I stayed in the garden too long because of the beautiful weather.

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MagCatRed@reddit

Just the idea of leaving something on an active stove for am extended period of time seems wild to me.

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FishingLittle3900@reddit

You're not wrong. But as a chef myself I've done it once. Almost lost a house

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FishingLittle3900@reddit

Had a farm and its embarrassing now that I think about it I dont feel like telling.

But I was frying a quick chicken patty when the neighbor had an emergency so I bolted out the door to help. Came back to a house full of smoke and a little flames on my cabinets. And a fry pot with no oil in it but a hockey puck.

I immediately smacked the flames out with my hands and opened all the doors and windows. My birds were about passed out and dogs just like wtf dad

Luckily the day was windy and smoke cleared within seconds. Looked way worse than it was. Now the place has some steel Geneva cabinets and a nice viking range and fridge. It was a lesson I guess I needed to learn. But what a stupid. Stupid move. Ill never walk away from the fry pot

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munkspunks@reddit

did you forget the oil?

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FishingLittle3900@reddit

No it caught fire and disappeared i guess. But it was in there when I started

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munkspunks@reddit

oh i gotcha, it burned off, glad everything turned out okay

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Psychological-Dig-29@reddit

Right. What the hell is up with Redditors, why am I constantly seeing posts where people forgot about the food they're actively cooking?!

It doesn't take long, stand there while it cooks and then turn off the stove when it's finished before going and doing other activities.

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QueezyF@reddit

People that do this shit is why I see apartment fires on the local news every few months.

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TheUlfheddin@reddit

Reminds me of the guy who was simmering something and left his apartment to walk to a nearby store, witnessed an assault and reported it, and police wouldn't let him leave the crime scene.

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ACcbe1986@reddit

Can cops hold you against your will if you're just an eyewitness?

My first thought is no, but I'm not a lawyer.

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DoctorJJWho@reddit

Regardless of the answer, there are cops who will still “detain” (arrest) you if you try to walk away and deal with the (most likely nonexistent) consequences later. So your stove is still on, and potentially for even longer.

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ACcbe1986@reddit

Cops will do whatever. We know that.

I want to know if they have that kind of authority in that situation.

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TheUlfheddin@reddit

I could be remembering the story wrong but that's the rough cut of it.

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ACcbe1986@reddit

I get it. It just got me wondering.

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WrestleBox@reddit

Just had one in my building last month. Thankfully I was out of town. Fire department sprayed a ton of water and a bunch of my neighbors got flooded.

My unit was fine.

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Lanky_Score7414@reddit

So I am disabled, I can't stand for longer than 30 mins so what I do is I turn on the stove, but I go to my room and put a timer, I also walk to check, standing there as food is being made isn't really an option for me.

The only food I've forgotten that I can remember was some leftover lasagna I put in the microwave and forgot about it for like 3 hours because I got surprise called. When I saw it I just heated it again and ate it then lol.

But even if I forgot about my stove I have like an oven guard thing, it's annoying as hell because it beeps if your stove is on but I think mine is just busted, anyway it beeps 3 times and if it doesn't get turned off it will disable the cable to my oven, it will also disable it if it feels the stove is hot but sees nothing.

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Howtothinkofaname@reddit

That seems like a stunningly poor use of time. If you are boiling some potatoes do you just stand there for 25 minutes while they cook? What the hell do you do if you’re making a stew?

Sure, don’t forget that you’re cooking something but the idea that you must sit and watch every boiling pot is insane.

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MagCatRed@reddit

I have music or a podcast playing. I do dishes, chop the rest of the ingridents (because who's eating just boiled potatoes) clean the kitchen, doom scroll.

Overall I time my cooking so that I'm doing something always. If something has to boil I do that first and then work on the rest of my ingridents or just clean.

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munkspunks@reddit

yeah why go sit in your yard on a nice night thats probably within eyeshot of the kitchen when you could stand around and doomscroll?

fkn reddit man..

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Weird_duud@reddit

I guess this post should explain the "why"

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Howtothinkofaname@reddit

Sure, I often do that but sometimes the cooking time is longer than the time it takes to do that other stuff.

Leaving something cooking without being stood next to it is incredibly normal.

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Character-Parfait-42@reddit

A chuck roast is a prime example, the meat goes in the oven for 4 hours.

The steps taken after it goes in the oven are to:

cut up carrots, celery, potatoes, and whatever other veggies (onions already in the oven with the roast, so that had to be done already) and add them to after 2 hours.

Dirty dishes are a single knife, the BBQ fork, and the cutting board.

There’s another 75-90 minutes before I chuck the veggies in, and another 2 hours after that before it’s done (during which I can wash the bowl the veggies sat in before getting thrown in the oven).

It doesn’t take me over 3 hours to wash 4 things, wipe down the counters, and cut veggies. I’m gonna wander off… but I’m also gonna set an alarm on my phone.

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MagCatRed@reddit

Even when I make chili or a stew that swimmers for hours I check on it frequently. Being so absent minded that you burn your food or worse is just a consequence of being lazy.

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Bone_Wh33l@reddit

It’s not really laziness, that would be knowing you’ve got something cooking and choosing not to stop it from burning. Sometimes you’re just away from the stove longer than you intend to and could be caused by any number of reasons

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Howtothinkofaname@reddit

Yeah, I’m obviously not proposing you stick it on the heat and then pretend it doesn’t exist for the next few hours.

Occasionally people get distracted, it’s hardly wild!

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Express-Ad1248@reddit

(because who's eating just boiled potatoes)

I eat them with curd, so I just boil potatoes basically

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Jealous_Chocolate_43@reddit

Put a timer on. Use a pressure cooker. Anything really

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Howtothinkofaname@reddit

Sure. Or just remember to check as and when. Millions of people manage just fine doing that every day and have done forever.

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Psychological-Dig-29@reddit

"a stunningly poor use of time" Jesus Christ lmao

What are you, out curing cancer in the 10 minutes it takes to boil sausages?

If I'm boiling potatoes for 25 minutes then during that time I'm still in the kitchen prepping other things for dinner as well.

If I'm making a stew or slow cooking something for hours, it's on a very low heat and I will stay nearby so I can keep an eye on everything and make sure it's cooking properly.

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Howtothinkofaname@reddit

So what you are saying is that you do not, in fact, just stand there until it’s cooked. So a bit weird to express incredulity that other people also don’t.

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Psychological-Dig-29@reddit

Go ahead and reread what I wrote originally. Take your time.

"It doesn't take long" is very clearly directed at stovetop cooks that are short like the one OP posted or many of the other burnt posts on Reddit where people throw something on the stove that takes a few minutes max then immediately walk out of the room or out of the house and forget all about the food on the stove.

How am I having to explain this? I assume you're one of those Americans that got their education in the no child Left behind plan

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munkspunks@reddit

yeah i get it the telly told you to never leave a stove unattended and you're all so psychotically obedient you'll argue on the internet about it

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Howtothinkofaname@reddit

Because there is also nothing particularly weird about walking out the room for something that doesn’t take that long. Like 10 minutes? I’m not going to stand there and watch the whole time unless I have other stuff to do in the kitchen. And obviously I’m also very unlikely to forget about it in that time. Apologies for not knowing that “actively cooking” apparently means “cooking things that take up to an unspecified duration”.

Like yeah, obviously it’s not ideal to forget about it or get distracted but shit happens sometimes. There’s nothing weird about not being in the room as something cooks.

And sorry, not even American.

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chronically_varelse@reddit

Sorry about your downvotes and the troll.

You're making very valid points. I think a few people got turned around looking for LinkedIn.

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Howtothinkofaname@reddit

Sometimes you just get unlucky.

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chronically_varelse@reddit

Very true. Sometimes even on the same post, making the same kind of point, saying the same kind of thing but on two different comments threads- I will get a totally different reaction lol.

It's all about which things people read and algorithms and blah blah and none of that is things I should generally take personally.

Though I actually do love it when I get a really thoughtful response that truly does broaden my world. It does happen sometimes. But I am old so 🤷

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Sargash@reddit

You'd make a great american

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Howtothinkofaname@reddit

What? Are they particularly known for their ability to do other things while their food is cooking?

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Sargash@reddit

Ya man.

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Howtothinkofaname@reddit

Then sure.

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anniecoleptic@reddit

25 minutes to boil potatoes?? they'll have disintegrated by that point

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Howtothinkofaname@reddit

Depends how you cut them, what potatoes and what you are using them for.

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pantry-pisser@reddit

I heartily disagree.

Leaving an unattended burner invites the risk of dying in a house fire, which would allow me to finally leave this bullshit they call "life".

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Character-Parfait-42@reddit

I mean if it’s a roast that’s spending 4 hours in the oven I get it. As long as you don’t completely forget about it not much can go wrong.

But for shit’s sake set a timer on your phone. It takes like 30 seconds.

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Princekyle7@reddit

I'd like to think there were influences involved.

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stevencastle@reddit

That's only happened to me once and it was when I was very young and put a pizza in the oven and completely forgot about it and it turned to charcoal. Since then I always set a timer to remind me, I hate to waste food.

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Sargash@reddit

His stove probably has a timer on it too

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Dearsmike@reddit

Leaving things on a stove to cook is a very normal way of cooking.

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MagCatRed@reddit

Sure just don't walk away from it. That's kinda the main argument hear.

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zombawombacomba@reddit

Brain is all fucked up from constant short dopamine hits. Cooking is too boring.

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Emerald_Digger@reddit

I am far to paranoid for that

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Schnibb420@reddit

Do you expect me to stand there watching my gulasch simmer for 4 hours?

His sausages popped, besides that nothing bad happened, still perfectly fine to eat!

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TeaTimeAtThree@reddit

When I worked at an apartment complex, we had a tenant one time that almost caught his building on fire by leaving potatoes (without water) in a pot on the stove and then left to get a pizza. The maintenance man and I both happened to notice the smoke and ran in to make sure he wasn't unconscious inside. He got home as we finished dealing with the potatoes, and I chewed him out over it. Not even a week later, he did it again. (He was always pulling stupid crap like this, though.) He was so surprised when we didn't renew his lease.

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Sumoki_Kuma@reddit

My mom has almost set the house on fire with me in it twice because of this. Both oil fires. They did set alight, I just noticed before I died of smoke inhalation 🙃

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VioletCombustion@reddit

I had an old roommate who decided to make mac & cheese for breakfast, had the noodles boiling, finished getting ready & left for work. We discovered it when the fire alarm went off. The noodles were a charred mess in the bottom of the pot.

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Buttercup4869@reddit

Normally, you boil the water, shut off the stove and put them in.

This incident is puzzling

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Nielsly@reddit

Maybe this differs per country, here instructions are usually heat up the water with sausages inside for x minutes, do not let it boil

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Fit_Stable3081@reddit

Very normal for stews and the like

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SmileParticular9396@reddit

No shit.. when I’m boiling anything I set a timer on my phone bc I WILL forget about it the second I walk away.

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Any-Eye6299@reddit

Idk, walking away from a huge pot of stew or broth that's simmering so slowly that it would probably take a week to fully evaporate, on an electric stove that doesn't actually use fire, seems to me like a pretty sane thing to do.

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tofutears@reddit

I simmer my homemade chicken broth overnight while I’m sleeping 😅 with the flame barely even showing tho

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dirtybo0ts@reddit

I at least set at least two timers when I leave something simmering.

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Wobblepaws@reddit

i usually set a timer for eggs or w/e, but I've accidentally swiped it off before, it happens...

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FishingLittle3900@reddit

However I did remember and rushed inside to extinguish some flames a d clear the place of smoke so thick u couldn't see shit

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ackshee@reddit

Brother, have you never simmered a soup? I regularly walk away from my stove for 30+ minutes at a time. You have a smoke alarm, if something goes wrong you'll get a warning. Just make sure there aren't any towels or anything flammable near the stove, and make sure whatever you're cooking has plenty of liquid so it doesn't run dry and start to burn.

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MagCatRed@reddit

Sure but I check on it every 15-20 minutes with a timer stir, then go about my day. It takes 30 seconds. The smoke alarm should never come into play with normal cooking.

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ackshee@reddit

You're right, the smoke alarm should never come into play, that's not how I meant that to come off. My point is, walking away from the stove is not risking a house fire. If something starts to burn, the alarm goes off, and you run over and fix it.

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Ok_Mousse4534@reddit

“Oh but the weather!”..yeah but..the stove?

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TeepTheFace@reddit

So you punished yourself by boiling big fat cocks? I'm so confused.

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FreyaTheMighty@reddit

Nothing a bit of Händelmeier Senf can't fix.

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I-E-Tazz@reddit

What were they supposed to look like?

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SlayerII@reddit

Im not even sure what im looking at

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Bladluiz@reddit

Exploded boiled white sausage, duh

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Jerico_Hill@reddit

Oh fucking hell I thought it was chicken breast. I dunno what's worse actually.

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PantsGhost97@reddit

I thought it was testicles of some kind

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the_reddit_girl@reddit

I thought it was Garlic Bread rolls... I think if I'm thinking some boiled bread at 3am I probably should go to sleep...

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Witty_Primary6108@reddit

I definitely thought it was some kind of bread too.

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the_reddit_girl@reddit

Glad I'm not the only one.

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QueezyF@reddit

I thought it was potatoes

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MelonJelly@reddit

I thought it was eggs.

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TelluricThread0@reddit

I thought it was some sort of weird water resistant bread.

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idwthis@reddit

Me too! I thought it was unbaked dough.

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iiterreyii@reddit

Yeah I thought it was bagels

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jroll25@reddit

I was struggling trying to figure out who the hell is boiling hoagie rolls

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Joe_Kangg@reddit

Knedla?

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kalyjuga@reddit

Samesies 💀

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Wobblepaws@reddit

kdinda thought dumplings...

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erect_dragonly@reddit

Chicken breast was my first thought.

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Longjumping-Try-1047@reddit

Weisswurst tastes very different also texturally

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erect_dragonly@reddit

I know white sausage and sure is different. But this looked like boiled chicken breast to me lol

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CreativeFraud@reddit

Oh hell nah.

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theCattrip@reddit

Wos zum Deifi host grad iwa mi gredt, du kloane Schlamp'? Du sottst wissn, dass i mei Ausbildung beim GSG9 ois Jahrgangsbester obgschlossn hob, in mehra Kommanduntanähma geng Al-Kaida involviert woar und iwa 300 bstätigte Tötunga hom. I bin in Gorillakriegsführung ausbuidt und da beste Scharfschütz im deitschn Bundesheer. Du bist fia mi nix ois a weidans Zui. I werd di mid ana nia zuaor gsehanan Präzision vom Antlitz dieser Welt tilgn, Merk da meine verdammten Wort. Du glabst, du kanntst do im Internet so an Schmarrn über mi vazähln und damit durchkemma? Denk liaba no amoi driwa nach, du Oachkatzlsprung. Während mia uns do unterhoitn, hob i scho mei geheims Netzweak aus Spionen kontaktiert und deina IP-Adress werd grad rückverfolgt, also mach di besser auf an Sturm g'fasst, du Mad. Da Sturm, der wos des armseelige kloane Ding, des du dei "Lebn" hoassn duast, auslechn wird. Du bist vaschissn tot, Bua. I kennt jederzeit übaroi sei und di auf über siebnhundert verschiedene Oatn umbringa, bloß mit meine bloßn Händ. Aber i bin ned bloß im unbewaffnetn Kampf ausbüdt, i hob aa Zuagriff auf des Waffenarsenal vo da Bundeswehr und i werd's aufs Voist ausschöpfn, um deina elendign Arsch vo dem Kontinent wegzuwehn, du kloana Scheißkerl. Wennst nur g'wusst hätt'st, wos für a apokalyptische Rache dei kloana "witziger" Kommentar provoziert hot, hätt'st vermutli dei vaschissane Mau' g'hoid'n. Aber nein, des host ned hi brocht, des host ned woll'n, und jetz werd'st dafia zahl'n, du vaschissana Idiot. Du werd'st in mei'm Hass ertrinka. Du bist tot, Bua.

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zw1ck@reddit

Been a long time since I've seen a navy seal copypasta

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ArtichokeSweaty6039@reddit

Curious, Are you commenting on the right post?

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theCattrip@reddit

the right post, but the wrong comment. Meant the one that said it looks like a turd

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Bladluiz@reddit

Es ist zu früh für Deutsches copypasta

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Sure-Ad-6544@reddit

That’s what I call it when I finish 🤭🤭

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the1stmeddlingmage@reddit

Looks like bleached turds….

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spezisirup@reddit

I’m vegan and this hits close to home, it used to be so good..

“Weißwurst” or White sausages usually eaten with pretzel and sweet mustard, is a German dish

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moonsugarmyhammy@reddit

I just scrolled passed that horrific Rocky Mountain Oyster pizza post and dreaded the worst 🤢

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earfeater13@reddit

Looks like split penis soup lol

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FungadooFred@reddit

From the kitchen of Lorena Bobbit

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ArtichokeSweaty6039@reddit

Caused me to spit out my oatmeal 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤮

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Schemen123@reddit

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wei%C3%9Fwurst

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perthro_ed@reddit

A pot of prolapsed pig anuses

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SuperbAd8266@reddit

I hope you have good homeowners insurance

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No_Stage_6158@reddit

You’re lucky you didn’t burn down your house

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Shoddy_Blacksmith480@reddit

Remove the skins, chop everything up small, turn into hash with some potatoes or rice 😋

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Blue_Pears_Go_There@reddit

This looks like gefilte fish gone bad

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xXSomethingStupidXx@reddit

Boiling sausages is so strange to me. Never seen it outside this subreddit. Put some oil in a pan and roast it you weirdos

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AllesIsi@reddit

These are Weißwürste, they are meant to be simmered.

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EsseElLoco@reddit

Boiling is a surprisingly common method, and for some sausages the recommended one.

I've often done it out of laziness, doesn't take long to cook a few from frozen.

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elkcox13@reddit

Ohhh is this the new asparagus everyone's been talking about lately? The color seems right . .

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trshtehdsh@reddit

I'm going to need to know what the intended outcome was supposed to be because I'm not sure this is worse

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EsseElLoco@reddit

Split sausage holds more sauce

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SeductiveMaisie-Rose@reddit

OMG, those look like they came out of a science experiment, tbh 💀

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Proxiimity@reddit

This was for people to eat?

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El_kakas_de_vakas@reddit

Looks like bread

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Mystery13x@reddit

A local family (mom/dad/8y/3y) in an apartment complex was killed by a fire last year when their neighbor across the hall left their breakfast unattended on the stove 🤬

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CherryDirect2469@reddit

Oh damn

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Comfortable-Guava755@reddit

Only a German can achieve this

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Ressy02@reddit

Why are you boiling bread in water??

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Wakkit1988@reddit

The wurst outcome.

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Interesting_Event_68@reddit

Explosion of sausage.

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littlenoodledragon@reddit

What’s the opposite of congratulations?

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Maiwurst@reddit

Woudn't taste like much anyways

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Videoplushair@reddit

Weisswurst. I used to suck them out of the skin no homo.

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CMDRV4rox@reddit

Weißwürste: Wasser aufkochen, vom Herd nehmen, Würste rein, ziehen lassen. ;)

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phyrexAT@reddit

Korrekt, Wasser und Wurst kochen nie gemeinsam, dann kann man auch länger in der Sonne sitzen 😀

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poonmangler@reddit

Listen to the Germans, OP. They know what they're talking about on this one.

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phyrexAT@reddit

Even as an Austrian I know my way around Weißwürscht

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UhuSchuhu@reddit

immerhin muss er sie so nicht zuzeln

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CMDRV4rox@reddit

Oder man holt Bratwürste, die kann man dann mit in den Garten nehmen und da machen. Win-Win

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Schemen123@reddit

Mit Fokus auf ziehen lassen..... nicht kochen.

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Hello_Alice0@reddit

I happen to enjoy an uncircumcised, boiled sausage.

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fr1q1ngs00per1e0n@reddit

Oh no!!! Not the Weißwurst!!!

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baxte@reddit

Du kannst sie. einfach braten ohne Haut. Bissl öl und Salz drauf. Geil

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Illustrious_Peach494@reddit

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BotGirlFall@reddit

Should have stayed in the garden and out of the kitchen

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Calamityranny@reddit

This looks like someone crossbred sausages, chicken breasts and white bread and called it a day 😭😭

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leopold335@reddit

Bro wtf did you do? Boil the water, shut off the burner, put the weisswurst in the water and let it simmer, doesn’t matter how long, just kill the heat when they go in… This is a fucking abomination…

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deliciousroadhead@reddit

German cuisine is the nastiest sausage you've ever seen, a hunk of cold bread and pickles

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Schemen123@reddit

You never had a good Weisswurstfrühstück then...

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deliciousroadhead@reddit

I never said it didn't taste good

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Fluid_Fox23@reddit

It’s those German sausages I love (forgot the name) that go great with mustard

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Salt_Finger_6863@reddit

They look like they're screaming for help.

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CMDRV4rox@reddit

XD stimmt.

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moogiemomm@reddit

Is that over done bratwurst?

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mister_anti_meta@reddit (OP)

no no weiswurst

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SassyTheSkydragon@reddit

Ein wahres Drama. Die armen Würstl

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Predatordrache@reddit

Ja hallo Polizei ja, ja, ja, ich möchte ein Weißwurst verbrennen melden aha aha aha ok ich mach die Gas Kammer bereit und sie holen ihn mit dem Zug ab aha aha ja ok dann auf bald.

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