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Hot, fresh, and yummy for my tummy

yawper — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 09:31:07 -0800

So, I bought my young daughers each a Thermos for their school lunchboxes. Great! Now what can I put in them? I've seen this thread, which has a bunch of good ideas, but I'm looking specifically for thermos ideas - hot foods that I couldn't send with them before that I now can.

Here's what I've come up with so far:

mac n' cheese
pasta and meatballs
baked beans
chili
soup

I'm sure I'm leaving out a ton of other ideas though. My kids are not incredibly picky eaters but they are only 5 and 6 so simple is better. Also, peanut and shellfish products are not allowed at their school, and we don't eat pork. Thanks!

How to make my thermos flask not ruin my coffee?

pompomtom — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:35:20 -0800

How to make my thermos flask not ruin my coffee? I bought a thermos flask, and it is making my coffee taste like dreck - horrible plastic-y dreck. That said, I've only given it two tries so far, and the foul taste seems to be weakening. Is there something I can do/soak with/heat/cool/manipulate to get more quickly to the point where I actually enjoy drinking the coffee?

Milk it up!

chrisalbon — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:55:45 -0800

Is it OK to keep tea+milk in a thermos for 24 hours before drinking? Recently my wife has been doing overnight call at her hospital (30 hours working in the hospital at a time). To make it a little easier for her, I have been filling a vacuum thermos with hot tea (with milk... English tea basically) for her to drink.

My wife usually drinks the tea a full 24 hours after I put it in the thermos and while the tea is still hot (awesome thermos), I are wondering if it is still safe to drink the milk.

Is the milk still safe after sitting in a hot thermos for 24 hours?

Could a stainless steel thermos cause heartburn?

sugarfish — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 17:14:37 -0800

Could a stainless steel thermos cause heartburn? (Asking this for a friend.)

I just want to know if there's any possibility that drinking water out of a stainless steel thermos could be causing my heartburn?

The heartburn started when I started using the thermos and I can't find any other reasons for it. I only drink ice water from it.

Thanks!

Thermos or Food jar

GlowWyrm — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 13:50:21 -0800

Can any of you recommend a thermos/food jar that is durable and can keep food hot (not just luke warm) for at least 8 hours. I have tried a few thermoses and have been really disappointed even if I heat the thermos with really hot water beforehand. The ones I have tried were pretty cheap plastic ones. I am willing to spend more money on a stainless one or some other material if it works decent. I'd just like to get some opinions before I plunk down my money on any one brand of thermos. Thanks :)

Help me turn Irish Breakfast Tea into Irish Alldaylong Tea

proj — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 14:15:53 -0800

How do I keep hot Irish Breakfast tea fresh in a thermos all day long? I brew a pot of Bewley's Irish Breakfast Tea in the morning, add sugar and milk, and pour the contents into my thermos. The problem is that as the day goes on, the tea begins to taste off and smell a bit off. The temperature is fine but the flavor and aroma are not. It's not the milk going off, either. Any suggestions as to how to keep tea tasting good all day? I just got the thermos, I am not looking for specialized products for tea or anything -- just want to know if this is possible with my existing hardware.

Washable food jar?

frykitty — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 10:01:56 -0800

We have this food jar, and we hate it. The lid must be pried apart for cleaning, and it isn't easy to do. We want a soup-safe, insulated food jar we can just pop in the dishwasher for cleaning, but this seems to be an impossible dream. Any recommendations?