28 Sep
2012
28 Sep
'12
4:05 p.m.
On 09/28/2012 03:04 PM, Pete Turnbull wrote:
I once got superheated coffee in my favourite mug. I
mis-set the timer,
and although I thought the mug handle seemed unusually hot when I took
it out, it wasn't until I added the sugar that I found out why. That
was very messy.
That's how I learned to make microwave tea with the teabag in the water
before the cup goes into the mouth of the beast, instead of after.
One other microwave-related burn was microwaving a cup of potato-leek
instant soup-in-a-paper cup. I miscalculated the temperature and
involuntarily squeezed the cup when I pulled it out of the oven. My
face was an ugly mess (not that it isn't usually) for a couple of weeks
after that.
I've since made it a rule not to microwave soups, noodles, etc. in the
cups that are part of the packaging.
--Chuck