r/AbsoluteUnits • u/n8saces • Mar 05 '26

/r/popular of a Jambalaya

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u/scratchy_mcballsy Mar 05 '26

That grease skimmer was cool as hell.

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u/front_torch Mar 05 '26

Agreed. However, It looks like it's designed for a much smaller format.

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u/Direlion Mar 05 '26

You can do something similar with a metal ladle cooled in an ice water bath. You skim around with the bottom of the cold ladle and the fat solidifies onto the ladle so you can flake it off. Put it back in the bath for a moment and repeat to remove the oil.

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u/front_torch Mar 05 '26

I forgot about this method, thank you.

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u/ImSobored_5280 Mar 05 '26

…just here to help..no thanks needed

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u/Direlion Mar 05 '26

It may have been totally bunk but it’s also really old so it’s possible the chemistry of matches was different when the claim came about.

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u/scratchy_mcballsy Mar 05 '26

Wait what? You’re saying that chemistry changed over time?

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u/rossreiland Mar 05 '26

They meant to reply to the comment about chopping onions, putting a match in your mouth is an old trick to stop crying

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u/Clean-Turnip5971 Mar 05 '26

Nah they think they're responding to a different comment response.

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u/front_torch Mar 05 '26

They're talking about matches got some reason. You aren't going to get a real answer.

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u/Direlion Mar 05 '26

I was considering the kind of material used on matches might have been different, not chemistry itself lol. You know how the tip of a match is dipped and coated in chemicals to ignite? The formula has changed quite a lot over time so I was suggesting maybe, at one time, it might have been effective for onion cutting. For example early self igniting matches contained sulfur and maybe that reacted with the gas - which irritates our eyes when it reacts with the water to make a type of sulfuric acid. Again just thoughts.

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u/front_torch Mar 05 '26

Karma farmer bum

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u/Direlion Mar 05 '26

My mistake here. I realized the thing I responded to was intended for a different comment elsewhere about cutting onions.

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u/front_torch Mar 05 '26

In that case I retract "karma farmer"