I have been studying your recipe and was hoping you could clarify something for me:
You state, “Hey, I just tried out the thermos. I had a few leftovers. A little bit of canned chili, stewed tomatoes. So I put boiling water in the thermos. Heated the leftovers a bit.
Poured out the boiling water to reheat it.”
What I’m trying to visualize is the sequence of events here. You put your chili,maters into the thermos, and put in a bit of boiling water. Then you “pour out the ‘boiling water’ - the contents(?) to reheat it?” Not understanding why that happens.
Thanks. I’m sure it will be obvious to me after you help me with my “duh” affliction!
Okay, I can see the confusion. First you put boiling water into the thermos to make it hot. Otherwise there would be an immediate decrease in temp when you fill it.
While thermos is heating up, you can heat up the leftovers from the frig.
Next you pour the water out of the thermos and reheat to boiling while you put the hot leftovers into the theremos.
Then you add the dry uncooked macaroni, and spices.
Then you pour on the boiling water. Put on the lid. My thermos was a cheapo from the kid’s old lunch box. So I wrapped it in a towel to help with the insulation.
I neglected to time it, but I think it was about 30 minutes. I used the microwave for all the heating. I was very suprised that the macaroni cooked that well, I really thought it would be a starchy mess.
You will need less water than it shows on the package.
I am going to hunt up some more of our thermos. I am thinking that I might try cooking some stuff like oatmeal and grains overnight, somehow I just don’t cook in the AM.
It would be great to just get up, drink coffee and eat breakfast-kinda like room service. I am a slow starter, and will just micro wave an egg, or eat a bowl of cold cereal.
This is great with respect to the number of dishes too. No pots and pans. LOL