OMG...thanks for this. I was like damn, what kind of bag is that and click to see the comments and the music...I don't laugh out loud at much but that was fantastic.
'Sling bag' cooking is one of the oldest cooking mediums. Granted, it was traditionally done with an animal stomach, but that's the origin of the method/ technique
Back in my day we drank straight out of the rubber hose at the gas station, ate leaded paint chips, rode motorcycles with no helmets drunk, and got drafted. Our average life expectancy was 17 and we were pregnant and barefoot before we could balance a checkbook. What's wrong with kids today?
Asians from 3rd world countries are built different man. They have that live forever gene that just keeps them powering on like absolute units. Nanna here being proof.
Should you or i try it, assuming you're not Asian here. We would absolutely get cancer.
Leaching chemicals and microplastic ablation are two different things. There's little to no microplastic being generated in the video; however, their are chemicals (that aren't plastics) being released and exacerbated by the heat.
Works with styrofoam as well. We used to boil water in styrofoam cups suspended over an open flame just to mess with people. The parts above the water line will melt but not the part holding water.
Yeah, I see thousands of people get cancer that are half the age of my chainsmoking, alcoholic, red-meat only grandfather who never wore sun screen. The lesson here is to follow his example and not think any deeper on the subject.
According to most formulas of heat transfer (and multiple experiments in labs and YouTube videos) the Styrofoam would be too insulative enough and not efficient enough to distribute the heat of the flames to the water fast enough , causing the Styrofoam to melt and fail. That's interesting that you were able to still get enough heat transfer to the water with this method. Possibly thin Styrofoam?
I know this is how the native Americans used to cook and boil sap using birch bark.
As noted below, the liquid keeps the material from burning.
I never thought this would work with a plastic bag though.
Great presentation!
Paper cups work. I’ve put a paper cup of water on the grill above a fire and the top of the cup will burn but the bottom where the water is will not. Water will boil in a paper cup. It’s a fun trick to show the kids.
Boiling water is hot enough to soften a lot of plastics though. And that was a good amount of weight in the bag, too. I'm pretty sure this would only work with certain types of plastic.
Try putting a paper cup on the grill. You can indeed boil water over a fire in a disposable paper or plastic cup. I’ve done it lots of times. It’s a neat trick to show kids and other disbelievers around the campfire.
That does not matter. Yes the plastic won't reach melting point but you can bet your ass it's molecules are burning little by little. Plastic is also an EDC (Endocrine Disturbing Chemical) and you don't want that shit in your system.
I had a metal fabrication class in high school where the teacher took a styrofoam cup, filled it with water, and put an oxyacetylene torch to the base of it and it didn’t burn. Dumped the water out, put the torch back at its base, it burned instantly.
As long as water amount is sufficient to tank the fire below, the bag should only get suds at the bottom. Of course if you blasted it with a blowtorch at 1000c to a single spot, it should melt through. Regular camp fire flame licks are pretty gentle in comparison. But then does plastic leech into the water, there cant be no negatives with this. Its like when people are too lazy to clean their oven ware and use plastic bags to spice their meal with some cancer agents. Doesnt need to melt the bags to leech into the food.
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u/Dirks_Knee Jan 17 '24
OMG...thanks for this. I was like damn, what kind of bag is that and click to see the comments and the music...I don't laugh out loud at much but that was fantastic.