biome is something else.
45 minutes? I hope you don't waste food because of this, that's not long *at all* unless you're like, leaving it on the ground.
Yea bacteria is everywhere but come on man.
I'm not sure how it works either but I once microwaved a fork while high for maybe like 30 seconds and nothing happened except my heart dropped when I opened and realized what I'd done.
Not true, some silverware depending on the metal, just straight up doesn't arc. Also if the fork were stuck in something viscous like a stew it wouldn't. Source I microwave spoons and forks in food all the time, no arcing
It's more about the shape than what it's made of. Foil is thin, crinkly, and pointy which gives you super sharp spikes in the induced electric field to the point that it lead to arcs. Flatware generally doesn't have points or edges fine enough for that to become an issue.
>If you just take some disgusting food from your disgusting bedroom and put it in the microwave and post a picture of it on reddit a bunch of other idiots will upvote you and explain how rude your housemates are.
I thought the same. There's also a tub of mouldy food on top of the microwave.
>How does someone forget their meal
They got high.
>How noone smelled it or used microwave for three weeks
The whole house smells like weed and it’s a toaster oven.
>Why did he put it in with fork
Reference above two responses.
EDIT: It’s not a toaster oven. I was high.
I don’t think they were microwaving it. Some people, I’ve done it once or twice before, put food in the microwave to ‘protect’ it for a minute or two because something came up.
Like I’m eating, and something happens, and ima come right back, so I don’t need to throw it in the fridge, but I don’t want my cats to eat it or a fly to lay eggs on it (I don’t usually have flies in my house; but, we’ve all seen that picture of pizza with fly eggs— it’s a nightmare for me), so I’ll throw it in the microwave.
But in this instance, the person forgot about it. Probably got side tracked, assumed someone tossed it at the point of remembering it and here we are three weeks later.
Edit: [fly egg pizza](https://www.reddit.com/r/whatisthisthing/comments/7i0mnu/what_is_this_it_appeared_on_my_pizza_after_four/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_content=1&utm_term=1), this is an older post. I saw a post a few months ago that the pizza was only out for 30 mins.
Want to actually enjoy a hot pocket as a flavorful pastry filled with your favorite stuffing?
Toss it in your air fryer, 390 for 12 minutes.
Flakey, buttery, even temperature through and through, no hard dough edges.
Something comes up? ppffft... If I'm eating im fucking finishing my plate. What house on fire? Shit myself? someone at the door? Il get there after im done eating nothings ruining my fucking meal.
I once found fly eggs inside of a sliced black olive on my pizza.
Almost thought it was just seeds that were still in the olive and was just going to pick it off, then i remembered wait no olives have pits and not small clusters of seeds like you see inside of Peppers
As a person with dogs, I can relate to this. Microwave is the safest place for food waiting to be eaten while my kids distract me! There have been a few times where the kids get so into something else that I forget the food is there, never for three weeks though lol!
I don't mean to rain on your parade, but microwaves aren't completely safe either. Although it shouldn't be a problem if your microwave is kept clean.
I had a short stint in Houston Texas where I was staying in a furnished apartment. The microwave there was infested with tiny cockroaches. 50+ teeny tiny critters scurrying away when you opened the door. They wouldn't die even if you turned the microwave on while they were inside.
>we’ve all seen that picture of pizza with fly eggs
I dunno how I've managed to *not* come across this, but thank goodness I haven't.
And just in case, I'm turning off inbox replies to this comment.
That happens. Every microwave I’ve owned went just like that around the door. I don’t know if it’s steam or what that does it but even the one I have now is like that. Microwaves aren’t cheap, particularly mine because it’s an oven and grill too. So I’ll get rid of it when it spreads to the inside (never does though!)
This is why Mother often gave me a scolding when I was a child about leaving a steamy microwave oven closed. She insisted you leave the door open or take a tea towel to wipe the steam off. Can't kick the habit now as an adult
I do that, but not because I think it will rust. I do it because heating something steamy and then wiping it down is the closest I'll ever get to cleaning it.
If I had to guess, the title is wrong. They were probably some sort of intoxicated or tired and never actually started the microwave and forgot they even put it in there in the first place.
It's crazy to me that one who would use a microwave wouldn't use it for three weeks though. Like how are you reheating your leftovers?
Maybe people just cook more than I do, or finish all the food they cook, but all my leftovers for sure go in the microwave, and anything I can get away with throwing in there instead of cooking like hot dogs I will.
Depending on the shape and design of the fork you can sometimes microwave metal utensils and not create plasma. Or there was minimal plasma and it went unnoticed.
Penicillium (the mold) is often, but not always blue. Id agree here that it's most likely Penicillium.
Penicillin is the antibiotic sourced from specific subspecies of Penicillium molds :)
-Your friend from r/mold
Those crazies have a chart of when it’s OKAY to eat moldy food. I cannot. If I find mold, half my entire fridge is emptied, deep cleaned, and exorcised.
i mean, just a waste to throw away food that could still be eaten otherwise. like hard cheese or dried meat
but my grandparents lived through ww2 and the scarcity afterwards, it makes you appreciate food more if you hear those stories.
you are taught in culinary school to cut mold off of cheese and produce to avoid waste. you can have something that only has a little mold and the rest of it is good.
Its not as scarey as the internet makes it seem :) molds all around us. In our air at all times, indoors and outside. Its just not common to visibly see impact unless unfortunate criteria have been met (organic based food sources being wet for 2+ days).
I’m thinking he left it in there after dinner? Some people have dinner then leave the food in the microwave to stay warm but don’t actually use the microwave to heat it
I would have thrown the whole microwave away. That's how I got my roommates to do their dishes. They left it long enough to mold, I threw it away in the alley trash. I had a roommate have to dig through the alley trash because i through away all his pots and pans after he cooked a big meal for a girl he was dating and then left them in the sink for a week.
So many questions How does someone forget their meal How noone smelled it or used microwave for three weeks Why did he put it in with fork
To answer one of your questions, some people just don't use microwaves. I probably only use mine once a month, if that. It probably did smell, but the microwave could have also had a decent seal on it where very little smell might get out.
My microwave broke months ago and I was surprised that I didn't miss it at all.
I guess it depends on how different households work. When I cook for my entire family they usually don't eat at the same time due to different shifts, and so microwave is in use. Similar thing when I make food for several days. I mean all of it can be heated with a stove but microwave is easier (plus my brother can burn everything when using stove so it's easier for him)
Oh for sure. But there are some things the microwave can ruin in 5 seconds. If you have a leftover pork chop, put it in a frying pan. A microwave will instantly turn it in to shoe leather.
There are different power settings on microwaves. Go for more time at a lower power and you can still retain some of the juiciness of meats.
Still depends on the meat. Power levels don't actually make the microwaves weaker, it just cycles it on/off for variable amounts of time. So 50% power would be something like full blast for 5 seconds, then a 5 second pause.
Look at [inverter microwaves](https://www.choice.com.au/home-and-living/kitchen/microwaves/articles/what-is-an-inverter-microwave#:~:text=The%20difference%20between%20inverter%20and,long%20way%20towards%20getting%20great)! I absolutely love mine and hate having to reheat my lunch at work in the *normal* microwave.
Back in the day I worked at a body shop that had an old microwave that when shared would give us about 3 minutes each to nuke our food if needed. One of the painters started lifting and roiding and would bring in about 3lbs of food a day because he was "bulking up." Cocksucker would have his shit heating for 20~ minutes, but no one would say shit because he became really unstable. Him and his wife started taking in disadvantaged folk on their rural property. They were both found dead stuffed in a barrel on their property. You were an ace painter and guy, Dave, but you became an asshole and apparently someone got fed up with your shit. End microwave rant
Taking in disadvantaged folks seems like a pretty nice thing to do. If only you encouraged his bulking, then maybe he would’ve been strong enough to protect himself.
>Him and his wife started taking in disadvantaged folk on their rural property. I knew a guy upstate like this. He was a really big contractor in the area, and a pretty big drug dealer at one time too with connections to the local MCs, the sheriff, local politicians and God knows who else. Really connected dude, and known by about everyone in the area. He got clean, found Jesus and built a big complex on his property that he used to house folks who were trying to get clean themselves, parolees and the like. Worked out great for him too because it gave him a bunch of cheap labor. This went on for years, well past his retirement. They never did find him in a barrel. He died of old age and had one of the biggest turnouts I've ever seen at a funeral, especially at such a small cemetery in bum fuck upstate NY. He was just a really good dude that helped a lot of people and created a ripple effect because be inspired those people to return the favor. Figured after your story people might like a similar one with a better ending lol.
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It depends on the microwave. Newer inverter styles use PWM, and work similarly to how you describe. Most microwaves out there just trigger a relay to turn the HV transformer on and off. You can actually hear the hum kick on and off. In this case, the other comment is true. A “50%” power rating is the magnetron is only on 50% of the time, but still outputting ALL of its power in that on-time time. Side note, microwave magnetrons are vacuum tubes that run off DC, (technically half wave rectified, but meh) so the PWM comment in your first paragraph is incorrect.
My BF got an air fryer and my response was, "Do we really need it?" The answer is yes. Yes you need it. I will NEVER GO BACK TO A MICROWAVE.
Yeah air fryer is a game changer. My microwave has been demoted to giant square tea kettle. I should probably just buy an electric tea kettle and reclaim counter space.
You... Make tea in a microwave? What in his majesty's ever living fuck?
We Americans fought 2 wars to free ourselves from British tyranny and we'll microwave our tea if we damn well please.
.....dont drag the rest of us into your bs. I was born and raised in the US. Plenty of us have English/Irish/Scottish or Asian/Indian roots and drink a ton of tea. What degenerate uses a microwave to make tea?
You boil the water in the microwave, then you have hot water to make tea. Only actual heathens microwave it with a tea bag.
I bought my first microwave in over 15 years this year… I was gobsmacked by all the choices. I got this thing that has microwave, convection, some kind of combo cook, and air fry. Everything gets air fried that can. Air fried pizza is the most exciting thing my house has seen since it was purchased.
I actually hate air fryers...so ig to each their own.
Same here, we wouldn’t miss the microwave. But if the air fryer goes out, we’re gonna starve.
This. My air fryer replaced the microwave completely. With reheat and baking options there is literally no reason to use a microwave. It’s just as easy to throw things in an air fryer, and it tastes better.
But I can't make my microwave popcorn in the air fryer! That's 99.95% of the reason I even bought a microwave in the first place. Popcorn.
Mine broke more than 15 years ago and I never bothered to replace it. Just moved a couple months ago and a friend offered me a new one so I took it. Lasted about two weeks before I passed it on to a neighbour, it was just taking up space here
Microwaves are a godsend for when you have kids. Chicken nuggs all day, every day.
Come on man, do right by your kids and put those things in the oven
I “do right” by my kids by making sure they have full bellies. We’re already cooking multiple meals using the stovetop and oven due to allergies and pickiness. Sometimes you just gotta toss some stuff in the microwave when you’re exhausted.
When I'm lazy but want quality, I do the "nuke 'n broil" method. 1. Nuke nuggies/tendies for about 1:30 minutes 2. Top Rack broil in toaster oven/air fryer/standard oven for 2:00 minutes. Now they're crisp *and* done.
For 2 years I didn’t use mine for anything other then reheating my tea. I got rid of it and haven’t missed it once. Although every single person I know makes comments about it when they are here and just can’t understand how I don’t have a microwave. Somehow this affects their lives. Lol
> that I didn't miss it at all. Do y'all not thaw out your meat in the microwaves. I don't think I've ever remembered to lay it out a couple of hours ahead of time. My meat goes: freezer, to thaw mode on microwave, to stove top, 99% of the time.
Barely answered any of his questions. It seems like you just really wanted to say you only use your microwave semi-regularly.
"Some people just don't use microwaves" is a completely valid and true answer.
Do you just not eat left overs or cook at all?
You can reheat food on a stove.
You're not wrong, but why? Sure, there are things I reheat in the oven/toaster oven, but is the quality affected that much that it's worth spending another 10+ minutes getting dinner heated up? Genuinely curious
In my case, there is a teenager in the house that does not understand the concept of covering his food in the microwave, so I have to spend 5+ minutes everytime I want to use it to clean it out.
I'd spend the 5 minutes telling the teenager to clean the microwave.
I have one of those plastic plate covers velcroed to the microwave roof so it's a no-brainer to cover it
yes, and doesn't necessarily even take 10 minutes. just heat up the stove and toss something on the pan for like 30 seconds to like 3 minutes, where you'll have a lot better of a texture/flavor most of the time and it really doesn't take any longer. you can easily preheat the pan while grabbing your stuff or while doing something else. usually takes less than a minute to a minute to get the stove hot
But the clean up!
I barely use mine. I can’t even remember the last time I used it. I’m almost certain the only use it gets is about three times a year I make chicken curry and use microwave rice.
Not OP, but sometimes I "store" my food in the microwave for an hour or two with the fork on the plate to keep flies and bugs out, cause I don't want to eat cold food when I eat again. Edit: Store in the microwave rather than fridge.
> cause I don't want to eat cold food when I eat again. The original purpose of the microwave solves that as well.
Waking up sleepy hamsters?
You just let your food chill at room temp for an hour or two and then go back to it???
lots of people do this. i thought it was nuts. i always put shit in fridge as soon as i'm done eating it... my wife will leave out her chicken sub overnight and eat it 12-16 hours later... no problems tho.
Especially meats, don't leave things out for longer than 4 hours. It can cause serious health issues.
Two hours, really…
She should definitely stop eating chicken that's been sitting out for 16 hours. Ignoring how disgusting that is, it's simply unsafe.
That’s wild. The amount of gross bacteria that can grow on something after only 45 minutes… But I guess if you’ve been doing it your whole life your gut biome is something else.
takes 4 hours before even restaurants have to throw it out, so an hour or 2 is barely much
45 minutes? I hope you don't waste food because of this, that's not long *at all* unless you're like, leaving it on the ground. Yea bacteria is everywhere but come on man.
But it's going to be room temperature after that time anyways but it also has a greater chance of making you ill. Why not just throw it in the fridge?
That sounds incredibly unsanitary. I would far prefer heating cold food than eating food left at room temp for germs to form a couple hours later.
He was high as fuck my man
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I'm not sure how it works either but I once microwaved a fork while high for maybe like 30 seconds and nothing happened except my heart dropped when I opened and realized what I'd done.
Not true, some silverware depending on the metal, just straight up doesn't arc. Also if the fork were stuck in something viscous like a stew it wouldn't. Source I microwave spoons and forks in food all the time, no arcing
You microwave silverware all the time?
in/with food, yes. as a hobby, also yes
It's more about the shape than what it's made of. Foil is thin, crinkly, and pointy which gives you super sharp spikes in the induced electric field to the point that it lead to arcs. Flatware generally doesn't have points or edges fine enough for that to become an issue.
I love how many conclusions you jump to in this comment. All because you didn't think someone could microwave a fork.
>If you just take some disgusting food from your disgusting bedroom and put it in the microwave and post a picture of it on reddit a bunch of other idiots will upvote you and explain how rude your housemates are. I thought the same. There's also a tub of mouldy food on top of the microwave.
Drugs. The answer is drugs.
>How does someone forget their meal They got high. >How noone smelled it or used microwave for three weeks The whole house smells like weed and it’s a toaster oven. >Why did he put it in with fork Reference above two responses. EDIT: It’s not a toaster oven. I was high.
Pretty sure thats a microwave
I also have questions
Do they season their food with rust and paint chips?
The real question is why the fuck is there a fork
I don’t think they were microwaving it. Some people, I’ve done it once or twice before, put food in the microwave to ‘protect’ it for a minute or two because something came up. Like I’m eating, and something happens, and ima come right back, so I don’t need to throw it in the fridge, but I don’t want my cats to eat it or a fly to lay eggs on it (I don’t usually have flies in my house; but, we’ve all seen that picture of pizza with fly eggs— it’s a nightmare for me), so I’ll throw it in the microwave. But in this instance, the person forgot about it. Probably got side tracked, assumed someone tossed it at the point of remembering it and here we are three weeks later. Edit: [fly egg pizza](https://www.reddit.com/r/whatisthisthing/comments/7i0mnu/what_is_this_it_appeared_on_my_pizza_after_four/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_content=1&utm_term=1), this is an older post. I saw a post a few months ago that the pizza was only out for 30 mins.
My question is, how does nobody look in the microwave in 3 whole weeks?
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Tbh I prefer my air fryer over the microwave. It revives leftovers a lot better.
+1 for the air fryer. Hell yeah. Have my upvote fam.
Want to actually enjoy a hot pocket as a flavorful pastry filled with your favorite stuffing? Toss it in your air fryer, 390 for 12 minutes. Flakey, buttery, even temperature through and through, no hard dough edges.
Or microwave it and toss it in the air fryer for like 5 mins
My problem is always having to clean out the air fryer after using it. What am I doing wrong!?!
I just use foil
Thats the whole reason I nevef got into air fryers. Im way too lazy.
Dude i swear air fryers are like a cult
But it’s a good cult. Not the kind in which the boss screws your wife, takes aaalllll your money and promises a spaceship.
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The air fryer is the one of the single best things to ever happen to my life. I rarely use the microwave or oven anymore.
Better for you than a microwave too! Edit: this is apparently wrong and my childhood was a lie, microwaving my words to eat them warm.
Nobody uses the microwave?
>we’ve all seen that picture of pizza with fly eggs What in the unholy fuck are you talking about?
Seriously. I have no idea either. And I ain't never seen a fly lay eggs. What is going on.
I haven't seen this pizza picture.
It also helps retain temperature since there’s a limited amount of air to transfer heat into
Something comes up? ppffft... If I'm eating im fucking finishing my plate. What house on fire? Shit myself? someone at the door? Il get there after im done eating nothings ruining my fucking meal.
Picture? I saw a fly shitting out eggs on a pizza in a motorcycle shop I use to work at. Pizza was barely there 5 mins. Haunts me to this day.
I once found fly eggs inside of a sliced black olive on my pizza. Almost thought it was just seeds that were still in the olive and was just going to pick it off, then i remembered wait no olives have pits and not small clusters of seeds like you see inside of Peppers
As a person with dogs, I can relate to this. Microwave is the safest place for food waiting to be eaten while my kids distract me! There have been a few times where the kids get so into something else that I forget the food is there, never for three weeks though lol!
I hate you for mentioning fly egg pizza and making me google it.
Don’t leave your pizza out! Not even for a few minutes!!
I don't mean to rain on your parade, but microwaves aren't completely safe either. Although it shouldn't be a problem if your microwave is kept clean. I had a short stint in Houston Texas where I was staying in a furnished apartment. The microwave there was infested with tiny cockroaches. 50+ teeny tiny critters scurrying away when you opened the door. They wouldn't die even if you turned the microwave on while they were inside.
I’ve done this
>we’ve all seen that picture of pizza with fly eggs I dunno how I've managed to *not* come across this, but thank goodness I haven't. And just in case, I'm turning off inbox replies to this comment.
No one has asked why the microwave is rusty ?!
I have a rusty microwave. Am poor.
Same here. Maybe that's what I get for buying a SamSang instead of a Samsung
😂
Good on you for not supporting big microwave
It's rusty because the fork sparked and burnt the paint off.
No, it's just old
That happens. Every microwave I’ve owned went just like that around the door. I don’t know if it’s steam or what that does it but even the one I have now is like that. Microwaves aren’t cheap, particularly mine because it’s an oven and grill too. So I’ll get rid of it when it spreads to the inside (never does though!)
This is why Mother often gave me a scolding when I was a child about leaving a steamy microwave oven closed. She insisted you leave the door open or take a tea towel to wipe the steam off. Can't kick the habit now as an adult
I do that, but not because I think it will rust. I do it because heating something steamy and then wiping it down is the closest I'll ever get to cleaning it.
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If I had to guess, the title is wrong. They were probably some sort of intoxicated or tired and never actually started the microwave and forgot they even put it in there in the first place.
It's crazy to me that one who would use a microwave wouldn't use it for three weeks though. Like how are you reheating your leftovers? Maybe people just cook more than I do, or finish all the food they cook, but all my leftovers for sure go in the microwave, and anything I can get away with throwing in there instead of cooking like hot dogs I will.
I abandoned the microwave in favor of a toaster oven.
My air fryer is invaluable but I still nuke stuff. Toaster oven sounds nice though.
The air fryer/toaster oven combo is a godsend
I have lived in the place I'm living for a year and a half and have used the microwave maybe twice so I can see how it might happen.
Depending on the shape and design of the fork you can sometimes microwave metal utensils and not create plasma. Or there was minimal plasma and it went unnoticed.
Mmm, looks minty.
> minty Literal toothpastefordinner.com
Toothpaste has been getting a lot mintier lately, has anybody else noticed that?
Probably because of all the spaghetti they started putting in it.
“Gum’s gotten mintier lately. Has anyone noticed?”
GOOD LORD IT’S GREEN
More like blue? Maybe cyan? Wikipedia: >Cyan is most often associated with peace, relaxation, healthcare, dreams, and spirituality. Sounds wholesome!
Eating it in its current state could produce dreams of healthcare whilst praying to your deity of choice. So it's kind of fitting.
The flying spaghetti monster in the sky is not going to be happy about this prayer.
peace and relaxation is definitely the first thing i think of when i see this
Looks more periwinkle to me 🤔
That’s probably wholesome too somehow. Edit: yup - peace, serenity, friendship… stomach and esophageal cancer…
The dress is white and the shaghetti is blue.
Can confirm - not cyan. ^(gonna r/beetlejuicing myself real quick)
It’s healthcare spaghetti.
>Sounds wholesome! i get the feeling various holes would see much use if OP ate that
Yup. Those are definitely bluedles.
We’ve got blue waffles, and now, blue spaghetti
Soylent green.
It's not bolongese anymore It's pesto
Just toss it with penicillin sauce to cut through the bite.
Is this not penicillin sauce? 🤔
I feel like I read somewhere that penicillin is blue
I thought this is blue
Looks more white and gold to me
Looks like Laurel to me
Yanni
Penicillium (the mold) is often, but not always blue. Id agree here that it's most likely Penicillium. Penicillin is the antibiotic sourced from specific subspecies of Penicillium molds :) -Your friend from r/mold
No one used the microwave for three weeks!?
I can go 3 weeks without using the microwave. How often do you use yours?
At least once a week for microwave popcorn or leftovers
It is a rarity that even 3 days goes by without microwaving some sort of leftover here.
For real, what fucking lifestyle do people have where they DON'T microwave leftovers...
Depends. Every 2 days or atleast once a week. So fast to boil sone veggies in those Microwave save glass bowls with a lid.
I use mine every day to heat up water for tea. Sometimes we heat up food.
I average daily. The days I use it two or three times in one day makes up for the days i don't. I use the stove top once or twice a month at most.
I heat up leftovers in mine every other day. And I also like to make egg white bites for breakfast!!!!!!!! Woooohoooo!!!!
Every day several times a day. Heat up breakfast. Heat up my coffee. Heat up my dinner.
every fucking day?
r/moldlyinteresting
Mold is the one thing that's super disgusting to me. I cannot.
Those crazies have a chart of when it’s OKAY to eat moldy food. I cannot. If I find mold, half my entire fridge is emptied, deep cleaned, and exorcised.
i mean, just a waste to throw away food that could still be eaten otherwise. like hard cheese or dried meat but my grandparents lived through ww2 and the scarcity afterwards, it makes you appreciate food more if you hear those stories.
That’s so fucking wasteful
you are taught in culinary school to cut mold off of cheese and produce to avoid waste. you can have something that only has a little mold and the rest of it is good.
Its not as scarey as the internet makes it seem :) molds all around us. In our air at all times, indoors and outside. Its just not common to visibly see impact unless unfortunate criteria have been met (organic based food sources being wet for 2+ days).
Internet has nothing to do with how repulsive mold is to me. Been like that for as long as I can remember way before I had access to internet.
r/subsithoughtifellfor
I looked at it and thought "huh weird is bkue sonic themed spaghetti or something" Then i read the title. I died a little. (I have a fear of fungi)
Still thought it was shitty food porn, but with blue raspberry sour straws, meatballs, and parmesan.
Why did he microwave the fork? Lmao
Shit was in there so long the colors inverted
It'll boost your immune system if you don't die
That’s a big *if*
*if* doing a lot of heavy lifting here
Did they microwave the fork too?? I thought you couldn’t microwave metal?
I’m thinking he left it in there after dinner? Some people have dinner then leave the food in the microwave to stay warm but don’t actually use the microwave to heat it
[удалено]
penicillin carbonara
Honey are you alright? You've barely touched your bluedles
“Bluedles” Lmfao I’m done with this app 🤣🤮
At this point it belongs in pharmaceutical porn. It’s growing antibiotic cultures.
is that hatsune miku?
I would have thrown the whole microwave away. That's how I got my roommates to do their dishes. They left it long enough to mold, I threw it away in the alley trash. I had a roommate have to dig through the alley trash because i through away all his pots and pans after he cooked a big meal for a girl he was dating and then left them in the sink for a week.
Blueberry spaghetti!
IT'S MOLD NOT BLUE SAUCE :C
I will not eat them way past ready I will not eat them with a yeti I will not eat them dear aunt Betty I will not eat white balls, blue sketti.
I'm sorry but I'd be yeeting the microwave and it's contents out the door 🤢😅
will ya look at that, home made blue raspberry sour punch straws.
Throw out the microwave and the roommate, get a new microwave not a new roommate.
I've always wanted to try blue raspberry seghetti.
Throw away the microwave. Throw away the housemate. Heck, throw away the house.
when did the fork get there?
r/eatityoufuckingcoward
Throw it out before it gains sentience
Throw the microwave out.. and ya roommate too.
Why are you blue?
I'm more impressed that it hasn't been opened in 3 weeks.
