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- From: crb7q@kelvin.seas.Virginia.EDU (Cameron Randale Bass)
- Subject: Re: The dangers in microwaved food...
- Message-ID: <1992Aug21.041550.12832@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
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- Organization: University of Virginia
- References: <1992Aug20.015531.7842@nuscc.nus.sg> <10200@vice.ICO.TEK.COM> <1992Aug20.190055.8807@ll.mit.edu>
- Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 04:15:50 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug20.190055.8807@ll.mit.edu> ryba@ll.mit.edu (Marty Ryba) writes:
- >
- >In article <10200@vice.ICO.TEK.COM>, hall@vice.ICO.TEK.COM (Harold F Lillywhite) writes:
- >|> Or eggs. Unless the membrane is pierced they can build up a lot of
- >|> internal pressure. The same probably applies to any food with a
- >|> reasonably impervious layer on the outside. The quick heating of a
- >|> microwave oven can turn it into a potential bomb which can explode
- >|> when some poor soul cuts it or pokes it with a fork.
- >
- > This reminds me of a scary/funny-but-true story --
- >
- >My college roommate was a wealthy Indian who, like most Indian men of his
- >social class, knew absolutely nothing about cooking. He proceeded to
- >microwave an egg. When he removed it from the oven, it was too hot, so
- >he dipped it in a glass of water. BOOM!! There was egg *everywhere*,
- >including the ceiling! Fortunately, he was wearing his contact lenses,
- >because a bit of eggshell found his eye and destroyed the contact lens.
- >He would have suffered major cornea damage otherwise.
- >
-
- I've got to try the water thing. Thanks for the help with this
- important experiment.
-
- dale bass
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