[Sca-cooks] Microwaving Water

[Lorenz Wieland]

kingstaste at mindspring.com wrote:

>I've read about a lot of dangers surrounding microwaved foods, but the guys
>on Mythbusters experimented with all of the 'myths' they could find and did
>prove the superheated water = explosion one.  It explodes quite
>impressively, as a matter of fact.
>  
>
It should be noted that the risk is very slight, and many online sources 
(including the ABC News article) overplay the dangers involved.

More information available here for anyone concerned about exploding water:
http://www.snopes.com/science/microwav.htm

-Lorenz