Who the fuck names their child MITT, anyhow.
Is it oven or catcher's?

Always thought it was strangely ironic as well that "Obama" rhymes with "Osama" and "Barack!" sounds like an onomatopoeia for the sound projectile vomiting makes.

>> ^pumkinandstorm:

These guys are hilarious! promote


Thanks, I was just a boot to post a message needing this out of the gate, I have another bun in the oven I must submit !

>> ^mizila:

Safety Note
A little more basic, but don't boil water with a microwave in a smooth glass container without something (a stick in this video) to disrupt the surface. It could superheat the water.
Microwave + Smooth Glass + Undisturbed Water = Steam Bomb


While super heating water in a microwave is possible, you need a very smooth container, water free of impurities and it must be perfectly still while heating as the slightest disturbance can cause flash boiling. Mass produced glass and plastic measuring cups and other containers will always have small defects and if you have a turn table in your microwave and you're using tap water, you'll be fine as the imperfections in the container combined with impurities in tap water and the motion of the turn table will be enough to prevent super heating.

Also, what the guy says around 1:35 isn't true. A microwave doesn't heat the whole mass of the food because the microwaves can't penetrate the entire mass of the food. If what he said were true, you could stick a whole turkey in it and cook it in minutes, but in reality you'll end up with a hot outside and a cold inside.

When a microwave oven breaks it's typically one of 3 things, all of which are quite cheap to repair:
1: magnetron fuse has blown. These fuses range from 500mA up to 1700mA depending on the type of microwaves I've encountered. Typically overpriced, these fuses often sell for upwards of 15 quid despite costing as little as 50 pence from distributors.
2: wave guide cover has been burned through due to arcing of the microwaves. These wave guide covers (or shields) can be replaced by cutting a piece of sheet mica to size using the old wave guide cover as a template. Manufacturers' own replacement covers can often cost around 20 quid.
3: Door sensor is broken, probably from shutting the door too harshly, repeatedly. Considering these things are typically no more complex than a switch that is pressed when the door is closed, manufacturers love to go out of their way to make them look as complex as possible, and therefore drive up prices of spares that are just glorified on/off switches. Usually I recommend buying the manufacturer's own part as a replacement, but on occasion I've helped friends by doing a low-cost repair using a cheap switch from Maplin.

If you took the time to read this I hope you found it useful; if I bored you I'm sorry but I don't know how to give you those 60 seconds of your life back

**Safety Note**

If you take apart a microwave oven be very, very careful of the capacitor (looks like a metal can near the magnetron). These caps store an impressive amount of charge and can knock you across the room--even after the oven is unplugged.

>> ^Morganth:

My mom literally cried when my parents got their first microwave oven as newly weds.
Did your dad tried to cook your mom?

My mom literally cried when my parents got their first microwave oven as newly weds.

Monday, Thursday and Sunday, I wake up whenever I want, and leave for work at about 4:30 to start my shift at 5:30 as a line cook. Those three days I'm "Pre-close", so for about 3 hours I stay in my section and cook food in an oven (Things like Quesadillas, Nacho platters, etc.) Then around 8ish, we start getting rid of the other cooks and I take over two more sections, fryers (cook things like chicken wings / fingers / coconut shrimp, etc.) and Pantry (Mostly salads and deserts) until around 10:30, when I have to start cleaning my half of the line (the three sections I mentioned) and then I'll be done anywhere between 11-1AM depending on how busy the night was.

On Friday and Saturday, I work splits. I'll have to wake up at 11 AM, shower etc. And leave by about 11:30, it takes me about 8 minutes to get to the restaurant and once there, I start clearing out the dish pit, once that's under control I'll either head on line and help out cooking with the lunch rush or go back and help out our prep department. If I'm helping prep, I'll either prepare food for later use in the night, or portion something that's already been made. That'll last anywhere between 1-4 PM, giving me a break before the second half of my split starts at 5, where I'll come back and work until it's less busy, and will be cut anywhere between 7-10 PM.

Have friend who has a boy cat that once hid a cache of her feminine garments behind the oven until she almost ran out of unders~Found the stash during a spring-clean~Kitty yawned and licked his paws when the crime was discovered.

>> ^jonny:

Was just about to leave the exact same comment. Cast iron pots and pans rule. Pot roast in a cast iron dutch oven > lousy sex.
>> ^probie:
I must be the only person left on Earth that still prefers bacon from a well seasoned cast iron skillet.


Plus it helps season your skillet.


>> ^MonkeySpank:

Forget Bacon! Somebody post a video on how to make the perfect canna-butter or canna-oil. I've been trying to master the perfect canna-oil for a year now.


Low boil/simmer canna, butter, alcohol (ever clear or whatever), and water for a while (I don't know, a couple hours or so?). Afterwards, drain through a cheesecloth into a glass mixing bowl to remove canna material (trust me you don't need it, just try and wring out whatever you can). Put the bowl into fridge until you have a floating berg of green, delicious rendered butter on top. 7g (well ground) to a stick of butter should about do you right proper. Use the butter as directed in recipes. We usually make about 24 cookies. Be careful. Trust me. None of this "it isn't working yet, I should eat another 3." It's a rookie mistake. 2 for n00bs, 3 for vets. Our cookies come out visibly green, and they ain't pistachio. This can also work well and be a good use for larger quantities of trim ;-).

Here's a good resource: http://www.amazon.com/The-Marijuana-Food-Handbook-Connoisseur/dp/0914171992

Was just about to leave the exact same comment. Cast iron pots and pans rule. Pot roast in a cast iron dutch oven > lousy sex.
>> ^probie:

I must be the only person left on Earth that still prefers bacon from a well seasoned cast iron skillet.

This needs to sift, I got another in the oven.

Never mind, its already here

http://videosift.com/video/Bizkit-the-Sleep-Walking-Dog 200+ votes could of been mine.

>> ^brycewi19:

I was kinda hoping it were Karen Gillan's underpants.
But, no, an oven mitt is nice, too.


That's how Amy Pond rolls. With oven mitt underwear.

I was kinda hoping it were Karen Gillan's underpants.

But, no, an oven mitt is nice, too.

when I see these, i can almost smell the shrinky dinks in the oven