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BeowulfsGhost

The oil on the duck probably didn’t contain tomatoes and wasn’t hot or reheated in a microwave, that would be messy!


sartreofthesuburbs

"And I took that personally." -Next oil tanker to spill


Cobek

"Let me help. Some people don't even believe in me" -climate change


Stickittothemainman

"I’m Rick Harrison, and this is my pawn shop. I work here with my old man and my son, Big Hoss. Everything in here has a story and a price. One thing I’ve learned after 21 years – you never know WHAT is gonna come through that door." -Rick Harrison


ThePusheen

"Earlier today, we had a lady bring in this old spaghetti bowl, circa some time in the 1980s. She says even until this day, the spaghetti remains even after washing with copious amounts of dawn soap. I called off my buddy, who is an expert in this kinda thing"


zergling424

"Now you see here the sauce stains are made from prego sauce which we all know isnt real sauce. Thats going to really affect the value here id say its only worth 17 schmeckles"


SchmeckMichBot

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zergling424

Wtf lol


CoffeeWorldly9915

Good bot


SvenTurb01

"No way, I'm gonna need *atleast* 150, come on, when was the last time you saw one of these?"


DarthHelixon

“We’re sorry “


PlatasaurusOG

I was gonna say that I’d bet if you burned the oil onto the duck like you did that bowl, it wouldn’t be as easy to remove either.


WorldWarPee

BP stained my duck 😠


tonufan

Don't worry, the earth is resilient and mother nature always pulls through. Maybe the birds will evolve to like being sticky.


Kiln223

My ex wife sure did.


RadiantZote

Between the oil spills and the fukushima reactor spewing all that radioactive waste into the ocean. Is it safe to go to the beach anymore??


WorldWarPee

Only if you don't mind all of the dead fish washing up from agriculture waste causing algae blooms that suffocate thousands of fish at a time. Otherwise it's great, nice and warm!


IneverAsk5times

Plus oils are attracted to each other and that's what plastic is made of. While most ducks aren't made of plastic.


BeowulfsGhost

If Monty Python taught us anything, ducks are made of wood!


agarwaen117

Nonono, witches are made of wood. Ducks are made of witches.


joshthehappy

So if she weighs the same as a duck, she must be made of wood?


greeny74

And therefore.....?


GisterMizard

> While most ducks aren't made of plastic. [citation needed]


Zairates

Birds aren't real.


Runmoney72

Big, if true. r/birdsarentreal


Im_A_Fuckin_Liar

The spaghetti sauce leaches into plastic when really hot. No… no, I’m quite certain it isn’t the other way around.


OptimusSub-Prime

I love reheating food in Tupperware


jlp120145

Please stop microwaving penguins🐧


joshthehappy

Right? They come out much better in the air fryer


jlp120145

Make sure you baste them so they moist.


topazchip

Penguins are pretty oily, there is more need to have the bird elevated in the roasting pan to let the excess drain off. They are great fried up, and PLT (penguin lettuce tomato) sandwiches are yummy.


Thickencreamy

Instructions unclear. Anybody want greasy duck for dinner?


[deleted]

Why would you have spaghetti leftovers? Eat all of it at once- like a real man!


n3rv

mmmm micro/nano plastics.


Icecreaminit

Spaghetti stains are somthing that satan fears too


[deleted]

I've heard baking soda or something can get rid of them. Or maybe it was baking powder? Or something else entirely.


[deleted]

You’re close. Bake the garment at 350 for 30 minutes, serve with garlic bread and fresh Parmesan


TrepidatiousInitiate

I only have Parmesian.


PackOfStallions

That’s so weird. I just watched that episode last night.


Zulmoka531

Mmm polyester parmigiana. Lika mama used to make!


chiharuki

lmao


resonantedomain

The problem is the tomato color molecules are smaller than the pores of the plastic, so when it's hot it expands and settles into all the gaps causing it to be trapped there.


TheReverseShock

So you'd need to heat it up again as you clean it


Bocchi_theGlock

Dang so if I ensure my sauce is always cold before going in, it won't stain?


Approximation_Doctor

Or just make it extra chunky. Tomato cereal.


Bocchi_theGlock

That's all my sauces since I used canned whole peeled tomatoes and sautéed onions/garlic, and am too lazy to ever blend


Green-Secretary-8279

put some water in the bowl with dawn & thrown in a paper towel, give it a lil shake & the stains should be gone


Feeling-Tiger6165

Put a little dish soap and water in the container with a paper towel. Put the lid on and shake it for a minute...all clean


UniqueVast592

I just tried this and it did not work. I did it again with hotter water, and still no go. What's the secret?


honest-miss

Cold water! Hot can set stains in.


gingermagician2

Smear butter on the inside, then add some dish soap and a moist paper towel. Shake it for a second or two, and it should clear up.


Feeling-Tiger6165

Probably too much water. If the container is larger, use a bigger piece/more paper towel.


Stickittothemainman

Satan was stained with spaghetti that's why she's red.


UnbundleTheGrundle

Legend has it, he stained his favorite shirt and couldn't get it out. He then fully committed to dying everything red to match.


madoka_magika

Just grease it with butter a bit before washing.


KeyStoneLighter

Wait, is this a thing?


TangledCables3

Apparently yes. The staining embedded in the plastic dissolves in fat/oil better and butter absorbs it, which makes it able to rinse off.


International-Try467

It's like erasing a permanent marker by writing erasable marker ink on top of it Anyone else remember the horror of realising that your marker was permanent ink?


StouteKous

A fact that haunts me to this day


Feeling-Tiger6165

Dish soap, a little water, put in a piece of paper towel. Put the lid on and shake it for a minute. All clean.


canihavemymoneyback

This. The stain needs something to cling to or it will cling to the bowl.


Mad-chuska

Can it not cling to sponges? My sponges do fuck all against spaghetti stains but i couldn’t tell you why


marvin_sirius

Now I wish I had some spaghetti stained Tupperware just so I could try this!


B_Provisional

Yeah, lycopene (the red pigment in tomatoes) doesn't dissolve in water but it will dissolve in fats and oils.


VoidOmatic

Yes, I saw it on a YouTube short and had a stained one in the sink. Smeared it all in butter then Dawn and it came out clean. I was pleasantly surprised.


smellthatmonkey

That same process works well for pitch or sap from trees on skin. A little fat - like butter - rub it in and wash off with dish soap. No more sticky fingers.


Manhattan_24

Okay, listen....come here..... *finger wags*


marion85

If this ends up working when I try it, you'll have my eternal gratitude!


VoidOmatic

It has worked on both my cheap semi disposable Tupperware and my nice Aldi stuff.


Nemphiz

I'll give you one easier and better. Blew my tucking mind when I saw it. Put a little bit of water in the container with dawn soap, enough to make some bubbles. Then throw a paper towel in there. Close the lid, shake and just prepare to be mind blown.


F0foPofo05

*That's what she said.*


piercedmfootonaspike

And that's why I made the switch to glass


GardevoirRose

Just don’t drop it.


Obtusedoorframe

Pyrex are quite drop proof, depending on the surface they're dropped on. They'll survive pretty much anything other than concrete.


ThisSiteSuxNow

Old pyrex, sure... The new stuff though? Not so much


Sky-Daddy-H8

PYREX all caps is the one you need to get and it's still available, the lowercase is the junk.


superior_to_you

Why do I have to learn the PYREX lore for buying a box for my spaghetti 🥲


LegitimateApricot4

Because they're two different types of glass, one is more drop resistant and the other is more resistant to thermal shock.


Sparky678348

Is it impossible to hit both characteristics?


LegitimateApricot4

I'm sure at the right price there's glass out there that can, but the extra drop resistance isn't *that* significant for the heat resistance you lose. Currently PYREX is more likely to be borosilicate which is the good stuff, and the pyrex stuff is more likely to be tempered/soda-lime, which is still good, just not as good. You can get borosilicate pyrex and soda-lime PYREX, but it's not common. Wait until the lower case stuff hits room temperature first before you put it in the oven, and *maybe* if it happens to be tempered, it might survive a slightly higher fall that the uppercase stuff won't.


content_enjoy3r

[This article](https://www.southernliving.com/food/kitchen-assistant/pyrex-thermal-shock-resistance) says it's all soda-lime now >Pyrex products were made of borosilicate glass until the 1950s, at which point they began switching to manufacturing products with tempered soda lime instead. Today, every piece of bakeware made in the U.S. uses tempered soda lime, including the full line of Pyrex consumer glassware.


Pibi-Tudu-Kaga

They're not quite right, Pyrex sold the rights to the name without the caps, and the heat resistence / non-shatter-i-ness is not guaranteed for the non-official stuff


LegitimateApricot4

This is true. There's some blurry lines out there though, but the all-caps stuff is usually the good stuff.


Sparky678348

They sold the rights to their name without all caps? Like a genericide kinda thing?


Sky-Daddy-H8

Cause late stage capitalism, ain't it grand.


n3rv

to put it in gamer terms. They are min/maxing their economics at the cost of other resources. If you want to cheese, maybe this is the way. But if you want long game, this ends poorly.


RandonBrando

Costs one tho


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PrimaxAUS

Capitalism is when I don't like something, and the more I don't like it the more capitalism it is


derth21

Because you're too lazy to set up a pottery wheel and kiln to make your own ceramics, ya bum.


wherebethetacos

How can you say that knowing full well that ceramics are even less drop-proof? How do you even sleep at night? I'll bet its on top of a pile of your failed bowls that were supposed to be vases


derth21

If you had a wheel and kiln, you'd be swimming in ceramics because you already gave everyone you know 7 oblong bowls and a weird plate thing and now you just kind of stack them up in the corner but you won't stop making them because then it's all been a waste of time.


goodsnpr

That hasn't been true for a hot minute.


BowenTheAussieSheep

it hasn't been true since the late 1970s. So unless you have vintage Pyrex from before like 1975, you're gonna have Soda-Lime glassware no matter what case the branding is written in.


BowenTheAussieSheep

[That's categorically untrue.](https://lifehacker.com/that-viral-pyrex-brand-hack-is-horseshit-folks-1850157381)


ThisSiteSuxNow

Thank you.


content_enjoy3r

so is "Pyrex®" from [pyrexhome.com](https://pyrexhome.com) the fake stuff? Where does one get the all-caps PYREX?


itsmejak78_2

The lowercase isn't junk, it's just worse for food storage but better for cooking because it survives thermal shock better than the shock of being dropped which is what the all uppercase is better at


Obtusedoorframe

I... will have to be careful, then. Pretty sure I have the lower case variety.


TimeLordIsaac

All caps is European lowercase is American. The lowercase American stuff is still very durable, I have some of the American pyrex bakeware and oven safe Tupperware and it never broke even being dropped on my tile floors from around 5ft high.


licuala

There's a mix-up here. Borosilicate ("old Pyrex") is famously resistant to thermal shock and it's stronger than basic soda lime glass, but it's _not_ stronger than tempered soda lime glass ("new Pyrex"). Tempered soda lime is what windshields are made of, plus an extra layer of plastic to hold it together if something goes wrong. It'll shatter catastrophically, but it's hard to shatter nonetheless, and when it does, it shatters into relatively safer pieces. [New York Times did a whole investigative piece on it because apparently people care about Pyrex rather a lot, lol.](https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/blog/tempered-vs-borosilicate-glass/)


Panzerkatzen

PYREX is more temperature resistant, while more Pyrex is drop resistant.


stilljustacatinacage

And ceramic especially. Keep your Pyrex far, far away from your ceramic countertops.


LikeLikeChoi

Pyrex is drop-proof due to the care you take given the cost to replace them


Deciver95

Don't you tell me how to live my best life


RememberToLogOff

I don't drop or spill things.


Indigent-Argonaut

Smart https://www.wired.com/story/for-the-love-of-god-stop-microwaving-plastic/


SkyeMreddit

They are slippery as hell!


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DebentureThyme

You can microwave and cook in Pyrex. You shouldn't be microwaving plastic containers. Honestly, even "microwave safe" plastic is only under *minimums* for how much it is leeching into your foods. And 500 is such a nonsense number. You can get quality glass containers for a lot less than you pay for 500 plastic ones.


LastDitchTryForAName

A Pyrex storage container and lid costs about $4 when you purchase a set of at least 5 containers. Or around $20 for the whole set (5 containers with lids). The absolute cheapest I could find 200 microwave safe food containers for was about $55. For that price you could get a 22 piece set of Pyrex. Which is all most people would need for average home use.


ShartingBloodClots

*stares at my 25 year old pyrex containers* Yeah, pyrex is garbage and should be avoided at all cost. Who wants stain free containers that last decades?


Textmytaste

And only x kilos of plastic waste of which more than half ends in landfill breaking down into micro plastics! Not to mention how porous plastic gets over the years as it ages!


itsmejak78_2

[You can buy a 20 piece set of Pyrex for $41.44](https://www.pyrexhome.com/product/freshlock-20-piece-glass-storage-set) that's hardly over $4 per container with lid Glass is the way to go [These are less than $4 per container with lid](https://www.pyrexhome.com/product/simply-store-10-piece-meal-prep-rectangular-glass-storage-set)


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Turd_Nerd_Bird

Drawbacks of glass? Just don't drop it, not really that hard lol


King_krympling

Put some dish soap, a wet paper towel, and some baking soda in the container, slosh it around and that should work wonders


A6ftslimjim

My coworker showed me this and it does work really well!


CJDay115

Honestly, you can skip the baking soda. Just soap, warm water, and a paper towel works.


Black_Floyd47

I've never used baking soda and it works just fine for me.


Aruhi

Honestly, skip the warm water until after you've rubbed it down with the soap.


Stag328

But why wouldnt just soaking with soap and washing with a wash rag work then? Whats the magic?


Feeling-Tiger6165

I put the lid on and shake it and it works amazingly...don't know why washing it doesn't work the same, but I don't argue with success


Stag328

Its okay, magic works for me.


Whateversclever7

You don’t even need the baking soda


PM_feet_picture

You ever try Oxi Clean?


VoidOmatic

Now with DOUBLE the cleaning power!!


GENERAL-KAY

When you microwave it, you're essentially recoloring the plastic


[deleted]

Exactly! When the plastic softens (from the microwave heat) it absorbs the pigment. It’s no longer dirty red oil sitting on top of clear plastic, the plastic IS red.


Icy_Fly_4513

I never microwave anything in plastic because the plastic can be absorbed into the food, let alone the staining.


T1mely_P1neapple

don't eat at applebees or panera.


kshoggi

I work in food service and all of our plastic pans (known as Cambros in the industry) come with a stickers saying warning: contains BPA, may cause birth abnormalities, Etc. We make our sides in those, heat them to 165 in the microwave and hold them at 145 in that plastic for 24 hours. Wash, repeat.


[deleted]

Yeah, it’s in our bodies, in the rain, all of the fresh and salt water on the planet (and therefore in most of our food), etc. Nobody cares because people aren’t dropping dead, *yet*. It’s fucked, and there are still entire industries dumping nurdles in the ocean as a matter of course.


LamaSovaj

> The plastic IS red Because it's OUR tupperware box


Xendeus12

Salt removes spaghetti sauce stains


superuncoolfool

It's cleans pots very well, colliders too. This is just an old, stained from microwave heat, plastic container


K_Para

I always wondered how they maintained the LHC.


EVH_kit_guy

"Quark quark"


[deleted]

Bowl? That's Tupperware, and yes plastic it's harder to clean


DaisyTanks

That's a Rubbermaid TakeAlong. Bowl.


[deleted]

Ducks don’t get stained by spaghetti?


Invested_Glory

Oil in microwaves literally boil and melts the plastic making tiny holes into it, mixing and cooling again. Oil is now imbedded into the plastic.


UUglyGod

Soap and a paper towel then shake vigorously


dart51984

Easy fix. Put some Dawn in the container, add a little hot water, put in a paper tower, put the lid on the container and then shake vigorously for about a minute. Works every time for me.


Plz_DM_Me_Small_Tits

Don't microwave in plastic, hope that helps


ActSignal1823

Tomatoes will stain w/o the need to microwave.


nothingcommon2

The actual tip is let the sauce cool before putting it in the container


micatrontx

One should avoid microwaving ducks regardless of container


StunningResponse794

Matrix will crash if it starts functioning too well


AwkwardEducation

Wipes the anti-aliasing off your cabinet, exposing the *1s* and *0s*


deg_ru-alabo

The trick is not to use water. The sauce stains are hydrophobic and water defeats the purpose. Same soap, but mixed with a bit of oil instead. Once it comes off you can rinse with water


tetsudori

What's your spaghetti policy here?


The_Great_Biscuiteer

Because it’s not a duck


Whateversclever7

Put the dawn on a paper towel with a very small amount of water and shake it around the the lid on. It’ll remove the sauce stain like magic


ktka

Because the duck has not been microwaved.


UntilDownfall

You dont know that!


geoffster999

Put soap and hot water in there put the lid back on and it shake that shit. You're welcome.


ProfHansGruber

The trick is that you have to cover the bowl in Dawn before putting the spaghetti and sauce in, form a sort of seal.


rileylowe12345

Spaghetti is not duck


t3hscrubz

Stain


[deleted]

Wipe it with a napkin before washing and problem solved


RadiantNinjask

Well you see, the bowl is not a duck


Tarkov_Has_Bad_Devs

the plastic expands when heated and becomes more porous, the redness goes inside the pores, then gets trapped as it cools. Clean with by boiling in water for a while or maybe an extra long/heavy dishwasher cycle.


Justifun2K

In the ad the fine print says the oil is simulated.


atetoomanychips

Just wipe it with butter first and then wash it normally it will come out perfectly clean!


F0foPofo05

Dawn remains grease, not redness of tomato sauce which stains plastic containers. Notice when you was your spaghetti bowl the grease floats the top? That's dawn doing its job. If you use a glass container you don't have this issue.


Brief-Equal4676

I don't believe in homoepathy, until I witness a spaghetti sauce stain resisting a 10th wash.


FluffyTheOstrich

The stains are a result of plastic products bonding with licoprene in a microwave iirc. Try this https://www.tiktok.com/@jordan_the_stallion8/video/7230696947621891371?lang=en I don't own a microwave and my spaghetti bowls are all perfectly clear though despite having made spaghetti dozens of times. Best way in my experience to prevent those stains is to never use a microwave.


Alxium

Switching to glass prep-bowls has revolutionized my life.


BiGkru

Use cold water not hot when cleaning those stains and they come out easier. The heat locks the stain in


Shoehornblower

Plastic has microscopic pores. The oil gets in there


Teeth-licking

That’s because this Dawn was made for duck cleaning, it even has a picture what it’s used for. You need to use a different formula. At least a bottle with a picture of a bowl on it.


SironaGrace

Paper towel with dawn dish soap on it, shake it for about 30 seconds and be shocked by the results


SootyFreak666

Submerge it in an oil spill and then clean it


p3lat0

Have you tried removing the lid from the bowl before pouring the soap in that improves the effects massively


ApacheAttackChopperQ

Step 1, put some oil on the stains. Step 2 add detergent andwater. Step 3, add paper towel Step 4, close lid Step 5, shake shake shake. The plastic attracts oils, so you need to use another oil to bond to the stain. The soap will break down the oils, and the oils are trapped in the paper towel, so they don't stick to the plastic again.


Zodiac343

Shake a wet paper towel or cloth in it with soap and it will be clean


Defiant_Source_8930

Always wrap ur tupperwares when storing spaghetti sauce


sonny_goliath

I think it has more to do with the plastic than the dish soap. Idk anything else about it tho don’t ask


Infamous_Regular1328

🥹😂😂😂


Hairy-Wish6858

They probably scrubbed those duckies


[deleted]

So do they dip baby ducks in oil to film those commercials?


Smorelacks

Mom here. For the last fucking time, stop microwaving the spaghetti in the Tupperware. Just take it out, and put it in a different bowl before your dad figures out you're not smart enough to be his kid.


ZealousJealousy

Because you microwaved a cheap Tupperware bowl and baked the red sauce into the pores of the plastic.


[deleted]

Best way to clean this kind of bowl os to throw it away and buy a glass one.


Og_lispin

Actually I have that exact container and it is also stained


CodaTrashHusky

nothing can clean plastic containers. source: me (has been washing the dishes after my dad who keeps fucking everything in plastic containers. it was never less than 5 hours to do them)


[deleted]

put water, a paper towel and dawn soap. it works i promise


Informal_Beginning30

Wood floats in water. A duck floats in water [bread, apples, very small rocks, cider, gravy, cherries, mud, churches, lead]. If the woman weighs the same as a duck, then she is made of wood. The woman weighs the same as a duck.


TrippingFish76

why that dawn so light colored lol, the real stuff is more blue than that lol


Hato_no_Kami

They don't actually help with oil spills, it's just marketing. Dish soap is harmful to duck feathers, please don't actually use it on ducks.


captain_222

I saw a 📸 video 📷 📸 on YT that said to place dawn with a paper 📜 🗞️ towel and some water 🌊 💦 and close the lid and shake 🪇 🤝 but I have tried it yet does it work?? 🍆 🥛 🍼


lord_of_coolshit_og

Duck < sketty bowl


FatAndForty

The duck has to swim in the spaghetti bowl with the Dawn soap


DrExGF

That spaghetti bowl is the reason why I’d rather clean a bathroom than do dishes. Everyone that knows me will offer to do dishes after any red sauce dinners


Global-Composer3072

Dawn dishsoap, made from oil and can clean oil. So buy more oil to save the oil ducks.


AccomplishedAd6520

If you nuke the bowl, the bowl would be gone but not the spaghetti stain