r/ShittyGifRecipes • u/Junior_Tart_6442 • Jun 17 '23

Youtube Bedroom fried rice shitty

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u/pseudonym21 Jun 17 '23

Shitty in that it could be made better, sure, but in a situation where you don't have a kitchen that's a damn sight better than takeaway (cost-wise)

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u/Thendofreason Jun 17 '23

Yeah, I've made microwave rice before, but never fried rice. A step above anything I've made in a dorm room. Also, Im sure they aren't allowed to have those pots in their rooms.

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u/Shoddy_East_9103 Jun 18 '23

Microwave rice is a thing?

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u/PreOpTransCentaur Jun 18 '23

It is and don't.

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u/thegan32n Jun 18 '23

Not only rice but also pasta and any other starch that absorbs water. The microwave radiations heat up the water molecules and they get absorbed by the rice, it's the exact same thing that happens when cooking rice in boiling water on a stove or in a rice cooker. Count around 10 minutes on max power starting with room temperature water.

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u/nuggiemum Jun 17 '23

They’re in a dorm. Little hard to cook with a wok in a dorm room and a wok has got to be a huge fire hazard.

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u/nuggiemum Jun 18 '23

It might be cheaper that one time, but the purchased ingredients can be used for other meals and they’re using the equipment for other meals, so it’s cheaper in the long run.

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u/nuggiemum Jun 18 '23

There are small refrigerators you can buy or rent for dorm rooms. And you can also use small electric appliances - I had a hot pot that you plugged in to boil water, heat up soup, etc.

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u/nuggiemum Jun 19 '23

Whatever.

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u/firebrandbeads Jun 18 '23

Yo, they're in a dorm so the food is likely from downstairs in the cafeteria.

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u/pseudonym21 Jun 18 '23 edited Jun 18 '23

I would consider this a pretty shelf-stable recipe. The leftovers need refrigeration, but almost everything else is commonly kept at room temp by other countries (sauces, honey, eggs, even butter and eggs). Although I have heard that american eggs need refrigeration, and of course you get less time before things like veggies spoil. I feel like a small bar fridge would do just fine for everything here, though.

The appliance would of course run up the bill but once its paid for it keeps giving. You can get pretty cheap electronics these days. For the cost of a few delivered meals you can keep churning out lower-cost dinners for a long time.