[Sca-cooks] OT exploding brussel sprouts

[Bill Fisher]

Yeah - steam - they can explode in a really hot pan as well. I
I usuallly cut my sprouts in half when doing anything with high 
heat or the dreaded microwave.  (or microwave them on something
other than high)

Don't deep fry them either unless you have a lava suit on.

Cadoc


On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 22:04:09 -0400, Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius
<adamantius.magister at verizon.net> wrote:
> Also sprach Jane Boyko:
> >Greetings all
> >
> >Can anyone tell me why brussels sprouts blow up in the microwave?  I never
> >cook them there, just reheat and I find they start to explode after 30
> >seconds on high.
> >
> >Just curious.
> >
> >Marina
> 
> Steam pressure buildup, I assume.
> 
> Adamantius
> 
> --
>   "Why don't they get new jobs if they're unhappy -- or go on Prozac?"
>         -- Susan Sheybani, assistant to Bush campaign spokesman Terry
> Holt, 07/29/04
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Sca-cooks mailing list
> Sca-cooks at ansteorra.org
> http://www.ansteorra.org/mailman/listinfo/sca-cooks
>