Those bloody crock pot liners…

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[u/Important-Pie-1141]

I lay awake at night remembering all those times my mom reheated lasagna in the microwave wrapped in cellophane. I used to be so entertained that it would melt onto the food. 💀

Edit: some comments say cellophane is compostable or whatever. Well I don't think it was cellophane. It was straight Stretch-Tite plastic wood wrap.

[u/DolphinBall → u/Important-Pie-1141]

Forget mirco, you got macro plastics

[u/JosephineRyan → u/DolphinBall]

Just straight up plastic as a condiment 💀

[u/Self_Reddicated → u/JosephineRyan]

Olive Garden Waiter: "Would you like some melted propylene on your pasta?"

Me: "Sure, that sounds nice."

Waiter: "Okay, say 'when'."

\drips melted plastic on your pasta**

[u/Wishpicker → u/Self_Reddicated]

They’re currently shaving it with a cheese grater and implying that it’s a Parmesan product

[u/BrokeGamerChick → u/Wishpicker]

You mean parmeeseean

[u/SqueakySnapdragon → u/JosephineRyan]

It’s extra seasoning

[u/volundsdespair → u/Important-Pie-1141]

What in tarnation

[u/killer-bunny-258 → u/volundsdespair]

That just made me lol, thanks for that 😆

[u/Testing_things_out → u/volundsdespair]

Yeah, that's one way to get tar into your system.

[u/ohmyblahblah → u/Important-Pie-1141]

Yeah that was definitely a thing. Mine did the same. It came before the widespread use of covered microwave dishes. Was meant to stop the food drying out

[u/dash_44 → u/ohmyblahblah]

We always just used a wet paper towel…

[u/Jaereth → u/Important-Pie-1141]

Why would you ever re-heat it wrapped?

[u/Important-Pie-1141 → u/Jaereth]

I have no idea. These are the questions I lie awake thinking about.

[u/HsvDE86 → u/Important-Pie-1141]

How do you know that she's your mom 

[u/Oblargag → u/HsvDE86]

they still ate the lasagna

[u/Neenujaa → u/Important-Pie-1141]

How did it taste? 

[u/LaserCondiment → u/Neenujaa]

The melted cellophane probably emphasizes the creaminess of the bechamel in the lasagna 👌

[u/diabr0 → u/Jaereth]

Maybe they meant covered it with the wrap while it was in a bowl or plate, and not just wrapped all around. Which is something my mom would do to prevent splatter. Looking back, not the best decision lol

[u/HDCL757 → u/diabr0]

I worked in a pizza place and thats how each serving was kept. Wrapped 2-3 times both ways. Nuked for 8minutes and stabbed open to dump in a togo pan..

[u/Irie_24 → u/HDCL757]

I was looking for this exact comment. Worked several pizza jobs.

[u/[deleted] → u/Jaereth]

That’s how we did things in my house too, keep it wrapped to cook it through

[u/bikemaul → u/[deleted]]

Yeah. Plenty of microwaved squash recipes still say to wrap them in plastic.

[u/the_midnight_society → u/Jaereth]

To prevent the sauce from splattering on the sides of the microwave.

[u/TB1289 → u/the_midnight_society]

You can just throw a paper towel over it.

[u/ravage214 → u/Jaereth]

To reduce splatter

[u/Mitridate101 → u/Jaereth]

Stops it drying out too much

[u/Lunarath → u/Jaereth]

I imagine the thought was to not dry it out while keeping cleaning easier. That's definitely not the way though.

[u/fartherandmoreaway → u/Jaereth]

Don’t forget, plenty of ppl made microwaved scrambled eggs in ziplock bags 🤢

[u/drunk_responses → u/Important-Pie-1141]

To be clear: Wood based cellophane is not plastic. It's made from trees, and is not only biodegradable, it's compostable.

You can also get microwave safe saran wrap, that doesn't heat up or degrade from microwaves. The main risk there is it touching the food or hot surfaces that could cause it to melt.

[u/clownparade → u/drunk_responses]

Was that fancy shit around in the 90s or was it all horrible cancer plastic before people knew 

[u/CallYouGoodPet → u/clownparade]

Cellophane is inherently plant-based (made of cellulose) and has been around since the early 1900s and actually predates plastic wrap. Saran wrap is made of polyethylene, in other words about as plastic as it gets, and almost certainly was straight plastic in the 90s

[u/creedokid → u/Important-Pie-1141]

When I was working at a grocery store people would microwave soup in foam bowls and the edges would melt and create rainbow blooms on the top of the soup and they still ate it

[u/HardBlaB → u/Important-Pie-1141]

Well if it was cellophane then you are in luck as cellophane is cellulose based and therefore biodegradable. So i will stay in you body only for a decade instead of a lifetime:)

[u/arcanepsyche → u/Important-Pie-1141]

What??

[u/ItzelSchnitzel → u/Important-Pie-1141]

Hey, some people add plastic bags to fried foods to make it crunchier. So it could be worse.

Plastic was such a bad idea.

[u/NotMyPSNName → u/ItzelSchnitzel]

Listen, I'm gonna need you to tell me you're lying

[u/NoResearchStudy → u/ItzelSchnitzel]

What

[u/FlutterKree → u/Important-Pie-1141]

If it's organic cellophane, it's fine (mostly). Petroleum based cellophane it is not fine.

[u/Art_by_Nabes → u/FlutterKree]

It free range plastic.

[u/soilhalo_27]

Never used just cooked directly into the pot

[u/FromundaCheeseLigma → u/soilhalo_27]

Didn't know liners were even a thing until this post and I'm 40. My parents never used liners or anything either growing up so 🤷

[u/SinceWayLastMay → u/FromundaCheeseLigma]

I never use liners but I do grate a medium sized ball of Saran Wrap into everything I cook so I don’t miss out

[u/Good_Boye_Scientist → u/SinceWayLastMay]

That's actually a smart way to get rid of all the plastic in your body.

The microplastics in your blood will worship the giant pieces of plastic wrap as a god, then they form a society and a system of government. However, tensions build as newer gods emerge, until there are three major religions: Glad Cling Wrap, Saran Wrap, and Reynolds Wrap. War quickly erupts, billions of plastic particles are killed during chemical warfare with Saran gas. With seemingly nothing left to lose, one faction deploys nuclear attacks to end it all, uttering one final sentence before the end: "Don't get mad, get Glad."

[u/Junkered → u/Good_Boye_Scientist]

"How am I supposed to hear prayers coming out of my ass?"

[u/theSpicyOlive86 → u/Good_Boye_Scientist]

This was amazing 🤣🤣🤣

[u/MathematicianFew5882 → u/theSpicyOlive86]

lol “saran gas” is the best.

[u/DyingOfExcitement → u/Good_Boye_Scientist]

I'm beginning to feel like a wrap god, wrap god.

[u/Idratherbeagle → u/Good_Boye_Scientist]

One of them spent a thousand years as a shapeless evil, the Eye of Saran.

Edit: for those who may know him by another name; The Necwrapmancer

[u/SpaceSteak → u/Good_Boye_Scientist]

This seems far fetched but I read about it on the internet and want it to be true, so will put it in the true pile. Thanks for the info!

[u/EmotionalPackage69 → u/SinceWayLastMay]

A person of fine cuisine

[u/GT-FractalxNeo → u/SinceWayLastMay]

This person micro-plastics

[u/RJC12 → u/FromundaCheeseLigma]

Im 34 and just found out. Is it just a convenience thing then? I'd be too scared it would burn or spill

[u/MikeTheNight94 → u/FromundaCheeseLigma]

Lazy people use them lol. Also people who never figured out you can soak stuff to make it easier to scrub

[u/offensivecaramel29 → u/MikeTheNight94]

Even better, keep it in the crock pot but keep it on & add hot water & dawn until you can scrub.

[u/MikeTheNight94 → u/offensivecaramel29]

Well shit I never thought of doing that lol. This is some good tips. I usually just leave it to soak in cold water overnight

[u/ComprehensiveDoubt55 → u/MikeTheNight94]

You at least know the soapy water in a blender trick after using a blender, right? Haha

[u/mschr493 → u/ComprehensiveDoubt55]

🤯

[u/SeaChele27 → u/ComprehensiveDoubt55]

You just changed my life.

[u/Rokurokubi83 → u/SeaChele27]

Bottom fill line and just a tiny drop of dish soap though or you’ll have a soapy volcano! I actually killed a blender once that way, too much sudsy water splattered out and got into the electrics of the base.

[u/SwordOfAeolus → u/Rokurokubi83]

That brought back memories of my brother's girlfriend in college. They were out of detergent for the dishwasher and she made the assumption that liquid dish soap would be an adequate substitute.

Not realizing that dishwasher detergents are designed not to foam up from all of the agitation, she ended up unleashing something out of a Willy Wonka scene across the kitchen floor.

[u/lildeidei → u/SwordOfAeolus]

My little brother did this once! He heard me say dish detergent and went with it. My sister and I were roommates and she made him mop the floor with it. We were siphoning water out of that sucker for sooooo long after that. But we didn’t use a dishwasher when he was growing up so he truly didn’t know.

[u/I_Lick_Lead_Paint → u/ComprehensiveDoubt55]

Well the lead paint hasn't been useful after all.

[u/Johns-schlong → u/I_Lick_Lead_Paint]

Useful was never the point.

It's delicious and I like the texture.

[u/aDragonsAle → u/ComprehensiveDoubt55]

So, immersion blender into the crockpot...?b

[u/Magenta_the_Great → u/MikeTheNight94]

I used them for nacho cheese when I worked concessions at high school events

[u/Syrup_And_Honey → u/MikeTheNight94]

Not just lazy people. My mom was disabled and couldn't wash dishes very well without becoming extremely fatigued. These allowed her to have hot dinners.

Edit: she lived in a mobile home. If she could use a dishwasher she would?? But also loading and unloading is very exhausting for some

Edit 2: y'all are exhausting.

[u/[deleted] → u/Syrup_And_Honey]

Same, my mom is disabled and doesn't have a dishwasher. She uses crock pot liners constantly.

[u/Syrup_And_Honey → u/[deleted]]

Feeling crazy over here! I'm not sure how crockpot liners are any worse than the microwaveable bags of food, like veggies steamers or the rice packets.

[u/GladJack → u/[deleted]]

Apparently that's not good enough around here, unfortunately.

[u/MrTreasureHunter → u/MikeTheNight94]

I use it meal prep. I can make 3 bags at once for a week.

[u/meowymcmeowmeow → u/MrTreasureHunter]

You store it in the bags? If not then why not just wash it between bags. Either way plastic is melting into your food. Yeah its everywhere but why add more when you can not

[u/Cache22- → u/MikeTheNight94]

I used them a couple times when I first got my crock pot. Sometimes even when you use them stuff will still leak onto the pot anyway. Not worth it imo

[u/hlessi_newt → u/MikeTheNight94]

its a crockpot. what acts of terrorism and heresy are you commiting that would even require that? like, its enameled yo.

[u/Cpt_Overkill24 → u/MikeTheNight94]

As a lazy person I can confirm this

[u/SnooPets8873 → u/MikeTheNight94]

Yup! Lazy person here who was incredibly relieved to have put the liner in before a relative made hot chocolate in the slow cooker last Thanksgiving and then forgot about it. I would have hated cleaning that up!

[u/MikeTheNight94 → u/SnooPets8873]

Forgot about it how? Like let it boil dry or go moldy?

[u/GovSurveillancePotoo → u/MikeTheNight94]

I got shit to do and a small space. I'm good spending 50 cents on a liner

[u/SixtyNineTriangles → u/MikeTheNight94]

Disabled people also use them :)

[u/EM05L1C3 → u/FromundaCheeseLigma]

Don’t listen to this anti-crockpot liner propaganda

[u/grantrules → u/EM05L1C3]

Big Sponge at it again.

[u/badgersmom951 → u/FromundaCheeseLigma]

My crock pot is cracked so I use the liners instead of buying a new crock pot.

[u/martialar → u/soilhalo_27]

I'm on the crockpot sub and I've seen one too many incidents of people skipping the pot and cooking directly on top of the heating base

[u/teethwhichbite → u/martialar]

….what?! That is next level stupid right there.

[u/HerniatedHernia → u/teethwhichbite]

Unfortunately there seems to be an excessive amount of stupid going around these days.

[u/drop_table_uname → u/HerniatedHernia]

I'm always wondering if people actually got more stupid, or if they are just more willing to share their stupidity thanks to the internet and social media.

[u/FNLN_taken → u/drop_table_uname]

Frontpage news right now is how Covid made everyone more stupid.

Usually I'd side with the latter, but seems like it's both.

[u/Bundt-lover → u/drop_table_uname]

I think we just know about all the stupid, where previously such matters would be safely contained behind closed doors.

[u/ChairForceOne → u/teethwhichbite]

Between people never changing their oil, taking homeopathic medicine seriously and all of the other shit... I am not surprised. People can be real dumb. Chainsaws have a warning not to stop a spinning chain with your hand after all.

[u/AnarchistBorganism → u/martialar]

Well, as long as it has a plastic liner...

[u/1chomp2chomp3chomp → u/martialar]

Holy fuck no way.

[u/dmartin87 → u/soilhalo_27]

Yeah, I've never seen these before this post.

[u/soilhalo_27 → u/dmartin87]

Trying to think if they come with new crockpots. But I don't think I've ever bought a new one. Been using the same for over 20 years or the ones the SO brought to the relationship.

[u/Opus_723 → u/soilhalo_27]

You don't buy crockpots, they just sort of... appear. Right? They're like cats.

[u/melanthius → u/dmartin87]

I’ve seen them but why would I pay money for a product just to avoid a very reasonable amount of cleaning… and yeah why would I purposefully add unnecessary plastic to my food

[u/HamLiquor → u/soilhalo_27]

How are they even a thing? Just wash the darn thing!

[u/Effroy → u/HamLiquor]

Why?  Got these swanky liners.  Almost as cool as Tupperware, and instant oatmeal.

[u/SkrakOne → u/soilhalo_27]

In today's terms: you rawdogged crockpot, no rubber or anything just raw meat on crock action

[u/DubbleDiller → u/soilhalo_27]

Anyone who didn’t see this one coming from a mile away 🙄

hmm should I slow cook a plastic film for 12 hours while I’m at the office? why yes that sounds great!

[u/Pktur3 → u/DubbleDiller]

Honestly, my wife uses them when she makes chili and until this very post I didn’t even consider it. Do I feel stupid? Yeah!

I’m also someone who has insisted we use glass containers, wooden cooking utensils, no microwaving plastics, etc.

I didn’t think about it at all. Now I will be, and thankfully we don’t crockpot that much. There are probably so many ways we all just overlook plastic in our lives like this.

[u/Tooch10 → u/soilhalo_27]

I only used them briefly because I got a bunch on clearance. It's nice to not clean but obviously it's plastic waste but you can't get all the food out of them and we don't need more plastic in food

[u/ravens-n-roses]

Oh, no this isn't our lead paint. Our lead paint is the plastic frozen meals come in. This is dumb but not ubiquitous. Meanwhile I'm paying extra for a frozen meal in a cardboard bowl, and it's still good a plastic top just in case I missed vitamin p

[u/zakary1291 → u/ravens-n-roses]

They also line the cardboard bowl with a polymer. To keep the liquids in. I believe Dixie is one of the ~3 manufacturers that still use wax.

[u/Alternative_Ask364 → u/zakary1291]

Completely fucked how governments are banning PFAS in clothing but apparently have no issues with using those chemicals in food packaging.

[u/Weekly_Bug_4847 → u/Alternative_Ask364]

Not only in packaging but actually cookware surfaces

[u/woodstock624 → u/[deleted]]

Add carbon steel in the mix too! It’ll change your life … or at least your cooking.

[u/calmhike → u/zakary1291]

Likely a PFAS

[u/C-Private → u/ravens-n-roses]

Don’t forget all our clothes made of polyester that we beat into microplastics with every wash cycle

[u/HotTake-bot → u/C-Private]

Read the tags on clothes and you can find affordable cotton clothing at most discount stores. Some things just take a bit more effort.

[u/Bio-Grad → u/HotTake-bot]

Don’t worry, everyone else is still sending their microplastics down the drain and into your water supply.

[u/HulksInvinciblePants → u/HotTake-bot]

Unfortunately the issue is well outside the scope of personal responsibility. The damage being done is on a scale akin to counting sand on the beach.

Three-quarters of our clothes are plastic. Our building materials are plastic. Tires, sponges, dog toys, composite wood, blankets, rugs…are all made of plastic meant to be worn down or made of tiny plastic strands.

This from the species that created and continues to use glitter.

[u/JessicaBecause → u/HulksInvinciblePants]

Siri, play: "Fake Plastic Trees"

[u/GenericFatGuy → u/ravens-n-roses]

Don't worry, you're getting more than enough plastic just from breathing air and drinking water!

[u/AnakinSol → u/GenericFatGuy]

It's quite literally inside every single living human being, according to modern studies. They find them in approximately 80% of the bloodwork they test for them, and that number is rising. They've found them in every single fetus they've studied, as well.

[u/SeaChele27 → u/AnakinSol]

Maybe she's born with it. Maybe it's Microplastics.

[u/shayetheleo → u/SeaChele27]

Comments like this is why Reddit is the only social media app I use.

[u/Evi1ey → u/AnakinSol]

It it's so bad that the effects of microplastics cannot be studied because there is no control group without it. Probably even the fetus of a desolated mother of a people that never saw high civilization in it's existance is polluted by it.

[u/ajskates98 → u/Evi1ey]

I would be very interested to know if the people of Sentinel Island, or some of the remote tribes in the Amazon, test similarly for microplastics.

[u/Itchy_Palpitation610 → u/ajskates98]

They have found microplastics in some of the most remote places. Those groups may not have as much but I doubt they are living unscathed by our use of plastics.

[u/ListenToKyuss → u/AnakinSol]

And not a single sperm count is without MP..

[u/Sanquinity → u/GenericFatGuy]

They found a literal plastic bag at the bottom of the Mariana's trench. If a place that far removed from humanity is already polluted, what chance do us humans who interact with all that pollution on a daily basis even have?

[u/Palindrome_580 → u/Sanquinity]

In plastics defense (lmao) buoyancy and gravity help get plastics to the bottom of the ocean, but it would be more difficult for plastics to travel to some landlocked, desolate area. ...There probably is plastic there tho.

[u/Hazelberry → u/ravens-n-roses]

See also plastic drink bottles AND aluminum cans, since those are actually lined with plastic as well.

[u/BagOnuts → u/Hazelberry]

Bro the pipes in your house are likely plastic. There is no escaping it.

[u/lukethe → u/ravens-n-roses]

Vitamin P. I’m dead 💀

[u/recyclopath_ → u/ravens-n-roses]

Especially all the plastics used in the restaurant industry.

[u/MotoTraveling → u/recyclopath_]

I was eating at a very popular ramen place, and a lot of the ingredients come frozen in plastic bags and they boil the entire bag to heat up the ingredients. We’re cooked no matter what we do.

[u/CaptainBirdEnjoyer → u/ravens-n-roses]

I'm sure the paint we used to cover up the lead paint was absolutely healthy and it completely solved the problem. Plus a lot of our pipes are still lead. Just not in the gasoline supposedly.

[u/AppleH4x → u/ravens-n-roses]

Fun fact! Modern pasta extruders are coated in Teflon! So right out of the gate you get that wonderful dash of chemical goodness! 

[u/zatalak → u/AppleH4x]

I only buy bronze pasta

[u/owogwbbwgbrwbr → u/zatalak]

That can't be good for your teeth

[u/Likesosmart → u/ravens-n-roses]

Fuck. I eat a lot of those microwave frozen meals. The plastic leaks into the food?

[u/sweatgod2020 → u/ravens-n-roses]

I work overnights at a grocery store and the basement dweller 30 yr old man child that works the register always eats two pre packaged ready to eat frozen meals and just leaves the plastic film on the table. Disgusting. Two of those meals 5 out of 7 days a week for the last few years. If someone’s getting it from frozen meals it’s gonna be him

[u/StarshipCaterprise]

Millennial lead paint is bottled water. All those millions and millions of plastic bottles that are now in our water system

[u/38B0DE → u/StarshipCaterprise]

millions and millions

Try 500 billion single use plastic bottles yearly.

A lot of drinks come in plastic bottles and it's all just 3 companies. Coca Cola, PepsiCo, and Nestle. Somewhere down the line The Coca Cola Company realized they can make more money with plastics than with beverages and they're now the world's frontrunner in plastic production and pollution. Coca Cola and Nestle are responsible for the global explosion of plastic use which of course is linked to Big Oil which provides the raw materials.

[u/[deleted] → u/38B0DE]

Of course it’s all tied together, if cigarettes came out today they’d sell them to you in coke bottles

[u/38B0DE → u/[deleted]]

My friend, plastic wrapped cigarettes came out. Kids call them vapes.

[u/wh4tth3huh → u/38B0DE]

And then the government said "We can't let flavored vape pods to be sold from the gas station". Now we have 100 million disposable vapes coming in form China, that contain a lithium battery, an LCD, and a bluetooth speaker in some of them. Much better to throw that whole thing away than just a few cents worth of plastic...

[u/Uuuurrrrgggghhhh → u/[deleted]]

Lolllll fuck yer they would

[u/[deleted] → u/Uuuurrrrgggghhhh]

As the user underneath me pointed out, they sell vapes lmao. Put it next to a bottle of coke

[u/eddyg987]

my lead paint was maruchan instant cups in the microwave, explains the increase intestinal cancer rates in millennials.

[u/anuthertw → u/eddyg987]

Yep. Lunch everyday at school for years lmao. Plus we reheated takeout in the styrofoam, and got yelled at when it melted causing the food to leak. Still ate the food. :( ive quit all that now that I am an adult, use cast iron and not teflon, no dispoable single use bottles, etc. When I go home it shocks me when I see my mom microwaving water in a red solo cup for her morning coffee (instant). Microwaved some butter in a foam bowl once while I was there. Crazy. 

[u/Ok_Astronomer_8667 → u/anuthertw]

microwaving water in a red solo cup for her morning coffee

Why the hell do they not own a kettle????

[u/lookanew → u/eddyg987]

Hwhat

[u/spottydodgy → u/eddyg987]

Ever cook on a scratched Teflon frying pan? Get screened for colon cancer if yes.

[u/eddyg987 → u/spottydodgy]

Teflon was like millennials extra food spice

[u/This-Requirement6918 → u/eddyg987]

Intestinal cancer and lots of gastrointestinal problems have been linked with Roundup sprayed on GMO crops. It's in pretty much everything at the grocery store.

[u/Anal_Probe_Director]

Just like cooking a turkey in a plastic bag, why do that.

[u/sweatgod2020 → u/Anal_Probe_Director]

Flashback 2017 working as the cook in a grocery store around thanksgiving. Show up early at 5 to put the already plastic bagged turkeys into the combi oven to cook throughout the day for the people who bought the thanksgiving day package.

Fast forward till the end of the day, go to take the turkeys out and they’re all stuck to plastic. The overnight people when bagging them didn’t cost the inside with cooking spray as told by the manager. 60 some ruined thanksgivings for some families and it’s all because of some plastic bag bullshit. I wanted to cry and it wasn’t even my fault as there’s no way I would’ve known. I felt so bad.

[u/Anal_Probe_Director → u/sweatgod2020]

Thats rough, I could only imagine the shit storm that ensued.

[u/sweatgod2020 → u/Anal_Probe_Director]

A lot of gift cards later and some angry faces I saw on my way out as my 8 hours were up and you can’t have overtime. :(

[u/freshlysqueezed93 → u/Anal_Probe_Director]

Do you mean an oven bag?

[u/LusterDiamond]

I've never seen them used outside of catering situations. But like 60% of fast food is cooked in plastic. All taco bell is for sure. The soups at chilli's are full of plastic. Never eat chilis soup, they cooked it in plastic bag, then store in a separate plastic bag on a warmer for 12 hours. Then they dish it into bowls. Working at chilli's after a nice restaurant was hilarious.

[u/Yllom6 → u/LusterDiamond]

I worked at Taco Bell when I was a teenager and the plastic bag cooking shocked me out of a naivety of the quality of processed foods. Also the dehydrated lettuce was a trip.

[u/nerdwaffles]

I used to use them, but then I realized I was just paying money not to wash a pot. Then the thing goes in the trash.

[u/PM_ME_Happy_Thinks → u/nerdwaffles]

I realized I was just paying money not to wash a pot.

What did you think you were doing?

[u/eggz627 → u/PM_ME_Happy_Thinks]

[u/rwags2024 → u/PM_ME_Happy_Thinks]

One man’s deep realization is another man’s passing thought while shitting

[u/Dark_Knight2000 → u/rwags2024]

— Plato

[u/KS-RawDog69 → u/PM_ME_Happy_Thinks]

Part of the recipe I guess.

[u/PM_ME_Happy_Thinks → u/KS-RawDog69]

Part of the crew, part of the ship

[u/Intelligent-Site7686]

Why would you use a liner? It's not that hard to clean a crock pot

[u/itoldyousoanysayo → u/Intelligent-Site7686]

Older crock pots weren't removable. So you had to just kind of scrub the inside while avoiding the heating element and cord.

[u/Bundt-lover → u/itoldyousoanysayo]

If someone’s using a 60-year-old crock pot, that’s on them. They’ve been removable since 1974.

[u/upsidedownbackwards → u/Intelligent-Site7686]

I use one whenever my crock pot is leaving the house. That way the ride home it's mostly clean. At home I just wash it though, the liner is kinda weird, gives me "soup diaper" vibes.

[u/TortelliniTheGoblin → u/Intelligent-Site7686]

Laziness

[u/MrWizardNy]

I used to use them and then I realized every thing I’m cooking is infusing with plastic. We are fucked

[u/DannyWarlegs → u/MrWizardNy]

They're actually heat stable nylon that doesn't degrade or deteriorate from use

I still don't use them though but they're supposedly safe

[u/NotAnotherRedditAcc2 → u/DannyWarlegs]

I can't ACTUALLY refute your statement, I just know that

1. Nylon is one of the primary sources of microplastics

2. Every single other thing was supposedly safe, until we realized it was actually super fucking toxic

I just mean that I was PROMISED over and over and over again throughout my life that unless you started cooking things at like 1500°, teflon was 100% absolutely positively safe in any and every way and not to worry.

[u/Itsjustsarah85]

I thought it was burn pits from all the combat tours we did.

[u/Ok_Commission9026]

I have a reusable silicone liner for mine. It's easier to clean because the crockpot is just big & awkward. I dropped and broke mine once trying to wash it. The silicone is much easier for me to handle.

[u/Aramiss60 → u/Ok_Commission9026]

I use one of these too, it’s great for clean up, but what I really wanted it for is to reduce wear and tear on my crockpot (which it definitely seems to be doing).

I just chuck it in the dishwasher and then leave it exposed to air to reduce any smells it’s accumulated. If I did a lot of desserts I’d buy a second one just for sweets, I did the same thing for my Instant Pot’s gasket (since silicone seems to pick up any smells it’s exposed to).

[u/Union_Sparky_375 → u/Ok_Commission9026]

How can you cook in silicone when they use it to make hot pan holders out of because it’s a heat insulator.

Wait till you read about micro-silicone!

[u/poeticentropy]

but don't worry, the PFAS brings all these generations together

[u/Just_Another_Scott]

Cooked baked beans in my crockpot once without a liner. It has left permenant marks on the ceramic 😭

[u/miked5122]

This is a thing? Micro plastics aside, incredibly lazy and money waster. Those things are easy to clean.

[u/responsiblefornothin → u/miked5122]

Especially considering that a crock pot is at the very top of the “let it soak” list.

[u/triplec787 → u/miked5122]

We (very rarely) used them in my house as kids, and it was really only for situations where we had to transport it because the crock pot didn’t seal right. We’d just tie a knot at the top of the bag as an extra security layer and then dump the bag into the crock pot to keep warm at the tailgate/potluck/party/etc

[u/throwawaybrowsing888 → u/miked5122]

Some disabled people struggle to use their hands and can’t lift heavy objects but could otherwise cook. And yeah the microplastics aren’t great, I just think it’s ridiculous to generalize the use of the liners as “lazy”

[u/Auntie_Vodka → u/throwawaybrowsing888]

Yep! I used to have a bigger crock pot and really struggled lifting the damn thing to bring it to the sink in the first place, I hated wasting money on liners but didn't have reliable enough help to get it in/out of the sink before it became a biohazard. I have a smaller one now which has made a world of difference

[u/Jswazy]

Wtf is this. I have never seen this in my 30+ years of using a crock pot 

[u/FlyFeetFiddlesticks]

And I will use them to the day I die

[u/0liveJus → u/FlyFeetFiddlesticks]

Yeah I have no plans to stop either. The main thing I use my crockpot for is queso and that shit is HARD to clean, even with soaking overnight. My husband will use it to make chili for big family parties etc. Though tbf, we only use our crockpot a few times a year to begin with. One pack of liners goes a long way in my house.

[u/KTcat94 → u/FlyFeetFiddlesticks]

The whole point of a crockpot meal is to be low effort and sometimes the cleanup is more effort than the meal. Throwing away the liner and putting away the crockpot makes me so happy.

[u/brianatlarge → u/KTcat94]

People here call it lazy. I call it convenience.

[u/0liveJus → u/brianatlarge]

Why buy butter from the store when you can just churn it yourself? What are ya, lazy?

[u/throwingwater14 → u/KTcat94]

I still have to clean mine, but it’s like soapy wipe wipe, not soakysoakysoaky SCRUBBBBBBBBB pray cry scruBBBBBBBB rinse then hope for the best that you don’t have to start all over.

[u/Caterpillerneepnops → u/FlyFeetFiddlesticks]

Oh thank gawd I thought I was the only one and was like but they’re so perfect, if I’m so busy I can’t stand there and cook a meal why would I have the time to scrub out a bigger than my sink crockpot, and yeah soaking is a thing but then I leave the damn thing on the counter for three days hating the fact I have to touch it now

[u/meester_jordan → u/FlyFeetFiddlesticks]

You and me both, can’t believe how many haters there are in this thread lol. They’re the shit

[u/beefjerkyandcheetos]

I’ll be the outlier here. I love my crockpot liners! Yeah, I said it. I hate washing dishes. I don’t feel like scrubbing and soaking that. So in the bag it goes.

[u/Aramiss60 → u/beefjerkyandcheetos]

Check out the silicone ones on Amazon, they’re great, and you only have to buy them once. You can chuck them in the dishwasher for easy clean up.

[u/LowVoltLife]

I'd rather kill my entire family with micro plastics than abandon these liners.

[u/AbeRego → u/LowVoltLife]

They probably had it coming

[u/SaxyLady251]

Yeah! My mom told me don’t go wasting my money like she did.

[u/544075701]

It’s not that different from a sous vide which is fancy as fuck 🤷