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by borlanco 881 days ago
I would say yes. They try hard to make cooks laugh.

This is one of their recipes:

  APOCALYPSE RAMEN

  This is basically like regular ramen soup but with three critical differences: 

  - It is intensely chaotic, which is to say that you can pretty much toss anything into it and say you did it on purpose.
  - It's slightly healthier, if your depression has lifted enough that you want to eat something other than delicious, delicious chemicals.
  - It involves a mason jar, so you can feel like you're riding out the end of days in true hipster style.

  Core Ingredients & Supplies: 

  - Mason jar or other heatproof receptacle.
  - Boiling water.
  - The only requirement here is rice noodles. Why? Because they cook fast.

  Preparation: 

  - Put all ingredients in the jar.
  - Boil some water.
  - Pour into jar to cover ingredients.
  - Shake it up a bit (not right away, otherwise you'll burn your hands and get more depressed).
  - Let it sit for a few minutes.
  - Enjoy???

  Variations: 

  - Remember those takeout packets of hot sauce and soy sauce? This is a good time to use them.
  - Frozen or fresh vegetables. Wilted is absolutely fine here. International readers may call them "wilty" vegetables. Reader, you are now bilingual.
  - Any kind of spices. We particularly suggest garlic or ginger powder, but seriously, anything will work.
  - If you have tofu or some other protein to use, go for it.
1 comments

put boiling water in a jar and then shake it up? Ouch! when you agitate hot water, it evaporates a lot faster, bringing the pressure in the jar to great heights. If your seal is not good, or if you open the jar scalding water can come shooting out onto your hands.

a similar thing happens when you put boiling water in a blender and turn the blender on (your blender seal is not good) explosive results.

It’s a mason jar. If it’s cool enough for you to hold, it’s not going to permanently disfigure you. Plenty of camping recipes involve putting boiling water in pouches and then squeezing and shaking them.
The recipe literally says to wait until the water is no longer boiling hot though. Anyone can harm themselves cooking if they don't follow the actual recipe steps.
Please note the name of the recipe.
A playfully dangerous sounding name is no excuse for a recipe that could literally scald your face for life.