Phred:
"I liked the idea of just putting the cup of milk into the thing, so
there was only one dirty item to clean; plus the fact it could be used
for other things at a pinch. (Like boiling water in a cup for tea.
"

You know about the risk of boil-over, right? Not a huge deal, but
basically the idea is that water can
super-heat in a microwave - heat to just above the boilling point
without coming to a boil. Then, when the cup is moved,
boiling initiates and the water surges out of the cup and over your
hands. Possibly.

Easiest ways to avoid this a
1.)Heat the water in a larger container (ie, a glass measuring cup not
filled to full)
2.)put in some sort of irregular surfaced piece of something made to
initiate boilling (it's the smooth surfaces
of cups that allow for superheating)

or

3.)Just keep zapping the darn thing until it boils in the nuker. It'll
happen - it just might take 5 seconds longer. Of course, then it boils
over the cup
and you lose 1 oz of water, but it's certainly the easiest way.

Now, I'm just waiting for someone (I can guess who) to tell us all how
impossible this is, since water always boils at 212 farenheit.

Greg Zywicki