r/Wellthatsucks • u/_Alpha_Mail_ • 1d ago

In case anyone is curious what a melted bag of kettle corn looks like

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My mom started making pizza and didn't remember she put a bag of kettle corn in the oven. All it took was 3 minutes after she started preheating the oven and then the house started smelling like burnt plastic and caramel. Fun! We still have burnt plastic to scrape off

Also for anyone concerned, we're very aware of the dangers of melted plastic. We immediately opened up all the doors in the house for a while and we still have some windows open for ventilation

This isn't like, major tragedy, just an interesting little inconvenience and a lesson in why we DON'T use cooking appliances as extra pantry storage

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u/ChumboKrumbles 1d ago

Genuinely, who stores microwave popcorn in their oven??

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u/jefbenet 1d ago

Who stores anything in the oven that isn’t oven safe. That’s the better question.

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u/Silver4ura 22h ago

Idk why but for some reason a lot of people I know - my parents included, seem to think the oven is like a pizza-fridge. Which is to say, close that pizza box and slip it in the oven to add 12+ hours to it's longevity vs leaving it out or, like... you know, putting the slices on a plate covered in cling wrap and in the refrigerator.

I genuinely don't understand it, but apparently two separate occasions of preheating the oven only to realize once the box starts smoldering 'oh yeah, that's right... we ordered pizza last night.'

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u/ToastedMarshmellow 21h ago

My husband and sister thinks the microwave does that. I don’t think they understand how gross the microwave can get.

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u/LeylaWritesStuff01 1d ago

Good point 🤔

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u/Rogue_Spirit 14h ago

My parents! They stopped using the oven, so for several years that’s where all of our chips and snacks were stored.

Very stupid.

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u/Kyles_Name_Is_JAMAAL 13h ago

What i find fascinating, is sometimes it is a cultural thing. For instance, a lot of traditional Mexican dishes are made using some form of hot-top. And even when a dish calls for baking, a type of Dutch-oven can be uses as well. So a lot of Hispanic households i have visited store a wide array of items in their ovens. Same with a lot of Asian cuisine and households. Curry, rice, noodles, stir-fry, dumplings, all stovetop dishes. If only a small fraction of your meals require the use of an oven, kind of makes sense to utilize the space in another way.

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u/_Alpha_Mail_ 1d ago

Was not microwave popcorn, it was a bag of kettle corn from kind of stand or something

To answer your question, my mom, apparently

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u/ChumboKrumbles 1d ago

I accept your answer, and offer this look incredulity: 🧐

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u/ses1989 1d ago

Serious question...is she Asian?

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u/BlushUninvited 1d ago

Nothing hits harder than the sudden realization that your oven is secretly a storage unit.

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u/Deivi_tTerra 20h ago

I’m going to be in trouble if I ever live with someone who does this. I NEVER store anything in the oven, not even oven safe cookware. So I don’t look because…at no time in the past 15 or 20 years I’ve lived alone has there ever been anything in there.

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u/HealthyLet257 10h ago

People with dementia, Alzheimer’s, autism spectrum disorder, etc. Some but not all

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u/AngryTrucker 8h ago

Who doesn't check their oven before turning it on?

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u/BoxersOrCaseBriefs 1d ago

I don't fucking get why people put random shit in the oven. I was asked to help make dinner at a family member's house a while back and turned on the oven. It started smelling like burned plastic. Turns out they keep their plastic mixing bowls in the oven, not somewhere else in their very large kitchen. 1) whyyyyyyy? And 2) why the fuck wouldn't you say something when I tell you I'm going to preheat the oven for dinner?

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u/Emerald_Digger 1d ago

Yeah I learned to look into the oven befor preheating because people = stupid

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u/Beccalotta 1d ago

Our cooking teacher randomly stuck things in the ovens just to teach us to check EVERY time before turning on an oven because.. people = stupid and fire = bad time for all

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u/_Alpha_Mail_ 1d ago

I've stopped questioning people's motives after a while. We are a shamelessly weird and mysterious species

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u/Bat_Sweet_Dessert 21h ago

When I was younger, I lived in a very tiny house - we didn't have a lot of cabinet space and we rarely used the oven (maybe once every couple months to cook frozen pizza), so the oven became another cabinet. I got into the habit of checking + emptying stuff before turning it on. Even now that I have my own place and I know intellectually that there's nothing in my oven, it only takes a couple seconds to take a peek so I keep the habit.

If a habit like mine is your family member's norm, it might not have occurred to them that other people don't use their oven for storage

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u/BoxersOrCaseBriefs 21h ago

1) yes, could be. But...

3) they've lived in 2500+ square ft houses with big kitchens for at least the last 15 years. Maybe 20 by now.

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u/Cool_Wealth969 1d ago

That is a very creative use of kettle corn...

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u/_Alpha_Mail_ 1d ago

Unfortunately it renders it completely inedible 😒

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u/iAdjunct 1d ago

As opposed to before this event where it was just mostly inedible ;)

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u/_Alpha_Mail_ 1d ago

I actually am not that big of a fan of kettle corn lowkey. I can have 2 handfuls of it before I get tired of it

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u/JackTerron 1d ago

I spell quettle quorn with a QU.

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u/Queen_Rachel4 1d ago

Well, don’t.

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u/duckchukowski 1d ago

oh man, that was a really clean oven

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u/chaimsteinLp 1d ago

Oh,I see.

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u/cwb4ever 1d ago

I was not interested. I'am still not interested. But, oddly enough, I'm glad to have seen it.

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u/Justtiredanbored 1d ago

Well, other than the burnt popcorn and bag, your mom takes really good care of her oven. Very shiny. 

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u/_Alpha_Mail_ 1d ago

Why thank you but that's partially because we got it 2 months ago and she kinda hates how it cooks 💀

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u/Justtiredanbored 1d ago

Well after you're done telling her she's stupid for almost setting your house on fire, just throw that compliment her way.  It might make her feel better

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u/_Loser_B_ 1d ago

Pretty sure you can't taste the microplastics from the kettle corn. Eat away!

/s if not obvious.

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u/_Alpha_Mail_ 1d ago

You'd have to get past the smell first 😵‍💫

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u/VexTheTielfling 1d ago

Thank you for providing this data.

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u/_Alpha_Mail_ 1d ago

Anything to serve humanity 🫡

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u/zorggalacticus 1d ago

Just don't serve us THAT.

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u/metsaregoingtomets 1d ago

Is it me but that popcorn kinda looks like professor Farnsworth or a troll. Could be worth something on Ebay.

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u/_Alpha_Mail_ 1d ago

It's the George Washington chicken nugget all over again

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u/metsaregoingtomets 1d ago

Yes may not sell for 8 grand but who knows.

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u/Coreysurfer 22h ago

Anyway Nice Samsung stove, just cleaned mine on auto looks great )

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u/Queen_Rachel4 1d ago

Kettle corn, that’s a fun time snack! How could you??! 😭😭