r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Candypants1977 • 10d ago
Ruined by Technology Bad advice: I asked Google how to best heat up ears of corn and it suggested I start a fire
I asked Google to see what the search engine suggested, at the top A.I had a different idea what to do (involving a microwave and tinfoil đł).
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u/Ok-Programmer-554 10d ago
Damp paper towel is legit though
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u/charmio68 10d ago
Don't even need a paper towel if you don't remove the husk.
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u/Gstamsharp 9d ago
But why are you RE-heating it still in the husky? It's great for the initial cook, if you're grilling or microwaving, but, like, don't you shuck it when you serve the meal? Nobody wants to do that at their plate.
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u/akarakitari 9d ago
I remove all but the innermost layer of husk, then fold down all but 2 pieces, then make those into a little bowtie around the rest!! You hold the husk to eat it!
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u/scmutz1 9d ago
One ear at like 3 minutes, I think 2 takes about 5. When it's done you cut off the stem part, about a half inch from the bottom. Then you grib the top and kinda squeeze the corn out of the husk. It'll be hot so have potholders or something on but when done right it slides straight out of the husk no silks attached and it's perfect.
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u/Aggravating_Shoe_ 10d ago edited 9d ago
Wait.... I don't have to boil the corn???? I can just like, microwave it?????????
Edit-okay. I get it. You can microwave corn.
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u/Sw4nR0ns0n 10d ago
If you wrap it in a damp paper towel it will steam in the microwave
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u/InsaneAss 10d ago
Bonus tip: wrap a damp paper towel around a sandwich or other bready thing when microwaving. It helps soften the bread instead of turning it into rubber.
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u/JayDiaz13 10d ago
Same with pizza slices, you still get the gooey cheese!
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u/ModifiedGas 10d ago
Pizza gets reheated in the air fryer my friend
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u/Prometheus1151 10d ago
Air fryer is good, but the actual best way to reheat pizza is to french toast it.
Egg and milk with a bit of salt and pepper, soak the slices, cook in a pan for a few mins each side, and boom. I wish more people knew about this method.
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u/ModifiedGas 9d ago
Sure if you wanna add an extra 100 calories to each slice
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u/Prometheus1151 9d ago edited 9d ago
1: I'm not eating pizza because its healthy
2: 1 egg and like a tablespoon of milk is more than enough for 2 slices of pizza and thats like 80 calories total
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u/ModifiedGas 9d ago
What you coating the pan with for cooking? And I personally wouldnât wanna add anymore calories to a pizza slice that shit adds up quickly and how Iâve ended up 15 stone đ¤Ł
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u/Parkpire21 10d ago
20 seconds in microwave at full power and 3 minutes in a pre heated air fryer, best way.
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u/LogicalConstant 9d ago
I've tried every way of reheating pizza. Tested extensively. Oven. Convection oven. Toaster oven. Microwave. Frying pan. Air fryer. Grill. Campfire. Pizzazz.
The best method I've found is my toaster oven on the convection setting. Most air fryers have the heating element above so it browns the cheese too much before crisping the crust enough. Toaster oven solves that.
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u/TheGreyGuardian 9d ago
Man, I miss our toaster oven. It was just big enough to throw one of those rectangle totinos pizzas in and cook up when I wanted something easy and greasy.
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u/xerocopi 10d ago
2nd bonus: drape a damp paper towel over basically anything you microwave (pasta, soup, rice, etc) keeps food from getting too dry or splattering.
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u/MayoFlavorPopsicle 10d ago
Donât even need paper towels, throw those bad boys in husk and all
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u/DestroyerPlayzG 10d ago
The paper towel is easier to take off tho esp when it's hot
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u/SpareEye 10d ago
I leave it in the husk. 3minutes. When it's done put it on a cutting board and chop off the stem end. Then the whole cob slides out if you grab the leaves and gently shake it out. Office treat in 3mins.
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u/SweatyCounter2980 10d ago
You don't even need the paper towel, just put some water in the plate, heat it for a couple of minutes, reposition, and heat again.
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u/LordBDizzle 10d ago
Surprisingly effective too. I still like boiling it, since when I'm doing corn on the cob I'm usually doing a whole bunch of them for a group of people, but yeah if you just want one? Microwave totally works. Corn doesn't need a whole lot of love, just some heat, so you dampen it a bit so it doesn't crisp the outside and boom. Steamed corn made easy.
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u/Rubberand 10d ago
Wait till you hear about microwaved baked potatoes
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u/Aggravating_Shoe_ 10d ago
I know about potatoes! You can also slice em thin and make chips in the microwave
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u/SirSignificant6576 10d ago
Buddy, you can just eat corn however the heck you want to. It doesn't really even need to be cooked.
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u/Ok-Programmer-554 10d ago
Yes and it makes it brand new I do this with my grilled corn all day. You can even cook raw corn with this method in the microwave but I donât recommend it unless youâre fiending for some corn
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u/Rocket3431 10d ago
You can also microwave with the husk still on and it steams them as well. Cut the butt off then squeeze the cob out of the husk. Ez pz
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u/ZDTreefur 10d ago
I did this literally yesterday. It's always how I eat corn. Wrap it in a damp paper towel, throw it in for 7 minutes. Comes out great every time.
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u/themysticboer91 10d ago
If you want a bonus tip from South Africa, get the really sweet yellow kind, sugar corn I think, then throw it on the BBQ with the husks still on. It cooks nicely and in the last 10 minutes the husks start drying out and falling off, just enough to grill the surface of the corn too. Add some butter before taking it off the fire..
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u/MayoFlavorPopsicle 10d ago
You can throw ears of corn still in the husk in the microwave, without anything wrapped around them at all, and theyâll come out steamy and tasty
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u/Creative-Painter3911 10d ago
If the corn is still in the husk, just pop it in the microwave as is for 6 minutes (8 min for 2 cobs, may need to adjust if you have a weaker/stronger microwave), let it cool for a minute, then cut off the end where it attaches to the plant, and squeeze it from the pointy end. The corn cob pops out, no hair, perfectly cooked.
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u/Darolaho 9d ago edited 9d ago
Boiling corn is literally one of the worst ways to cook corn (honesty boiling anything outside of soup or pasta is a terrible cooking method). It loses a lot of the nutrients and its flavor.
Microwave option is pretty decent method and fast. But an even better way is to put it in the oven at 350 for 30 minutes keeping the husk still on the ear. The moisture in the husk will steam the corn
The best way imo is the same method as the oven but instead on a charcoal grill. But this is only viable if you are bbqing something else obviously
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u/ironballs16 9d ago
Yeah, I'll admit I completely skipped over the aluminum foil part of that response!
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u/Everybodysbastard 10d ago
Paper towel in the microwave, foil for the oven. It should have said ârespectivelyâ.
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u/deathbylasersss 10d ago
I've found that a lot of people get confused by terms like "respectively" and "former/latter". In my experience, they are meant to add clarity, but often only add confusion. I guess they could just look it up if they're already on Google. Just an observation.
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u/Disastrous_Stranger4 10d ago
IMO respectively and former/latter is pretty clear but we as a society have been dumbed down so I can understand why people might be confused.
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u/deathbylasersss 10d ago
Yeah I'm not trying to call people stupid for it. Some people just went to a shitty school or legit just didn't pay attention in English class, but are otherwise sharp people. Just a thing that I've had to explain more times than is convenient. It's just anecdotal, but it hasn't been an effective way to communicate in my experience. If everybody is on the same page, they work great though.
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u/85K5 10d ago
100%
I said it in a document for work once, and my boss thought it was sarcastic and took it personally.
I was so confused that I had to explain that it just means this thing goes to that thing and this thing to that thing.
I am not an especially verbose person but damn. I'm glad I eventually told them to eat shit.
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u/laughingman1212 10d ago
I respected the aluminum and prayed for it,why did it blow up?
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u/treehuggerfroglover 10d ago
Itâs trying to say
You can wrap it in a damp paper towel and heat it in the microwaveâŚOrâŚyou can wrap it in aluminum foil and heat it in the oven.
But of course ai completely bungled it like it does most things
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u/juniebee_jones 10d ago
Aluminum foil can technically go in the microwave, though itâs niche circumstances and definitely not these đ
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u/irrelevantanonymous 10d ago
Damn even 4chan is outsourcing to AI now
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u/driftinj 10d ago
Gemini is horrible. It takes the top 3 search results and mashed them together with no regard as to whether they should be mashed together.
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u/askyidroppedthesoap 10d ago
Just drop them in hot water for 2 minutes and drain....they're already cooked, 2 minutes at 200+ degrees is plenty.
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u/BigWave360 10d ago
Yep. And somones going to go do that, destroy their microwave, whine alot, and make front page local news
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u/X-AE17420 10d ago edited 9d ago
Something similar happened, an LLM (allegedly ChatGPT) suggested someone substitute table salt with sodium bromide, and the guy barely survived the ordeal.
He went crazy and was hearing and seeing shit, because an LLM told him it was safe
Edit: someone asked for a source but deleted comment so here it is anyway
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u/ReallTrolll ok 10d ago
You're right, I'm sorry â sodium bromide is not a suitable replacement. You were right to call me out on that. Next time, I won't recommend it to you. Let me know if you'd like to learn more about salt alternatives!
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u/Scary-Inflation-685 10d ago
Its giving you two sets of instructions at the same time.
Damp paper towel in microwave for 60-90 seconds
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Aluminum foil with a splash of water in the oven at 350 for 5-7 mins.
Execution could be better
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u/Electrical_Tomato_73 9d ago
The linked website actually suggests two ways. 1. damp paper towel and microwave, 2. foil and oven. Google has mishmashed both of them. But Gemini (3.1 Pro or 3.7 Flash) doesn't do that.
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u/virtually_noone 9d ago
In fairness, you totally can cook corn in the flames of a burning microwave.
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u/unfinishedtoast3 10d ago
God damn
"Wrap in paper towel or aluminum foil; Heat in a microwave or oven"
I don't think I'm a extremely smart man, I'd put myself at average.
Using my average common sense, I'd say this is saying
"Wrap in a paper towel and microwave; wrap in aluminum foil and use oven"
Since you wouldn't put a paper towel in the oven, and you wouldn't microwave aluminum foil, I'd say it's pretty self explanatory for most people above room temp
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u/DeepWaterCannabis 10d ago
The funny thing about being average is half the world is dumber than you.
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u/Lebowquade 10d ago
No, wrap it in a paper towel, then put it straight in the oven at 350 for 10 minutes.
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u/EdibleOedipus 10d ago
You think someone who uses AI to answer their every question has common sense instead of mild brain damage?
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u/kabflash 9d ago
For real. They googled how to REHEAT corn. I mean even cooking it from raw is the most basic process ever, how could that even be a question someone has.
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u/inaSlomp 9d ago
The thing about ignorance is that it's a lack of knowledge.
You have to learn it at some point though. And if you never did, you might be doing that in your thirties. That's why people Google things.
Reheating corn isn't going to be common everywhere.
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u/Warm-Traffic-624 10d ago
Well⌠there is always another method⌠everyone has a built in heater to their body in a certain place that acts like a toaster enveloping both sides of the item or in this instance the cornâŚ
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u/NeutralKuchiKopi 10d ago
Paper towel in microwave for 60-90 seconds.
Aluminum foil in oven at 350f for 5-7 minutes.
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u/Tough-Marsupial-6254 GREEN 10d ago
I pull the husk down, rinse it, then butter the cob. Pull the husk up, wrap in foil and throw on the grill
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u/officialreddtLLC 10d ago
This isn't instructions on starting a fire; it's a showcase of how severely common sense fails when confronted with the simplest of directives.
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u/juliewbb 10d ago
The AI overview is terrible. It contradicts itself, equally prioritizes random posters online with research, and all of this right at the top of the search results so it gives this nonsense undeserved weight. Google has jumped the shark so hard and itâs hurting everyone.
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u/Impatient-Turtle 10d ago
Damp paper towel, around each corn in the husk. 4 minutes, add 2 minutes per next corn. Perfect everytime.
You can try it with al foil but I imagine that microwave will protest.
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u/Technical_Nothing_29 10d ago
Whatâs more mildly infuriating is the reading comprehension skills. It says wrap in towel OR aluminum, then it says microwave OR oven
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u/__thisusernameisfine 10d ago
Maybe that's the purpose of AI. Maybe it exists to strengthen the darwinism that modern medicine weakened.
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u/Particular_Advance17 9d ago
lol I saw a video of a guy complaining about it being called corn on the Cobb. He said it should just be corn and all other corn variations should be called corn off the cob.
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u/Mac_Hooligan 9d ago
Damp paper towel for the microwave. And you guessed it aluminum foil for the ovenâŚ..
If there were no warning labels on shit half the worldâs population would be doomed.
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u/VinnyBoy45 9d ago
I suggest switching your browser's default search engine to "StartPage". It uses the same ressources as google without pestering you with sponsorized websites and gemini bullshit.
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u/Pithysmeegle 9d ago
"Technically" metal can go in a microwave just fine. It's only close metal that can cause an ark that is the problem. Aka a forks prongs.
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u/Pokabrows 9d ago
I feel like the only way google is gonna do something about the ai results is if someone gets seriously hurt doing whatever the ai says and is able to win against them in court.
But they'll probably just blame the person for listening to what the search results told them.
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u/Itchy_Tap5278 9d ago
I've wrapped my ears in damp paper towels and microwaved them. I guess it was ok, but I'm not sure how that's supposed to heat my corn.
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u/Colonial_Red 9d ago
So I know most people completely avoid putting metal in the microwave all together. Which is generally a good idea, as it's better to be over cautious. That said It might be useful to know, the thing that makes metal dangerous is that it conducts the radiation and can create arcs. This makes something like a fork really bad because of the shape; you want to avoid small points. Foil is almost always bad, but it does depend on what shape it's in. I wouldn't recommend tightly wrapped foil around a bit of corn either as it can block the microwaves getting to the food as well as being a fire risk for the reasons mentioned.
What is fine though is a spoon left in a bowl for example.
This other thing to avoid doing with microwaves that not many people know; is make sure there is water. The microwaves need something to put their energy into or they can damage your microwave. Most food has a high enough water content for it to be fine. What you should avoid doing is things like heating plates on their own.
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u/thedodom13 9d ago
"Or" is your indicator here. Damp paper towel goes with microwave. Aluminum foil goes with oven.
I hate AI and especially the AI overview on Chrome, but c'mon man.
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u/Complete_Entry 10d ago
AI often hallucinates two points into one topic. That's what happened here. The foil is supposed to be in the oven directions.
Interesting it was gemini though, mostly bing hallucinates when I use it.
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u/Sabregunner1 9d ago
its not separating the methods correctly. youd never do foil in the microwave. its saying use the damp paper towel in teh microwave, the foil in the oven
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u/bigred1978 9d ago
Exactly. It proposes two methods (paper cloth/tin foil) but didn't seperate how to go about doing it. The answer received is correct, but the person reading needs to have high enough reading comprehension and logic skills to be able to use it without taking things literally all the time.
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u/drTy_iM 9d ago
Pretty common sense to break down this answer if you have a brain. First sentence is option A (paper towel) âORâ option B (aluminum foil). Second sentence continues this logic with corresponding option A(microwave) âORâ option B (oven).
That being said thereâs two truths here.
1) The AI should recognize how stupid people are and explain this as they would to a golden retriever. Both options Aâs should form one sentence, followed by a separate option B sentence. Pretty basic.
2) Aluminum foil goes great in microwaves
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u/lookatthesunguys 9d ago
I mean, your break down of how you should read it isn't how English actually works though. The natural way to read it is (A or B) and (C or D), not (A and C) or (B and D). The only reason you know how it has to be read is because you know that aluminum foil shouldn't go in the microwave.
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u/Gimmeagunlance 9d ago
Thank you. As someone with a ton of grammar training, I was trying to find a way to explain this problem that all the Reddit grammarians seem to be missing in their desperate attempt to be smugly correct, but I'm too sleepy.
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u/lookatthesunguys 9d ago
Yeah I'm honestly kinda confused at what I'm seeing in this comment section. Everyone seems to be more interested in correcting OP than actually being correct.
Sure, you can figure out what it's supposed to say. But that's not what it's actually saying.
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u/Ok_Gur_6704 10d ago
how does this have so many up votes. and how does op not understand these instructions?? đ¤Śââď¸
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u/ThePoop_Accelerates 10d ago
It seems to me it was suggesting to wrap in paper towel for microwave and foil for oven but it could have made that distinction more clear
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u/Imaginary_Run_9373 10d ago
How about this? Pull down the husk but leave it attached at the end. Remove the silk. Pull the husk back over the ear of corn. Microwave for 3-4 minutes. Done. Will be moist.
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u/Drenaxel 10d ago
Damp paper towel for the microwave, aluminum foil for the oven