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[–] Raab@lemmy.world 35 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Wash your microwave. Checkmate.

[–] Colour_me_triggered@lemm.ee 2 points 5 months ago (5 children)
[–] Starb3an@sh.itjust.works 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Microwave a cup with water and vinegar until it boils. Then a single wipe cleans everything

[–] Colour_me_triggered@lemm.ee -2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

You do this every time you use your microwave? Because we're talking about making around 6 - 10 cups of tea every day for everyone who happens to be in the room. It'd be a little odd to go and clean your microwave before every round of tea, not to mention microwaves don't heat things evenly so you can't do them all at once, it very quickly becomes way more effort than just flipping the switch on a kettle that is only ever used for that purpose.

[–] Serinus@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

First, clean your microwave. If things are picking up flavors from your microwave, that's a you thing, not a microwave thing.

Second, just cover things that you put into the microwave. You can get reusable covers, or you can often use a paper towel.

Third, a kettle is still better than a microwave for water.

[–] Colour_me_triggered@lemm.ee 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Tea is an odour sponge. Russian caravan in it's original form obtained a distinctly woody smokey flavour just from being too close to a campfire. It's simulated today by mixing kemun, lapsang soushong, and oolong. But tea will take on the flavour of anything it's left with.

[–] bluewing@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago

So will most things.

[–] Starb3an@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago

Oh, I use an electric kettle for tea and coffee for that matter. I was just giving the method I use to clean my microwave. I clean it whenever it gets dirty enough to bother me. I don't use it often and I mostly cover my food if I do heat it up. So about every 2-3 months?

[–] chemicalprophet@lemm.ee 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Cleanliness and grooming? I thought this was just a trope…

[–] Colour_me_triggered@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Ok how often do you wash the inside of your microwave?

[–] chemicalprophet@lemm.ee 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Weekly. Today’s the day.

[–] Raab@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

You don't clean your kettle though? Same amount of time

[–] Colour_me_triggered@lemm.ee 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I don't make popcorn in my kettle.

[–] PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

Apparently I’ve been making popcorn wrong this whole time /s

[–] towerful@programming.dev 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I only clean the kettle after soup

[–] Colour_me_triggered@lemm.ee 4 points 5 months ago

Please stop making soup in your kettle.

[–] lseif@sopuli.xyz 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

who has time to wash the benches either ? why bother oneself with vacuuming the floors ?

[–] Colour_me_triggered@lemm.ee -2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Do you vacuum the floor 6 - 10 times a day? If so, go get help.

[–] lseif@sopuli.xyz 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

do you cook odorous food in your microwave that often ? otherwise i dont see what your argument means

[–] Colour_me_triggered@lemm.ee 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

If it's not strong tasting/smelling there's no point in eating it.

[–] lseif@sopuli.xyz 1 points 5 months ago

again, an unrelated point. how frequently do u use your microwave ? i would have to guess at most once or twice a day ? unless you only eat microwave meals, or think that the microwave is the only way to cook things....

[–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Me and I'm lazy! Get yourself some clorox wipes my dude.

[–] Colour_me_triggered@lemm.ee 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Believe it or not, i don't want my lapsang tasting of bleach either.

[–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 5 months ago

That doesn't transfer in my experience though I don't do it with wet bleach in there. Maybe that is the ticket to my success: Drying it out first.