July 08, 2022
The microwave was developed when an engineer working on a radar’s magnetron noticed it made his chocolate bar melt; he later tested it with popcorn kernels.
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Why Do Some Foods Explode in the Microwave?
You grumble as you grudgingly wipe the splattered spaghetti sauce or baked potato shrapnel from the inside of your microwave. What is it about these wonders of modern engineering that makes some foods more prone to exploding than other forms of cooking? Microwave ovens use microwave radiation (a
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