"Derek" > wrote in message ...
> Bringing back an older discussion, "Good Eats" on the Food Network
> here in the states just had an episode addressing food myths.
>
> Anyway, they also addressed the "water exploding in the microwave"
> myth. All of the issues we had brought up here - superheating of the
> water, nucleation sites, etc -- were mentioned. The "on air"
> demonstration did, in fact, explode.
>
> The point that was made, however, was that the water has to be kept
> still. They used a Snapple-type bottle, which had a relatively small
> opening compared with the volume of water. When it exploded, it
> emptied about 2/3 of the water.
>
> The suggestions were to always use a wide-mouth container, and to stir
> it every couple of minutes. This prevents the stillness of the water
> which is necessary for superheating.

I dunno. I have my doubts. As I posted previously, my personal experience of
exploding water was out of a 32 oz Pyrex measuring cup (wide opening) on a
turntable (moving, not still) although I wasn't stirring it because I didn't
know that water could explode so, maybe the water remained too stable
despite the movement of the turntable, a manual wind-up model.

There was another show late last month or early this month, I think it was
on the Food Network, that agreed with the FDA's recommendation of adding a
foreign material before heating the water. The TV show noted that it may be
anything that's microwave-safe such as one of those plastic stir-sticks that
fast-food places provide for coffee or a wooden spoon or stick. Why not
serve two purposes by using that microwave thermometer, the link to which
you(?) posted in another thread?

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