Poll of the Day > Is it safe to microwave the cup for Cup Noodles?

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I was just wondering since on every package it says "do not microwave cup".
But if I feel lazy I just wanna pour water first, then heat the cup. Is it safe then? have u guys done it?



Also game related, Did FFXV really boost sales of Cup noodles? I have yet to play it.

I literally emailed the company itself asking this in college. they said they dont recommend doing it because the styrofoam can melt. they also snail mailed me some coupons lol
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Microwave the water in another cup (non/plastic) till it boils.

Poor it in the cup of noodles the nuke that for about 15 seconds as well (covered).

Done and not really much extra work at all.

You are probably ok nuking it with the cup, but it's easy to avoid anyway.
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I did it for years and I am fine BUT now my girl tells me not to do it because the cup suposedly releases chemicals into the soup.

I would rather spend the 3 or so extra minutes it takes to boil the water separely than risk my life.

I did it for like 20 years and then found out you aren't supposed to and was like uh oh

So far nothing has happened to me tho
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Isn't that how you're supposed to do it? I remember there being one where you pour the water over it and then heat the water, am I thinking of something else?

Mead posted...

I did it for like 20 years and then found out you aren't supposed to and was like uh oh

So far nothing has happened to me tho

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EvilMegas posted...

Mead posted...

I did it for like 20 years and then found out you aren't supposed to and was like uh oh

So far nothing has happened to me tho

I'm just finding this out right now.
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It can melt parts of the cup and you can get chemicals that you are not supposed to eat inside you which may poison you and/or shorten your life, if you are unlucky.
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Microwaving Styrofoam is always a bad idea.
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just don't put it in there for a long time and the cup won't melt. it only needs 2-3 minutes anyway
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I never did, but then again cup noodles was always too expensive for my family. I had to settle for the brick noodles that you had to boil and add the packet too. Once I started eating the cup noodles I had access to hot water faucets that I could use (hot water as in hot enough for tea).
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you are cooking the cup, which has chemicals. that the only bad part.

Also don't reuse water bottle, because you are drinking the bottle.


but come on we all have microwave cup of noodles.
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SunWuKung420 posted...

Microwaving Styrofoam is always a bad idea.

It depends.

http://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/microwaving-food-in-plastic-dangerous-or-not
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i've had a few melted cups doing that before

it wasn't really anything too bad, and i probably blame the microwave because it was like from the 80's and didn't have a turn table in it
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iwantmyoldid posted...

I did it for years and I am fine BUT now my girl tells me not to do it because the cup suposedly releases chemicals into the soup.

I would rather spend the 3 or so extra minutes it takes to boil the water separely than risk my life.

Mead posted...

I did it for like 20 years and then found out you aren't supposed to and was like uh oh

So far nothing has happened to me tho

hmmm ok. Thanks for the input an tips.

I too have heated the cup for years but better to be safe I guess.

I always just use warm tap water.
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Why not just boil the water in a kettle?
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ernieforss posted...

you are cooking the cup, which has chemicals. that the only bad part.

Also don't reuse water bottle, because you are drinking the bottle.


but come on we all have microwave cup of noodles.

that's only if the bottle has been around for a long time. the same bottle will be fine for quite some time
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wwinterj25 posted...

Why not just boil the water in a kettle?

2-3 minutes versus 10+ min....
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Krazy_Kirby posted...

2-3 minutes versus 10+ min....

Boiling water in a kettle takes around 3 minutes depending how full the kettle is. I'm talking about electric kettles here.
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wwinterj25 posted...

Krazy_Kirby posted...

2-3 minutes versus 10+ min....

Boiling water in a kettle takes around 3 minutes depending how full the kettle is. I'm talking about electric kettles here.

not everyone has a kettle (if they do i doubt its an electric one) why would people even have a kettle if they don't drink tea? most people have a microwave
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Krazy_Kirby posted...

not everyone has a kettle (if they do i doubt its an electric one) why would people even have a kettle if they don't drink tea? most people have a microwave

Agreed not everyone has a kettle but they really should if they like hot beverages and/or instant food such as noodles that require hot water that can't be cooked on the hob/microwave. As for the electric kettle part perhaps they are not as common in some countries.
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wwinterj25 posted...

Krazy_Kirby posted...

not everyone has a kettle (if they do i doubt its an electric one) why would people even have a kettle if they don't drink tea? most people have a microwave

Agreed not everyone has a kettle but they really should if they like hot beverages and/or instant food such as noodles that require hot water that can't be cooked on the hob/microwave. As for the electric kettle part perhaps they are not as common in some countries.

but they can be cooked in a microwave. even top ramen can.
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Krazy_Kirby posted...

but they can be cooked in a microwave. even top ramen can.

... but don't they require you to add boiled water first?
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You don't even need a kettle to boil water. Put a pot on the stove on high and it'll be boiling within a minute or two.
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Metalsonic66 posted...

You don't even need a kettle to boil water. Put a pot on the stove on high and it'll be boiling within a minute or two.

I don't have time for that shit

I have video games that need playin
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wwinterj25 posted...

Krazy_Kirby posted...

but they can be cooked in a microwave. even top ramen can.

... but don't they require you to add boiled water first?

2-3 minutes in the microwave will cook the noodles.
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Krazy_Kirby posted...

2-3 minutes in the microwave will cook the noodles.

... and again boiling water in a kettle takes around the same time. Just add boiled water to your cup noodles and done. Just like with Pot Noodles.
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wwinterj25 posted...

Krazy_Kirby posted...

2-3 minutes in the microwave will cook the noodles.

... and again boiling water in a kettle takes around the same time. Just add boiled water to your cup noodles and done. Just like with Pot Noodles.

... and again, that requires a kettle. why buy a kettle when you can use the microwave?
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Krazy_Kirby posted...

... and again, that requires a kettle. why buy a kettle when you can use the microwave?

Microwaving food is actually worse for you. Oh well. I just find it odd that some folk don't have kettles. Besides the instructions say "do not microwave cup". as the TC said so that's not the way to cook them.
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wwinterj25 posted...

Krazy_Kirby posted...

not everyone has a kettle (if they do i doubt its an electric one) why would people even have a kettle if they don't drink tea? most people have a microwave

Agreed not everyone has a kettle but they really should if they like hot beverages and/or instant food such as noodles that require hot water that can't be cooked on the hob/microwave. As for the electric kettle part perhaps they are not as common in some countries.

i just put the water in a saucepan and boil it

what do i need a kettle for, honestly

i don't drink tea, i throw that shit in the toilet
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HellHole_ posted...

i just put the water in a saucepan and boil it

what do i need a kettle for, honestly

Not everyone has saucepans! Check your privileges.

HellHole_ posted...

i don't drink tea, i throw that shit in the toilet

Silly me that's all kettles are for.
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wwinterj25 posted...

Not everyone has saucepans!

Lol most people don't have kettles in the US
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Mead posted...

Lol most people don't have kettles in the US

Yeah I figured going by the responses in this topic. It's odd really.
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In 28 years here I've met one person with an electric kettle and the only ones I know with the old conventional ones are my grandparents.

I thought kettles were as standard as a microwave haha wtf
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wwinterj25 posted...

Mead posted...

Lol most people don't have kettles in the US

Yeah I figured going by the responses in this topic. It's odd really.

most people here don't drink tea so not that odd. if they drink apple cider or hot chocolate they use a microwave
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I have some water in a glass, nuked it for 2 minutes.
Then pour the hot water in the cup, use a fork to keep the lid down, and have it sit for 3 minutes.
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Just use the water cooker?
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Krazy_Kirby posted...

wwinterj25 posted...

Mead posted...

Lol most people don't have kettles in the US

Yeah I figured going by the responses in this topic. It's odd really.

most people here don't drink tea so not that odd. if they drink apple cider or hot chocolate they use a microwave

All this kettle talk lol. I dont have 1 either. I do like green tea though. In which case I just microwave water in a coffee mug then add the tea bag.

Do 100% of uk ppl have a kettle or something?

Also are you Kirby?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOhhSDxR8x0

kirby is my favorite melee character (2nd in brawl behind pit). i'm not even sure if i thought of another name for my psn but it was taken or if Krazy_Kirby was my 1st try.

either way i'm not one of those people who regret their psn id. (and i have only seen 5-6 kirby's on psn since i started in 09)
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could also use a coffee machine
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weird.....

while viewing this topic i scrolled down and saw a ad saying ff was getting a cup of noodles hat dlc.
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It begins!
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wwinterj25 posted...

Microwaving food is actually worse for you.

Citation needed.
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Nichtcrawler X posted...

Just use the water cooker?

Those are actually outlawed in the states, they are considered fire hazards.
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Dikitain posted...

Those are actually outlawed in the states, they are considered fire hazards.

Uh, what? All I can find are bans on rain barrels (even more hilarious...)
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I have a stove top kettle and an electric kettle because I make french press coffee.

The electric kettle is so much faster.
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Krazy_Kirby posted...

most people here don't drink tea so not that odd. if they drink apple cider or hot chocolate they use a microwave

Wait some folk drink Apple cider warm? o.0

Revelation34 posted...

Citation needed.

You need citation to know that blasting food with radio waves constantly is more bad for you then cooking on the hob or any other method? Strange.
Still: http://www.medicaldaily.com/microwaves-are-bad-you-5-reasons-why-microwave-oven-cooking-harming-your-health-250145

ThaneofRhakana posted...

Do 100% of uk ppl have a kettle or something?

I've yet to visit anywhere that doesn't have a electric kettle.
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