"Melinda" > wrote in message
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> "Bluesea" > wrote in message
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> > "Top Spin" > wrote in message
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> >> For black teas, my procedure is to pour 3 cups of tap water from the
> >> cold faucet into a 4-cup pyrex and bring that to a brief rolling boil
> >> in the microwave (about 6-7 minutes).
> >
> > WHOA! Stop right there 'cause you're scaring me. Are you aware that a
> > microwave oven can super-heat water beyond the 212F boiling point w/o it
> > ever creating a shimmer much less a bubble? And, if conditions are
right,
> > it'll explode spontaneously and scald you.
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> Wow, thanks for telling us that Bluesea because I didn't know that either
> and I've used a pyrex measuring cup on occasion for heating water in the
> micro...I'll have to be more careful.

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.

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.

I use a kettle now, exclusively.


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