Paul dissed Peter, while Mary stayed out of it:

> Yeah, you got me dude. My mission in life is to disparage microwave ovens
> by posing as an oven physicist. Tell me, just how does one "steam" crab
> in a MW oven without turning the internal water into steam? That is what
> we are talking about, cooking a food item with steam. And if you've ever
> taken a biology course you'll know that water doesn't have a whole lot of
> places to hide except within cells.

In the method under discussion, the crab legs are wrapped in damp paper
towels.

In all this debate, the one person I agree with is Brian, who wrote, "What
we need are a big bunch of crab legs, a microwave and pot of boiling water."
Instead of endless keyboard-flapping, TRY the two methods side-by-side, and
see which works better. I'm inclined to side with AB, but until I try it for
myself, I'm not going to take a fervent stand (like some people are doing
here) either way.

Bob