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Innovation abounds in our modern society with brave souls venturing forth to squeeze every last use of existing hardware. A recent innovation is using a dishwasher to cook food:
The dishwasher is every home cook's best friend after dinner is served. But did you know you can use it to prepare that dinner as well?
[...] There are entire YouTube channels dedicated to imparting the wisdom of dishwasher cooking, there was even a Mythbusters episode dedicated to it.
[...] An experiment, conducted this month by Australian consumer advocacy group Choice, looked into this bizarre phenomenon to determine whether or not it was safe to cook stuff in your dishwasher.
The company's white goods tester whipped up a meal of honey soy salmon, coconut rice, an Asian style spinach and mushrooms, and a darling little custard and fruit compote.
The verdict? "Delicious!"
The article provides practical considerations of how to prepare food for cooking in the dishwasher as well as what foods are or are not good candidates.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by Appalbarry on Sunday January 27 2019, @06:45PM (6 children)
Hate to break it to the Eds, but dishwasher cooking has been around for decades.
Next on Soylent! Cook a chicken on your car's engine block!*
* do not attempt with Tesla vehicles.
(Score: 3, Informative) by EvilSS on Sunday January 27 2019, @07:11PM
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 27 2019, @08:07PM
Made caramel by leaving a can of condensed milk in 115°F sunlight all day. Use a Mr Coffee to make Top Ramen. A can of R12 used to cost 25 cents, and will frost a can of beer. MacGyver
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 27 2019, @10:00PM (1 child)
> * do not attempt with Tesla vehicles.
you can try, however the Tesla vehicles seem to only have two heat settings, "off" and "fully carbonised, with a hint of Lithium, Cobalt and other assorted heavy metals". It may be possible to do a seared steak or sauteed frying, however BBQs are probably out due to the lack of even heat and basic flame control.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 27 2019, @11:47PM
A cop told me this... Pepper spray works well for seasoning BBQ.
(Score: 2) by richtopia on Monday January 28 2019, @03:55PM
My understanding of the dishwasher cooking methods is the temperature is lower, and the process is similar to sous-vide cooking. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sous-vide [wikipedia.org]
I purchased a cheap sous-vide immersion cooker last year and I appreciate the concept. My problem is I don't enjoy cooking (or eating all that much), so I don't use the cooker very often. However, if you cook meats regularly I would recommend trying sous-vide, particularly since the immersion cooker price has come down so much.
And don't bother with the dishwasher. Your time is better spent elsewhere.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 29 2019, @02:46AM
Well, it was new news to me....
... and I like posting stories about mildly insane things