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From: John McWilliams on 7 Jul 2008 15:17
John McWilliams wrote:
> Ron Hunter wrote:
>>>
>> That's right up there with my brother-in-law who put an egg in his new
>> microwave oven, unpunctured. He spend the rest of his morning
>> scrubbing the kitchen, floor, walls, and ceiling!
>
> So, it blew the microwave to bits?? There's no mw oven that will operate
> legally with its door ajar.
>
> Or did it blow up the moment he took it out- in which case didn't he
> have some personal grooming to do?
>

C'mon, Ron, we all want to know.

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From: tony cooper on 8 Jul 2008 21:40
On Tue, 08 Jul 2008 18:18:32 -0700, John McWilliams
<jpmcw(a)comcast.net> wrote:

>Ron Hunter wrote:
>> John McWilliams wrote:
>>> John McWilliams wrote:
>>>> Ron Hunter wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>> That's right up there with my brother-in-law who put an egg in his
>>>>> new microwave oven, unpunctured. He spend the rest of his morning
>>>>> scrubbing the kitchen, floor, walls, and ceiling!
>>>>
>>>> So, it blew the microwave to bits?? There's no mw oven that will
>>>> operate legally with its door ajar.
>>>>
>>>> Or did it blow up the moment he took it out- in which case didn't he
>>>> have some personal grooming to do?
>>>>
>>>
>>> C'mon, Ron, we all want to know.
>>>
>> It blew the door open, and sprayed bits of the eggs all over the
>> kitchen. Early microwave ovens often didn't have positively locking
>> door mechanisms (or safety interlocks, for that matter).
>
>Erm, on the ceiling??! Very hard to see the physics of that.
>
I have no experience with exploding microwaves, but I did witness the
results of an exploding pressure cooker. My mother was making
succotash in a pressure cooker, and the lid blew. We had lima beans,
corn, and whatever else is part of succotash all over the walls and
ceiling. Yes, the ceiling.

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From: tony cooper on 9 Jul 2008 09:19
On Wed, 09 Jul 2008 22:54:24 +1000, dj_nme <dj_nme(a)iinet.net.au>
wrote:

>Arthur Entlich wrote:
>> Seems to be fairly universal for a certain age group. I experienced the
>> same thing with my mother, the pressure cooker "blew" and created quite
>> a mess. In this case, I think the pressure escape valve clogged and too
>> much pressure built up and the rubber gasket between the lid and the pot
>> blew. At least that's how I recall it. It was indeed a mess to clean
>> up. Somehow carrots seem to come to mind.
>>
>>
>> Art
>
>You don't even need something as fancy as a pressure-cooker.
>Nor a microwave.
>
>My dad has a similar story, about my grandmother blowing up her first
>gas oven.
>Trying to heat up a can of peas, still in the can and with no vent holes
>punched in the top.
>Apparently it blew the cast iron door of the oven clean off it's hinges.
>No other word on the mess created.

Oh, I did that. My first employer after college (1960)handed out
canned hams for Christmas. The instructions on the can said to place
the can in the oven for so-many minutes at such-and-such a temperature
to cook the contents. The instructions did not say to open the can
first.

Since my previous experiences in "cooking" involved nothing more
complex than peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, it never occurred to
me to open the can.

The hot juices in the can expanded, the can blew up like a balloon,
and finally the lid blew and hot liquid squirted everywhere. I had to
dismantle the oven to get the wedged-in can out. The pull-tab can top
was so misshapen that I had to use a hammer and screwdriver to get the
lid off, and I cut my hand so badly on the jagged can top that I had
to get stitches.

The ham was nicely cooked, though.


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Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida
From: Michael J Davis on 9 Jul 2008 12:19
tony cooper <tony_cooper213(a)earthlink.net> observed
>Oh, I did that. My first employer after college (1960)handed out
>canned hams for Christmas. The instructions on the can said to place
>the can in the oven for so-many minutes at such-and-such a temperature
>to cook the contents. The instructions did not say to open the can
>first.
>
>Since my previous experiences in "cooking" involved nothing more
>complex than peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, it never occurred to
>me to open the can.
>
>The hot juices in the can expanded, the can blew up like a balloon,
>and finally the lid blew and hot liquid squirted everywhere. I had to
>dismantle the oven to get the wedged-in can out. The pull-tab can top
>was so misshapen that I had to use a hammer and screwdriver to get the
>lid off, and I cut my hand so badly on the jagged can top that I had
>to get stitches.
>
>The ham was nicely cooked, though.

Now you get some understanding of how some guy at Canon invented the
bubblejet!

(To bring us back on topic!!)

Mike
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From: ASAAR on 9 Jul 2008 13:00
On Wed, 09 Jul 2008 09:19:18 -0400, tony cooper wrote:

> The hot juices in the can expanded, the can blew up like a balloon,
> and finally the lid blew and hot liquid squirted everywhere. I had to
> dismantle the oven to get the wedged-in can out. The pull-tab can top
> was so misshapen that I had to use a hammer and screwdriver to get the
> lid off, and I cut my hand so badly on the jagged can top that I had
> to get stitches.
>
> The ham was nicely cooked, though.

I trust that today you're no longer so ham-handed. :)

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