zxcvbob typed:
> Julia Altshuler wrote:
>> Aurrggh! I don't know if this guy means to be funny or not, but NEVER
>> heat any unopened can! In fact, this one should go in the kitchen myths
>> thread.
>
> You've heard too many apocryphal stories about exploding cans of beans in
> the campfire and think it's an apt analogy (it's not).
>
>> I don't know where people got the idea that heating condensed milk in
>> the can makes caramel, but it is a bad idea.
>
> Why is it a bad idea?
>
>> One of the brands has even started printing warnings on the label.
>
> Which brand is that?

I don't remember, but I read it recently. I removed the label and threw it
away before anyone else read it. It didn't stop me from putting 3 cans in
the pot.

I think it's a CYA just in case someone lets the pan boil dry. Corporate
lawyers and all that.

BOB

>
> Best regards,
> Bob

" BOB" > wrote in message
.. .
> zxcvbob typed:
> > Julia Altshuler wrote:
> >> Aurrggh! I don't know if this guy means to be funny or not, but NEVER
> >> heat any unopened can! In fact, this one should go in the kitchen
myths
> >> thread.
> >
> > You've heard too many apocryphal stories about exploding cans of beans
in
> > the campfire and think it's an apt analogy (it's not).
> >
> >> I don't know where people got the idea that heating condensed milk in
> >> the can makes caramel, but it is a bad idea.
> >
> > Why is it a bad idea?
> >
> >> One of the brands has even started printing warnings on the label.
> >
> > Which brand is that?
>
> I don't remember, but I read it recently. I removed the label and threw
it
> away before anyone else read it. It didn't stop me from putting 3 cans in
> the pot.
>
> I think it's a CYA just in case someone lets the pan boil dry. Corporate
> lawyers and all that.
>
> BOB

Yes, just like the CYA label on superhero Halloween costumes that say
something like "wearing this garment doesn't enable you to fly."

Vox Humana typed:
> " BOB" wrote...
>> zxcvbob typed:
>>> Julia Altshuler wrote:
>>>> Aurrggh! I don't know if this guy means to be funny or not, but NEVER
>>>> heat any unopened can! In fact, this one should go in the kitchen myths
>>>> thread.
>>>
>>> You've heard too many apocryphal stories about exploding cans of beans in
>>> the campfire and think it's an apt analogy (it's not).
>>>
>>>> I don't know where people got the idea that heating condensed milk in
>>>> the can makes caramel, but it is a bad idea.
>>>
>>> Why is it a bad idea?
>>>
>>>> One of the brands has even started printing warnings on the label.
>>>
>>> Which brand is that?
>>
>> I don't remember, but I read it recently. I removed the label and threw
it
>> away before anyone else read it. It didn't stop me from putting 3 cans in
>> the pot.
>>
>> I think it's a CYA just in case someone lets the pan boil dry. Corporate
>> lawyers and all that.
>>
>> BOB
>
> Yes, just like the CYA label on superhero Halloween costumes that say
> something like "wearing this garment doesn't enable you to fly."

You have *GOT* to be kidding me...no, in today's world, I'll believe it.

BOB

" BOB" > wrote in message
.. .
> >> I think it's a CYA just in case someone lets the pan boil dry.
Corporate
> >> lawyers and all that.
> >>
> >> BOB
> >
> > Yes, just like the CYA label on superhero Halloween costumes that say
> > something like "wearing this garment doesn't enable you to fly."
>
> You have *GOT* to be kidding me...no, in today's world, I'll believe it.

It's true and from a book called "101 Dumb Warning Labels."
http://stacks.msnbc.com/news/922010.asp
Here are a few more examples from the book:
- Steam iron packaging warns users not to "iron clothes on body"
- A glass cleaner admonishes not to "spray in eyes"
- A sunscreen that unfolds to cover the inside of a car windshield says not
to "drive with screen in place"
- A chainsaw user's manual commands: "Do not attempt to stop chain with
hands"

Vox Humana typed:
> " BOB" wrote...
>>>> I think it's a CYA just in case someone lets the pan boil dry. Corporate
>>>> lawyers and all that.
>>>>
>>>> BOB
>>>
>>> Yes, just like the CYA label on superhero Halloween costumes that say
>>> something like "wearing this garment doesn't enable you to fly."
>>
>> You have *GOT* to be kidding me...no, in today's world, I'll believe it.
>
> It's true and from a book called "101 Dumb Warning Labels."
> http://stacks.msnbc.com/news/922010.asp
> Here are a few more examples from the book:
> - Steam iron packaging warns users not to "iron clothes on body"
> - A glass cleaner admonishes not to "spray in eyes"
> - A sunscreen that unfolds to cover the inside of a car windshield says not
> to "drive with screen in place"
> - A chainsaw user's manual commands: "Do not attempt to stop chain with
> hands"

That's why the world is getting overpopulated...no natural selection to weed
out the, umm,
those that aren't really meant to continue the intellegence gene pool.

BOB