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Gotta add aluminium foil for a good measure
We're all going home early today
Submitted 2 days ago by thal3s@sh.itjust.works to [deleted]
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LoremIpsumGenerator@lemmy.world 2 days ago
scytale@piefed.zip 2 days ago
I once accidentally microwaved a fork. I didn’t notice it because it was buried under the food and I just took out the container from the fridge and put it straight into the microwave. Nothing happened but I was horrified when I saw the fork afterwards. I wonder why it didn’t even cause sparks. Was it because it was underneath the food?
Having said that, it was a shitty microwave that couldn’t really heat food well, so maybe that’s why.
Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 2 days ago
Cutlery doesn’t spark, only thin pieces of metal do. It does get very hot though. If you use a stainless steel fork you can submerge it in a cup of ramen and it’ll heat up noticeably faster in the microwave.
onslaught545@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
Even thin metal is hard to get to arc. Electroboom did an episode on it and he really struggled to get an arc, even with aluminum foil.
ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 2 days ago
See my other comment, metal in a microwave is sometimes OK but there is a good reason we scare people from trying it.
Revan343@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
Thin metal arcs in a microwave; I’ve seen a fork arc from the tines, never seen any other cutlery do it. The arcing is the air turning to plasma, so if it was buried in food with no access to air, it wouldn’t arc
y0kai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
The answer to your curiosity. Or at least a laugh about it
Agent641@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I microwave my coffee every morning with a teaspoon in it at work and nothing happens.
calcopiritus@lemmy.world 2 days ago
My microwave has a sticker so you don’t heat liquids without a teaspoon. I’ve heated milk in it every day for years, every time with a teaspoon in it. It also heats up faster with it.
SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 1 day ago
It’s actually the recommended way to heat up liquids in a microwave, especially higher viscosity liquids that don’t mix quickly like a sauce. Since the spoon can transfer heat to the center faster than the liquid can by itself. The waves can’t penetrate far into the liquid and can’t heat up the core of a volume of liquid unless it’s spread out. Just make sure the spoon doesn’t touch the sides when it rotates.
bdonvr@thelemmy.club 2 days ago
It’s really not as dangerous as you’d think. I don’t recommend it, but it’ll be fine.
Here’s a video of you’re interested: youtu.be/yBnZzg82Pvg
y0kai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
I’ll watch yours i f you watch mine haha
ivanafterall@lemmy.world 2 days ago
So forks don’t work according to everyone. What about a cup of gasoline? Or what would be the absolute worst thing you could put in a microwave?
genuineparts@infosec.pub 1 day ago
IIRC: An airbag.
vivalapivo@lemmy.today 1 day ago
Glue a shrimp in the bottom far right corner using super glue. Super glue does not get heated by the microwave and a small shrimp will go unnoticed for weeks
MML@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
A can of Axe
kamen@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Random Axe of kindness
vivalapivo@lemmy.today 1 day ago
You are an employee of the month
ICastFist@programming.dev 2 days ago
Probably a hamster
rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world 2 days ago
If you do that, don’t let Weird Ed find out.
axEl7fB5@lemmy.cafe 2 days ago
Stick the fork to an outlet instead
StarvingMartist@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
The best thing would be aluminum foil, since steel can’t reach the required charge
TwoDogsFighting@lemmy.ml 2 days ago
Big can of beans in the fryer will do the trick.
sundray@lemmus.org 2 days ago
RTO? How about RT-NO.
lena@gregtech.eu 2 days ago
I don’t get it
Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 days ago
Microwave + metal = FWOOSH
ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 2 days ago
Not really, the adage is a simplification. You can put metal in a microwave with understanding and consideration (or to recreate a known experiment with a CD, light bulb or CFL) but it’s easier to just teach people it’s a no-no.
In fact, metal mostly reflects microwaves and only heats up substantially if there is a thin enough layer and/or nothing else to absorb the waves. Lone cutlery might get hot but like this, there is nothing the forks will ignite.
Thin metal layers heat up quickly. Aluminum foil and gold-plated china will spark and sublimate nastily.
Metal containers shield the food from microwaves and disrupt standing waves, resulting in uneven heating so they should be avoided.
Closed metal containers (even meshes finer than the wavelength) prevent microwaves from reaching the food at all.
If there is no (reachable) food with water molecules, the cca 1 kW of microwave power has little to absorb it and the box and magnetron heat up significantly. There is a resettable thermal fuse but it may not be fast enough and the magnetron’s big ferrite ring magnet will usually crack first.
lena@gregtech.eu 2 days ago
Ohhh I though that the boss said “you can’t go home early but that’s okay because we’ll all soon go home early”
SpiceDealer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
Well, somebody watched a lot of Is It a Good Idea to Microwave This? growing up.
ebolapie@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Holy shit I haven’t thought of Jory Caron Laboratories for forever. Nobody likes roasted nuts.
SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Should’ve added grapes
Gladaed@feddit.org 1 day ago
Yellow nails? Makes me think of Kenji Lopez alt. But probably just a coincidence. Or is this actually from one of their videos?
relativestranger@feddit.nl 2 days ago
a bag of popcorn set to 30 minutes instead of 3 might be all it takes and is an ‘innocent’ mistake anyone could make.
yermaw@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
FIRE(D) GUY