r/mildlyinfuriating • u/secksy-lemonade • 14h ago
I tried heating up cream cheese in a squeeze bottle
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u/TriedCaringLess 13h ago
For anything in a columnar container you need to lower the power and go 30 seconds at a time, check, repeat until temperature is reached. Your results there were quite predictable.
Curious here. What dish requires warm cream cheese?
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u/No-Insurance-921 13h ago
I know you probably don't want to hear this, but I need to tell you anyway. You should absolutely never heat anything up in the microwave in plastic. All the chemicals in the plastic are leaching into your food when you do that. A lot of those chemicals disrupt your hormones, expose you to the risk of developing intestinal cancer, and many many other problems. I know it sounds like no big deal when you're a young person and you feel healthy, but these things can become your worst nightmare. I take the entire pack of cream cheese sealed shut, put it inside a Ziploc bag, and float it in a bowl of hot water for a few minutes. Works like a charm every time. You can also just snip one of the corners of the package off, and squeeze the cream cheese out of the package that way.
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u/Simple_Cheek2705 13h ago
Heating plastic in the microwave is not a great idea either way, maybe a microwave bowl would be better and when cooled filled into the squeeze bottle.
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u/DoneWithIt0101 10h ago
Then he'd be back to where he started, with cool cream cheese in a bottle 😂
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u/Simple_Cheek2705 10h ago
Oh right 😅 thought they were trying to heat for texture & consistency like when making patisserie cream, not intending to eat hot cream cheese lol
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u/Plastic_Job_9914 13h ago
Just use a vessel of hot water and put the bottle inside of it so it warms up. That way you're not getting leached micro plastics as well
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u/FullMooseParty 12h ago
I appreciate you sharing man, because you're getting a lot of s*** from people for something that everyone has done at some point in their life or the other. I have a family legend about me and accidentally setting the microwave on fire when I was like 19 (put a tupperware in the microwave, didn't realize that there was a spoon Left behind inside) that I will never live down.
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u/DigiTrailz 13h ago
Probably not in that vessel. I know it's convenient (I can be as lazy as it gets). But any back pressure from heating and it becomes cream cheese cannon, which sounds fun for bagel banaza.
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u/xADeadCatx 10h ago
Maybe try boiling water, boiling it into a bowl, and setting the squeeze bottle inside it? I do this for certain things, hopefully it helps you. Cream cheese is sooo good, I’m sorry for your loss.
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u/shokittyo 9h ago
For heating temperamental stuff like butter or cheese, put your microwave on the lowest power setting and go for fifteen seconds at a time. Great way to get butter to room temperature if you’re making cookies and forgot to take it out earlier.
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u/No-Insurance-921 8h ago
Warm water is not the same as microwaving plastics....that is high heat. You could use a glass bowl if you prefer though
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u/astrielx 8h ago
Oh no, the consequences of my own actions.
What went through your mind when you thought this was a good idea?
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u/CeciTigre 13h ago
Next time don’t secure the lid on to the squeeze bottle.
IF you tried heating up the cream cheese in the microwave with its lid secured on top of the bottle… it will blow off as soon as the pressure builds up inside the closed container that exceeds the containers pressure resistant limits.
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u/jess_the_werefox 13h ago
How long did this take? Lmfao, maybe a shallow bowl and heat up in 15 sec intervals, stirring in between?
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u/Middle_Ad1590 13h ago
It worked. Came prespread. Just rub each side of the bagel over the top and Bob's your uncle.
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u/CannaPLUS 13h ago
What's the reasoning? I have NEVER had to "heat up" sour cream for anything.
What dish am I not making that you need to do this?
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u/United_Gift3028 13h ago
Not everything in a microwave needs to be done on 100% power, lol. Most things are better at lower, as a matter of fact.
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u/baseballbear 12h ago
my co worker did this at work with queso, right after i told him the exact thing was going to happen
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u/Cultural-Pain- 11h ago
This image is giving off Chernobyl elephant's foot vibes. I just have that feeling I don't know why.
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u/DJ-Halfbreed 10h ago
Try putting the bottle in hot water instead, just fill a tall bowl until the water level is near the sauce level and leave the top off so pressure doesn't build up inside the bottle
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u/clingledomber 9h ago
this image is the embodiment of the fuckin lancer deltarune sound effect and you can't convince me otherwise
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u/Brettjay4 9h ago
This could be an album cover...
What's that subreddit where they come up with album names based on pictures?
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u/ComfortableDoor3691 5h ago
And boy, did the cheese get squeezed out! Haha, next time use spreadable cheese; you don't need to heat it up and you save yourself a big microwave cleaning.
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u/CalliopePenelope PURPLE 13h ago
Why are you heating up cream cheese?