Food and Drink Venting your microwave meal.

**Rain Man** · 01-30-2013, 01:18 PM

Pretty much every microwave frozen meal I have says, "Slit the top film with a knife to vent." I look at it and then peel up the corner. I'm not going to get a knife out for that.

Is there a difference between peeling up the corner and slitting with a knife? Am I losing 20 or 30 International Flavor Units (IFUs - I just made that up) by not slitting it with a knife? It's so much easier to just peel the corner that I don't know why they don't just tell me to peel the corner. Do they perhaps have a partnership with the Big Knife companies?

Poll forthcoming.

okoye35chiefs · 01-30-2013, 01:19 PM

**The Franchise** · 01-30-2013, 01:19 PM

Kids meals are the ****ing worst.

Remove the cover except over the corn. Remove chicken nuggets. Microwave for a minute. Stir the mac and cheese. Put nuggets back in and cook for 2 minutes.

****ing hell.

okoye35chiefs · 01-30-2013, 01:19 PM

do you wash the knife after you cut the slit or do you put it back in the drawer?

Chief Roundup · 01-30-2013, 01:23 PM

I have a wife so no need for the microwave dinners.

Mr. Laz · 01-30-2013, 01:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chief Roundup

I have a wife so no need for the microwave dinners.

sexist bastige

Johnny Vegas · 01-30-2013, 01:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pestilence

Kids meals are the ****ing worst.

Remove the cover except over the corn. Remove chicken nuggets. Microwave for a minute. Stir the mac and cheese. Put nuggets back in and cook for 2 minutes.

****ing hell.

that deserves a tip. or a blowy from the wifey.

rageeumr · 01-30-2013, 01:26 PM

Use a knife, 2 second rinse, quick wipe with a paper towel, right back in the knife block.

Rasputin · 01-30-2013, 01:30 PM

I need a "stab it with a fork multiple times" option. To just poke holes in the top that is all. It vents it just fine that way. At the same time pretending it's someone you don't like so much helps revil the distane.

**Lumpy** · 01-30-2013, 01:30 PM

I slit the film, then toss the knife in soapy dishwater. Then I get really pissed that I have to clean the damn thing just so I could devour a disgusting tv dinner.

JBucc · 01-30-2013, 01:30 PM

There's the cardboard ones that tell you to peel up the corner, so I'm gonna assume its perfectly ok to do so and the rest of the TV dinner makers are in bed with big knife.

**mikeyis4dcats.** · 01-30-2013, 01:32 PM

Probably insignificant, but there could be some practical difference in venting through the center versus one corner.

**Rain Man** · 01-30-2013, 01:34 PM

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Originally Posted by KC Tattoo

I need a "stab it with a fork multiple times" option. To just poke holes in the top that is all. It vents it just fine that way. At the same time pretending it's someone you don't like so much helps revil the distane.

Oh, I forgot that option. I can see that as a reasonable approach, too.

T-Town · 01-30-2013, 01:35 PM

The cardboard ones I used to get just make you peel up the corner. $0.88 each FTW

**Canofbier** · 01-30-2013, 01:37 PM

I usually grab my nearest chef's knife and then swing it at the film (with my wrist) several times: POP! POP! POP! If I'm lucky, I still have all my fingers and my microwave meal is appropriately vented. Washing the knife? Nah, the food was still frozen, doesn't count.

View Poll Results: When getting ready to heat a frozen microwave meal, I...
Slit the film with a knife, per the explicit instructions on the box.	26	38.24%
Peel back the corner, because I'm a rebel without a cause.	25	36.76%
I never eat frozen microwave meals because I kill my own meat and vegetables.	13	19.12%
I've never learned to use a microwave. I have a lower back tattoo so I have to stay away.	4	5.88%
Voters: 68. You may not vote on this poll

01-30-2013, 01:18 PM
Rain Man Seize life. Be an ermine. Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: My house Casino cash: $-522449 VARSITY	Venting your microwave meal. Pretty much every microwave frozen meal I have says, "Slit the top film with a knife to vent." I look at it and then peel up the corner. I'm not going to get a knife out for that. Is there a difference between peeling up the corner and slitting with a knife? Am I losing 20 or 30 International Flavor Units (IFUs - I just made that up) by not slitting it with a knife? It's so much easier to just peel the corner that I don't know why they don't just tell me to peel the corner. Do they perhaps have a partnership with the Big Knife companies? Poll forthcoming.
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01-30-2013, 01:19 PM	#3
The Franchise Most Valuable Villain Join Date: Dec 2006 Casino cash: $2065047	Kids meals are the **ing worst. Remove the cover except over the corn. Remove chicken nuggets. Microwave for a minute. Stir the mac and cheese. Put nuggets back in and cook for 2 minutes. **ing hell.
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01-30-2013, 01:19 PM	#4
okoye35chiefs Starter Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Death Valley Casino cash: $10004900	do you wash the knife after you cut the slit or do you put it back in the drawer?
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01-30-2013, 01:23 PM	#5
Chief Roundup Admitted Planet Junky Join Date: Oct 2000 Casino cash: $-1428373	I have a wife so no need for the microwave dinners. __________________ Fanaticism is nowhere. There is no tenderness or humanity in fanaticism.
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01-30-2013, 01:26 PM	#8
rageeumr Veteran Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: St. Louis :( Casino cash: $9989900	Use a knife, 2 second rinse, quick wipe with a paper towel, right back in the knife block.
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01-30-2013, 01:30 PM	#9
Rasputin Tip of the hat LIV Champs Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: ks Casino cash: $195421	I need a "stab it with a fork multiple times" option. To just poke holes in the top that is all. It vents it just fine that way. At the same time pretending it's someone you don't like so much helps revil the distane.
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01-30-2013, 01:30 PM	#10
Lumpy Supporter Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: On a yellow brick road. Casino cash: $9434900	I slit the film, then toss the knife in soapy dishwater. Then I get really pissed that I have to clean the damn thing just so I could devour a disgusting tv dinner.
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01-30-2013, 01:30 PM	#11
JBucc MVP Join Date: Oct 2005 Casino cash: $10004952	There's the cardboard ones that tell you to peel up the corner, so I'm gonna assume its perfectly ok to do so and the rest of the TV dinner makers are in bed with big knife.
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01-30-2013, 01:32 PM	#12
mikeyis4dcats. Scarlett Johansson's boytoy Join Date: Nov 2006 Casino cash: $9555998	Probably insignificant, but there could be some practical difference in venting through the center versus one corner. __________________
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01-30-2013, 01:35 PM	#14
T-Town Starter Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Dayton Ohio Casino cash: $6286724	The cardboard ones I used to get just make you peel up the corner. $0.88 each FTW
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01-30-2013, 01:37 PM	#15
Canofbier ¡RIOS MIO! Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Minneapolis Casino cash: $3846981	I usually grab my nearest chef's knife and then swing it at the film (with my wrist) several times: POP! POP! POP! If I'm lucky, I still have all my fingers and my microwave meal is appropriately vented. Washing the knife? Nah, the food was still frozen, doesn't count.
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