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I'm not drinking tap water or microwaving anything unless I'm about to die without doing it.
I'm lucky in that tap water is better than bottled water where I live. Do you never reheat leftovers?
I don't really drink bottled water either, unless I'm away from home and didn't bring enough with me. Usually I'll just filter it myself.
I love leftovers! They go in the oven or on the stove though... Maybe in the air fryer if I want them quick and they were supposed to be crispy.
I can understand the tap water aversion but not the microwave. Care to elaborate?
It makes everything taste terrible. I can't think of anything that tastes better microwaved. No, not even popcorn.
How does a microwave make things taste worse? It just adds energy. Popcorn tastes neither better nor worse; it just pops pretty well depending on the microwave.
Well, I'm no expert, but it seems like it tastes worse because of the uneven heating/adding too much energy to one area and not another. So texture changes and certain ingredients change flavor based on how much or how little energy they receive.
As for popcorn, I'd argue the difference is also uneven heating leading to unpopped kernels/random burnt taste if you try to pop them all. But also the packaging required to pop them in the microwave (and what's put inside that package) changes the flavor.
A big part of cooking for me is the control of how my food cooks and what I put into it. I'd rather wait and have it how I want vs getting it now with a bunch of other factors I can't control.