Poll of the Day > Woman boils soup in a plastic bag over a fire

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This is pretty cool

I didnt know that if you have water in something like plastic or paper that it becomes much harder for the plastic to melt or paper to burn

https://i.imgur.com/IBP1hnm.mp4

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Wouldn't the chemicals from the bag still seep into the soup though?

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Only if you use Monsanto bags with GMOs in them

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Muscles posted...

Wouldn't the chemicals from the bag still seep into the soup though?

maybe

but maybe the chemicals will have surprisingly beneficial effects, just look how old she is the plastic makes her strong and fireproof

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Everything about this looks nasty please delete this

Is this soup or stock? Obviously you're not supposed to eat the whole ass fish but even the vegetables were in huge pieces

CoorsLight posted...

Is this soup or stock? Obviously you're not supposed to eat the whole ass fish but even the vegetables were in huge pieces

I dunno man, I think I would eat the whole ass fish

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I keep expecting the bag to burst, not to mention melt from the fire...

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Sahuagin posted...

I keep expecting the bag to burst, not to mention melt from the fire...

same I guess there is some scientific black magic fuckery going on where even while boiling the water is keeping the plastic cool enough from reaching its melting temperature

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Special "boiling bag", maybe? It looks more durable than a standard grocery bag.

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Pretty sure that's made out of a similar material to a sous vide bag. Towards the end when the camera gets closer to the bag it definitely appears that the bag is at least made of something more durable than a grocery store plastic bag.

Mostly unrelated, but when I lived in Sierra Leone plastic bags were commonly used to get fires going. Locals would take a lighter to the bag and then let the molten plastic drip into their coal pot to get the coals started. I didn't want to constantly inhale those fumes so I decided to be bougie and just bought a propane gas burner.

KJ StErOiDs posted...

Special "boiling bag", maybe? It looks more durable than a standard grocery bag.

maybe but because of the way water works you could do this with any plastic durable enough to hold water as long as the melting point of the plastic was higher than the temperature of boiling water

bur like has been said already you may very well be cooking plastic into the food

but still, it is cool

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Is this like America Haggis or something

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Muscles posted...

Wouldn't the chemicals from the bag still seep into the soup though?

Absolutely 100%.

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Mead posted...

same I guess there is some scientific black magic fuckery going on where even while boiling the water is keeping the plastic cool enough from reaching its melting temperature

Water has a high specific heat capacity, so it will constantly be drawing heat away from the plastic. Plastic also has a higher melting point than most people think - most won't melt until roughly 170 degrees, so you could, in theory, have boiling water and still be cool enough to not melt the plastic.

I would be much more concerned about chemicals from the plastic leaching into the water at that point, though. Would not recommend this as a cooking method.

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So in theory you could probably cook soup in a freezer bag and be ok? I think those are made special cause Ive heard of people using them to sous vide

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Mead posted...

So in theory you could probably cook soup in a freezer bag and be ok? I think those are made special cause Ive heard of people using them to sous vide

I mean, I personally wouldn't because of the potential for chemical leaching, but that's just my initial reaction without doing the research. It's possible it's safe, I don't know for certain.

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Sous vide happens at a much lower temperature than this. The water baths for those are typically around 160F, far below the 212 at which water boils, so you won't have nearly the same risk of leaching chemicals. The freezer bag probably wouldn't melt, but I'd still strongly advise against it.

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Too late Im starting a company

we cook soup in bags over fires

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Make sure it's a slow boil and not a roiling boil.

I learned this from an episode of survivor man. He did it with a plastic water bottle. One of those prefilled, single use, disposable bottles. He used it to boil some nasty looking water that he found.


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Damn that bag holds a lot,.must be a Hefty.

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I was vomiting when the whole fish went in there

BlackScythe0 posted...

I was vomiting when the whole fish went in there

what do you think chicken nuggets are

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Mead posted...

what do you think chicken nuggets are

Not whole fish soup

Mead posted...

what do you think chicken nuggets are

Bruh, what sort of chicken nuggets do you buy that have fish in them?

BlackScythe0 posted...

I was vomiting when the whole fish went in there

That's how fish is cooked in a lot of developing countries (not sure where this video is from or if it's from a developing country). No part wasted. I hate picking the bones out, but for others it's part of the experience. I guess. Some people even eat the weaker bones. Adds a bit of crunch.

shadowsword87 posted...

Bruh, what sort of chicken nuggets do you buy that have fish in them?

chickens dont have nuggets

theyre just adding chicken flavor to fish pieces, its been proven

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@Kimbos_Egg She's gonna burn the water!

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Mead posted...

chickens dont have nuggets

theyre just adding chicken flavor to fish pieces, its been proven

It's ground up chicken that's fried you weeb.
Check the ingredients on some freezer garbage, the first word isn't "fish".

https://i.imgur.com/1tIhaFJ.jpg

If you're trying to say that the ingredient list is wrong, there's a convenient FDA hotline I'm sure you can contact.

shadowsword87 posted...

It's ground up chicken that's fried you weeb.
Check the ingredients on some freezer garbage, the first word isn't "fish".

https://i.imgur.com/1tIhaFJ.jpg

If you're trying to say that the ingredient list is wrong, there's a convenient FDA hotline I'm sure you can contact.

if you really think that the FDA isnt part of it then I own a bridge I will rent to you

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Zareth posted...

@Kimbos_Egg She's gonna burn the water!

Just like ff.

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*drops in a whole fish and other seemingly random stuff*
I don't know if the stick is a stiring tool or another ingredient, or both.
How are you suppose to eat this soup when it's done cooking?

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SKARDAVNELNATE posted...

How are you suppose to eat this soup when it's done cooking?

dude do you for real not know how to eat soup

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Almost everything in there was either too big to eat or just not meant to be eaten at all

CoorsLight posted...

Almost everything in there was either too big to eat or just not meant to be eaten at all

nothing is too big to eat

not to the determined

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No thanks lady, that looks too sickening to even pretend to taste.

Mead posted...

dude do you for real not know how to eat soup

You scoop it with a spoon and slurp it. I don't think a whole fish A) is going to fit in a spoon and B) can be slurped.

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SKARDAVNELNATE posted...

You scoop it with a spoon and slurp it. I don't think a whole fish A) is going to fit in a spoon and B) can be slurped.

You've never had like matzo ball soup or any other type that comes with a large piece that needs to be broken up? It's not hard to break up a boiled fish with a spoon. Personally, my biggest problem is the bones.

SKARDAVNELNATE posted...

You scoop it with a spoon and slurp it. I don't think a whole fish A) is going to fit in a spoon and B) can be slurped.

i bet the meat breaks up as it cooks with the help of her stick

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JigsawTDC posted...

Personally, my biggest problem is the bones.

Mead posted...

i bet the meat breaks up as it cooks with the help of her stick

What about the scales?

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SKARDAVNELNATE posted...

What about the scales?

theyve probably been removed

the fish came from the special little fish jug after all, so its probably been cleaned and prepared for a good souping

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That looks like an unaltered fish to me.

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It's definitely been descaled already. The brief little bit in the video where we get close to the skin makes it apparent.

Dude that fish looks like it has scales and it hasn't been gutted.

I can't see any scales. The pattern on the skin might give that illusion, but there's no actual scales visible as far as I can see. We only get a brief look though and I could be wrong, but scaling fish is a near universal thing. It probably hasn't been gutted, and I don't see any cuts indicating it has been. In my experience when cooking fish like that, it's just scaled and boiled with all the innards left in tact. They'll likely eat the organs themselves, if not feed it to a pet.

Its possible more footage could be released from different angles or from before the fish was placed in that container

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mmm I love BPAs in my soup

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deoxxys posted...

mmm I love BPAs in my soup

Fun fact: one of our current biggest exposures to BPA is thermal receipt paper. Theres more BPA in a single thermal paper receipt than the total amount that would leach out from a polycarbonate water bottle used for many years. So, it's always best to opt for digital or decline your receipt unless you really need a physical copy. And if you're a cashier in constant contact with them it's a good idea to wear gloves!