"Cold Chicken Re-fry Request" Pub Customer Leaves Everyone 'Bewildered'

Requested to heat up chicken because it got cold
Offered to microwave it but declined

A part-time worker shared a story about feeling awkward due to a customer who asked to have their chicken reheated after it had gone cold at a pub. On the 11th, a post titled 'Asking to reheat chicken eaten at a pub' was uploaded to an online community. The author, Mr. A, introduced himself as a part-time server at a pub.

On the 11th, a post titled "Asking to Reheat Chicken Eaten at a Hof Bar" was uploaded on an online community. The author, Mr. A, introduced himself as a part-time worker serving at a hof bar. The photo is not related to the specific content of the article. [Photo by Pixabay]

Mr. A explained, "Yesterday afternoon, two ladies in their 50s came into the store and ordered two draft beers and one fried chicken." He continued, "About an hour later, they pressed the call bell, and when I went over, half of the fried chicken was left, but they said the chicken had gone cold and asked to have it heated up hot again." He said, "I told them I would ask the owner, and the owner said to put the leftover chicken in the microwave, so I relayed that to the customers. Then the customers asked to put it in the deep fryer in the kitchen and have it fried crispy again." He added, "The owner said, 'We can't re-fry chicken that has already been eaten,' so I told the customers that, but they kept insisting, saying they wanted hot chicken and asked to have it fried again. Even after I said no several times, they kept insisting. In this case, is it the store's fault?" he asked netizens for their opinions.

Netizens expressed that refrying chicken that has already been eaten poses hygiene issues. One netizen commented, "That fryer is also used to fry other customers' chicken, so it's naturally unhygienic," while another said, "Heating it in the microwave is something the restaurant can obviously do, but this is excessive." Another netizen expressed disbelief, saying, "Who knows what was done to the chicken that was already eaten to put it back in the fryer?"

Does reheating leftover chicken in the microwave produce carcinogens?

Many people naturally reheat leftover chicken at home in the microwave the next day. However, there is a myth that reheating leftover chicken in the microwave changes the protein content, causing stomach pain or producing carcinogens.

A microwave oven emits electromagnetic waves that rapidly vibrate the water molecules in food. The frictional heat generated by the collision of water molecules heats the food. Protein denaturation refers to the alteration of a protein's structure caused by heat, strong acids, chemicals, and other factors.
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A microwave emits electromagnetic waves that rapidly vibrate water molecules in food. The friction heat generated by water molecules colliding heats the food. Protein denaturation refers to the change in protein structure caused by heat, strong acids, or chemicals. It's easy to understand by thinking of eggs. When heat is applied to a raw egg, the protein albumin denatures and gradually solidifies into a white solid.

Chicken is already in a denatured protein state. The proteins actin and myosin in chicken muscle, which start denaturing at about 50 degrees Celsius, have already been fried in oil at 170?180 degrees Celsius. Because microwaves heat food by agitating water molecules, the internal temperature cannot exceed 100 degrees Celsius. No further protein denaturation occurs regardless of how much the chicken is heated in the microwave. In other words, there is no evidence that it causes stomach pain.