Brilio.net - A number of people like to eat instant noodles , because they taste delicious and are easy to make. Not to mention, this food ingredient is easy to find on the market at affordable prices, so it can be used as stock in the kitchen. However, the man on the Instagram account @tmanbaik actually had a bad experience following his addiction to boiled instant noodles.
Through an upload, this netizen explained that he had to spend millions of rupiah because of his bad habits. Namely, after boiling instant noodles, he often throws the boiled water straight into the sink drain. After investigating, this habit is not good, you know.
photo: Instagram/@tmanbaik
Instagram account user @tmanbaik explained that the hot water used to boil instant noodles which he usually threw away actually damaged the sink pipe in his kitchen. He said that his sink pipe broke at around 3 am and made the floor of his house muddy. In the early morning, he then had to worry about cleaning.
"Indeed, there are some pipe materials that are not heat resistant. If it is continuously exposed to hot water, it turns out that this type of pipe can become soft and melt, so in the end the pipe actually leaks," he explained, quoted by BrilioFood from Instagram @tmanbaik on Tuesday (2 /7).
Not only that, the owner of the Instagram account @tmanbaik also had to rack his brains to solve the problem with his sink pipe. The exact cost was not stated, but this man admitted that he needed quite a lot of capital to repair his sink pipe so that it could function properly again.
photo: Instagram/@tmanbaik
Not wanting this incident to happen again, Instagram account user @tmanbaik also found out the best way to dispose of instant noodle cooking water so as not to damage the sink pipe. He said that there were two findings regarding safe ways to dispose of water used to boil instant noodles.
The first method, the instant noodle cooking water should be left to sit before throwing it away. Just leave it for 10 to 15 minutes until the water is cold, then throw it into the sink drain.
Meanwhile, secondly, instant noodle cooking water can be thrown into the sink while turning on the tap water. Water from a cooler tap can help lower the temperature of the water used to boil instant noodles, so that the sink pipe is not exposed to high temperatures.
"Pour (the water used to boil instant noodles) near the tap water drop point," emphasized the owner of the Instagram account @tmanbaik.
photo: Instagram/@tmanbaik
So, you can imitate these two methods of disposing of instant noodle boiled water at home so that the sink pipe doesn't get damaged. So, you won't get into trouble like what happened to the Instagram account user @tmanbaik.
Taking a peek at the comments column on @tmanbaik's Instagram post, which has been viewed 1 million times, quite a few netizens have just learned about the problems that can arise due to carelessly throwing away instant noodle cooking water, you know. On the other hand, there are also those who already know and share other methods that are no less safe for disposing of instant noodle cooking water.
"Teams whose noodle cooking water was not thrown away collected it in containers later to water the plants," wrote Instagram @hannihandayani.
"Or you can also put water from the tap into boiled water until it's cold, then throw it away straight away," said Instagram @rlsloaf.
"In Islam you are not allowed to throw hot water into a hole, sometimes there is a genie residing there, so let it sit until it cools down then throw it away," said Instagram @huz_journeyy.