[OT] RE: Odd question about microwaves and magnetic media

From: J.C. Wren <jcwren_at_jcwren.com>
Date: Fri Feb 13 16:19:20 2004

Vintage Computer Festival wrote:

>On Fri, 13 Feb 2004, Patrick Rigney wrote:
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>>Hmmm... I haven't tried myself, but based on an experience, I think that
>>lid's blown off. My Dad's not much of a cook. When I was a teenager and we
>>first got a microwave, he thought he'd soft-boil an egg for my Mom with it.
>>He knew better than to put an egg in the microwave "naked". Unfortunately,
>>his impression of the "right" thing to do was put it in a Pyrex measuring
>>cup filled with water. The ensuing explosion pasted the innards of the oven
>>with semi-cooked egg. It was not forceful enough to fracture the Pyrex cup,
>>but was able to overcome the door seal and pop the oven door open. Based on
>>that, I think the lid of a Tupperware would not have been up to it.
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>I've learned the hard way that eggs just don't belong in microwaves. My
>first experience was heating an already hard-boiled egg just prior to it
>exploding in the microwave. Instead, it waited until my first byte, and
>proceeded to explode into my mouth. This resulted in a burned lip...not
>fun...and egg everywhere (including "on my face" haha).
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>Ok, so my next time I stuck it inside a plastic, lidded container. Well,
>as you guessed, it proceeded to blow the lid off the container and explode
>all over the insides of my microwave. Grrr. <clean clean clean>
>
>The only time I heat eggs in the microwave now is if they are thoroughly
>mashed.
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    We used to have a hard time explaining to the Orientals at Ga Tech
why you don't put Tupperware containers containing fish in the
microwave. Leaving the top on was worse, but whatever that "food" is,
it would ruin a microwave, lid or not. And the past time of vandalizing
the microwave by putting mustard or mayonaise packets in was popular, too.

    --jc
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