that warning has been posted to list and was very interesting to say the least. It has given me a more cautious approach than a limitless one.
On Thu, 8 Jan 2009, Bill Stephan wrote: > Yeah, I wasn't gonna say anything about this but, I remember several years > back having to wallow through a rather long safety bulletin about the extreme > dangers of boiling liquid in a microwave. I seem to recall that the > boilingest part resides either in the center or near the bottom of the vesel, > and that if you were unlucky enough to cause the liquid to move in a certain > way, you could cause a sort of erruption, and could easily get scalded. At > least in Victor's case though, it's just the microwave dish that's being > scalded, not him. > > > > Bill Stephan, > Kansas City MO > Email: wstep...@everestkc.net > Phone: (816)803-2469 > > -original message- > Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Physics and Cooking Go Together > From: Barry Levine <ba...@functionaltherapy.net> > Date: 01/08/2009 16:29 > > > Sometimes, rather than seek a shortcut fix for what seems to be a > problem, we have to go back to the way our fathers, grandfathers, and > fathers before them did certain things. > > Drill drivers are fine. Pneumatic nailers are fine. Table saw blades > which stop at the hint of a touch of flesh are wonderful things. > Laser levelers are fine. Talking tape measures are wonderful. > > But, a teabag in a plastic cup in the microwave is an abomination. At > the least, it's not something to admit on a public list. > > Victor, it'll be quite some time before your credibility is regained. > > > --Barry > > >