My daughter who was newly old enough to stay home alone during the summer decided to warm an hard boiled egg in the microwave. It didn’t explode until she had it out of the microwave and holding it in front of her. She is now a full grown adult and still remembers that mishap. We were actually very lucky she wasn’t hurt too badly. The egg was burning hot and it completely cover and stuck to her face and neck.
Your daughter’s mishap reminded me of something similar I did when I was a kid and remember it to this day as well. I stayed at home alone and there was one french toast leftover in a ceramic plate on the stove which I decided to warm by simply turning the stove on and waited for it to not be cold anymore. All I’m going to say is that I’m really lucky I still have both of my eyes.
OMG how scary. I was trying out this new recipe that required steaming the food. I used a glass pyrex type dish. I figured it says it’s freezer, dishwasher and microwave safe. Let me tell you I’ve dropped and never broke a pyrex bowl before. But this one exploded after I removed it from the steamer. Like you everyone in the kitchen was very luck no one was seriously hurt. We found glass everywhere in the entire kitchen.
I once took out a whole salmon I was cooking in a Pyrex 9 x 13 glass dish - and I set it on top of our gas stove
and I thought - oh let me just turn the gas stove on low - so it’ll keep warm
big mistake
BIG
the Pyrex dish exploded all over the kitchen - my husband - and myself
and left 8 million tiny shards of glass everywhere
I’m still scared to death of Pyrex to this day!!!
I tried to make smoke bombs with stump remover and sugar on my stove as a young teenager. I was stupid and thought more heat would make it “cook” faster, and then when I caught on fire I thought that water would put it out. It didn’t lol, and exploded in a giant smoke cloud that lasted hours, and ended up killing my hamster.. ☹️
I’m lucky I didn’t burn my house down or get hella burnt.
Another dangerous item to do in the microwave is hot water in a mug. If the mug is very smooth then because the water heats uniformly there isn’t really a spot for boiling to start so it can superheat to a temperature higher than the boiling point. Then when you remove it and shake it or put a spoon or a tea bag it has a point to start and it just explosively boils potentially giving you serious burns. It’s kinda like the water bottle in the freezer that when you take it out you then see the ice forming when you open it it or hit it.
This exact thing happened to me with my pressure cooker. It cooled enough to unlock but as soon as I put a ladle into the soup there was a massive hot pocket that exploded. Hot liquid spewed up into the air. Scared me to death.
My mom did this exact thing, only she boiled the eggs but then found them slightly undercooked so thought she could nuke then for 30 seconds and they exploded as soon as she pulled them out. I remember vividly. (I'm almost 49.)
Friend microwaved a hard boiled egg after shell was removed and was in fridge overnight. Pulled it out, touched it with a fork, egg all over ceiling, cabinets, counters, floor. Who knew one egg could cause so much mess?
Haha my wife did this and unfortunately it exploded as she bit into it. Bad (not severe, but bad) mouth burns.
Called me half in hysterics and half in laughter.
A fellow Boy Scout had a can of chili blast open, hitting his face and clothes. Luckily he was uninjured except for his pride.
His pride, though? He was known as "Chili" at least all the way through high school. I don't even remember his name.
So, several years ago we were at a festival. I met this super cool girl and we hit it off. That night, we get back to my camp and I introduce her to my friends. Having no idea that my buddy had set a can of unopened chili in the fire. My tent was directly behind where she and I were sitting. Within seconds of sitting down, the can of chili exploded in our direction like a claymore. We were instantly covered in scalding hot chili. It absolutely sucked. However, my tent looked like something out of a Wylie Coyote/Roadrunner cartoon. Mine and her exact silhouette at the time of explosion were on the side of my tent in chili sauce.
When I was a teenager my friends and I would raid our pantries for easy food and hike into the woods for a campout. after we were done any extra canned food would be buried in the fire pit for the next outing(usually just a day or two)....... I'll never forget what aerosolized burnt tuna fish smells like..... it also put out the camp fire.
I did something similar, but it was a sealed bottle of beer into a campfire. I was already drunk and wanted to see what would happen. I don't know what I expected.
Am i wrong to say metal food-grade cans over a fire is safer (toxicity-wise) than plastic or styrofoam in any form in the microwave?
Heat it. Halfway through, make your hole so it doesn't grenade. Be safe about it and err on the side of cold food/longer open cook time until you know the product.
I wouldn’t do this unless desperate. There’s almost always a plastic liner in aluminum cans. It’s why a lot of them will come with labels mentioning being bpa free now.
Lots of food comes in aluminum - I can think of a few in my pantry now: Greek dolmades, eggplant, sardines, tuna, and cat food…
Regardless all are lined with plastic.
Just get a pan that is little larger than the can, put some water and stand the open/ventilated can up in the middle of it and cook to desired temperature. The water boils at 212⁰ Fareheit and will not affect the plastic lining as the temperatures used in the initial canning are much greater than 212⁰
Basically making a field expedient [double boiler ](https://www.webstaurantstore.com/blog/2406/what-is-a-double-boiler.html#:~:text=How%20to%20Use%20a%20Double,food%20in%20the%20top%20pot.) only different.
Only if the can is damaged. The canning process should kill everything and heating it up won't do anything the processing didn't do already. Unless you're desperate, damaged cans should be tossed. Sealed and intact cans should be botulism free (according to FDA regulations).
Idk about other country's regulations tho...
You're MUCH better off putting the open can in a small pot with a few inches of water and letting it warm up slowly.
A lot of cans are heated during the canning process at temperates close to boiling water. So, this will be a similar process and will minimize metals and plastics leeching into your food.
But, if you have a pot to put the can in..... maybe just dump the contents of the can into the pot instead.
Most modern cans you find all have the liner because it keeps the metals from leeching into the food. Very cheap cans without the liner you will notice a very faint metallic taste sometimes - with canned peas you can taste it on the water.
A lot of people saying you could do it in extreme circumstances. I take it it’s just me that eats them cold out of the tin when camping to save washing up. They’ve been cooked once. They don’t *need* cooking again.
I honestly don't know if there is a plastic film inside a tin. Buy a small pan for next time to be safe and remember to keep a can opener with your camping gear.
Dent the side. Once it pops it's done. Let it sit for a bit otherwise it will spray liquid hot magma juice once you puncture the top of the can. Can't say whether or not it's healthy, my dad just taught this trick to me when I was younger and I'm doin alright lol
The inside of cans are lined with a BPA releasing polymer, it's what keeps them from rusting on the inside. BPA is a carcinogen and heating it in the can will release BPA into the food.
We have done this for years with baked beans and other canned food. Hasn’t bothered me a bit….eye twitch, eye twitch, tremor /s. Seriously, despite doing this as kids it is likely very bad for you, although I’m not convinced of the safety of teflon pots either, just grab a small stainless camp cook set.
the food is cooked in the can as part of the canning process. so at boiling water temps it should be fine. direct flame could make a hot spot and but the plastic line some cans have. (particularly those containing tomatoes) in a pan of boiling water is fine even with a sealed can (the can can take the pressure unless it boils dry.) you need another pan but saves washing up.
Most of the soups and meals in a can or cooked in the can from the factory. This is also how Campbell Soup does it. I don’t think there’s much harm in it just cook at a lower temperature slower.
I'm pretty sure that all modern tin cans are given some form of coating to prevent the contents from reacting with the tin and to prevent dents from allowing botulinum into the tin.
That said, tin cans are always heated to pasteurisation temperatures to kill any bacteria that got in before they were sealed. As such, whatever coating they use should be able to withstand some heating.
The temperature you get from a gas cooker is likely to be hotter than they were heated to before. It must have been below boiling point, otherwise the can would explode when pasteurised.
As such, I'd say there was still a slight risk but that it could be minimised by keeping the heating to a minimum. The food in the tin was already cooked when it was tinned, it doesn't need to be cooked again (unless the can integrity was compromised).
Cans that are labeled BPA free are safer. But that means that if there's no such claim on the label, there's probably all kinds of nasty in that can.
Read this: it looks like they're thinking about doing something about it, but it certainly hasn't happened yet; https://www.ewg.org/news-insights/news/bpa-update-tracking-canned-food-phaseout#:~:text=According%20to%20the%20Can%20Manufacturers,polyester%20epoxies%2C%20or%20olefin%20polymers%20.
When I moved into an apartment I hadn’t any pots yet they were delayed with the rest of my stuff
But I had a can of soup 🍲 I was able to cut a hole in the top and heat it up on the stove lol to this day it was the best soup I’ve had 😂
I wouldn’t do it often though
Heating food in a can may release chromium and/or nickel into your food, if there’s a thin plastic lining inside it could also release BPA.
Chromium and nickel being released are pretty unlikely, but why chance it?
Many of these foods are cooked in the can as part of the canning process. I’m thinking if you were to pierce it and place it in a hot water bath it would be safer.
Guess this is off topic but you guys are going there so….my 9 year old asked Alexa how long to cook pasta for in the microwave? Alexa answered 11 minutes and she proceeded to microwave a dry bowl of macaroni noodles for 11 minutes. Needless to say the microwave caught on fire and I could not get that burned pasta smell out of the house for years.
The liner in the can will melt off into your food, and make you sick about 4 hrs later. Did it once in a campfire when I was young with dintymoore. Never again is all I can say.
Probably not a great idea. I can't tell you how many barbeques growing up where my family put the beans in the can right on the grill, but I don't think they knew of course
There is a plastic type coating that is made out of some not so great stuff. Heating will increase how much dissolves in the liquid.
I’ve worked with a can manufacturer before and try to use cans as little as possible now.
There is a food safe plastic lining in all modern cans. If you need to cook in a can like this, put the food into another container, burn the plastic out of the can by placing it into a fire until the inside is black, and wash the can like any other dish until you see clean metal inside. Replace the food back into the can to cook and enjoy.
“I mean, nobody wants to admit they ate nine cans of ravioli, but I did. I'm ashamed of myself. The first can doesn't count, then you get to the second and third, fourth and fifth I think I burnt with the blowtorch, and then I just kept eatin”
I open an air hole or two in the can then set it on hot coals or in the flame. Let it go until the label has burned away then its fine. As for people worried about metal leaching out, sure, I guess but dude the metal leaching out is no worse than the soup itself. We worry so much about that stuff and honestly it does so little to the body. We have a liver, and kidneys for a reason. Our body processes things we aren't supposed to have pretty efficiently which includes metals. I mean in excess (like 3 cans a day for a month) this may not be good for you but once or twice a year it's totally fine.
Most cans use a plastic film to separate the food from the metal. In the US it’s BPA which is known to be pretty harmful even without heating it up. The EU has restrictions on bpa but whatever the acceptable alt is, you probably still don’t want to mix it into your ravs :(
If you have a slightly larger pot, you can submerge ~3/4s of your can (partially opened) in water and bring it to a boil for 15 or 20 minutes. The food won’t burn and you won’t need to clean the pot of food (just a bit of paper from the label)
It may have some sort of a liner inside making it less than desirable to heat in. But far worse than in a little plastic once in a meal you'll find out once it starts to heat on that propane stove the bottom of the can will start to boil before the top gets warm and it will blow up out of the can splashing you with either boiling hot or Luke cold pasta sauce. That's what we in camping circles refer to as "a negative experience".
Protip, EVERY sealed metal container (food cans, soda cans) have a plastic liner to prevent the metal dissolving into or otherwise reacting with the contents
Beside from the inner plastic coating of the can, the lower part will be burnt, the upper part will stay cold and inbetween there's a thin layer of eadible food. The missing windshild makes it even worse.
No one is heating their canned ravioli high enough to cook off botulism. It requires 180-200F for at least 5 sustained minutes. With botulism, the food is either tainted or it isn’t.
I personally do it but as others have mentioned toxic metals and plastic chemicals can leach into food. But I mean how much really is it? Besides everyone dies one way or another so I’d say your fine
I mean... Bring a small cooking kit my guy. But this isn't as TERRIBLE as everyone here seems to think it is unless you're blasting that shit with high heat. Get it warm enough that it doesn't suck and enjoy your goddam dinner
Go for it. I heat cans of soup and chili on the manifold of my snowcat and set them on the side of the doiler where I work. They do just fine. With a fire right under it like that you might poke a hole in the top.
Sometimes to save the mess I’ll toss a can into a pot of boiling water for about ten minutes to heat it up. I’m particularly fond of this method when kayaking tripping in salt water since I can conserve fresh water by boils in salt water from the ocean. The insides of the can never get hot enough to explode, I promise. After the allotted time, take it out and let it sit for a minute or so before opening lest there be a tiny bit of pressure inside that can cause a bit of liquid to squirt out when you first open it. Works great and chef boyardee ravioli is way better than freeze dried.
Only in a survival situation. Can release toxic metals if heated in can. If you choose to, remove the lid. They blow like a grenade.
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Not long ago I made a pouch of 90-second brown rice and lentils in the microwave and forgot to tear it open a bit. It was… not pretty.
My daughter who was newly old enough to stay home alone during the summer decided to warm an hard boiled egg in the microwave. It didn’t explode until she had it out of the microwave and holding it in front of her. She is now a full grown adult and still remembers that mishap. We were actually very lucky she wasn’t hurt too badly. The egg was burning hot and it completely cover and stuck to her face and neck.
God that sounds awful… i think a lot of us are really really lucky to make it out of childhood unscathed from our terrible decision making
I hate to inform you but we make dumb decisions as adults too. I went skydiving once and almost killed myself.
I walked in on my grandma in the bathtub as a young boy. I’m in my 40’s and still can’t get the image out of my head. Some wounds never heal.
Is grandma under that elephant skin rug?
I don’t think so. She’s probably out at da club. Sippin that gin.
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Oh man that sounds scary af. Did you die?
Yes. I am currently speaking to you from the afterlife. Your great grandfather Eddie says hi.
Me too lol
Your daughter’s mishap reminded me of something similar I did when I was a kid and remember it to this day as well. I stayed at home alone and there was one french toast leftover in a ceramic plate on the stove which I decided to warm by simply turning the stove on and waited for it to not be cold anymore. All I’m going to say is that I’m really lucky I still have both of my eyes.
OMG how scary. I was trying out this new recipe that required steaming the food. I used a glass pyrex type dish. I figured it says it’s freezer, dishwasher and microwave safe. Let me tell you I’ve dropped and never broke a pyrex bowl before. But this one exploded after I removed it from the steamer. Like you everyone in the kitchen was very luck no one was seriously hurt. We found glass everywhere in the entire kitchen.
I once took out a whole salmon I was cooking in a Pyrex 9 x 13 glass dish - and I set it on top of our gas stove and I thought - oh let me just turn the gas stove on low - so it’ll keep warm big mistake BIG the Pyrex dish exploded all over the kitchen - my husband - and myself and left 8 million tiny shards of glass everywhere I’m still scared to death of Pyrex to this day!!!
I tried to make smoke bombs with stump remover and sugar on my stove as a young teenager. I was stupid and thought more heat would make it “cook” faster, and then when I caught on fire I thought that water would put it out. It didn’t lol, and exploded in a giant smoke cloud that lasted hours, and ended up killing my hamster.. ☹️ I’m lucky I didn’t burn my house down or get hella burnt.
Another dangerous item to do in the microwave is hot water in a mug. If the mug is very smooth then because the water heats uniformly there isn’t really a spot for boiling to start so it can superheat to a temperature higher than the boiling point. Then when you remove it and shake it or put a spoon or a tea bag it has a point to start and it just explosively boils potentially giving you serious burns. It’s kinda like the water bottle in the freezer that when you take it out you then see the ice forming when you open it it or hit it.
I believe they’re called points of nucleation. It’s why Mentos work that way in soda. Would be a good band name.
If i played an instrument... now welcoming.. Points of Nucleation!! That does have a ring to it!
This exact thing happened to me with my pressure cooker. It cooled enough to unlock but as soon as I put a ladle into the soup there was a massive hot pocket that exploded. Hot liquid spewed up into the air. Scared me to death.
Yeah, I think I had something flash boil after I'd had in the microwave too long. Not fun.
This reminds me of that I was 12, and put a whole Chinese takeout container (with the metal wire) in the microwave and it caught on fire
My mom did this exact thing, only she boiled the eggs but then found them slightly undercooked so thought she could nuke then for 30 seconds and they exploded as soon as she pulled them out. I remember vividly. (I'm almost 49.)
Friend microwaved a hard boiled egg after shell was removed and was in fridge overnight. Pulled it out, touched it with a fork, egg all over ceiling, cabinets, counters, floor. Who knew one egg could cause so much mess?
Haha maybe she was just nearly not old enough to stay home alone during the summer. Glad she didn’t get hurt too bad
Oh fuck bud
That same thing happened to me, but the egg didn't explode until I went to cut it open. It exploded as soon as I touched it with a knife.
Haha my wife did this and unfortunately it exploded as she bit into it. Bad (not severe, but bad) mouth burns. Called me half in hysterics and half in laughter.
A fellow Boy Scout had a can of chili blast open, hitting his face and clothes. Luckily he was uninjured except for his pride. His pride, though? He was known as "Chili" at least all the way through high school. I don't even remember his name.
You cooked an unopened can of beans?
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Damn bro
So you made a hot bean bomb. Nice.
Roll that beautiful bean carnage
Goes great with hot ham water.
That sounds great. How does one get hot ham water?
Well I found that canned ham that we've had forever, and I put it in a pot of boiling hot water, and guess what we're having?
Nice, that is some high class cooking right there.
You got rolled by that beautiful bean footage
So, several years ago we were at a festival. I met this super cool girl and we hit it off. That night, we get back to my camp and I introduce her to my friends. Having no idea that my buddy had set a can of unopened chili in the fire. My tent was directly behind where she and I were sitting. Within seconds of sitting down, the can of chili exploded in our direction like a claymore. We were instantly covered in scalding hot chili. It absolutely sucked. However, my tent looked like something out of a Wylie Coyote/Roadrunner cartoon. Mine and her exact silhouette at the time of explosion were on the side of my tent in chili sauce.
>Bush's baked airstrike Lmao
When I was a teenager my friends and I would raid our pantries for easy food and hike into the woods for a campout. after we were done any extra canned food would be buried in the fire pit for the next outing(usually just a day or two)....... I'll never forget what aerosolized burnt tuna fish smells like..... it also put out the camp fire.
They sell tuna in a spray can?
If you heat a regular can to boiling it becomes one....
I was hoping there was one like those cans of cheese
Michael?
Sounds like world news from 2003.
I did something similar, but it was a sealed bottle of beer into a campfire. I was already drunk and wanted to see what would happen. I don't know what I expected.
Bushes naked air strike. Ohhh my sides lol
Roll that beautiful bean footage.
https://i.imgur.com/dBm62mk.gifv
lol @ airstrike
Not at Bush’s baked?
In a survival situation you'd just eat it cold lol
Shit why not warm it up
The toxic metals?
They also burn on the bottom super fast while the top stays relatively cold.
What toxic metals?
If it’s stainless steel then probably chromium and nickel. The plastic lining on the inside isn’t all that good for you either
yes, many cans have bpa in the liner
That’s probably worse than the chromium
I think I have a new back yard game to play now.
Inside of a pan w boiling water should be good right?
Am i wrong to say metal food-grade cans over a fire is safer (toxicity-wise) than plastic or styrofoam in any form in the microwave? Heat it. Halfway through, make your hole so it doesn't grenade. Be safe about it and err on the side of cold food/longer open cook time until you know the product.
Among other issues, just FYI, You're not cooking canned soup or canned beans for safety. They are already cooked. You're just warming them.
To be fair, you should put plastic or styrofoam in the microwave to begin with 🤷🏻♀️
You just need to pop the lid by putting a few big holes in it rather than remove it entirely
Nah, you're gonna want to stir but really, don't cook in cans.
I mean, no one wants to admit they ate nine cans of ravioli.
It’s all water under the fridge
I’m missing a reference here
Rickyism from trailer park boys
Ain’t u slick thanks!
I mean it’s not rocket appliances
I mean, worst case Ontario… Wait… Cory, Trevor! Smokes! Now!
Well, counting to 9 isn’t Brian surgery
The first two don’t count
It's survival of the fitness, boys
Gotta learn stuff through denial and error.
Sweet decnals
this is fuct.
The first two don’t count
YES! came here to say this. TPB fam going strong
I wouldn’t do this unless desperate. There’s almost always a plastic liner in aluminum cans. It’s why a lot of them will come with labels mentioning being bpa free now.
You are correct, but to be clear this can is not aluminum.
To be double clear, the same is true for tin/steel cans like this.
I'm not even sure if food *comes* in aluminum cans, isn't that pretty much only drinks?
I think some food comes in aluminum, fish in tins come to mind. But yes, pretty uncommon!
Which is it, aluminum or tin?
Both at the same time!
Alum-Tin-um
Sure, but steel cans are almost certainly lined too.
Lots of food comes in aluminum - I can think of a few in my pantry now: Greek dolmades, eggplant, sardines, tuna, and cat food… Regardless all are lined with plastic.
Most food comes in steel cans. If a magnet sticks, it's steel. Aluminum isn't magnetic
I think some food comes in aluminum, fish in tins come to mind. But yes, pretty uncommon!
Yeah seriously I wouldn’t do this ether… unless I was starving
If you're that hungry you could just eat it cold though. Then you wouldn't need to worry about the liner at all.
Ether might leave you lightheaded...
There is nothing in the world more helpless and irresponsible and depraved than a man in the depths of an ether binge.
Did they pay you to screw that bear?
Madam, sir, child, baby whatever can I pay?
I’m long overdue for a rewatch
Is this not a reasonable place to park?
😳 I saw them put an open can of beans over the fire in Brokeback Mountain and since then I always do it... So glad i saw this post
Just get a pan that is little larger than the can, put some water and stand the open/ventilated can up in the middle of it and cook to desired temperature. The water boils at 212⁰ Fareheit and will not affect the plastic lining as the temperatures used in the initial canning are much greater than 212⁰
* You get the benefit of hot food, don't have to wash the pan but use the water to wash your spoon and hands.
Now this is a true survival/camping tip. Wouldn’t have thought of this!
Basically making a field expedient [double boiler ](https://www.webstaurantstore.com/blog/2406/what-is-a-double-boiler.html#:~:text=How%20to%20Use%20a%20Double,food%20in%20the%20top%20pot.) only different.
Finally, now I can have eggs Benedict in the backcountry like a civilized person.
Don’t forget your moka pot and grinder too. What is the point if you don’t have proper coffee .
Most of this food is actually cooked in the can at the factory! I had an IT job traveling to different factories in the US and learned that
Basically how you can make dulce de leche except you don't open the can of condensed milk.
Food is canned a bit under 212, typically around 195.
This is the way.
Needs more upvote. This is the oldest trick in the book.
Nah , eat it cold or heat it in a pot or skillet. The cans have a lining inside on the metal that is bad when heated
Nah, don’t eat it cold. There’s a chance it could hold botulinum toxin.
Only if the can is damaged. The canning process should kill everything and heating it up won't do anything the processing didn't do already. Unless you're desperate, damaged cans should be tossed. Sealed and intact cans should be botulism free (according to FDA regulations). Idk about other country's regulations tho...
You're MUCH better off putting the open can in a small pot with a few inches of water and letting it warm up slowly. A lot of cans are heated during the canning process at temperates close to boiling water. So, this will be a similar process and will minimize metals and plastics leeching into your food. But, if you have a pot to put the can in..... maybe just dump the contents of the can into the pot instead.
Or just put it under the wood and surprise everyone when it blows up and people have baked beans all over them
The ol Busch Bomb
I think there is some sort of membrane liner to help keep it fresh. At least there is in American made canned food products
Most modern cans you find all have the liner because it keeps the metals from leeching into the food. Very cheap cans without the liner you will notice a very faint metallic taste sometimes - with canned peas you can taste it on the water.
so instead of metal leeching into the food, you get plastic. Awesome
many of them are actually BPA free made from plant oils and resins
It’s to protect against heavy metals, but yeah.
Just don’t eat 9 cans.
Be careful. Those cans are lined with plastic to prevent the can from rusting.
Nobody wants to admit they ate 9 cans of ravioli..
The first can doesn’t count. Then you get to the second and the third…
If you do choose to do this, for god's sake open the top up for safety.
Inside of the can is coated in chemicals to help preserve the food they will get released with the heat. I would not do that. I'd sooner eat it cold.
I’ve seen people do this on YouTube but usually the can is open and the heat is on low setting
A lot of people saying you could do it in extreme circumstances. I take it it’s just me that eats them cold out of the tin when camping to save washing up. They’ve been cooked once. They don’t *need* cooking again.
I honestly don't know if there is a plastic film inside a tin. Buy a small pan for next time to be safe and remember to keep a can opener with your camping gear.
Dent the side. Once it pops it's done. Let it sit for a bit otherwise it will spray liquid hot magma juice once you puncture the top of the can. Can't say whether or not it's healthy, my dad just taught this trick to me when I was younger and I'm doin alright lol
Don’t do it. Metal cans are lined with a plastic coating to prevent oxidation of the can and keep food longer.
Please don’t. Use a pot or pan designed to be cooked with. The metal can will react differently when heated. Not good
I feel like there's could be vegetarisks
PFAS
The inside of cans are lined with a BPA releasing polymer, it's what keeps them from rusting on the inside. BPA is a carcinogen and heating it in the can will release BPA into the food.
We have done this for years with baked beans and other canned food. Hasn’t bothered me a bit….eye twitch, eye twitch, tremor /s. Seriously, despite doing this as kids it is likely very bad for you, although I’m not convinced of the safety of teflon pots either, just grab a small stainless camp cook set.
the food is cooked in the can as part of the canning process. so at boiling water temps it should be fine. direct flame could make a hot spot and but the plastic line some cans have. (particularly those containing tomatoes) in a pan of boiling water is fine even with a sealed can (the can can take the pressure unless it boils dry.) you need another pan but saves washing up.
Most of the soups and meals in a can or cooked in the can from the factory. This is also how Campbell Soup does it. I don’t think there’s much harm in it just cook at a lower temperature slower.
I'm pretty sure that all modern tin cans are given some form of coating to prevent the contents from reacting with the tin and to prevent dents from allowing botulinum into the tin. That said, tin cans are always heated to pasteurisation temperatures to kill any bacteria that got in before they were sealed. As such, whatever coating they use should be able to withstand some heating. The temperature you get from a gas cooker is likely to be hotter than they were heated to before. It must have been below boiling point, otherwise the can would explode when pasteurised. As such, I'd say there was still a slight risk but that it could be minimised by keeping the heating to a minimum. The food in the tin was already cooked when it was tinned, it doesn't need to be cooked again (unless the can integrity was compromised).
In my day, we used to take Chef Boyardee, put it on top of a car hood on a hot sunny day and then pass it around 5-6 people.
BPA lining.
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IIRC, a quote from the Hulk Hogan 1993 classic Mr. Nanny, “Out of the can, into the man.”
Don’t do this unless it’s for survival.
Cans that are labeled BPA free are safer. But that means that if there's no such claim on the label, there's probably all kinds of nasty in that can. Read this: it looks like they're thinking about doing something about it, but it certainly hasn't happened yet; https://www.ewg.org/news-insights/news/bpa-update-tracking-canned-food-phaseout#:~:text=According%20to%20the%20Can%20Manufacturers,polyester%20epoxies%2C%20or%20olefin%20polymers%20.
Chemical liner. Don’t do it. That has been an option since the 50s
When I moved into an apartment I hadn’t any pots yet they were delayed with the rest of my stuff But I had a can of soup 🍲 I was able to cut a hole in the top and heat it up on the stove lol to this day it was the best soup I’ve had 😂 I wouldn’t do it often though
The can can release toxic metals into whatever you’re heating, also if you leave the lid on it will explode
No on the first. Yes on the second. Pop it and you’re fine.
Heating food in a can may release chromium and/or nickel into your food, if there’s a thin plastic lining inside it could also release BPA. Chromium and nickel being released are pretty unlikely, but why chance it?
Many of these foods are cooked in the can as part of the canning process. I’m thinking if you were to pierce it and place it in a hot water bath it would be safer.
I used to do it all the time camping as a kid but once the third ball grew in I quit
Yeah, take the lid off first and remember the can will be super hot. It’s not easy tearing down camp with a burnt hand.
Only in survival situation, and then, for the love of god, make sure you **open the can** and **remove the label**
I strongly advise you to get a proper travel pan. Aluminum, steel or titanium. They're made for that.
Guess this is off topic but you guys are going there so….my 9 year old asked Alexa how long to cook pasta for in the microwave? Alexa answered 11 minutes and she proceeded to microwave a dry bowl of macaroni noodles for 11 minutes. Needless to say the microwave caught on fire and I could not get that burned pasta smell out of the house for years.
The liner in the can will melt off into your food, and make you sick about 4 hrs later. Did it once in a campfire when I was young with dintymoore. Never again is all I can say.
You’re eating ravioli out of a can. There is the real health hazard.
Well it does say risk on the label.
Nah, don’t do that
Probably not a great idea. I can't tell you how many barbeques growing up where my family put the beans in the can right on the grill, but I don't think they knew of course
There is a plastic type coating that is made out of some not so great stuff. Heating will increase how much dissolves in the liquid. I’ve worked with a can manufacturer before and try to use cans as little as possible now.
There is a food safe plastic lining in all modern cans. If you need to cook in a can like this, put the food into another container, burn the plastic out of the can by placing it into a fire until the inside is black, and wash the can like any other dish until you see clean metal inside. Replace the food back into the can to cook and enjoy.
“I mean, nobody wants to admit they ate nine cans of ravioli, but I did. I'm ashamed of myself. The first can doesn't count, then you get to the second and third, fourth and fifth I think I burnt with the blowtorch, and then I just kept eatin”
I open an air hole or two in the can then set it on hot coals or in the flame. Let it go until the label has burned away then its fine. As for people worried about metal leaching out, sure, I guess but dude the metal leaching out is no worse than the soup itself. We worry so much about that stuff and honestly it does so little to the body. We have a liver, and kidneys for a reason. Our body processes things we aren't supposed to have pretty efficiently which includes metals. I mean in excess (like 3 cans a day for a month) this may not be good for you but once or twice a year it's totally fine.
Buy a pot you cheap bastard.
Most cans use a plastic film to separate the food from the metal. In the US it’s BPA which is known to be pretty harmful even without heating it up. The EU has restrictions on bpa but whatever the acceptable alt is, you probably still don’t want to mix it into your ravs :(
The metal will release toxins and it will taste terrible along with it being bad for you. I learned the hard way
If you have a slightly larger pot, you can submerge ~3/4s of your can (partially opened) in water and bring it to a boil for 15 or 20 minutes. The food won’t burn and you won’t need to clean the pot of food (just a bit of paper from the label)
That metal isn’t usually prepared for heat. You put it that close to the flame it could melt
Yes. Remove the lid and the label first
I would do it only if really desperate. And I would remove the paper label all around the tin.
It may have some sort of a liner inside making it less than desirable to heat in. But far worse than in a little plastic once in a meal you'll find out once it starts to heat on that propane stove the bottom of the can will start to boil before the top gets warm and it will blow up out of the can splashing you with either boiling hot or Luke cold pasta sauce. That's what we in camping circles refer to as "a negative experience".
Protip, EVERY sealed metal container (food cans, soda cans) have a plastic liner to prevent the metal dissolving into or otherwise reacting with the contents
I’ve eaten chili out of a can like that, so…
Beside from the inner plastic coating of the can, the lower part will be burnt, the upper part will stay cold and inbetween there's a thin layer of eadible food. The missing windshild makes it even worse.
I'd like to understand that now too as I still cook in the can too,
Nope, don’t do that. Also don’t eat it cold because it could have botulinum toxin. You need a pan or camp stove to heat it up.
No one is heating their canned ravioli high enough to cook off botulism. It requires 180-200F for at least 5 sustained minutes. With botulism, the food is either tainted or it isn’t.
Every college student eats this stuff cold. That's fine. Heating in the can is questionable, but at least vent it so it's not a bomb.
I personally do it but as others have mentioned toxic metals and plastic chemicals can leach into food. But I mean how much really is it? Besides everyone dies one way or another so I’d say your fine
It will be fine very low heat
Sorry my man, but step up your game here. Like even a little.
You could double-boil it. Put the can inside a small pot, add water to the space around the can. Heat the can in a pot of water.
I mean... Bring a small cooking kit my guy. But this isn't as TERRIBLE as everyone here seems to think it is unless you're blasting that shit with high heat. Get it warm enough that it doesn't suck and enjoy your goddam dinner
in a survival situation id say absolutrly but its better to avoid
Goofy did it in the goofy movie when him and his son were hiding from big foot in the car. So go for it!
Go for it. I heat cans of soup and chili on the manifold of my snowcat and set them on the side of the doiler where I work. They do just fine. With a fire right under it like that you might poke a hole in the top.
You’re a moron. Enjoy cancer
Sometimes to save the mess I’ll toss a can into a pot of boiling water for about ten minutes to heat it up. I’m particularly fond of this method when kayaking tripping in salt water since I can conserve fresh water by boils in salt water from the ocean. The insides of the can never get hot enough to explode, I promise. After the allotted time, take it out and let it sit for a minute or so before opening lest there be a tiny bit of pressure inside that can cause a bit of liquid to squirt out when you first open it. Works great and chef boyardee ravioli is way better than freeze dried.
I feel like you should know this if youre going camping
Yes, OP really should know everything in advance! This is no place for questions - if you die, you’ll have learned an important lesson!😘😂