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u/TremenMusic 3h ago

didn’t read the title and was genuinely confused what the light was reflecting off of. i wish i had this skill.

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u/emerald_stonerr 3h ago

I will totally brag and say I have this skill. I work in an Italian market so I wrap meats and cheeses all day every day and now I can glass wrap just like this dude. It is very satisfying. If you want to learn, step 1: plastic wrap is quite stretchy. If you stretch it the right amount you can achieve this! It does take some practice but I have faith in y'all

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u/unsupported 2h ago

Do you have a newsletter or 'zine I can subscribe to?

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u/thehatteryone 2h ago

Too cool to join a subreddit to learn more ?

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u/unsupported 2h ago

/r/plasticwrapmasters?

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u/Erestyn 2h ago

there doesn't seem to be anything here

guess i'll just die then god

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u/Niko___Bellic 2h ago

Not all plastic wrap is created equal. Some are easier to use than others.

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u/Ulvaer 2h ago

Like cousin Roman always says: Professional wrap is worth it, come let's party like in the old country!

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u/yr_neon_haze 1h ago

I can't even get it off the roll without crinkling it!

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u/OldheadBoomer 1h ago

Even more amazing is that these are foil pans, probably the hardest thing to wrap like this. I mean, I can do it on a glass bowl, but if I tried with foil, it would collapse like that Titan sub.

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u/Latter_Pension7505 3h ago

Oh, I needed to read this comment in order to understand what's going on lol.

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u/Algorrythmia 3h ago

I read the title and was like, “what was wrappe- OH.”

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u/SadAcanthisitta3876 3h ago

Love your pfp, it's iconic!!

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u/Algorrythmia 2h ago

BIIIIG same to you!! 🖤

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u/xavPa-64 1h ago

TIL reading a post’s title is asking too much of Redditors

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u/Rggity 3h ago

You can cheat and hit it a little with a heat gun or hairdryer!

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u/KamikazeFox_ ​ 3h ago

With 10 mins of a little trying, you can too. There is no need to waste your wish.

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u/Poohbutt2005 2h ago

Too late! Wish granted. Monkey paw and whatnot.

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u/KamikazeFox_ ​ 2h ago

Damn those paws. Never trusted them. Always a catch.

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u/Poohbutt2005 1h ago

I guess you can never trust a paw unless it attached to a monkey. Even then I'd be suspicious.

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u/KamikazeFox_ ​ 1h ago

Very

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u/HorrorsPersistSoDoI 3h ago

You WISH you had it?

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u/krzykris11 2h ago

I read it and wasn't really sure what to be impressed about. Then I realized the wrap was covering the trays.

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u/DrSpacemanSpliff 3h ago

I read it as “parasitic wasp” so I was worried the dumplings had wasps inside.

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u/The_Mr_Banana 2h ago

I was so confused I was trying to figure out what the light was

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u/AppUnwrapper1 1h ago

I read the title and was looking for the plastic wrap. Didn’t realize what I was looking at till I read your comment.

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u/Ringeye 1h ago

I wish I could actually find the plastic wrap end to tear it, let alone it be this clean

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u/Strange-Pen3117 1h ago

That’s the wild part, it looks like a solid surface at first. Takes a sec for your brain to realize it’s just plastic wrap. Weirdly impressive honestly.

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u/TheAndyPat 3h ago

It's one thing to make tight as a drum with a ceramic dish or bowl. But on aluminum like that is a whole nother

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u/SomethingComesHere 3h ago

Yeah I’ve not yet graduated to that Saran status. Maybe one day!

I’m impressed!

And I mean it, I wrote a whole instruction comment recently on how to achieve this on ceramic-type or glass bowls: https://www.reddit.com/r/KitchenConfidential/s/tjxIBAYx8u

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u/unsupported 2h ago

My plastic wrap skills are like my love life, soft and balled up in the trash.

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u/SomethingComesHere 2h ago

And like one’s love life, Saran skills are a muscle that can be strengthened.

But if you don’t want to, that’s also fine (:

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u/krizzzombies 2h ago

real. i've never been able to saran wrap anything without creating a scrunchy wrinkly mess. it always sticks to itself and never the bowl which seems real inconvenient because then how do you get a tight seal?

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u/GottaBeNicer 1h ago

When I was younger I worked in kitchens and figured out it's just the quality of the wrap. If you bought it at a grocery store it's probably gonna be tough to work with, if it's a product intended for professional use it will work way better. We get ours at Costco.

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u/BillysBibleBonkers 2h ago edited 1h ago

Dude thanks, literally came to the comments hoping some saran wrap genie would reveal the secrets of this witchcraft. Also ngl, beyond being pleasing for myself it's such a perfect kitchen flex to impress family around the holidays.

"here's you're leftovers aunt Marie"

"Oh thanks u/BillysBibleBonkers, but i'd prefer if it was wra.. holy shit, it is wrapped, how did you do that?!"

But don't worry /u/SomethingComesHere, i'll take your guide and teach it to all those who gaze in amazement at my pristinely wrapped dishes, and i'll even pretend it was a strategy i painstakingly created myself. Thanks buddy.

Edit: speaking of my painstakingly created strategy, you kind of brushed over this part...

Once that suction has been created, you’re good to cut the Saran Wrap but ensure you do it in a way that the seal doesn’t get broken.

One does not simply cut the saran wrap with that janky serrated strip of bullshit without getting it all tangled up, much less keeping some perfect seal. Do you use scissors? Or a scalpel maybe? Perhaps there's some specific brand that doesn't have a shitty cutting system?

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u/Unholy-Corndog 1h ago

Speaking from my experience a box cutter with a fresh knife works well

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u/RebeeMo 2h ago

I was about to say, these aluminum trys are a pain in the ass to even keep tin foil on, never mind plastic wrap. This man's a pro.

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u/Jakkerak 3h ago

My plastic wrap skills.

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u/hedoeswhathewants 3h ago

I can hear the voiceover

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u/a_litt1e_stitious ​ 2h ago edited 2h ago

“Are you tired of plastic wrap that sticks to everything but the bowl?

Have you wasted hours of your life wrestling a tangled mess that refuses to cooperate?

Do you lie awake at night, haunted by your inability to protect your leftovers and questioning if your life is crumbling before your very eyes?

Have you begun to wonder if time is circular… and all moments lead back to this eternal struggle?

And when it finally sticks, crooked, wrinkled, sealing nothing at all, do you whisper to yourself, ‘This is who I am now’?”

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u/A_very_smol_Lugia 2h ago

"Well I've got the solution for you! Hi, Billy Mays here,"

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u/Zealousideal-Year917 2h ago

Thank you for this, it literally made me lol and I needed that rn...also I'm high so probably extra funny 😁 ❤️

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u/Ajaxwalker 2h ago

Just like Peter in Family Guy

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u/Jakkerak 2h ago

Yes! That was what came to mind first but I didn't feel like finding it lol.

Thanks!

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u/KittyJun 3h ago

Sameee

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u/Xyleneartist 3h ago

Lemon ricotta cookies?

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u/Yeah1yeah2yeah3 3h ago

I just asked him and they are!

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u/Illustrious-Top-9222 2h ago

I thought those were dumplings lmao

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u/Rainbow_in_the_sky 2h ago

lol…my first thought was “yum, homemade pierogies!” 😂

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u/randomuser0902 1h ago

Wow how’d you know that so specifically

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u/Greenmagegirl 1h ago

I thought it was dim sum

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u/Oportbis 3h ago

So smooth I almost fell in love

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u/AmputeeHandModel 1h ago

Wow, dating standards are really low these days!

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u/EnchantingGirl2 3h ago

I struggle to even get the wrap off the roll without it Tangling, and your buddy is out here creating art. 😭

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u/stinkerfanny 3h ago

Right! It’s folded over itself, i’m using my chin, both hands, and the dish to try and unstick it from itself. 😂

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u/DeputyDipshit619 3h ago

Honestly just buy a roll meant for commercial kitchens. It will last you quite some time, has a much better cutter, is larger and comes in a fairly functional box roller compared to the cheapo ones we can buy at Walmart that just fall apart after a handful of uses.

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u/stinkerfanny 3h ago

It’s like you’ve seen the box I’m working with! 🫣

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u/FoxyBastard 3h ago

You can buy a dispenser that works like a tin foil box does, with the teeth.

Alternatively, if it fits, you coukd just repurpose a tin foil box.

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u/HarrysWorkshop 3h ago

Does he wrap cars for a living?

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u/HEYitsBIGS 3h ago

He should, if he doesn't 🤣

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u/InnerAd3454 3h ago

Witchcraft.

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u/kevlar51 ​ 3h ago

There’s gotta be a way to make money off this!

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u/optimalpessimist ​ 3h ago

It's simply too good!

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u/Alphatism 2h ago

They could start wrapping cars

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u/xboxgamer2122 3h ago

Bet he’s a champ at wrapping Xmas presents.

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u/Surprise_Fragrant 2h ago

You know... I'm not OPs friend, but I am good with plastic wrap AND I'm good with wrapping presents... huh.

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u/jv371 1h ago

I bet you make a stellar looking burrito too.

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u/Evilsausage87 3h ago

Let us know when there’s plastic wrap.

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u/NotYetMashedPotato 3h ago

Have him do the toilet next!

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u/Testarossa2013 3h ago

Calm down, Satan!

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u/XRT28 1h ago

Where do you think they learned this skill?

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u/Hololujah 2h ago

There is a 1 in 4 chance I walk away from the cling film box a broken man with bleeding fingers.

When people post these perfect cling films it makes me feel like I have an undiagnosed learning disability.

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u/Beat_the_Deadites 2h ago

it makes me feel like I have an undiagnosed learning disability.

You've come to the right place.

Half of us will diagnose you as an idiot for various reasons.

The other half will convince you that you're a freakin' genius by comparison.

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u/TeamRedundancyTeam 1h ago

Bleeding fingers? I have never heard of someone being that bad at it.

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u/Stillgrave 3h ago

Wow. Anytime I pull wrap from the box it turns to rope.

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u/cryrabanks 3h ago

Tell him to post a tutorial

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u/nautilator44 3h ago

When is he going to put the plastic wrap on?

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u/BaconReceptacle 3h ago

For us older people, plastic wrap is not as good as it used to be because manufacturers swapped the effective but potentially toxic polyvinylidene chloride (PVDC) for less clingy, more eco-friendly polyethylene (LDPE), making it less sticky and less effective at blocking smells and moisture, though better for the environment and less prone to chemical leaching into food. This change means it sticks less to itself and bowls, requiring tricks like wetting the rim or finding specialized brands.

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u/MySockIsMissing 3h ago

My private parts just tingled.

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u/RJFerret 1h ago

Don't look now, but you might have a sock down there.

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u/Same_Recipe2729 3h ago

Just like esteemed artist bubba sparxxx said, "get it right, get it tight". 

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u/MessianicPariah 3h ago

Is he a baker in the Marine Corps?

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u/Buddy-Lov 3h ago

Deli or restaurant worker

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u/King_Chochacho 2h ago

100%.

Probably has one of the big commercial rolls. Makes getting a tight seal way easier because you can hold it in place with the cutting board then lift up on whatever you're wrapping while you cut.

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u/ChiefinLasVegas 3h ago

just how many buddies were involved?

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u/DiabolicalMasquerade 3h ago

Your friend is Glad-alf, the cling wrap wizard

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u/Scared-Currency288 2h ago

Have you asked him what it's like being God's favorite? 

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u/Broheamoth 2h ago

Whaaattt it's just an ordinary- OH MY GOODNESS

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u/tucson_lautrec 3h ago

That's a good looking drum set!

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u/smallsmallwitch 3h ago

We need a new kind of museum for things that just make a brain go “ohh yeah”

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u/Scozz554 3h ago

Ah yes. It is the best when you can get enough tension and a clean edge all the way around to make it a drum with a clean tone.

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u/DisastrousAd3218 3h ago

Wrap it. Hit it with a hair dryer.

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u/courtma41 3h ago

Show off

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u/herewegoinvt 2h ago

If you can't play it like a drum, keep trying!

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u/dickthericher 2h ago

Yo and the pans didn’t get all bent.

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u/BboyLotus 2h ago

What plastic wra... oh my god

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u/kaliara 2h ago

Sheer magic

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u/Electrode_ 2h ago

I was like

"Huh? Wrapped wha-

WOOOOAAAAAAHHHHHHHH"

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u/Surprise_Fragrant 2h ago

The trick is that you have to pull the plastic wrap taught all the way around the pan and stick it to itself under the container. I worked fast food a billion years ago and we had pans of ketchup/mayo, and my pans were so tight you could bounce a quarter off of them.

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u/youpoopedyerpants 2h ago

Is your friend a vinyl installer?

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u/gonnafaceit2022 2h ago

Wow. Every time I try to use that stuff, I end up throwing the whole roll away, I cannot operate it properly.

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u/BalletWishesBarbie 1h ago

Middle-aged mum here

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u/deadface3405 1h ago

This dude has TALENT

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u/KiNgPiN8T3 1h ago

Plastic wrap skills? What are you talking about he hasn’t even.. oh, that would be the skills.

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u/milesofkeeffe 1h ago

Being hyped and taking a photo of a bro's plastic wrap skills is 100% /r/GuysBeingDudes material.

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u/IndependentEggplant0 1h ago

Tight tight tight!!

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u/Smash_4dams 1h ago

How did he manage to stretch it perfect with those flimsy bendy corners on a disposable pan?

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u/vicarooni1 3h ago

God tier

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u/trixtah 2h ago

He broke my brain for a sec

(Also: it’s “buddy’s”)

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u/GreenT1979 3h ago

I want to marry your buddy

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u/corbie157 ​ 3h ago

Omg

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u/bryman19 3h ago

Look Russ, can't even see the line

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u/CantThink0fNameN0w 3h ago

This buddy has worked in a professional kitchen before

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u/lulukalia 3h ago

I can't even do normal plastic wrapping

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u/ElisseMoon 3h ago

I was so confused, I read "plastic wrap kills" and every comment seemed to say the same 😭😭😭 until I saw some random gif wrapping a plate lmao.

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u/itsaarxn94 3h ago

Good heavens that’s impressive

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u/Katana-san 3h ago

It's perfect 

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u/FortUncle 3h ago

I’m very impressed.

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u/whoami4546 3h ago

Me: I dont see anything .... Oh! WoW!

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u/ermaalerma 3h ago

Beautiful. No notes

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u/gugngd 3h ago

Tell him to wrap it up and become a professional wrapper.

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u/VinegarMyBeloved 3h ago

This is crazy talent

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u/chicken_of_the_swamp 3h ago

I know Witchcraft when I see it!

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u/Fappy_as_a_Clam 3h ago

He must have that good plastic wrap, with the dangerous chemicals in it.

What country are you in OP?

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u/maomao05 3h ago

I was like what the heck am I looking at

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u/The_Parsee_Man 2h ago

The man has a skill, no question.

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u/expectobro 2h ago

Could you please take a video? This looks so satisfying

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u/QuipOfTheTongue 2h ago

Why is there a breast implant in there?

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u/Playing-your-fiddle 2h ago

Your buddy is probably autistic mate

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u/MayOrMayNotBePie 2h ago

Oh that’s good stuff right there

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u/GoodOlDaisy 2h ago

Which demon did he make a pact with to accomplish this?

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u/nicunta 2h ago

Restaurant employee? Lol...

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u/An0ddEgg 2h ago

This level of skill terrifies me. Please stay away from me and my crinkly plastic wrap.

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u/sax87ton 2h ago

I’ll take your word for it.

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u/Siberianbull666 2h ago

I’ve done this before on a lot of things but on foil trays. How?

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u/factoid_ 2h ago

Next week on r/kitchenconfidential "Wrapping aluminum pans in cling wrap every day until this subreddit says they're perfect"

First comment: "See you never again chef"

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u/CmdrFallout 2h ago

Give my upvote to your buddy.

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u/utterlyunimpressed 2h ago

Look upon these works ye mighty and despair.

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u/xAustin90x 2h ago

You forgot to include the after pic with it on

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u/Former-Size587 2h ago

What madness is this!?

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u/GoldenBolterGun 2h ago

Looks satisfying but you want a little slack so it doesn't rip from the mere suggestion of being touched

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u/Deceptiv_poops 2h ago

Does he use a hair dryer?

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u/ParnsAngel 2h ago

Your buddy is a witch.

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u/lueur-d-espoir 2h ago

I expected SOMEONE in the comments to tell us the trick, but I am very disappointed.

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u/ztufs 2h ago

What plastic?

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u/AliceNRoses 2h ago

Next you'll tell me that they get the Mac n cheese box flap open correctly. Witchery.

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u/letthetreeburn 2h ago

How the fuck-

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u/CanehdnMJ 2h ago

“Buddy’s”

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u/Rainbow_in_the_sky 2h ago

Your buddy needs to be hired by Sarah Wrap and make a commercial on how to create the perfect wrap. Then he’ll be famous. 😄

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u/AngeloPappas 2h ago

On those flimsy foil pans too. Respect.

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u/99percentTSOL 2h ago

Someone is going to piss on the food.

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u/ameliee_x 1h ago

We need a tutorial

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u/Fabulous-Willow-369 1h ago

not nearly as hard as back in the day when we used to poison ourselves with real sticky film

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u/lightglittering8460 1h ago

My boyfriend taught me to do this. Wrap it tightly then smack the top of the wrap.

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u/PerilousPontificator 1h ago

Wrapping courtesy John Cena

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u/MaleficentWindow8972 1h ago

To be fair, he probably has one of those awesome industrial huge rolls with the little slider to cut. When I worked in airline catering we had those and they make your life 448394’s easier. Don’t feel bad home Saran wrappers. I often wish I had one of those these days. 🥲

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u/no_social_cues 1h ago

I need a YouTube tutorial ASAP

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u/Informal-Kick-4577 1h ago

Been working in the food industry for years, this is actually insanely impressive lol

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u/kiitkatz 1h ago

Post that to r/kitchenconfidential, but tag it NSFW 🥵🥵

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u/deleted_opinions 1h ago

This is also a CLASSIC prank to play on dudes who pee standing up. Have the seat up already and put this over the bowl. Pee will go EVERYWHERE.

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u/MerJess33 1h ago

Wrapping things in plastic wrap until Reddit says it's perfect. Day 1.

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u/jcmib 1h ago

I’ve never been more impressed by something that has no real consequence.

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u/ComprehensiveBike212 1h ago

This has to be a crime

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u/ReturnFun9600 1h ago

On r/KitchenConfidential we balk at this.. meh

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u/IllyriaCervarro 1h ago

I can’t even get it out of the package without fucking it up….

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u/ProfessionalHat6828 1h ago

It’s more impressive that they got plastic wrap to stick to aluminum trays

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u/BlueDiamond543 1h ago

It's like a mirror reflective image on a lake - clean and crisp.

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u/StupendusDeliris 1h ago

Bros a witch

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u/Charming_Yam6014 1h ago

Witchcraft! 

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u/Admirable_Belt1343 1h ago

Doing this on a bowl and then pressing the air out is better than sex

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u/iamintheforest 1h ago

Now show us the after photo.

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u/kai924507 1h ago

That’s hot 🥵

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u/Karibou422 59m ago

Stretch-Tite brand

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u/daveyeah 49m ago

Oh that reminds me to check in on /r/kitchenconfidential to see if it's still /r/chives 

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u/ClockworkRose21 46m ago

Witchcraft!