I was at a thrift store today and bought that exact model thermos without the handle for 80 cents. I remember wondering if I could use it to make oatmeal or rice, which brought me here. I guess I can cook in it after all.
Thermos cook: Yesterday, I bought a manna titan thermos with the double Steel walls and all, give it a wash and put on a pot of split pea soup. I’d already soaked the peas to the point of sprouting. I put it on the stove, I got it started with everything in it, I let it cook for maybe 10 or even 20 minutes. I did preheat the thermos with 2 L of hot water. The soup went to do the thermos securely, and it fit just to the top. I had calculated that recipe just so that it would be the same volume of the thermos. I left it up right, not realizing that horizontal would be more effective for it, and at no point but I feel the heat on the outside of the thermos, but the cover did get warm . I went to bed, and 17 hours later opened it up. The beans were still pretty hard. I’m obviously very new at this, and I’m trying it because somebody mentioned it to me as an alternative to a thermal cooker. So I just put it back on the stove and brought the food back to a rolling boil, while letting another two or 3 L of water heat the thermos back up. I’ve poured the food back in the thermos, and left it on its side properly. This is an experiment of course, but any insights you want to offer will be greatly appreciated, do getting it cooked in a timely fashion. I don’t mind leaving it all day, I just like to have it cooked at the end of that time period. It might be important to specify that I did not add any salt to it, and won’t until it’s pretty much cooked. By way of return for your information, in terms of getting down into those thermoses to give him a good cleaning, I picked up a bottle brush that was made for cleaning wine bottles. My local Brewer supply place had them and they were quite inexpensive. They reach all the way to the bottom, and have the right girth of bristle to reach all the surfaces. Any ideas/suggestions, please?
@gnostie Hi gnotie, getting the food out can be challenging :) But to clean the thermos, try using a bottle cleaning brush. You can get them for about $2... it's a wide brush that's designed to reach down into a space like that. Another tip is, after scooping the food out, fill the thermos with hot water and soap (and some cleaning vinegar) and shake it violently for a while. And to prevent odors, soak it once a week in water and baking soda.
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Brilliant Video! I love the way the guy introduced us to "an electric kettle" as if we would have never seen one before, and they are a real rarity. Still a great video.
.....check on Amazon for thermos cookers..........nice, short, squat containers that you can cook and eat out of .........not tall beverage thermoses that you can't eat your groats, other foods from and hard to clean.....nice wide mouth too......my favorite size for cooking/eating is the 16 oz, size......just sayin'......🙋♀️
Props for linking to Kurt Saxon. I started cooking irish oatmeal, beans, and lentils thanks to this method he came up with. His site's down, I assume he is dead.
Im completely sold, love it, just about to order myself a flask, a kettle, and a measuring jug, then he whips out a toilet brush to clean it up! No thanks! Think I'll order a takeaway!
I get now why someone complained about " Thermos ". That's a generic name for a vacuum flask. Like " Hoover " is for a vacuum cleaner though there are other brands.
Many beans like red kidney beans contain a toxin (lectin) that requires high heat to destroy or you can get severe food poisoning. You must boil them for 10 to 20 minutes before cooking them with any slow cooking technique.
Doesnt the boiling water turn the thermos into pressure vessel rather than vacuum container? i just cant see how the vacuum would form other than after the water is cooled totally and that would create sort of vacuum.. but even after that the cooking would be definately done.. so wont be effecting the cooking process.. also if there would be incredibly hard to open the thermos with even slightest vacuum inside..
I'm an American who has an electric kettle, but most households here do not. It's more of a millennial thing here. Most people in America are just drinking hot coffee most days and it heats in the coffee maker. Other than that, either a regular kettle or *trigger warning* the microwave.
my word that was hard watch, 8 mins for that, 1 cup oats 3.5 water... amazed by the the 'electric kettle', not!! I think this guy has been in a bunker for the last 30 years.. I'm off to see his video on the best way to toast some bread, hopefully he'll have that nailed in under 20mins
WOW, a kettle is good at boiling water I never knew that oh and why not just use hot water to warm up the metal insides it's not like the boiling water magically heats the vacuum... U would need a radiation laser or something magical like that to do that
I was at a thrift store today and bought that exact model thermos without the handle for 80 cents. I remember wondering if I could use it to make oatmeal or rice, which brought me here. I guess I can cook in it after all.
Turtleneck under a Polo shirt.
Brave choice, Dave.
Thermos cook: Yesterday, I bought a manna titan thermos with the double Steel walls and all, give it a wash and put on a pot of split pea soup. I’d already soaked the peas to the point of sprouting.
I put it on the stove, I got it started with everything in it, I let it cook for maybe 10 or even 20 minutes. I did preheat the thermos with 2 L of hot water. The soup went to do the thermos securely, and it fit just to the top. I had calculated that recipe just so that it would be the same volume of the thermos.
I left it up right, not realizing that horizontal would be more effective for it, and at no point but I feel the heat on the outside of the thermos, but the cover did get warm .
I went to bed, and 17 hours later opened it up. The beans were still pretty hard. I’m obviously very new at this, and I’m trying it because somebody mentioned it to me as an alternative to a thermal cooker.
So I just put it back on the stove and brought the food back to a rolling boil, while letting another two or 3 L of water heat the thermos back up.
I’ve poured the food back in the thermos, and left it on its side properly.
This is an experiment of course, but any insights you want to offer will be greatly appreciated, do getting it cooked in a timely fashion. I don’t mind leaving it all day, I just like to have it cooked at the end of that time period.
It might be important to specify that I did not add any salt to it, and won’t until it’s pretty much cooked.
By way of return for your information, in terms of getting down into those thermoses to give him a good cleaning, I picked up a bottle brush that was made for cleaning wine bottles. My local Brewer supply place had them and they were quite inexpensive. They reach all the way to the bottom, and have the right girth of bristle to reach all the surfaces.
Any ideas/suggestions, please?
@gnostie
Hi gnotie, getting the food out can be challenging :) But to clean the thermos, try using a bottle cleaning brush. You can get them for about $2... it's a wide brush that's designed to reach down into a space like that. Another tip is, after scooping the food out, fill the thermos with hot water and soap (and some cleaning vinegar) and shake it violently for a while. And to prevent odors, soak it once a week in water and baking soda.
my mind is blown! looks like a great way to put together food for on the go.
Thanks for the upload. Will you be making more videos? Would love to see stew or soups.
4:30 is abooooout where anything that matters starts.
i know Im randomly asking but does any of you know a way to log back into an instagram account?
I stupidly lost my password. I appreciate any help you can give me
Brilliant Video! I love the way the guy introduced us to "an electric kettle" as if we would have never seen one before, and they are a real rarity.
Still a great video.
.....check on Amazon for thermos cookers..........nice, short, squat containers that you can cook and eat out of .........not tall beverage thermoses that you can't eat your groats, other foods from and hard to clean.....nice wide mouth too......my favorite size for cooking/eating is the 16 oz, size......just sayin'......🙋♀️
why stainless steal instead of glass thermos? any particular reason? thx
Glass is better
Use a quality Stanley food jar. It has a much wider mouth, super easy to clean.
When you leave it to cook over night, is it still warm in the morning? Also, subscribed!! Great video
I just noticed this was your last video, but I'll definitely check out the website
thank you, thank you. I'm thrilled! I hate cooking and you just took the "ugh" out of it for me! :)
Coming to this video after energy crisis in Europe... might need to learn a few tricks for winter...!
Props for linking to Kurt Saxon. I started cooking irish oatmeal, beans, and lentils thanks to this method he came up with. His site's down, I assume he is dead.
Im completely sold, love it, just about to order myself a flask, a kettle, and a measuring jug, then he whips out a toilet brush to clean it up! No thanks! Think I'll order a takeaway!
Thanks for the great suggestions
I get now why someone complained about " Thermos ".
That's a generic name for a vacuum flask.
Like " Hoover " is for a vacuum cleaner though there are other brands.
Dude just put an immersion coil in the thermos to boil the water right in the thermos!!!!!
Sounds good, but it's INCREDIBLY hard to get the food out of the narrow thermos and to clean that thermos.
Real cool vid please consider sharing more stuff with us you got a great style and I know you got plenty more ideas :)
Don't need a thermos, just a jar with a lid and a towel to wrap it in. Instant coffee jar works fine.
Can you cook dry beans this way, like red kidney beans?
Many beans like red kidney beans contain a toxin (lectin) that requires high heat to destroy or you can get severe food poisoning. You must boil them for 10 to 20 minutes before cooking them with any slow cooking technique.
Prices have gone up in 12 years, but so has quality.
Titanium thermos holds no flavor or odors, too small to cook but awesome thermos anyway.
5:00 "Once the water was boiling, I'd pour it into the kettle and get it to boiling". Ummmmm, okay.
Nerves...... no big deal
Doesnt the boiling water turn the thermos into pressure vessel rather than vacuum container? i just cant see how the vacuum would form other than after the water is cooled totally and that would create sort of vacuum.. but even after that the cooking would be definately done.. so wont be effecting the cooking process.. also if there would be incredibly hard to open the thermos with even slightest vacuum inside..
Probably the food expanding
Thanks Dave
Stanley is not a Thermos! You mean vacuum flask, not Thermos.
😆 how many times do you say “thermos” in this video 😆
YES!!! Nice vid. I'll check your site.
Weird him talking about kettles like every house doesn't have one. How do Americans make hot drinks?
I'm an American who has an electric kettle, but most households here do not. It's more of a millennial thing here. Most people in America are just drinking hot coffee most days and it heats in the coffee maker. Other than that, either a regular kettle or *trigger warning* the microwave.
@@nicolettejenkins6784 American millennial drink tea? That's kind of cool
Definitely, though a lot of it is herbal. I'm not sure if you count that or not 😂
my word that was hard watch, 8 mins for that, 1 cup oats 3.5 water... amazed by the the 'electric kettle', not!! I think this guy has been in a bunker for the last 30 years.. I'm off to see his video on the best way to toast some bread, hopefully he'll have that nailed in under 20mins
It was absolutely ridiculous.
I timed out. :-(
WOW, a kettle is good at boiling water I never knew that oh and why not just use hot water to warm up the metal insides it's not like the boiling water magically heats the vacuum... U would need a radiation laser or something magical like that to do that
what the hell i wonder why ??? it would not let me post a reply so i put it here
Whitest dude on youtube?