[at-l] microwave warning

[kahley7@ptd.net (kahley7)]

I boil water in the nuker and it's true.....well, I don't know
about the instrument, but when I let it get too hot, and dump in
sugar it goes nutz....up and over the cup.  I always assumed
that the sugar lowered the boiling point of the water.



At 02:15 PM 3/21/01 -0600, you wrote:
>Did you see the special on TV the other night about the dangers of boiling
>water in a glass container in a microwave?  Seems that under certain
>conditions a glass container will be so smooth that it doesn't cause the
>heated water to form bubbles to boil.  By heating the water in a microwave
>it is possible to super heat it without boiling.  When the super heated
>water is removed and touched by an instrument (fork, spoon, etc.) it
>immediately completely boils, resulting in an explosion of scalding water
>upward and outward from the container.  This would quickly cause 3rd degree
>burns on any skin surface it touches in the process.
>
>I bring this up only because of the discussion of blanching, etc., in
>preparing food for the trail.  Be careful.  Wouldn't want your microwave to
>nuke your trip.
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