The Magical Uses of Insulation Cups: Cooking Noodles, Cooking Porridge, Cooking Eggs
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, which is not only simple and easy, but also super economical.
Can you cook noodles in a thermos? This sounds incredible, and the reporter from the Curiosity Lab decided to do this experiment by himself. Unexpectedly, it worked. I "cooked" a bowl of noodles in 20 minutes, "cooked" a bowl of black rice and red dates porridge in an hour and a half, and "cooked" an egg in 60 minutes.
Experiment 1: Cook noodles in a thermos cup
Experimental props: thermos cup, electric kettle, noodles, eggs, a green cabbage
Before the experiment, the reporter went to the supermarket to buy a vacuum travel thermos. Later, the reporter bought green vegetables and noodles, ready to start experiments.
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 400g noodles;
3. Crack the eggs, pour the egg yolks and egg whites into the cup; 4. Tear a little green vegetables by hand, add salt and MSG, etc., then cover the cup.
It was 11 o'clock in the morning. Ten minutes later, when the reporter opened the thermos cup, he first smelled a fresh smell of green vegetables. The reporter poured the noodles into the bowl and observed carefully. The noodles seemed to be cooked, and the vegetables were cooked, but the egg yolks were not completely solidified, about eight mature. In order to make the taste better, the reporter added some Laoganma into it.
The reporter tasted it, and the taste was really good. The noodles tasted soft and smooth. Perhaps because of the small space in the thermos cup, the noodles were heated unevenly. Some noodles tasted slightly hard, and some noodles were sticking together. However, it was generally successful. The reporter calculated the cost. An egg is 5 cents, a handful of noodles is 8 cents, and a green vegetable is 4 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. In addition to cooking noodles in a thermos, can they cook porridge? So, the reporter decided to "cook" a bowl of black rice and red jujube porridge with a thermos cup.
Experiment 2: Cooking black rice and red jujube porridge in a vacuum flask
Experimental props: thermos cup, electric kettle, rice, black rice, red dates
The reporter still boiled a pot of boiling water with an electric kettle. After washing the rice and black rice, put them into a thermos cup, then put two red dates, pour boiling water, and cover the cup. It was exactly 12 noon. An hour later, the reporter opened the lid of the thermos cup and smelled a faint aroma of red dates. The reporter stirred it with chopsticks and felt that the porridge was not very thick at this time, so he covered the lid 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 the 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 were completely "cooked" and swelled, and the red dates were also boiled. . The reporter put two rock candies in it, tasted it, and it tasted really good.
Later, the reporter took another egg for the experiment. After 60 minutes, the egg was also cooked.
It seems that using a thermos cup for "cooking" noodles or "cooking" porridge works and tastes good. Busy office workers, if you are used to eating in the cafeteria and are afraid of the high cost of eating out, you can try making a lunch with a thermos!