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Looking for one for the good lady, somewhere to heat food, eat, or even sit down for a bit isn't high on NHS funding, so it's be ideal if I could send her toddling off to work with some nice soup or stews etc on a cold day.
Anyone have one that would keep food warm 5 hours?.
Cheers.
Mrsstu has been using one of these for a few years.
Says it works well.
https://www.argos.co.uk/product/8437383?cmpid=GS001&_$ja=tsid:59156
We send our daughter to school with hot lunch in a food flask, she says it's warm enough - and believe me we'd know if it wasn't.
Got one myself now to take grub into work, but I've yet to christen it.
That last bit sounds wrong doesn't it.
I've not found one I'd recommend but I've noticed that it helps to pre-warm them with boiling water and fill them to the top. Also stick them inside a coat. Mine are normally luke warm by lunch though...
pre-warm them with boiling water and fill them to the top
Makes a big difference.
Been using one of these every winter for last 10 years or so. I heat it with boiling water before adding hot food, still hot 6hrs later. Would buy again.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Stanley-Classic-Vacuum-Stainless-Steel-x/dp/B0030GME6E/
I've got the same one as mrsstu - works really well for 4-6 hrs and comes with a cool SS foldy spoon which appeals to me every time I unfold it.
It does dent easily though and the enamel chips off
How is this not dangerous? Even rice at room temp for 2 hourz can kill you, cos bacteria?
How is this not dangerous?
So, are all those who've posted, actually recommending from beyond the grave? 🤣
Thanks folks!
Thermos one here. As above must be prewarmed and brimmed full. No rice or chicken tested but soups/pasta no probs
Thermos one here as well. Seriously good. Often take curries to work with me and no problems with rice. Pre-warming should be a given, however. Oh, and don't wash it up in the bowl or dishwasher as you'll blow the seal and won't do it's job. Found this out to my cost when the last time I took a curry to work it was lukewarm. I can blame the other half for that though as I was already wise to that (did the same to a Stanley flask many years ago).
How is this not dangerous? Even rice at room temp for 2 hourz can kill you, cos bacteria?
Nonsense. If you want to store cooked food, you should put it into the fridge or freezer as soon as you can. Cooked rice is perfect for bacteria to grow, so leaving at at room temperature allows them to start growing, but it's not toxic after a couple of hours, it's just that the bacteria have had time to start growing so you shouldn't then store it and eat it later. Food that has been cooked and put into a thermos while still hot will be perfectly fine for lunch, given that millions of people do this everyday without dying.
Best tell the Indian dabble wallers who have been doing this for "ever"
I have a Stanley I give no thought to what goes in it. It goes in hot it is hot at lunch.
I work in An office YMMV if your a trapper in the Arctic tundra
i have a couple of Hydroflask things. They're excellent (although whether they do anything a cheaper version cannot do, I don't know)
here's a foodie one
Fried rice is commonly made with yesterday's boiled rice. Providing it has been cooled quickly and then stored in the fridge, it's OK.
as a few have said first thing I do is put kettle on and put boiling water into flask after that whatever doesn't leap out of fridge and kill me is considered..preheat essential
The Stanley one is really good - keeps food hot until lunch.
don’t wash it up in the bowl or dishwasher
Just remind me what my other options are again?
Wash it without submerging.
Oh, and don’t wash it up in the bowl or dishwasher as you’ll blow the seal and won’t do it’s job. Found this out to my cost when the last time I took a curry to work it was lukewarm.
Same thing happens if you use one for transporting liquid nitrogen 🙂
I have the Thermos one and it goes in the dishwasher 5 days a week for last couple of years, still works fine, keeps soup hot for about 6-7hrs.
Well, got her the Thermos one, and it's wicked, went in the pre-warmed flask at 6am before my morning run, and she reported it as piping hot at 1pm, that's a result. Just ordered myself one too, for hill walking duties.
Cheers folks.
A bit late to the party but we also have Thermos ones for my wife to take soup to work and one daughter for packed lunches (pasta normally). We have the pretty patterned ones. Ladies seem to like that sort of thing.
Funny enough I just got one of these to have soup at work.
(yes pre warming is key)
https://www.lifeventure.com/products/cookware/tiv-wide-mouth-vacuum-flasks?sku=9650
Got it after using one of there Thermal mugs.
I have a plastic stanley one that is OK