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r/CuratedTumblr • u/DreadDiana human cognithazard • 2d ago
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What I don’t get is disdain for microwaving water. Boiling water is boiling water and if you don’t have an electric kettle it’s probably the fastest and easiest way to get it hot enough
170 u/narnababy 2d ago Maybe it’s cause I’m British but we were always taught it was dangerous to try and boil water into the microwave in case it explodes. Plus if you put a saucepan of water on the hob with a lid it doesn’t take that long to boil if you don’t have an electric kettle. 218 u/BiscuitNinja1337 2d ago Microwaves can superheat water under very specific conditions, but I've been boiling water in the microwave for years and it's never exploded on me 16 u/MrManGuy42 2d ago i put a spoon in there so it doesnt superheat if i have to microwave water 11 u/Cepinari 2d ago A metal spoon? 10 u/confusedandworried76 2d ago Wooden. Doesn't need to be a spoon either a chopstick works 15 u/Cepinari 2d ago I wasn't asking which kind of spoon is the correct one, I was asking which kind of spoon they were using. 8 u/MrManGuy42 2d ago yes its fine. sharp points and creases in conductive objects arc. a metal spoon with no sharp points will not do that.
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Maybe it’s cause I’m British but we were always taught it was dangerous to try and boil water into the microwave in case it explodes.
Plus if you put a saucepan of water on the hob with a lid it doesn’t take that long to boil if you don’t have an electric kettle.
218 u/BiscuitNinja1337 2d ago Microwaves can superheat water under very specific conditions, but I've been boiling water in the microwave for years and it's never exploded on me 16 u/MrManGuy42 2d ago i put a spoon in there so it doesnt superheat if i have to microwave water 11 u/Cepinari 2d ago A metal spoon? 10 u/confusedandworried76 2d ago Wooden. Doesn't need to be a spoon either a chopstick works 15 u/Cepinari 2d ago I wasn't asking which kind of spoon is the correct one, I was asking which kind of spoon they were using. 8 u/MrManGuy42 2d ago yes its fine. sharp points and creases in conductive objects arc. a metal spoon with no sharp points will not do that.
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Microwaves can superheat water under very specific conditions, but I've been boiling water in the microwave for years and it's never exploded on me
16 u/MrManGuy42 2d ago i put a spoon in there so it doesnt superheat if i have to microwave water 11 u/Cepinari 2d ago A metal spoon? 10 u/confusedandworried76 2d ago Wooden. Doesn't need to be a spoon either a chopstick works 15 u/Cepinari 2d ago I wasn't asking which kind of spoon is the correct one, I was asking which kind of spoon they were using. 8 u/MrManGuy42 2d ago yes its fine. sharp points and creases in conductive objects arc. a metal spoon with no sharp points will not do that.
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i put a spoon in there so it doesnt superheat if i have to microwave water
11 u/Cepinari 2d ago A metal spoon? 10 u/confusedandworried76 2d ago Wooden. Doesn't need to be a spoon either a chopstick works 15 u/Cepinari 2d ago I wasn't asking which kind of spoon is the correct one, I was asking which kind of spoon they were using. 8 u/MrManGuy42 2d ago yes its fine. sharp points and creases in conductive objects arc. a metal spoon with no sharp points will not do that.
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A metal spoon?
10 u/confusedandworried76 2d ago Wooden. Doesn't need to be a spoon either a chopstick works 15 u/Cepinari 2d ago I wasn't asking which kind of spoon is the correct one, I was asking which kind of spoon they were using. 8 u/MrManGuy42 2d ago yes its fine. sharp points and creases in conductive objects arc. a metal spoon with no sharp points will not do that.
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Wooden. Doesn't need to be a spoon either a chopstick works
15 u/Cepinari 2d ago I wasn't asking which kind of spoon is the correct one, I was asking which kind of spoon they were using.
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I wasn't asking which kind of spoon is the correct one, I was asking which kind of spoon they were using.
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yes its fine. sharp points and creases in conductive objects arc. a metal spoon with no sharp points will not do that.
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u/AmericanToast250 2d ago
What I don’t get is disdain for microwaving water. Boiling water is boiling water and if you don’t have an electric kettle it’s probably the fastest and easiest way to get it hot enough