"Bluesea" > wrote in message

> I used to heat my water in a Pyrex in the microwave, too, until it
exploded.
> Thank God it was still in the microwave with the door closed when it
> happened, but it surely did stun the heck out of me. I was standing there
> watching it for it to boil and it went BLAM! and nearly all the water (24
> oz) was blown out of the cup.

Your *Pyrex* was not the problem ? That looks like what happened in old
microwaves when the container was metallic or of some non-microwable
material.
Well, I understand why you were shocked.

> Afterwards, I asked some friends and did some research and learned that
> water typically explodes *after* being removed from the microwave. People
> were scalded w/o anything to warn them:
>
> http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/consumer/erupted.html.

So your "exploding" is splashing.

> I use a kettle now, exclusively.

You can have the same problem. I have an expensive kettle now, as the one I
had before ended with a hole in the bottom, the one before that ended as a
decorative flower-pot after I painfully discovered it would let water splash
upward when over-heated. Well, the time I got burn, that was my fault
because you should never seize a sauce-pan or anything overheated without
protection gloves and carefullness.

Kuri