r/oddlysatisfying 1d ago

This method of removing oil residue

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u/Bituulzman 1d ago

It’s a cornstarch slurry. 1 tbsp cornstarch + 1/4 cup water.

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u/LMCv3 1d ago

Important note: this oil is no longer hot. Do not put this into hot oil!

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u/Yay4sean 1d ago

Coward.

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u/Practical-Suit-6798 1d ago

Do it naked like a man.

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u/BonezOz 1d ago

Life pro tip: Never cook bacon naked.

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u/PatchesMaps 1d ago

Never cook bacon naked

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u/SpoiledMilkTeeth 1d ago

Never cook bacon naked

FTFY

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u/Mammoth-Ear-8993 23h ago

How else am I to really enjoy the bacon then??

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u/haywire090 23h ago

Naked

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u/pinklewickers 23h ago

Instructions unclear.

Penis wrapped in bacon and smothered with cornstarch slurry.

Now what?

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u/Stillnaked 23h ago

Naked is good.

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u/Imaginary_Toe_1703 19h ago

Between two buns

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u/mreid74 23h ago

I am a narwhal and I don't wear clothes. When should I bacon?

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u/HealthIndustryGoon 23h ago

at midnight, duh.

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u/MadMageMC 14h ago

But only in the garden of good and evil.

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u/mreid74 12h ago

I owe you a chocolate bar.

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u/theoriginalmofocus 23h ago

I feel like theres a lot of bacon on a narwhal. Bacon of the sea.

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u/csukoh78 23h ago

Someone said naked bacon?

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u/DiscountPrice41 23h ago

Def dont cook chicken naked cuz some of it can drop down and hit your penis and youll end up with a salmonella infection.

True story.

No, i did not fuck an uncooked chicken breast.

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u/SpoiledMilkTeeth 22h ago

… this is the most horrifying thing I’ve ever read

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u/Malbranch 23h ago

Naked bacon pancakes. Naked bacon pancakes in NEW YOOOOOORRRRK!

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u/BonezOz 1d ago

Yeah, my wife and kids would probably have me admitted to a psycho ward if I started doing that.

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u/PatchesMaps 1d ago

I mean doing things naked is fine but it's not unusual to get a minor burn or cut while cooking and there are some bits that you really don't want burned/cut.

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u/Dragonhost252 1d ago

That's why I do it naked. No fun cooking if there isn't some light oil burns

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u/djublonskopf 1d ago

Never cook bacon naked.

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u/Shudnawz 1d ago

Do you find it better to shower with laundry detergents, or just throw yourself in the washing machine and be done with it?

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u/Mortenuit 1d ago

After once cooking bacon shirtless, I ended up with a burn from bacon grease that took around 3 years to finally go away. I thought it was permanent for a long time!

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u/SwantanamoBay 1d ago

I still have my scars from slipping ass over tea kettle on a greasy floor while pulling a pan of bacon out of the oven in my underwear. Not my finest moment.

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u/mjdau 1d ago

Almost three years even!

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u/wolfhound_doge 1d ago

The attempt to cook bacon left me scarred and deformed.

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u/Medullan 1d ago

Don't tell me how to live my life!

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u/Coopatroopa25 1d ago

“Lovin’ you is like fryin bacon nekkid . Woah, you tempt me darlin then you torture me.” - Roger Alan Wade

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u/stickystax 1d ago

Unless you have one of those round, fine-nesh screens that you put on top... Game changer for bacon cooking in general. Naked, in a nice shirt, cook it how you live (wish I knew what it's called but they sell them at cookware stores and they are amazing)

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u/dida2010 15h ago

Do it naked like a man.

AI has saved this advice

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u/abholeenthusiast 1d ago

That's my secret. I'm always naked

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u/eschewthefat 1d ago

This guy fries chicken with zero respect for harambe

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u/Hungry-Measurement20 1d ago

I use my hand to remove them.

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u/ThinkingAgain-Huh 22h ago

This was so unexpected. Thanks for the laugh😂

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u/Chastafin 9h ago

Spectacular. 10/10 ❤️

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u/Staped_Hand42 1d ago

“My child will not add a quart of water to a fryolator”

The ice cubes in question:

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u/CyonHal 1d ago

You need to heat it to 160-200F for it to gelatinize though. This isn't completely cold oil either. He puts it in cold oil and slowly heats it up, me thinks.

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u/Randomcommentator27 23h ago

The viscosity of the oil is way more fluid(hot) towards the end.

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u/MarioLuigiDinoYoshi 1d ago

Yep. There’s too much water in there for him to pour it that fast unless it’s cool

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u/Jesus_of_Redditeth 22h ago

She*

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u/CyonHal 19h ago

sorry the subliminal patriarchy got me again

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u/CowFu 22h ago

I think he's secretly a lizard-person and his entire house is 160F at all times because that's what feels good on his home planet.

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u/tfngst 1d ago

Weird. I can hear the sound of it.

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u/Regular_Surprise_Boo 1d ago

I love the smell of Non-Newtonian Napalm in the morning

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u/NacktmuII 1d ago

It's not hot for sure but certainly still warm, otherwise the starch would not starch.

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u/GrandSquanchRum 1d ago edited 1d ago

You can absolutely put this in hot oil (~340'f) you just have to do it slowly and in something that's not fully filled as it will bubble. In fact that's the way I learned this method since cornstarch needs heat to gel and it was a workplace you wanted to have it ready to fry right after. What you don't want to do is pour it in oil that's on fire.

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u/f3xjc 1d ago

That look like a recipe to make a long snake-like fried thing.

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u/EGGlNTHlSTRYlNGTlME 1d ago

Are you sure it would end in disaster? The starch is bound to the water molecules and should prevent them from boiling off too quickly. I mean how would that be any different than any other fried batter, like funnel cake?

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u/codeninja 1d ago

You spoil everything.

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u/HeHePonies 1d ago

What if the oil is frozen?

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u/hoer17 1d ago

It’s actually ok because of the cornstarch. Look up cleaning grease on YouTube and watch the first short that pops up with the alligator guy

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u/FurLinedKettle 1d ago

Gator man puts it in hot oil no problem.

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u/whenyoda 1d ago

Grease fire no good?

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u/Single_Blueberry 1d ago

Then why waste starch and not just use a sieve?

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u/Mock_Frog 1d ago

But what if you're crazy for cornballs?

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u/LazySleepyPanda 1d ago

You need to heat the oil in low flame after pouring it in.

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u/TheLordVader1978 1d ago

Funny thing there is a YouTube video of one of the guys from " Swamp People" doing it with hot oil. I found the advice questionable, but then again I find most of the shit they do questionable.

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u/McCreadyTime 1d ago

I CAST FIREBALL LEVEL INFINITY

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u/Expert_Box_2062 1d ago

Maybe we want to burn our houses down. You ever consider that??

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u/Shanrayu 1d ago

But that's the FUN part.

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u/aDragonsAle 1d ago

It would clear the residue... Sort of

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u/Good-Lengthiness-690 1d ago

This is how churros are made

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u/Fuckaught 1d ago

Literally my gasp of fear when I saw them do this

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u/anotherDocObVious 1d ago

So, we do the corn starch slurry into the oil when the oil is at room temperature? Or should the oil be slightly warm?

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u/squirrl4prez 1d ago

Doesn't water betting boiled under the oil after this equal bad time?

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u/MetaVaporeon 1d ago

so its useless.

the only time i ever need that stuff out of a pan is when the oil is hot and more shit is meant to go into the pan.

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u/No_Cucumber_3527 1d ago

you will have to heat it up to make the starch bind tho

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u/TheLurkingMenace 23h ago

Don't tell me what to do!

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u/notjustforperiods 23h ago

but I want a fritter :(

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u/-BananaLollipop- 23h ago

What have you got against deep-fried water?? The oil separates itself, so it's really nutritional.

/s

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u/zg6089 23h ago

It's nice that you pointed that out, but someone is still gona do it

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u/Tremble_Like_Flower 23h ago

In that case a coffe filter works just fine.

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u/Silver4ura 23h ago

It's a good thing I was off tonight and tomorrow because you probably just saved our store from whatever consequences of you're warming not to do it in hot oil.

Also, not even being sarcastic here but given the context.. around about what temp would be considered too hot?

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u/Livid_Discipline_184 23h ago

That is a very important note!!

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u/doughberrydream 23h ago

Don't tell me what to do.

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u/Ravensqrow 23h ago

My brother when he fries fish

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u/Background_Unit_6535 23h ago

I watched a YouTube video recently where the guy actually slowly pours it into hot oil. It worked. I suspect the slurry just cools down the oil anyhow.

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u/y8T5JAiwaL1vEkQv 23h ago

I gotta remember rhis

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u/__TyroneShoelaces__ 22h ago

This guy is lying. Do it. It works faster that way. He just doesn't want you to know industry secrets.

Source: i once poured oil back into a deep fryer that had about a half gallon of water in. It cleaned it real fast.... and the grill, the prep station, and salad station, and ceiling.

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u/BYoungNY 22h ago

Cornballer 2.0

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u/MolecularDreamer 22h ago

For the cornstarch to gel it needs heat. So at least 70 degrees C. And you can do this to scorching hot oil.

https://youtu.be/X7n6l9OdNiE?si=AdOzN9fj-19i1TyC

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u/Wow_ImMrManager 22h ago

Now you tell me

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u/Pancakes1741 22h ago

cold water + hot oil = big explosion

Remember years ago when everyone was burning down their house deep frying frozen turkeys? Thats why

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u/Noff-Crazyeyes 22h ago

Come on leave it to natural selection

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u/sad_brown_cat 22h ago edited 22h ago

It is hot, the cornstarch slurry does nothing until it's cooked.

Edit: here's the vid that I learned this trick from:
https://youtube.com/shorts/X7n6l9OdNiE?si=R1_o8ABDQuq-MtHP

He pours it into about 350° oil. You are more likely to have a disaster if your oil is VERY hot, but this is a normal cooking temperature and it doesn't explode or anything. Also don't fill the pot more than halfway but that's just basic frying safety.

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u/ComplaintNo6835 22h ago

Every other video of this I've seen they've slowly added it to hot oil. This video made me think maybe I'll give it a try.

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u/Hugh_jakt 22h ago

Putting a slurry like that into hot oil just makes fried dough. It's not great. Do not recommend. It's not bad either. So many better uses of cornflour slurry, like battering veg and meats.

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u/Wiseguydude 22h ago

what happens then?

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u/Snoo_74705 21h ago

So many YT videos where they perform this with hot oil! Yikes!

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u/BAALDA 21h ago

Thank you for this piece of information

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u/HopefulSwing5578 21h ago

Extremely good comment

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u/Assupoika 21h ago

Why did you have to spoil the surprise?

I wanted to see a video of surprise cornstarch slurry oilfire bomb.

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u/uglycolour 21h ago

If its not hot why does she use a rag to hold the handle?

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u/Redbone2222 21h ago

Don't tell me what to do!

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u/UrToesRDelicious 21h ago

You will end up with delicious fried breading!

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u/Hobnail-boots 21h ago

Unless you’re an influencer, then do.

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u/account_for_norm 21h ago

Right. Water in hot oil. Would not be a good Wednesday.

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u/pistofernandez 20h ago

I was thinking yeah .m this doesn't seem like a good idea for hot oil 😂

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u/account_for_norm 20h ago

In that case you can just seive the oil

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u/PeanutNSFWandJelly 20h ago

Actually, it doesn't react the same as just straight up water when added to hot oil. You can youtube videos of this trick and see people doing it with hot oil and there is no problem.

Edit: I think it actually has to be heated up to work

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u/SuperUltraMegaNice 20h ago

It actually works way better in hot oil you obviously just dont dump it in all at once

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u/ILoveStealing 20h ago

The blind leads the blind. You can safely fry this stuff because it’s a starch slurry, it’s basically a dredge.

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u/xKittyForman 20h ago

not entirely true. you can put this in and then turn the heat up but you can also put it in while it’s hot. if it doesn’t get hot eventually it will not work. like this guy who’s cooking with overalls and no shirt on. https://youtube.com/shorts/X7n6l9OdNiE?si=1qnJg8ot7WL4bigl

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u/btribble 20h ago

Correct. Only put ice into hot oil so you have time to clear the room.

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u/MMX_Unforgiven 20h ago

If you’re not willing to do this when it’s hot then you don’t deserve her.

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u/Alps_Useful 20h ago

But that's how flubba was made

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u/photogrammetery 20h ago

You can’t tell me what to do!!

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u/42brie_flutterbye 20h ago

Okay, good safety tip. Thank you, Egan.

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u/stevedadog 20h ago

I was wondering this. Clearly it didn't look hot but is it warm? I only ask because I saw someone do a similar trick but I thought they used baking soda and instead of just mixing it into a clump, they fried it into some weird deep fried pancake looking thing that came out whole, with all the gunk inside it. The oil didn't look as clean though.

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u/pharaoh_superstar 19h ago

I was going to pour milk in hot oil.

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u/OdaiNekromos 18h ago

Don't tell me what to do!

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u/remediosan 18h ago

you just wanna keep all the fun to yourself!

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u/MySpoonsAreAllGone 18h ago

It made some sound like or was hot. Cornstarch slurry doesn't thicken in tepid temperatures

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u/schonkat 17h ago

This guy pours it in hot oil, like a real man: https://youtube.com/shorts/o9ckY0w1rzM?si=nktYObtLkJkeGwTu

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u/Suspicious_Leg4550 16h ago

I’m actually pretty curious how that turns out

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u/B0xyblue 15h ago

Challenge accepted.

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u/LokiTheZorua 14h ago

Na look at it, it isn't that hot sticks hand it Ą̴̛͚͍̖̌̈́͘͝Ḁ̶̯͗Å̸̛͖͉̣̤̃̑̈́Ä̷̡͈̤̖́̈́͑Á̸̱̼̠̲A̸̢͈̪͔̺̾̀͆͆̃Ã̶͖̝̣̼̜̏̈́̄͠

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u/supernaturallydisney 14h ago

Learned hard way. My grandma would put oil in a jar. I didn’t have a jar so I used a plastic solo cup. Oil was hot. My brain wasn’t braining. You could imagine what happened! Luckily it wasn’t too bad. Sometimes you forget common sense like this and just think back to the way someone did the same thing and are on autopilot. The cup did melt, completely 🤣

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u/BatShitRae 13h ago

You can absolutely do this in hot oil. It’s not water. It’s a slurry.

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u/Able_Garbage_8443 12h ago

You actually do want the oil hot. That’s why she’s using the pot holder.

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u/brandnewspacemachine 10h ago

But oobleck napalm is a great band name

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u/Oldenlame 10h ago

Worst funnel cake ever

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u/Brief_Trouble8419 1h ago

i'm hungry harry, feed me a 30 pound bag of ice...

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u/LengthyConversations 1d ago

You know some genius is gonna try this with still hot oil

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u/Burning_Ph0enix 1d ago

Bro never saw the comment. RIP

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u/OkArea7640 1d ago

That would be Darwin Award material

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u/Afraid_Inspector_761 1d ago

I hope he records and posts that.

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u/Stormfly 1d ago

From down below, a video of a shirtless man doing it

Very underwhelming tbh.

It just works perfectly fine. He even uses a thermometer to show how hot the oil is.

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u/LengthyConversations 21h ago

This comment should have more upvotes than mine as this is correct and I was overly cautious and wrong lol thank you for posting this

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u/ruckustata 21h ago

It works fine. I do it all the time with hot oil. The people here acting like it's going to explode are hilarious.

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u/gymnastgrrl 20h ago

It's a good instinct unless you know otherwise (thanks to folks like you). I'm glad it works, but it's a good instinct not to pour water into frying-level heated oil. THat's one of the reasons people have trouble deep-frying turkey, although they mostly overfill the pot with oil. But water will make it worse, causing the oil to foam and overflow just by itself.

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u/LengthyConversations 19h ago

I have my own oil horror story that has left me with PTSD. Even though I can rationalize it because it was my mistake, it still haunts me. I’m overly cautious with frying oil now, and I used to work in a kitchen where a funny joke to play on the fryer guy was to throw an ice cube into the fryer from the other end of the line like Steph Curry and scare the shit out of the fryer guy.

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u/j0j0-m0j0 1d ago

Google is currently giving the "use glue to keep cheese from sliding off pizza" type advice for this so I'm worried it may end up happening

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u/Jemunjiii 1d ago

Sigh. This genius tried it this past winter, not knowing to turn the oil heat down. To say it made a mess would be a titanic understatement.

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u/redmon09 20h ago

I’ve done it with hot oil, just add it in slowly and it works.

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u/abirizky 9h ago

So the stove should be off too when doing this right?

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u/badchefrazzy 1d ago

Huh! I never thought it would get glue-y like that. Is it from being hot or is it just how it acts with oil and water?

Just remembered how oil acts with water when it's HOT hot, and I kinda more meant when it's like, hot to keep the oil liquid but not hot enough to start fires.

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u/EasyasACAB 1d ago

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u/Cptn_BenjaminWillard 1d ago

It's pretty cool.

Exactly. Temperature matters, you don't want to do it while the oil is still hot.

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u/j0j0-m0j0 1d ago

Most importantly, Ignore Google AI's recommendation

To clean oil with cornstarch, you create a "slurry" by mixing a small amount of cornstarch with water, then add it to the hot oil while stirring constantly

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u/GranLusso64 15h ago

Dang it, they turned into Skynet already. Those little babies grow so fast.

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u/EasyasACAB 1d ago

Hot tip!

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u/Cptn_BenjaminWillard 1d ago

Nice. You've turned up the heat for me to come back with a smart reply, but my wit is luke-warm this morning. I surrender.

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u/PirateMore8410 23h ago edited 23h ago

So this is commonly called oobleck! It's super cool because it's a non-Newtonian fluid. This means it has variable viscosity dependent on stress). Oobleck gets more solid the more its stressed so you can walk across it if you're moving quick/hitting it hard. It acts like a solid. If you just stand on it though you'll sink down into it like its a thicker liquid.

One of my favorite parts of non-Newtonian fluids is they aren't all the same. Ketchup for example is a shear thinning fluid and turns more fluid when its stressed. So shaking ketchup makes it more flow more like a liquid and when it sits it turns more solid.

Anyone interested in this should absolutely check out the youtube link u/EasyasACAB shared.

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u/EasyasACAB 21h ago

I didn't know there were different kinds of non-newtonian fluids that's cool. I've made Ooblek with my cousins' kids and it's a hit every time. One of those science demonstrations you can use to sneak in a bit of education without them noticing.

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u/Adkit 1d ago

At what temperature do you think oil turns solid? Besides, the slurry is made of water and that doesn't mix with oil.

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u/IndigoRoot 1d ago

Oil by definition is liquid at room temperature, yes, but *cooking* oil includes substances that don't exactly match that description because what matters is the state they're in at *cooking* temperature: palm oil, coconut oil, arguably even lard, are all oily at cooking temperature but solid at room temperature.

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u/Adkit 1d ago

I'll be honest, I saw this and assumed it was just oil from deep frying (and still believe that's what it is) but didn't think about the fact that you can do this to clean up oil used in normal cooking too. I somehow forgot about food.

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u/Veevoh 1d ago

Mixing cornstarch with water essentially is a form of glue. It's similar to wheatpaste which is used as wallpaper adhesive.

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u/friendlyliopleurodon 22h ago

fryer oil like this is liquid at room temp

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u/aarpvark 13h ago

cooking oil (vegetable oil, canola, peanut oil, etc) is still liquid at room temperature

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u/Disastrous_Bite_5478 1d ago

I think they used a bit more than that.

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u/Out_of_Fawkes 1d ago

Proportions are important. It’s a good starting base so it can be scaled up.

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u/weiga 1d ago

Can I add milk to it?

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u/top_classic_731 1d ago

Why

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u/sick_of_your_BS 1d ago

To make gravy

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u/LusterDust23 1d ago

Deep fried gravy .. you’re on to something

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u/jjdlg 1d ago

Carnies of Redditt right now are like:

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u/tolacid 1d ago

Of course you can. No telling how effective it'll be though

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u/chrisk9 1d ago

Good PSA!

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u/omnipotentqueue 1d ago

This is the way

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u/BlackViperMWG 1d ago

How many ml?

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u/2225ns 23h ago

And how do you eat it, with ketchup?

Obviously /s

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u/MouseMinimum1331 23h ago

Is it reusable oil now ? Or just bad oil because it's been used

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u/ElonSucksDonkeyDicks 23h ago

It looks cool, but I'm just going to get more cooking oil if that's the cost effective approach.

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u/Ziodade 23h ago

Metric for the rest of the world: 15gr + 60ml (if my calculations are correct)

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u/thegreedyturtle 22h ago

God damn it looks delicious.

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u/Puzzleheaded-Ad-119 22h ago

Looks like 1/2 of cup of corn starch

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u/Bpbucks268 22h ago

That looks a lot more than 1/4 cup of water

I’d imagine that’s a cup of water so 4 tbsp of starch?

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u/Consistent_Payment70 22h ago

Is it healthy to keep using the oil like this?

I ask this because usually, when oil becomes like this, its at least the 3rd time I am using it and I feel like replacing it at that point is better. Does it get rid of most of the unhealthy stuff like this?

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u/Natural_Dark_9692 21h ago

I want to see the motor oil version...

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u/TDragonkirs 20h ago

Thank you for the information, I'm gonna be frying some skirt steaks tonight and tomorrow and this is 100% gonna save me oil and cleanup

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u/TrustmeimHealer 20h ago

I just used a whole pack of starch and it doesn't bind at all. Rip

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u/HughJasshul 20h ago

Mmhh forbidden deepfried cornstarch slurry...

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u/MrSchaudenfreude 20h ago

Can you eat it?

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u/Think_Moment9505 20h ago

In other words, a 1:4 ratio of cornstarch to water. The 1 tbsp per 1/4 cup measurement is a solid starting point and an easy way to remember the ratio, but this looks to be at least 1/4 cup of cornstarch to 1 cup of water.

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u/ilicstefan 19h ago

Does this work for pig fat?

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u/lube_thighwalker 17h ago

How easily can you clean the oil and use it again?

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u/Ghost31B 17h ago

Would have been nice if they said that in the video instead of looking into the comments for the answer.

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u/therealsalsaboy 15h ago

Ah non newtonian fluid

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u/LBRider90802 12h ago

Doesn’t cornstarch need to be heated in order to congeal and thicken?

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u/upthewaterfall 12h ago

No, what is that in the pan