3w ago

Meal prep

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"The downside is that the mug is also 180°C now."
- "And it tastes faintly of the bacon I made for breakfast."
  
  Nah see they've got one of those fancy dual air dryers in the picture. One side is clearly for food and the other for beverages.
  
  How is that a downside?

Somebody had been considering what could be worse than microwave tea.
- There's nothing wrong with microwaving water. It's all just getting water molecules to move faster.
  
  Thats how I make my teas. Boil it in a glass measuring cup, then pour it into a mug with the tea.
  TechnologyConnections made a video about it.
  
  microwaving anything is microwaving the water it contains
  
  I've seen microwave tea as putting the tea bag in the cup and then microwaving it, which is slightly not ideal imo, but to each their own
- Alternatively, the best use of an air fryer.

Americans will do anything other than buy an electric kettle.
- Americans who drink hot tea have them (source: have had one for like 20 years).
  Americans in general are just more hot coffee cold tea people. Exceptions abound of course, but in generalities.
  
  I drink hot tea and cold coffee lol. I also drink hot coffee though.
  
  Pourover coffee is the shit though
- There is literally a kettle on the left lower side of the image (likely deliberately as it seems awkward having it in front of the air fryer like that)
  
  in my experience, it is quite hard to find a place for a kettle that isn’t at least a little awkward
- OOP uses centigrade and spells color as "colour"; they're probably not American.
  
  And you call Celsius centigrade, which means you’re probably not young.
- I've heard electric kettles are slower here because of the limits of our electrical system. I do have a kettle for the stove, though. I also rarely drink tea.
  
  Standard outlets in the USA are 120v at 15A (1800W max peak, 1440W max continuous). In comparison, standard UK outlets are 230v at 13A (2990W peak)
  This also affects other things. For example, standard electric heaters (resistive heat) can't get as hot in the USA.
  Edit: Also, dryers in countries like UK and Australia don't need a special type of outlet.
  
  my electric kettle takes maybe 20 seconds to get to boiling water here in the USA
  
  That's true, because you use a 110V based system you have less power available to the kettle. It's still a lot faster than an electric stove though. Not faster than an induction stove, probably.
  
  My friends just put a euro style 220 outlet on their counter and ordered a kettle online. Since they were building the house new it was basically no different than buying a 110v kettle.
- There's literally the handle of an electric kettle on the left side.
  No this is something far worse: someone in the UK whom has strayed from the light and committed heresy!
  May the Tea Gods have mercy upon them, for I shall have none!
- We have an electric kettle, husband uses it for instant coffee; before we got together he used the microwave to boil water. The kids use it for tea. I use it for hot water for Moka pot, boiling water for grits, whatever needs hot water.
  Electric kettle, microwave, and coffee grinder are the only appliances that live on the kitchen counter, all the other things are in the pantry.
- Implying Americans know what the metric system is.
- I am an American and i own an electric kettle and use it frequently. I switched to an electric kettle after accidentally turning my microwave into a smoke bomb when I put instant ramen in there and forgot to add the water. Now I only make instant ramen with hot water from a kettle or on the stove.
- American here breaking stereotypes i have two electric kettles. A bright orange secura and a nice gooseneck

Okay this is a shitpost, but ffs don't try this. That's a small electric fan-forced oven. There's a nonzero chance the airflow will splash water all over the inside, which is absolutely not liquid proof. Water + electricity == bad.
- I see your point. But how the hell is the mug not going to be hot either and you are able to just lift it out?
  
  I mean that's true too, assuming you don't destroy your air fryer first.
- Are you sure about the waterproofing? You can usually steam in an oven.
  
  Got an air fryer here with a steamer mode, so that definitely doesn't have moisture-sensitive electronics inside the cooking part!
  
  Yeah, its basically just a heating element with a fan, there should be nothing to break even if exposed to liquids.
- Just stick it in a plastic bag, duh
- Not liquid proof? How can you cook moist things in there then? Or things like chickens or beef joints etc that drip so much liquids?
- Magic machine goes bum bum

Really though, so many Americans would have their cooking lives enriched by an electric kettle.
- My parents told me, "be careful the heating elements catch fire, there's little to no safety mechanism, you can't leave them alone!"
  It's a kettle...
  People either don't know they exist or have some weird thing with them. Gives me the same vibes as cultures that don't sleep with the fans on lol.
  
  Well they aren't wrong. They just come from a time with a lot less consumer safety. And we're headed back with fake UL stuff being sold in stores. We kind of grew up in a golden age of consumer safety. We even made jokes about "don't use grandma's extension cord".
  
  Not sleeping with the fan on is a way to save face, at least in Asian cultures. In which it's basically the families out to admit their loved one committed suicide.
  They say if you have a fan on in the night and the door closes, it creates a vortex and somehow sucks out all the oxygen.
  
  My weird thing with them is a lack of counter space
- Not Usonian but I've never understood the electrical kettle, I just use the microwave for infusions and the like. And for everything else cooking related the stove.
  Am I missing something?
  
  Yes, kettles are more efficient at boiling water vs a microwave. On top of that, you don't need to guess the time it's going to take, it just goes until the internal temperature sensor reads 100degs and it shuts itself off with a little 'clunk'.
  
  I prefer kettle as a microwave is slower, and turns ceramic cups into lava.
  
  You can accidentally superheat your water in the microwave.
  
  For me it's just quick and accurate. Every tool for a job. I can make a cup quickly, to the temp I need (green/black teas, coffees etc.)
  No guessing of temps or times. No need to ramp up the stove and burn all that energy.
- I think most electric kettles are a bit slower there due to normal outlets only being 110V, but not all kitchens have 20A outlets(probably most do nowadays?), so the kettles made for the USA market tend to be 1.6KW so they can run off a 15A outlet if needed, whereas ones made for 240V countries tend to be 2KW.
  Should still be way faster to use a kettle than an air fryer though as I'd assume the air frier would likely be limited to 1.6KW too?
  
  American kettles are a lot faster than anything else Americans have access to, except a microwave. That does a mug of water in one minute. As a trade off it seriously degrades the mug over time.
  
  120V is the American outlet. Japan uses electric kettles just fine at 100V. I think the reason they arnt super prevalent is cultural. Not speed.
  
  The air fryer either superheats or melts the mug, depending on its material. You either scald your hands picking it up like you would grab it from the microwave, or you burn your house down.
  
  If all you need is one single mug of hot water, a microwave is the way to go.

10 minutes to boil a cup of water? How is that considered good in any way?
- it's sarcasm.
  Air fryers suck at boiling water. They're basically anti-microwaves. Everything a microwave is good at, they suck at, and vice versa.
  
  Air fryers are for putting a crust on things. Basicly a miniature convection oven
  
  Thats why I got a Convection Microwave. Best of both worlds!
  
  My microwave is bad at walking a dog. Schould I buy an airfryer? Especially in winter, I would like a machine for that.
  
  So they are dead silent then.

Pretty sure that counts as a hate crime against the English
- I played a game online with a British person and another American. British guy was talking about tea time or something tea related. I have always heard that the British took their tea VERY seriously, so I decided to test it. I asked him if he heated his water in a microwave. Don't ask the British if they heat their water in a microwave. What followed was a man who was very passionate about tea talk just as passionately about his kettle.
  
  Microwave for water?! I am going to spontaneously combust with rage, and you can use the heat to boil the water for your tea properly! 😡🥵🔥☕👍🏽 🇬🇧
  
  Tea time might’ve meant dinner
  
  Professor Elemental even wrote a song about it
- Brb buying an air fryer
- Good, they deserve it.

You have just united the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom blind rage. Congratulations.

Boiling a mug of water by blowing hot air on it is going to take a while. My guess is if someone was to try this (which I don't recommend) it's going to take longer than 10-12 minutes.

This is 100% a meme. There's a kettle in the lower left corner of the picture, place awkwardly in front of the second frier drawer. and the cup would be scaldingly hot upon removing it from the air frier.
- A meme? On a shitpost community? How dare you??

Shout out to Asian water boilers and warmers.
Hot water on demand, no fuss.
- Asian? I mean, I know they exist in Asia, as I lived in SK and JP when I was younger, but we've had them in Australia for as long as I can remember, and I'm in my 40s. Westinghouse, Breville and Philips all offer countertop models, and nowadays you can also get them installed directly into the kitchen sink/counter as part of a water filtration system. (Most people prefer a kettle at home, though - they're cheaper and less fuss to repair/replace.)
- Like infrastructure designed for providing hot water (>75C) directly to the kitchen?
  Damn, that's amazing.
  We only got saunas.

Me using a hardware store heat gun:
Pathetic
- y'all don't stick your soldeing iron inside the cup?
  
  The flux residues give it that exta taste
- I just bought a new graphics card.
  Place the teacup next to the PC exhaust, and let er rip.

Least redundant air fryer usage.

This is as dumb as people 'marinating' diet coke by leaving it in the fridge. Can't level with this level of absurdity.
- Coke taste better at room temp anyway.
  
  Ewww
  
  It tastes like pickles at room temp.

Oh using stuff not rated for those conditions could be an easy way to end up with glass in your eyes.
- "Do you have any visual impairments?"
  "Yes, I have glass."
  "You mean glasses?"
  "Well, actually..."

This is probably just bait but I can't help myself. A pot of water and a stove would do it in less time and you won't have to deal with a burning mug.
- But the warm mug helps keep the drink warm. Doesn't everyone drink their tea/coffee with oven mitts?

How do you hold the haf mug?

Pfff I was wondering whne the mug will explode or crumble in the person's hands...

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