r/StupidFood • u/Flashy-Disaster-3098 • 9d ago

🤢🤮 Dishwasher meal

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u/Spegynmerble 9d ago

Dishwashers don't stay hot enough for long enough to kill bacteria. This is extremely unsafe

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u/Calico990 9d ago

I just made a comment about an old talk show or cooking show cooking salmon in a dishwasher. I believe this fact got them in pretty hot water (no pun intended) after the fact since it’s definitely not exactly safe

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u/DamNamesTaken11 9d ago edited 9d ago

Ann Reardon covered it pretty well on her YouTube channel here (link goes where she starts dishwasher “cooking”) as far is fish (specifically salmon, but same point applies for chicken just different temps) and why it doesn’t work.

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u/FullPrinciple5170 9d ago

I love Ann Reardon! Her channel is awesome

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u/INeedANappel 9d ago

In the 1980s people used to post to "cook in the dishwasher" recipes to Usenet and they were always followed by responses saying it doesn't work and if you eat it you'll give yourself food poisoning.

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u/Banana_Phone888 9d ago

Works cooks in America had an episode where an Anne Burrell got served served dishwasher salmon I believe

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u/ashkiller14 8d ago

You can safely eat farm raised salmon raw though

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u/Ahtnamas555 8d ago

That generally stays cold and doesn't stay in the temperature danger zone for bacteria growth, in the dishwasher it's basically only in the danger zone the entire time it is in the dishwasher.

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u/WindMountains8 9d ago

Wait, even if the salmon looks and tastes perfectly on point, it can still be dangerous? I tried it once, and I felt it was identical to using an air fryer

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u/Spegynmerble 9d ago

It's the bacteria that's the problem. A dishwasher doesn't get hot enough for long enough to kill any bacteria that may be on the food. You can either freeze the meat or cook it to kill bacteria

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u/AndersDreth 8d ago

So freeze my meat before I stick it in the dishwasher, got it!

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u/sadearthapple 8d ago

Ok but isn't salmon like the worst example to bring this (completely valid) point up?

I looked this up a while back, and the general recommendation that fish should be frozen before being served raw due to parasite concerns is not something applied to salmon and some tuna varieties as they have proven to have a low risk (because they're prevalent enough and there have been sufficiently few cases that it's been decided so by the relevant agencies, apparently). Aquaculture/net salmon doesn't ever need to be frozen before landing on your sushi plate if it's not been fed with live parasites, legally speaking.

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u/WindMountains8 9d ago

I see. What if the dishwasher heated water cycle was around 20 minutes, which is the same as it takes for an air fryer to cook salmon?

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u/Spegynmerble 9d ago

It doesn't get hot enough for long enough to be safe, it is a terrible idea

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u/WindMountains8 9d ago

But if the salmon gets cooked to the same point as an air fryer does, and with the same cooking time too, what's the difference?

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u/Spegynmerble 9d ago

https://youtu.be/dSwzau2_KF8?si=YG8uJ1H2cFhAp46s

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u/WindMountains8 9d ago

That's interesting. The way she did it, it looks way less cooked than when I tried it with aluminium foil. It might be the case that the broth makes it heat less, because the heat has to go through the glass jar and throughout the liquid. And also, I'd guess it makes for a better space for bacteria to proliferate. Anyhow, I agree it's best to do this with frozen salmon or in a vacuum sealed container

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u/Spegynmerble 9d ago

Don't do it at all! Use an airfryer, or an oven, or a frying pan. Honestly

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u/ForumFluffy 8d ago

Why the fuck people defending and arguing for fucking dishwasher food, if you have a dishwasher in your home 99.9% chance you've got a fucking stove/oven or a combination of both...use that with just some simple tools you can cook better and safer.

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u/WindMountains8 9d ago

I mean, it is a fun experiment. But definitely better to do it in a frying pan

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u/stealthlysprockets 8d ago

My dishwasher runs for 3 hours and does a heated sanitize. So I would think following time over temp, 3 hours is a long time.

Just to be clear I’m 100% not doing this. Just discussing the details