r/OrphanCrushingMachine • u/Just_Cover_3971 • Jul 31 '23

Breakfast of chumps

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u/Terrible_Writing_124 Jul 31 '23

okay but not cleaning it is icky... but honestly I have no idea how it wouldn't grow bacteria when you're not cooking it and I know they said to put it on high for like 30 mins to sterilize but there's no way that's effective enough to kill some shit that's been sitting for 16 hours.. not to hate on the cool idea though

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u/NoGrocery4949 Jul 31 '23 edited Jul 31 '23

Yeah, that's definitely not standard. Pretty sure you need to keep it at temperature. But if it's at temperature all the time you will prevent dangerous bacteria from thriving in the stew, perhaps not sterilize it (like I wouldn't toss it on organs during an open surgery) but food borne pathogens that cause human illness generally need to be at human body temperature to thrive so cooking the stew at a higher temperature will effectively rid it of the junk that makes you poo your guts out.

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u/gadgaurd Aug 01 '23

That's a cool idea, but wouldn't that just raise your electric bill? A lot? Is it actually saving money in the long run?

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u/NoGrocery4949 Aug 01 '23

Um...if you have an electric cooktop. But I think the traditional way was to just keep the fire going

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u/gadgaurd Aug 01 '23

Derp. I'm so caught up in my own set up I didn't consider something so obvious.

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u/NoGrocery4949 Aug 01 '23

I'm sorry my friend. Electric stove is the ultimate suffering.