[Sca-cooks] Microwaving Water

[Susan Fox-Davis]

Yikes!  DHMO strikes again!

<grin> Selene

Lorenz Wieland wrote:

> 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