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OHIO_TERRORIST t1_jduvhyl wrote

Cooking food doesn’t use too much water in most cases, they will have a hard time cleaning those dirty dishes though…

Can’t see how they’ll be able to stay open unless they use disposable stuff. So the short answer is not long.

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ChurchOfLadyDew t1_jduxp4n wrote

Cooking food uses a LOT of water in most cases. All of the stocks are made with water, all of the vegetables that have been blanched, poached, par-boiled, all pasta is cooked in water, anything steamed. It seems near impossible to run most kitchens in this city save for places that are pulling frozen food and deep frying it.

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PhillyPanda t1_jdv5jp4 wrote

You can cook pretty much anything in stock vs water

You can buy stock.

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ChurchOfLadyDew t1_jdw1ir1 wrote

Fair enough, but is there enough stock available for every restaurant to purchase enough of it to run a kitchen? Delivered in time? What’s the cost? I don’t think it’s as simple as “you can buy stock”.

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PhillyPanda t1_jdw2aap wrote

I’d rather have a smaller menu then shut down, a lot of restaurants make their profit on booze

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sciencefaire t1_jdv01zj wrote

>Cooking food doesn’t use too much water in most cases

Have you ever cooked anything in your life? Cooking requires a lot of water. Even at the home level- adding in restaurant level prepping and it's fucked.

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OHIO_TERRORIST t1_jdv0vla wrote

There’s many ways to mitigate water usage while cooking food. Frying, baking, grilling, sautéing, use little water.

Once again, I’m acknowledging the cleaning process of kitchen utensils and dishes is often where most of the water is used and a restaurants will not be able to go long with out it.

However for many dishes, not a huge amount of water is used.

If restaurants wanted to stay open, I’m sure they could take off items that use a lot of water to make…

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PhillyPanda t1_jdv1ve2 wrote

I’m convinced most of r/philly would die in an actual emergency even if there was a simple solution available

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OHIO_TERRORIST t1_jdv2hxu wrote

I’m just saying there’s plenty of ways to make food without using a lot of water in the process. If you cook food, you’ll know there are hundreds of different ways to prepare every meal without water.

Look at all the food trucks and street vendors in the city. They all do it everyday without a line attached.

I’m not even disagreeing with people, yes, restaurants will be stained if the water is contaminated, I’m just literally saying dishes can be cooked with little water needed and certain restaurants can stay open, depending on what they are making.

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PhillyPanda t1_jdv37hx wrote

Oh I have an air fryer. Pretty much never use water to cook.

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chefNick92 t1_jduzqse wrote

Cooking food requires A TON of water. It could be a huge problem

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MithrandirLogic t1_jdv03g8 wrote

Boiling/heating water kills bacteria and viruses, it does not remove particulate. PFAS, heavy metals, etc. to me, that’s more of a concern in this situation.

Vast majority of filters on the market will not remove the latex if they are made with PFAS. Something to keep in mind.

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NinjaLanternShark t1_jduxagy wrote

Washing dishes is interesting -- there are different types of contaminants, but would anything contaminating remain on a dish after you wash and dry it?

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