Lately, I have been seeing all kinds of alternative cooking methods, ranging from poaching salmon in the dishwasher, to actually cooking the Thanksgiving turkey in it. One article suggested using it to wash large quantities of potatoes.
Of course we have all seen the trick of using an iron to make grilled cheese sandwiches, and isn’t a waffle iron just another texture of a Panini press or a George Forman grill anyways?
Today’s trick, discovered courtesy of NPR’s The Salt, shows you how to create an entire meal in a drip coffee maker!
While it seems a bit outrageous, we think it’s a stroke of genius!
Inspired by her nephew’s stint in Afghanistan, where the food was not up to par, and the only appliance the soldiers were allowed to have were coffee makers, Jody Anderson cooked up some recipes that he could whip up right in his quarters.
It turns out the coffee pot is very versatile, offering different cooking methods that can be used in tandem to create entire meals in 20 minutes.
The top basket functions as a steamer. Toss in a mix of cut vegetables that have similar cooking times. The vegetables can steam while the rest of the meal cooks elsewhere.
The vessel is the perfect place to poach meat or fish, boil eggs or grains, and cook oatmeal or soup.
The burner, albeit small, can be used to grill sandwiches, or fry an egg.
The NPR team attempted to cook a coffee pot meal, with astounding results.
They used the pot to cook up some cous cous, and then used it to poach a salmon filet.
While the food was cooking below, they steamed broccoli in the upper basket.
The finished product looked pretty appetizing, and the clean up was a breeze.
For how –tos, visit The Salt.
photo: Glasshouse Images
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Indigo jones 
November 21, 2013 at 9:48 am |
Use to blanch corn on the cob in the dishwasher, just don’t forget to turn off the dry cycle and obviously no soap….lol
Actually we use to use popcorn poppers to cook when I was in college.
November 21, 2013 at 10:26 am |
Innovative to say the least! Thanks for commenting!