Debunking Dangerous Tik Tok recipe & BPA! How To Cook That Ann Reardon 

America 🦅🦅🦅🦅🔫🔫🔫🔫🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🏈🏈🏈

Get with the metric system USA, your the only country that is not - minus NASA who is metric.

Yeah America is really showing all that freedom lately 🙄🙄

200° F? That's about 2.5 times hotter than the stomach of a giraffe! 🦅🦅

Remember: -40° is the same. From that point ever 10°C difference is 18°F difference

Well, the hack/short cut is referring to your life span!

It’s like someone watched the old “Is it a good idea to microwave this?” Videos and thought “I can do better!”

Yep, the second I saw a microwave i was like oh no, oh no, no no no

@@zellalaing5439 A suitable non-metal cooking vessel for the high temperatures required for the syrup would be hard to come by. Corelle is advertised to go up to 350 degrees Fahrenheit (176 degrees Celsius) in conventional oven or microwave use, and still would need to be handled very carefully to avert spillage and thermal shock. I always laid hot glass or ceramic bakeware on a thick, dry cotton hot pad to avert thermal shock, and a folded dry terry kitchen towel would also work. But these oh-so-casual Tik Tok videos don't address safety measures that respect the power of such great heat.

Instantly reminded me of the one where people were saying you could charge your phone in the microwave and some young kids did it. So dangerous!

Reminds me of when I made marshmallow fondant for the very first time in the mic about 10 yrs ago… I put in a little powdered sugar, then my palm to begin kneading…I had only mic’d them a short time and they weren’t even completely melted… I refer to it now as lava…it stuck to my hand and I just remember screaming and running to the sink for cold water! That’s a mistake u only make once though.

I remember watching "can you cook with" series. Mind you that it's trained chefs doing the cooking and they got successful cooking using only hot iron, dishwasher, etc BUT FAILED when using microwave. The microwave even explodes on them. Always exercise caution when using microwaves.

Chef Mic is becoming a serial killer ..

​@@Qeisamado you know where i can watch this? Is this on youtube or anywhere else?

​@@jaegrant6441Don't you dare blame Chef Mike for other people's ignorance? 😠

Spot on! Introduce her to this channel instead. :)

Yeah I’m the childless paranoid aunt who wants to show this stuff to my sister so she can educate her 11 year old

If I recall how I felt about the internet and kitchen at that age (mid '00s), I'd suggest having the talk at age 6

I'd be starting that *now* before she thinks to try any of these "hacks". I'm a former professional baker, sugar and oil burns are no joke, I've had both, one deep enough that I have limited sensation in the area.

Probably a good rule of thumb is just avoid doing anything from tiktok.

@@pigeontoes5421Have you watched the video at all. Or maybe, were you actually paying attention while watching? If you’re unlucky with the glass you choose, it will explode.

@@pigeontoes5421 Just use a stove and a candy thermometer like an adult 😂

@@pigeontoes5421if you’re an adult with a brain you would know that glass isn’t indestructible and can explode spontaneously when super heated

@@pigeontoes5421 It really is not. 💀

You’ll never get rid of polycarbonate plastics. So 🤷🏼‍♂️

@@jmax8692 So, what?

Is bpa the same as pfas?

You are a misinformed as a wildlife biologist if you believe that BPA is a forever chemical that doesn't biodegrade.

It makes me concerned, as I'm not aware if there are any longitudinal studies on the long term impacts on ecological systems. It COULD be inert eventually, OR it could be an immovable debuff that disrupts the earth forever :(

As someone who also works with disabled adults using molten sugar sounds about as safe as teaching knife juggling.

Yeah even with the correct method( AKa not using the goddamn microwave) this isn't something you should let kids or disabled adults handle. Molten sugar burns like hell and for people as clumsy or impulsive as either group it's just asking for someone to end in the hospital with horrible burns.

Out of curiosity, what kind of activities does the program do? Would something like a low temp fondue have been a good alternative?

so you think disabled people can't be safe in the kitchen??? 💀

Maybe make them with warm chocolate instead of molten sugar? That's not as dangerous.

Yeah. I always watch those candy making video... And they always wore 2 glove. One of rubber andthe thick cloth one underneath

I have an aunt who is a pastry chef and one of the industry terms for molten sugar is “kitchen napalm”

My sister and I burned some sugar when we were kids, cause I think we were making some sort of candy, my sis thought it was a good idea to touch the sugar to see if it was cooled enough to eat. It was not. The sugar stuck to her finger and gave her a scar for months. It was just a drop of sugar, and her screams alerted our parents, and we got in trouble lol

Not to mention the many sacrifices of Dave's taste buds.

One of history's great martyrs 😆

This is my favourite RU-vid comment of all time.

How many of Anne & Dave's appliances have been maimed/died in her relentless fight for truth in claims ❤!!! RIP pots, pans, microwaves ... 😢Dave's & the boys taste buds too ❤

She set fires in her microwave more than once as proof of how terrible some Tik Tok or other video trend "recipes" were. That is difficult if not impossible to clean up after.

She has Kids, that does things to you lol :D

I was looking to see if someone else wrote this!! 😅

ABILITY vs AVAILABILITY. Look up the huge difference between the two words and then come back and correct your foolish, ignorant statement.

She truly has a wealth of kindness to be so... patient

​@@princesseville6889 Will never forget my amazement at my mother's utter composure explaining to my 2yo sister why she shouldn't eat a tomato hornworm half the size of a ballpark frank, no matter how pretty green it was.

Everything up to this point seems like basic common sense to me. Not putting boiling liquids in plastic, prolonged contact with hot substance burning more, idk it's kinda pissing me off 😂

Oil and sugar burns are pretty comparable TBH. I've had both, the oil burn on my forearm happened at 15 and to this day I have areas of the scar that have limited sensation.

@@lunavixen015 Ouch, that seems like it would hurt a lot! I've experienced neither but I can tell how painful both are

@@Lilian040210 Try and look at it through the lens of someone who's never cooked before or doesn't usually cook: You go online and find a life hack for a really cool snack you've had a few times, and you can make it with just sugar and a microwave. You don't realize that putting this kind of stuff into a microwave isn't a good idea because cooking is not your area of expertise, so you do it, and have to be rushed to the hospital because either your glass container exploded in your face or the plastic melted off and covered your skin with molten sugar. Basically what I'm trying to say is, what seems like common knowledge to someone watching this video who likely knows a bit about food and cooking won't seem like it to someone who finds the actual hack and wants to try it out

no sorry i actually believe that even 'stupid' people deserve to live.

I mean I can see it, like they said the toothpicks are made out food. Unfortunately not food which has gone through the required food safety regulations though.

​@@tinkerer3399 some plastic is made of corn, would you cook it? Cotton is mostly suggar, you're also not eating medical supplies

At least it’s a step in the right direction from detergent pods

​@@anthonykulesza4865 wasn't that a joke? I mean, a couple people took it unironically, but it wasn't actually a thing. It's like the "sleepy chicken" joke about marinating chicken in Nyquil, the point is that it's stupid

at this point i'm so jaded i'm not surprised by anything anymore

and when the hot hot hot stuff is wiped off? Water comes right off, oil is worse but also comes off... sugar can just take the skin with it

I also don't understand what is so interesting about these hacks. I mean, you know it's dangerous but you do it anyway. I understand kids not getting it but they surely have parents who see what they are doing.

I honestly am starting to feel these "influencers" are sadists and enjoy harming others. So long as they get their views, damned be the health of their audience.

Y‘all are reaching so hard. Normally cooking videos are NOT for children. They are for adults with a brain. Maybe monitor what your child watches and does and don’t blame the creators just sharing a recipe. They aren’t sadist, y‘all are bonkers lol

​@@yoycej9190tiktok is inhabited mostly by young people. It's on you, the creator, to provide warnings when showing how to do dangerous things. Nobody can monitor everything their kid watches, but you can make sure that the videos you make, that kids are bound to see (how to make sweets easily at home? That's obviously going to attract children), as safe as possible.

Genuinely curious, what makes an acrylic resin safer than whatever they currently use?

​@@hollylyyOP said acrylic food-grade resin *is* what they're likely using

@@cheddarcheezit2647 yeah I meant that they're all some form of food safe plastic, why is acrylic safer?

If it's not BPA, it's BPS or some other member of the family. I remember our industrial chem professor telling this to us.

I think what @hollylyy means is, just because it's not bpa, doesn't mean we have enough data on the replacement. Just because it isn't this thing that's bad for us, doesn't mean it's good for us because we can replace bpa with it.

I immediately had flashbacks to the one she tested that instantly melted cling film (I think it was hot sugar on an electric whisk).

I still have the scars from a caramel accident I had about 5 years ago. And I held it under the tap immediately.

I read somewhere that a woman added sugar to boiling water to cause more damage to the person she threw it on ( her husband I think ) That story always stuck with me.

​@@Widdekuu91Same here. I had to clean a waffle iron at work and a blob of lava landed on my hand. No amount of cooling helps to prevent scars.

​@@luckyowl6432 I see what you did there 😅

Take calls for ambulance and came to say this, sometimes people take cold too literally and use ice or refrigerated water and that constricts blood vessels which may cause more damage and, depending on where you are and other factors, could put someone at risk of hypothermia.

Ah I just made a comment saying the same. I spilled tea on my hands whilst wearing gloves and at first it didn't hurt, but then the water soaked through and it was agony. I initially used cold water, but it was do uncomfortable that I changed to cool after a quick google search. Still hand horrid burns on my fingers though

the issue is that "cold" water will cause strong vasoconstriction, massively reducing blood flow to the area.... Which of course hinders the healing process.

Replying to get this higher

Thank you! A forst aider at work made me run my hand under freezing water and I couldnt bare it (after the water boiler spirted on my hand). Hand we known that I think I couldve handled it better and wojldnt have hurt as much.

Yes- she’s clarified this point before, so I think she just glossed over it a bit here without noticing

GenZ parents are going to have scars as adults and when their kids ask what it was from, all they have to say is dumb tiktok challenges

yeuuuuup scolding and a hospital visit for microwaving a cup of water was so painful for me I can't even imagine sugar burns on kids who have no idea what to do about it the amount of damage must be immense tiktok is dangerous . yes it's tiktok. cos I hadn't even heard of this trend

​@@shadowshatto history doesnt repeat, but it sure as hell rhymes (ex: millenials back then)

@@shadowshatto On the bright side the next question will be "What's a tiktok?"

I made tanghulu 2 times already in the microwave, you just have to use your brain and common sense (and monitor/watch your kids)

I've gotten a nasty burn while making candy apples and the resulting blister on my thumb made life difficult for weeks.

All I could think of were all the scars I've accumulated from working with hi-temp hot glue. Stuff's like napalm, it burns and it -sticks-....

I made kettle corn one time and as I was coating the corn, a random kernel popped and the sugar got on me. Not a ton, maybe 2 millimeters in diameter and not at the crack hard stage, but I still had a nasty blister about twice the size of the speck of sugar. (If you don't know what kettle corn is, it's kinda like caramel corn, but you don't cook the sugar as long and you add more salt.) Hurt like hell the next day too. Part of why when I did a sea glass candy, I was extremely careful. I did not want a repeat of the kettle corn at even higher temperatures.

@@vectorwolf i used to light carrier bags as a kid and drip the fiery plastic onto cardboard boxes to pretend i was firebombing my enemy's space base. whenever i had a friendly fire incident and dripped the flaming plastic on my finger, pretend got real, real quick! owww! 😆

I got a burn scar on my hand from molten processed cheese, cant imagine what molten sugar can do if even that thing can cause such a scar.

I mean it’s pretty fine if you’re using the stove instead of the microwave

I have made it on the stove and it was completely fine, just be careful and have adult supervision if you're a kid! The worst part for me was the cleanup. You might need to just scrape out excess sugar while its still hot, and put it in something like a coffee tin so you can throw it away. Similar to cleaning grease. Again be very careful

Poor Dave, he endures so much 😂. He's earned that sugar grape.

GRAPE! :D

The world: falling apart around us Dave: "Grape! :)"

I love her content!

she does mention this towards the end of the video

@ScientificCat thank you for the extra info! Out of interest, if the issue is with unreacted BPA and cans use innert BPA, what are your thoughts on the tests Ann brought up with various tins and cans, and the amount of BPA that was found in them? Is it that those particular cans were using the unreacted BPA for some reason? Or, is the BPA that was found in the cans not a concern because it is innert BPA? Appreciate your insight!

​@@Whitepawprintit could be that some of the linings were being made in a way that left extra unreacted BPA in the polymer network or that some of the cans contents were aiding in the leaching of unreacted BPA more than others from the polymer network

You have satiated the immediate fear I got from this. Thank you for your insight

@@Whitepawprint so the unreacted bpa leeches into the food, that's why it's a problem, but it's generally a small amount. The tests they have done are really important to check how much bpa is in there, because it is (as Ann mentioned) bad for you in large amounts

Thought you were going to take this in a packing peanuts direction 😅

I thought you were going to say that Mum ran out of packing peanuts!

i think she has a garage full of spare used microwaves that she uses when these videos come out. that way she keeps her family safe from such dangers.

There's always traditional popcorn. Not as convenient, of course, but no microwave required. It's almost a lost art; of the last 4 times I've bought traditional popcorn, I was asked by 3 of the checkout workers and 2 customers "how it works."

@@dawnkindnesscountsmost5991 i know, but didn't think of something else more microwavable

😂😂😂😂😂😂

Yeah, unfortunately idiots don't know they're idiots.

thankfully...that's how natural selection works..

@@babacaloucheit seems a lot of kids are making this mistake though, and they aren’t stupid, just lacking in life experience and internet literacy.

@@teganmartin8751 ok for this one before you accuse me of " lacking empathy", bear with me one second...you know the difference between " a good father/mother" and a " stupid one" that shouldn't reproduce ? the first one will accept to buy his kid a bicycle to play in the backyard, but he will refuse to lend the key of his car/bike to his 8 yo kid because he knows it's dangerous for his kid to try to drive at that age no matter the reason ( hey it's because i want to visit my best friend ). It's simple...it's your duty as a parent to drive your kid to visit his/her friends.It's your duty as a parent to monitor everything that could harm/kill/destroy YOUR kids....that's why adult supervision is required for a lot things ( like the internet, the TV programs, music lyrics and so on ).Ok, so a young kid doing this " mistake" proves just how his/her parents are stupid and are completely missing the point of " education"...furthermore, if you have seen the movie " idiocracy", you know i don't agree with your " hey kids aren't stupid", kids who are not raised with proper common sense ARE stupid, it's not politically correct to say so but everyone has already seen a stupid kid and thinking " ok that's why they make condoms " ....if an adult is absolutely stupid, it's very likely that his/her kids will be absolute garbage ( hence the current civilisation collapse ). If you're a clever adult, you simply do not let your kid watch " tik tok" or very specific movies/games which are not designed for his age and his ability to understand what's going on..

Tell me about it. I make candy a few times a year. My poor hands.

when I see those people on shorts who make candy for a living, I kinda wanna look at their hands to see and think

@@goodguyamr6996 one of them said her dad can't feel anything in his hands anymore even though he always used multilayer gloves.

I work at a movie theater and the worst burns I've gotten is from kettle corn spatter. Any other burns from the oven or popper were mild compared to the hot sugar from the kettle corn. Those burns blistered fast and took forever to heal.

Also known as prison napalm, depending on your life experiences 😂

Ann has soured me on so many other so-called science channels. I find myself wishing that she would cover a broader range of topics because I can actually trust her.

Paranoia makes you happy?

you'd be happy to learn she does have millions of subscribers! :)

@@bluedragonfly8139correct, that’s exactly what someone with low level critical thinking would say

@@Song2LongUnsung the danger with that is, that even intelligent people can blunder when they step outside their comfort zone. I respect her for remaining so firmly in her own wheelhouse. Just need to find the Ann Rierdon of physics, medicine, technology, environment… 😅

I'm glad I didn't have to clean it up after every take.

The smells it, and that kitchen(/studio?) have had to endure for our education..! 😱

Soon as the microwave popped up that was all I could think.

Eggs, potatoes; microwaves turn a frightening amount of things into IEDs.

@@alexisgrunden1556 I do spuds in the microwave all the time, as long as you get all stabby stabby with them, they won't get all splody, but eggs >shudder< nope!

@@xenon8117 It's kids, teens, and young adults that don't know how to use them properly are the danger. Microwaves aren't inherently dangerous, just the misuse of one is.

I'm afraid of microwaves since a kid 😂 They have something weird about them... I don't like the noise...

In pharmacy there’s a phrase, “there’s no such thing as a poisonous substance, only a poisonous dose”.

palatable

It doesn't apply to biodegradable home goods. It applies to food. Edible means "fit to be eaten." Packing peanuts and toothpicks are not edible and they may well kill you if you eat them.

Edible versus eatible lol

This is what I thought of when I saw people eating the packing peanuts. They made them edible so that if any were consumed, it wouldn't be a big deal, but they weren't anticipating people to just eat a bowl of them, because why would they?

My cat would eat the damn things too!

@@ArientoOml my cat love eating paper

My dog ate my homework once. It was just a regular old worksheet; no odea why she wanted it. I took the chewed remains to school to show the teacher tgat A) I had done it, B) then the dog ate it, and C) she didn't leave enough behind for me to redo it on another piece of paper. Teacher didn't even give me credit for the math problems that hadn't been obliterated.

@@Regene2383 Oh no, I meant packing peanuts! I wouldn't put paper past her though

@@adde9506 Used to have a dog that peed on a sibling's HW once (technically he peed on the backpack that had the homework, but it got soaked nontheless). Sib brought in the pee-stained paper (in a ziplock because gross) and got an extension.

Yay!

Thats exactly what I did, I'm actually at work when I just saw it xD

That's why I woke up at 4:30am! 🤣

Same, its almost 5am.

I know right !!

Showing off how dangerous these microwave hacks are isn't usually what a company wants to hear about their products. Maybe a thermometer company would sponsor tho if we're talking technology, lol

Nah the microwave companies love these dumb TikTok trends, because they get to sell a bunch of new microwaves every time some kid blows theirs up.

All microwaves are made by the same company just diff names There is a monopoly on microwaves.

A company thaf supplies microwaves isn’t going to sponsor when someone is pointing out dangers!

But a lot of her videos are about why not to use the microwave

are toothpicks cheaper than actual noodles, anyway? I feel like they're not...

Woven willow-bark baskets are "made with an edible substance." You wouldn't want to eat one that's been around the office for six months, but that doesn't stop them using it to deliver a bunch of small items you ordered or a bundle of paperwork, does it?

Apple seeds are edible, that doesn't mean they're safe to eat. Just because you *can* eat something doesn't mean it's a good idea. Particularly since products not intended for food are not required to list ALL of their ingredients.

​@@sophiejones3554Technically everything is edible, at least once.

what is that? /gen

@@goodguyamr6996 anne has another video about it; it's a really dangerous "hack" where you send a lot of electricity through a piece of wood.

@@goodguyamr6996 Ann made a video explaining the whole thing and why it's dangerous. I highly recommend watching it, but if you just want the gist of it: Stupidly high voltage + metal tools to conduct electricity + accidental contact with any part of the human body = high chance of death by stopping the heart

My gf said it was pretty. I do agree but keep telling her it is not worth the risk. She is a woodworker and she knows how to do it and also aware of the danger of it. Art can be dangerous...not only this but also paintings that used to have arsenic and lead on it.

​@@flameangel4610 Painting with toxic colorants was not an instant death sentence. People still use many of those colorants today. They can be used safely and some exposure is not necessarily measurably unsafe. Many forms of art are dangerous. Fractal wood burning is literally deadly even to experts. Many times death before you hit the floor. There is truly no kind of comparison here.

My thoughts exactly

True! I used to work in ink chemistry and a lot of our customers didn't like BPA, but BPS and BPF were fine?! The only difference between BPA and BPF is that the 2 methyl groups are missing on the methylene bridge. The basic structure is the same and I'm pretty sure it's how the two phenol groups arrange in a 3D shape that is the issue because it means it forms a similar shape to estrogen with regards to fitting into the active site of a quatenerary protein, as the two OH groups end up in a similar place in "space" (molecularly, i know it's very different!)

@@KateyMoseley I can't thank you both enough for this education. I had a feeling the whole BPA free crap was a little too 'easy' of a solution without knowing the full science behind it. I did question whether I should trust it.I have watched a documentary around Polymers and it's creation and growth in the post war era. That was eye opening.

@jamie9364 That is pretty much the case. BPA free literally means sweet FA. The issue isn't BPA but bisphenols in general because of the OH groups somewhat being in the same location as the OH groups in estrogen. But companies can put "BPA free" on their product but use one of the other bisphenols.. It doesn't necessarily have to be an OH either, PCB and DDT have the two phenyl groups but with chlorine on the benzene ring instead of the OH, which is also very capable of forming intermolecular forces within the same receptors which normally look out for estrogen.

@jamie9364 and I do want to add - I'm not one of those wackos that hate on chemicals. I literally love the pharmaceutical industry, I'm just under no illusions to greenwashing and the likes. I don't necessarily purposely avoid things either and I will happily eat GMO foods. My issue is with companies basically finding a loophole, like BPA free, when it's all the same sh*t!

@@KateyMoseley I agree. I also appreciate learning about this. I personally want to get better at recognising 'greenwashing'when I see it. But to someone who does not have a chemistry background, that is a level of critical thinking that most people would struggle to explore and understand. It is not even just about lack of education or knowledge but people just trying to survive and other life stressors- it is a mindfield and takes mental effort to scrutinize. People just want to trust companies are ethical or hope that things like the EU/FDA ( i know ther is a lot of politics there too) are minimizing risks and safeguarding health. However, money talks. Companies are becoming very savvy in trying to appeal to health as you have pointed out. It does feel daunting and overwhelming to try and navigate our health safely. It is down right scary at times. So I appreciate these kinds of discussions.

If I have a faucet that would take at least 30 seconds to heat up the water to lukewarm/warm should I just risk it and run the burn under cold water or wait?

@@orion.6 Immediate cooling is more important, if it's on the hand you could let it run down your arm if you worry about cold shock. You also don't want warm water, but room temp, about 20°C. ALWAYS cool it longer than you think it needs!

So, in other words, human flesh holds up under temperature shock about as well as glass, only without the violent explosion? Good to know; thank you!

Very good point! Though not easy to do in reality. My toddler suffered a burn from hot tea (I’ll never forgive myself for not putting his cup even farther away on the kitchen counter). I immediately ripped his clothes off and tried to put him under lukewarm water while I was screaming for my parents to come help and dialing the emergency line, but I did not get the temperature right. I felt so bad because I knew the water shouldn’t be as cold, but still, it was the best I could do in the moment. My son got 18% of his body burned by 2nd and 3rd degree and I feel so bad for the children who experience burns from hot sugar 💔

@joandsarah77 you would think we didn’t need to, that people would have common sense but clearly not anymore.

@@HaliaStone I know, right? Sometimes I think people are trying to kill themselves

@@HaliaStone In my experience working on a farm/glorified petting zoo, a frightening proportion of people have little to no common sense at all. You'd think people would understand that ponies have minds of their own and don't always do what you expect, rather than treating them like single-person cars with legs! A lot of people just don't think things through, and that is absolutely terrifying.

people have been drinking laundry detergent for a while now to "cleanse" their bodies nothing surprises me anymore :(

How do you say you've never worked in a warehouse without saying so? Eat stuff that was jammed around products in a shipping box in a warehouse. Honey, those warehouses are not sanitary like a food packaging facility.

Even when buying some things in a cardboard box instead of a plastic bag, sometimes there's still a plastic bag inside the box!

I always try to reuse the bags for when I need to dispose of small items or to put paint on during painting (paper or wood surfaces usually dries out the paint.) And I have cut the tops off cartboardboxes and used them as drawerorganisers or for boxes full of small electronics or little things. It is really useful.

you souldn't have to be worried about it on an individual level, it is the leaders that are meant to fix and prevent such big problems.

@@SpecialElliobe the caretaker of your own area

​@@SpecialEllio Pass the buck, much. If individuals don't care, why should the government? Start with the changes you CAN make... starting with yourself.

You're right to be wary - there are multiple Bisphenols (B-Z) all of which are endocrine disruptors, and BPA-free just means they replaced Bisphenol A with another Bisphenol. Furthermore, ALL plastics leach MANY other carcinogens, including _at room temperature_. All the extant studies on petroleum based plastics prove that. Like every other harmful substance in history (DDT, asbestos, etc) industry lobby groups will be able to keep these plastics on the shelves for DECADES past when we know they're dangerous. Millions more people will get cancer who wouldn't have if theses products were banned today.

Tbf we don't know what the new lining has been through in terms of studies and tests so there's a chance it's not just some random choice but I 100% understand the concern

I remember someone was passing around a plastic microwaveable bacon tray for a white elephant Christmas party gift. No one wanted it. And the person that got it said "yeah bacon in under 5 minutes, sounds safe." I wouldn't wanna find out. This was the 90s lol

@@rachelsuegoodman we had a george foreman grill go through a similar journey at my old job

Fumes from the microwave? What about the fact that you put radiation in your food ;) I remember that being the big scare.

@@rachelsuegoodman Bacon in under 5 minutes? So just heat up a pan and fry it there, takes about as long.

@@HappyBeezerStudios we don’t out radiation in our food. the microwaves jiggle the water in our food until it heats up, thus cooking the food. all microwave radiation is safely contained within the microwave and the food does not become radioactive

his surprise that it's just a normal, good recipe xD

and yet he still looked just a little suspicious of it before he bit in... :D

@@jlt131do you blame him?😂

yep, it's in the bin

My microwave is also much higher off the ground than my stovetop. Meaning that it's harder to remove a hot cup of something safely from the microwave, vs. the stovetop.

ouchhh!

Exactly the same happened to me. Scar under my nail, on my finger and on my thumb. The one on my mouth (I sucked my finger in reflex and burned my mouth) has healed.

Precisely why I got a silicone spoon holder. I hate leaning things on pans and the inevitable flipping out of said pan. Worst surprise burns.

Same! Fortunately it was a small splatter and it didn't scar but since then I'm beyond careful when melting sugar and, hopefully, have scared my kids into being super careful, too.

Especially that comparison to boiling water! We all (hopefully) know that boiling water is hot and can cause burns. So when it barely shows up on the thermal camera in comparison to the sugar, then you *know* that the sugar is *really* hot!

It only gives a false idea. It's not temperature that is the issue. It's the specific heat of the material. The sugar of 150C contains less energy than the water of 100C. It's the fact that the sugar sticks that is the big problem.

Did you really have to type *shows* in caps?

When I saw it spill all the way around that paper- it hurt

Used to work for one of the smaller candy companies, and their standards were so high for even just the texture, appearance, and taste that we had tons of boxes of seconds to sell to employees. They'd catch any health/safety issues so fast if they ever appeared (and obviously those weren't sold as seconds lol)

Ooh, yes! That would be so much fun! (Plus it wouldn't do as much harm to her microwave...) :)

Yes! Breaking down famous food scenes and tropes (how long does the mom in a teen movie take to make that HUGE breakfast and then the main character grabs one piece of toast as they run for the bus)

Got pretty bad steam burns from work and let me tell you anyone considering trying this hack, nothing on your skin hurts longer and worse than a burn, very little will sooth that pain.

@@devidevil888 Accurate 😭😭😭

@@devidevil888 burns are the injuries that just keep on giving. You think it's over, then you get anywhere near something remotely warm, and you feel on fire again. Even days later.

ouch!

I knew there was a plastic liner, but I didn't know there was that much.

it really was! i wondered why it was black and didn't know the Coke was still inside!

@@oxoelfoxo same!! When she started pouring I'm pretty sure my mouth dropped haha

That's just in the USA. Civilized nations take care of their people, and healthcare is affordable.

if it takes 50 years to discover something might have mild side effects it can't have been that bad...

@@tsm688 The trouble is that something could have serious side effects but not be an obvious factor. People could be getting dangerously sick but no one would think to go "I wonder if they all eat food from cans that use a specific chemical in the plastic lining!" There are a lot of things we know are dangerous now that were thought to be safe for a really long time - for example, asbestos was commonly used for quite a lot longer than 50 years and it very much is that bad!