On 7/20/2012 11:25 AM, Roy wrote:
>
> You don't know what you are missing then. When potatoes detonate they blow
> bits of potato all over the inside of the microwave. Nice mess to clean
> up. It can happen on potatoes that are not pierced properly or completely
> as well as un-pierced (virgin) ones.
>
>

Having food explode in your microwave is a lesson on what not to do the
next time. OTOH cooking a potato is a pretty boring affair. Maybe I
should take bets on whether an un-pierced potato is going to explode in
the micro. We'll start with 4 to 1 odds.