# Boil water with tin can. Still has chicken in it

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**Category:** The Garage\
**Created:** [May 16, 2014, 2:56am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/boil-water-with-tin-can-still-has-chicken-in-it/6145 "2014-05-16T02:56:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![fishy1234555](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/fishy1234555/32/50_2.png) [@fishy1234555](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/fishy1234555)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2014, 2:56am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/boil-water-with-tin-can-still-has-chicken-in-it/6145/1 "2014-05-16T02:56:40Z")

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Ver: 069e45e

Simplythat. I can boil water and the only tin can in my vicinity has chicken in it. no other devices around. The water better get turned to broth if i do that!

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**Author:** ![Birdie](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/birdie/32/97_2.png) [@Birdie](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Birdie)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2014, 3:56am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/boil-water-with-tin-can-still-has-chicken-in-it/6145/2 "2014-05-16T03:56:47Z")

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Maybe you’re boiling the water in the chicken.

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**Author:** ![fishy1234555](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/fishy1234555/32/50_2.png) [@fishy1234555](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/fishy1234555)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2014, 4:04am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/boil-water-with-tin-can-still-has-chicken-in-it/6145/3 "2014-05-16T04:04:49Z")

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WHAT? Im in a LMOE, using the woodstove next to a puddle thing boiling water and dumping it into a canteen using a tin can of chicken. I haven’t eaten any of it.

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**Author:** ![kevin.granade](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/kevin.granade/32/1316_2.png) [@kevin.granade](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/kevin.granade)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2014, 4:17am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/boil-water-with-tin-can-still-has-chicken-in-it/6145/4 "2014-05-16T04:17:03Z")

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So it doesn’t check that the tin is empty, that sounds likely. I’ll look into it.

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**Author:** ![fishy1234555](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/fishy1234555/32/50_2.png) [@fishy1234555](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/fishy1234555)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2014, 7:11am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/boil-water-with-tin-can-still-has-chicken-in-it/6145/5 "2014-05-16T07:11:27Z")

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> [@Kevin Granade](#):
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> So it doesn’t check that the tin is empty, that sounds likely. I’ll look into it.

Thanks. I had no boiling devices until i stood next to the chicken and checked my crafting menu. It confused the hell out of me, then i thought it through and used the can with chicken in it anyway. \*side note: The water was delicious.

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**Author:** ![BevapDin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/bevapdin/32/228_2.png) [@BevapDin](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/BevapDin)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2014, 11:22am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/boil-water-with-tin-can-still-has-chicken-in-it/6145/6 "2014-05-17T11:22:22Z")

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Most likely reason: check for tool qualities accepts items with content as it does not check for emptiness. This was probably no problem in the earlier state as only real tools had a tool quality, but now other non-tool items like containers have qualities, too.