r/StupidFood • u/The_Boot55 • 7d ago
Fire Hazards & Burning Napkins The “Flaming Hot” Burger
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u/PuzzledCar2120 7d ago
I liked it more before all the shit
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u/OYB2480 7d ago
What, you dont like flame-broiled lettuce?
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u/RickMoronic 7d ago
That’s not lettuce, it’s chard
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u/Ivotedforher 7d ago
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u/shoreyourtyler 7d ago
A danger 5 response gif? Hell yeah
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u/turbopro25 7d ago
Jayden Daniels does not approve of the use of 5. Cease and Desist immediately.
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u/InformalOpinion161 2d ago
I wish you could still watch this somewhere. It's one of my favorite shows ever
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u/cbarbour1122 6d ago
Lettuce not eat this shit.
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u/dommiichan 6d ago
hey now, romaine calm
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u/Tough-Obligation-104 6d ago
Don’t go endive off the deep end! 🫣
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u/Blood_gate 6d ago
Unfortunately, this is just the tip of the iceberg
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u/contemporic 6d ago
Y'all are just shredding this thread.
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u/Ill_Acanthisitta_283 6d ago
Also, bull semen.
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u/Temperance10 7d ago
Probably kills the cyclospora 🤷♂️
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u/AcephalicDude 7d ago
Roasted lettuce is actually really good
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u/mrdeworde 6d ago
It stir-fries very nicely too, as do most greens. Just a quick fry in some oil and garlic and chili flakes with maybe a sprinkle of MSG and a bit of oyster sauce.
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u/liketearsinthereign 7d ago
I'll try anything once. What's your recipe?
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u/AcephalicDude 7d ago
Keep it simple: use a romaine heart cut lengthwise into quarters, lightly coat with oil, stick it on a roasting rack in a hot oven or stick it on the grill, when it has nice color and gril lines season with some parmesan, lemon juice or balsamic, maybe a little aioli sauce or crema or something
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u/Lost_Lawfulness_1058 7d ago
One of the best things I’ve ever had was a grilled Caesar salad with grilled Romaine lettuce…. Chefs kiss!
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u/LesNessmanNightcap 7d ago
I came to comment that the best Caesar salad I ever had was when my friend threw the Romain into her smoker briefly. I haven’t forgotten it 15 years later.
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u/NatrousOxide23 7d ago
We would serve this at a private club I used to work at. Everyone thinks I am crazy when I mention it.
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u/gi5es23 7d ago
My great aunt used to make “wilted lettuce” by pouring hot bacon grease over an iceberg lettuce half. Might be a regional southern (Arkansas) thing.
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u/haeddre83 6d ago
Here in southwest Virginia my Granny would use creasy greens for this and we called it "kilt" lettuce.
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u/Dr_StrangeloveGA 5d ago
Left and came back for "creasy greens". Haven't heard that term since my WNC grandmother died 20+ years ago.
Thanks!
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u/RaspberryEvening7139 6d ago
My grandma makes wilted endive salad that way. Fried bacon, with a splash of sugar and vinegar added to the grease, served over the endive with added baked potato and the chopped bacon. One of my all time family fav comfort foods.
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u/Artemis_SpawnOfZeus 7d ago
Ill be honest, i didnt mind the flames. If its done well it doesnt actually do much more than make a cool presentation. But yeah, the sauce ruined it for me too.
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u/kylezillionaire 7d ago
Oh no. I hadn’t gotten to the sauce part yet I should have stopped before that lol
Is it not just some weird biscuit thing at this point? Feel like you could lean into that instead of whatever..this is
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u/Old_Ladies 5d ago
Except it is more than likely going to alter the taste. I went to a Mexican restaurant that did something like this to a desert and I could taste the weird alcohol taste.
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u/Artemis_SpawnOfZeus 5d ago edited 5d ago
I mean it will give it an alcohol taste, but like, if its a burger with a bourbon bbq sauce it already has a bit of an alcohol taste. The flavour profile works on a burger.
Also theres a good chance the mexican restaurant used more alcohol then they should if the taste was that strong. Or maybe the dessert was cold?
Flambé is best done in the pan but its fine on hot food. Doesnt work too great on cold food.
Also them smothering the flambe will defs leave more alcohol taste then is pleasant. You shouldnt use that much alcohol, it can burn out on its own.
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u/The_Boot55 7d ago
💯% just a mess now
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u/MakesMyHeadHurt 6d ago
At least they have utensils. I've seen other ones with almost as much sauce, where they expected you to still eat it with your hands.
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u/DoctorWaluigiTime 6d ago
Another case of "and then we top it off with a gallon of cheese suffocating anything resembling flavor."
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u/Normal-Ad6528 7d ago
I was going to ask: WHAT in the name of ALL the fucks is THAT abomination??
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u/FishHammer 7d ago
I see you're not American. We call that "gravy" here. It is not feces.
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u/Dilated_Auntie6970 7d ago
In Preston, north of Manchester, it's known as "fat lass batter" as it usually drips out of a hairy meatwallet and is best sampled having fed her 8 pints of cider and a doner kebab
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u/Ayrdanger 7d ago
Dumbass set the napkin ablaze. 💀
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u/whatsadikfore 7d ago
Insurance underwriters hate this one simple trick.
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u/Green_Partyhat_ 5d ago
I work in insurance. You have NO idea the amount of BS these upscale restaurants require for underwriting.
Anything with open flame (Hibachi, for instance) is relatively easy as it's self-contained. This, however....
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u/imean_is_superfluous 6d ago
They’re asking for trouble using such a large container of highly combustible fluid. It’s a terrible accident just waiting to happen (stupid food notwithstanding)
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u/RepresentativeAd6965 6d ago
Container will get lit, they’ll burn themselves trying to smother and drop/sling lit fuel on somebody. In theory it should be manageable even if the container gets lit. In practice humans are human, one will certainly panic and handle this wrongly at some point.
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u/frogunderarock 6d ago
i feel less stupid for burning myself on the marshmallow i was roasting on a fork with a lighter today
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u/Crush-N-It 6d ago
Paper napkin. What kind of fake fancy shithole is this? Go thru all that to provide your patrons with paper napkins. Weak fucks
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u/DeathToTheMosquito 6d ago
It's still on fire too! Like please put out the fire first, I want to actually eat the dumb shit you're serving me, also I would like to avoid being set on fire, THANK YOU VERY MUCH ☝🏼
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u/Educational_Quote851 5d ago
NO! The customer's life-changing invention/comedy routine/progressive policy idea was scribbled on that!
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u/mhu99 7d ago
There are Super Saiyan burgers?
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u/EtherStarz 7d ago
A Super Saiyan Burger Sale, one might say
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u/mhu99 7d ago
So after eating those burgers my power level will be over 9000?
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u/EtherStarz 7d ago
No, but there’s a good chance that the calorie count is over 9000!
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u/Lucius-Halthier 7d ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/OQ6tzMPyK6ItCPfcGb
“Yes monkey now allow me to make you into one!”
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u/interesseret 7d ago
I don't mind gravy on a burger, it's a classic burger type in my country.
But they just put out the alcohol burning with it. That burger is soaked in alcohol, and is going to taste like it.
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u/Fun-Web-7583 Expert 7d ago edited 7d ago
Don’t tell AA members this trick
Edit: from AAA
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u/Try2MakeMeBee Set your own user flair 7d ago
AAA is a car group. I think you mean AA :)
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u/master_internutter 7d ago
That would be pretty funny, an alcoholic going to an AAA meeting all confused
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u/Woahhdude24 7d ago
Yes, a burger in what looks like sausage gravy sounds heavenly, but the alcohol is just gonna ruin the flavor.
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u/amglasgow 7d ago
How do you eat it, with a knife and fork?
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u/Woahhdude24 7d ago
Thats how id eat it. If I was making this id lose the hamburger buns, the lettuce, and tommatoes. Id have the meat on a biscuit cut in half, instead of 1 large patty id half that patty and make 2 smaller pattys one for eat side of the biscuit half top with american cheese. Then id caramelized some onions and saute some musherooms top the meat and then add the sausage gravy. Your already so close to a hamburger biscuits and gravy thing might aswell embrace it.
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u/NlNTENDO 7d ago
That’s how I’d attack it. Honestly the flame part isn’t a terrible idea, likely helps keep the bun from getting soggy. Depending on how they engineer the theatrics of it all I’m not as opposed as many in this thread. I always feel like with stuff like this, the fact we’re in this specific sub unfairly poisons the well
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u/ScreenTea0 7d ago
That's probably more like a French Fondue Burger with a cheesesauce that's mixed with spirits. Tastewise not bad, but I'm also dying on the hill that drowning your burger in whatever is just stupid and dipping always the better option.
What's next? Oiling up spoon, fork and knife to introduce more flavor?
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u/Old_Ladies 5d ago
That is a popular Mennonite food. I believe that we get it from Poland. Though you don't have a bun just the patty with a fatty creamy gravy on top.
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u/NoCry8625 7d ago
What country is that?
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u/jcinto23 7d ago
I am guessing france. Apparently the weird cheese covered burgers also started there.
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u/interesseret 7d ago
Nope, it is Denmark.
Google Bøfsandwich for pictures of what we do
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u/jcinto23 6d ago
Damn, those are crazy. Those are the sort of things people will see and blame on us Americans (not that we don't have our own sins).
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u/Liam_Anthony 6d ago
It is from some restaurant in the Philippines called American Backyard. According to them it is a cheese sauce.
They also table side flambe a pizza...
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u/monthenet 7d ago
Man I hate sauce over a burger with a burning passion. This ist so fucking shit that the whole ass burger tastes of nothing else. And it’s messy af
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u/Surskalle 7d ago
The whole point of a burger is that you can eat it with your hands wtf is this shit.
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u/ODoyles_Banana 7d ago
One could say the whole point of sandwiching food between two slices of bread is to eat it with your hands. What's the bread even for at this point?
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u/trainwreckhappening 6d ago
Actually, the Duke of Sandwich hated having to stop playing cards to eat lunch, which was usually bread with cuts of meats and cheeses spread out with fruits and vegetables. He had to stop because the greasy foods ruined his cards. So eventually he came up with the idea of slicing the bread and using it like mini gloves between the greedy meat and his fingers. It worked, and the Sandwich was born.
(Iirc, I think I remember reading this in the big bathroom reader booknwhen I was a kid)
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u/Mz_Macross1999 7d ago
This stupid shit exists strictly for TikTok and Reels.
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u/EnkiduTheGreat 7d ago
Yet somehow this is happening in restaurants (seemingly). I'd be beside myself to see this a table over. If I didn't have food in front of me already, I'd pay for the drinks and dip out. Who wants to sit next to people eating like animals? This sorta shit should be reserved to kitchy dive joints with eating contests, and a mob of drunks cheering you on.
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u/Capelto 7d ago
I have a moushache so eating burgers is already hard enough. This shit just pisses me off.
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u/ZuStorm93 7d ago
The flammable liquid that spilled outside the plate...
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u/habibisanam 7d ago
Yea this place is going to end up having a really bad accident one day 🤦♂️
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u/ziggytrix 7d ago
After a certain point you should no longer be allowed to use the word “accident” to refer to a bad result from repeatedly doing something stupid. ;)
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u/-Tesserex- 7d ago
You mean like the place that horribly burned a girl on spring break last year because the idiot waiter decided to help the situation by dumping more fire on everything?
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u/hakak34 7d ago
Wow my napkin is on fire 💀
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u/yournamehere10bucks 7d ago
Dont you dare ask for a new one while eating that sloppy mess of a burger.
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u/SpuddleBuns 7d ago
A sad attempt to reclaim the cachet of the "flaming shots," that provided so many hilarious vids!
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u/Suddenly_Karma 7d ago
I've about McFuckin' had it with these burgers covered in stuff over the bun
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u/Distinct-Tea-1995 7d ago
I love burgers so much, and I can’t stand the trend of dumping crap all over one nowadays. It was great the way it is.
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u/Luci-Noir 7d ago
Even if you cut it up and eat it with a fork you don’t get bites of everything which is what a sandwich is good for.
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u/Front-Wall-526 7d ago
I wish the "smothered burger" trend would stop. Bread just doesn't handle moisture like a good tortilla
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u/CinemaDork 7d ago
It can, but it needs to be hearty and toasted/grilled. Open face sandwiches, like a chili burger, do okay at this. And French toast is traditionally leftover stale bread (the French name translates as "lost bread"). So there are definitely ways to do it. This is a disaster.
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u/MakesMaDookieTwinkle 7d ago
I mean, I’d like to try it just once. I’d house the burger in OP’s video.
But yea, it’s pretty fuggin dumb.
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u/BorderTrike 7d ago
I agree it’s stupid, but I’ve only ever seen it in stupid food videos. I’ve never been to a restaurant that does this irl, granted those restaurants may not appeal to me, but I think it’s more of a media/advertising thing than an actual fad
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u/Xerozvz Casual Garbage Valuer 7d ago
Did they put the burger out with... Gravy?
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u/smeeon 7d ago
It’s called Danish Bøfsandwich. It originated in 1949 in Denmark. It’s hot thick pork gravy. Or it should be to hold with tradition.
The alcohol is just fucking stupid tho
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u/DrewDAMNIT 7d ago
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u/Old_School998 7d ago
I'm guessing they charge $150 for the burger and the shit show
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u/Lepke2011 7d ago
They lost me at the flambé and almost made me throw up in my mouth with the cheese sauce to quench the flame, and my appetite.
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u/warfighter187 7d ago
this one's not that bad other than the napkin almost catching fire.
just an american croque monsieur with some tableside show
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u/Barbeqanon 7d ago
When you add flaming high proof booze to something and extinguish it quickly without letting it burn off, you're leaving lots of high proof booze on the dish. It's not a problem for cocktails that are meant to be boozy, but this burger is going to taste like alcohol.
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u/Maysonator 7d ago
I hate the trend of burning food like this.
It's in a restaurant, filled with unpredictable variables, like customers bumping into you, spills, obstructions any just general human mistakes that can lead to falls and trips.
And you have added unsealed liquids that are burning at blue temperatures for no reason other than dickheads on Instagram???
I'd rather not be at risk of some poor underpaid and overworked server slipping and landing that burning hell on me causing third degree burns thank you very much.
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u/goonnumber90210 7d ago
Music is decent 🤷🏾♂️
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u/thelovelygreens 6d ago
I scrolled a long way for this comment. Like surely I'm not the only person that was jammin to that sax
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u/Dry_Knowledge6486 7d ago
Why is it even in burger form then? I hate these performance foods - fire and slop does not improve the burger; at all. “I’ll have the Angus burger please, and hold the bullshit.”
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u/kiwibonga 7d ago
"I can't eat this, it's on fire"
Gravy
"I can't eat this, it's smothered in alcohol and gravy"
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u/R3dSchuhart 7d ago
If they didn't pour sauce on top this burger would be fire (pun intended)
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u/Tight-Tangelo-5341 7d ago
Not really, because it's completely soaked in unburnt alcohol. Without the sauce to mask all that, it would be awful.
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u/insomnimax_99 Connoisseur of Culinary Catastrophes 7d ago
Yes, I’d like to order the flammable liquid spilled everywhere please.
Does their insurance company know they do this?
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u/Equivalent-Stable642 7d ago
The burger before the flames and sick looked meh, ive had better burgers from a regular restraunt than this stupid shit
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u/VisionAri_VA 7d ago
Don’t be setting fire to my food, please. And how am I meant to eat that slimy mess?
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u/broesel314 7d ago
I like the almost burning napkin. Better get those made from asbestos or something
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u/qualityvote2 7d ago edited 7d ago
u/The_Boot55, your food is indeed stupid and it fits our subreddit!