For office workers, what to eat for breakfast and lunch every day is a very tangled matter. Is there a fresh, easy and cheap way to eat good food? It has been circulated on the Internet that you can cook noodles in a thermos cup, which is not only simple and easy, but also super economical.
Can noodles be cooked in a thermos cup? This sounds unbelievable, and the reporter from Curiosity Lab decided to do this experiment by himself. Unexpectedly, it worked. A bowl of noodles was “cooked” in 20 minutes, a bowl of black rice and red date porridge was “cooked” in an hour and a half, and an egg was “cooked” in 60 minutes.
Experiment 1: Cooking noodles in a thermos cup
Experimental props: thermos cup, electric kettle, noodles, eggs, a vegetable
Before the experiment, the reporter first went to the supermarket and bought a vacuum travel thermos. Later, the reporter bought green vegetables and noodles, ready to start the experiment.
experiment procedure:
1. Use an electric kettle to boil a pot of boiling water;
2. The reporter poured half a cup of boiling water into the thermos cup, and then put a handful of dried noodles in the cup. The amount depends on the person’s food intake and the size of the thermos cup. The reporter put about a quarter of the amount of 400g noodles;
3. Crack the eggs, pour the egg yolk and egg white into the cup; 4. Tear a little green vegetables by hand, add salt and monosodium glutamate, etc., and then cover the cup.
It was 11 o’clock in the morning. Ten minutes later, the reporter opened the thermos, and first smelled a fresh smell of vegetables. The reporter poured the noodles into a bowl and observed carefully. The noodles seemed to be cooked, and the vegetables were also cooked, but the egg yolk was not completely solidified, and it looked about half ripe. In order to make the taste better, the reporter added some Laoganma into it.
The reporter took a sip, and the taste was really good. The noodles tasted soft and smooth. Perhaps because of the small space in the vacuum flask, the noodles were heated unevenly, some of the noodles were slightly hard, and some noodles were stuck together. Overall, though, it was a success. The reporter calculated the cost. An egg costs 50 cents, a handful of noodles costs 80 cents, and a vegetable costs 40 cents. The total is only 1.7 yuan, and you can eat a bowl of noodles with good taste.
Some people don’t like to eat noodles. Besides cooking noodles in a thermos, can they cook porridge? So, the reporter decided to “cook” a bowl of porridge with black rice and red dates in a thermos cup.
Experiment 2: Cook black rice and red dates porridge in a thermos cup
Experimental props: thermos cup, electric kettle, rice, black rice, red dates
The reporter still boiled a pot of boiling water with an electric kettle, washed the rice and black rice, put them into a thermos cup, then put two red dates, poured boiling water, and covered the cup. It was exactly 12 noon. An hour later, the reporter opened the lid of the thermos cup and smelled a faint scent of red dates. The reporter stirred it with chopsticks and felt that the porridge was not very thick at this time, so he covered it and simmered for another half an hour.
Half an hour later, the reporter opened the lid of the thermos cup. At this time, the aroma of red dates was already very strong, so the reporter poured the black rice porridge into the bowl, and saw that the black rice and rice had been completely “cooked” and swelled, and the red dates were also boiled. . The reporter put two rock candies in it and tasted it. It tasted really good.
Later, the reporter took another egg for experiment. After 60 minutes, the egg was cooked.
It seems that whether it is “cooking” noodles or “cooking” porridge with a thermos cup, it works, and the taste is also good. Busy office workers, if you are used to eating in canteens, but you are afraid of the high cost of eating out, you can try to use a thermos cup for lunch!
Post time: Jan-02-2023