# "So, whats for dinner, Mr Coffee?" **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 20, 2013, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-for-dinner-mr-coffee/674346 "2013-11-20T14:26:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2013, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-for-dinner-mr-coffee/674346/1 "2013-11-20T14:26:52Z")
…or how I abused my kitchen appliance and stood in line at Kmart looking like an idiot. > **[Coffee Maker Cooking: Brew Up Your Next Dinner](https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2013/11/15/245442083/coffee-maker-cooking-brew-up-your-next-dinner)** > > Dust off that old Mr. Coffee! We've stumbled upon a wacky use for classic coffee makers: Cook a three-course meal for one. From poached salmon to pumpkin soup, the possibilities are endless. Yes, I know that if it has a heating element, you can cook with it. Technically, you can wrap steak in aluminum foil, wedge it between your engine and your hood, and have semi cooked food by the time you get home from your commute. (Thats gotta be Nasty too). But this? This is a coffee machine (did angels just sing?) and made to produce that liquid which brings us back to life each morning. Ok, so you might cook a salmon steak with it once… but are you Really going to make coffee with it ever again after that? [Will Smith] “Damn, there is something _Seriously_ Not Right with this coffee…” [/Will Smith] ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2013, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-for-dinner-mr-coffee/674346/2 "2013-11-20T14:53:26Z")
If a coffee maker is all you’ve got (like the soldiers mentioned in the article), then hey, you do what you can. Maybe they can all team up and have a bunch of coffee makers to cook with, and just keep one for making nothing but coffee (so you don’t get funky brew). Fortunately I live in a house with other options, especially since our coffee maker is a little odd. The pot is insulated to retain heat, so there’s no heating element below it: I could steam veggies in the filter holder, but I wouldn’t be able to poach anything in the pot or grill anything on the cold surface below it. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2013, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-for-dinner-mr-coffee/674346/3 "2013-11-20T16:06:13Z")
Boy, here’s a sentence from the article I never imagined reading: > [@](#): > > Overall, we thought the salmon poached in the coffee maker was slightly better than the one we cooked up in the dishwasher. ---
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2013, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-for-dinner-mr-coffee/674346/4 "2013-11-20T16:09:57Z")
Can’t wait til 2015 so I can use Mr. Fusion to reheat my pizza ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2013, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-for-dinner-mr-coffee/674346/5 "2013-11-20T16:29:07Z")
I wonder how long until someone tries to sell K-cup steak n potatoes? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2013, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-for-dinner-mr-coffee/674346/6 "2013-11-20T17:55:08Z")
[Fellas, don’t drink that coffee! You’d never guess. There was a fish… in the percolator! Sorry…](http://twinpeaksgifs.tumblr.com/post/4613218263/there-was-a-fish-in-the-percolator) ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2013, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-for-dinner-mr-coffee/674346/7 "2013-11-20T18:25:13Z")
> [@wolfman](#): > > I wonder how long until someone tries to sell K-cup steak n potatoes? They already have [soup.](http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/30/us-campbell-turnaround-idUSBRE99T16820131030) ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2013, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-for-dinner-mr-coffee/674346/8 "2013-11-20T18:53:25Z")
> [@PSXer](#): > > Can’t wait til 2015 so I can use Mr. Fusion to reheat my pizza Actually, by 2015, we’ll be re-hydrating pizza. ---
**Author:** ![sitchensis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sitchensis/32/4892_2.png) [@sitchensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sitchensis)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2013, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-for-dinner-mr-coffee/674346/9 "2013-11-20T18:58:15Z")
I’ve cooked salmon in a dishwasher, and I’ve cooked just about everything in a car engine. It’s always ended up tasting pretty good. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2013, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-for-dinner-mr-coffee/674346/10 "2013-11-20T19:01:51Z")
> [@PSXer](#): > > Can’t wait til 2015 so I can use Mr. Fusion to reheat my pizza …and if you ever meet Michael J Fox, tell him I’ve seen 1-2 doppelgangers that he needs to punch out to retain his coolness factor. _doppelgangers- whole different thread_ ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2013, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-for-dinner-mr-coffee/674346/11 "2013-11-20T20:22:58Z")
> [@Machine\_Elf](#): > > If a coffee maker is all you’ve got (like the soldiers mentioned in the article), then hey, you do what you can. Maybe they can all team up and have a bunch of coffee makers to cook with, and just keep one for making nothing but coffee (so you don’t get funky brew). Or, equally unpalatable, have your every meal taste faintly of coffee from the filter basket residue. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2013, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-for-dinner-mr-coffee/674346/12 "2013-11-20T22:31:53Z")
There’s gotta be a way to pop popcorn in my clothes dryer. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2013, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-for-dinner-mr-coffee/674346/13 "2013-11-21T13:03:32Z")
Doesn’t surprise me a bit. I worked in prisons and I know how ingenious people can be when it comes to improvising cooking methods. ---
**Author:** ![Lukeinva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lukeinva/32/17872_2.png) [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2013, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-for-dinner-mr-coffee/674346/14 "2013-12-07T01:04:47Z")
"Are you a chef? No, but I stayed at a Holiday Inn last night:D ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2013, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-for-dinner-mr-coffee/674346/15 "2013-12-07T01:12:33Z")
> [@Lukeinva](#): > > "Are you a chef? No, but I stayed at a Holiday Inn last night:D Holiday Inn _Express._ 😛 ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2013, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-for-dinner-mr-coffee/674346/16 "2013-12-07T01:44:02Z")
I think it would be hard to get a decent meal out of Keurig machine. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2013, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-for-dinner-mr-coffee/674346/17 "2013-12-07T01:51:45Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > I think it would be hard to get a decent meal out of Keurig machine. The tomato soup, roast beef and baked potato cups are fine but they still haven’t got the blueberry pie right. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2013, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-for-dinner-mr-coffee/674346/18 "2013-12-07T10:05:26Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > The tomato soup, roast beef and baked potato cups are fine but they still haven’t got the blueberry pie right. 😉 So you need a Juiceman, as well as a Keurig? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2013, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-for-dinner-mr-coffee/674346/19 "2013-12-07T11:05:47Z")
Seems like a great idea for dorms, as well, or other places where hotplates and stoves are not allowed but coffee makers are. Not being able to cook healthy food is driving my goddaughter crazy right now. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2013, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-for-dinner-mr-coffee/674346/20 "2013-12-07T17:39:27Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > Seems like a great idea for dorms, as well, or other places where hotplates and stoves are not allowed but coffee makers are. Not being able to cook healthy food is driving my goddaughter crazy right now. Brace an iron so the soleplate is upright, it acts as a burner. You can get quite a nice grilled cheese sandwich out of it by wrapping it in foil so it doesn’t ooze cheese. It takes a few practice sandwiches to get the timing down. And have her check, I was able to have a [hot pot](http://www.amazon.com/Proctor-Silex-32oz-Hot-pot/dp/B004YTW58S/ref=sr_1_3?s=home-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1386437905&sr=1-3&keywords=hot+pot) which is a form of tea kettle. This model can be used to cook soup or stews from scratch but I wouldn’t use it as a crock pot. There are quite a few brands, so read toe comments and if possible take a visit to someplace like walmart to look at them physically. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-for-dinner-mr-coffee/674346.md?page=2)