Have you ever microwaved water?

I've just found out that it's apparently a Canadian and American thing yet no one I know has done such a thing. It's basically the lazy way of boiling water but it seems so wrong I don't want to try.

Have you done this

i do it when i make hot chocolate.

i do it when i make hot chocolate.

konvikt_17

sounds like the lazy and slobbish thing to do

yea when i make oatmeal

I've just found out that it's apparently a Canadian and American thing yet no one I know has done such a thing. It's basically the lazy way of boiling water but it seems so wrong I don't want to try.

Have you done this

Aljosa23

Of course I've done it. If I want to heat up a cup of coffee, I'm essentially microwaving water, and it's a good way to heat up water for mixes. I never expected someone to think it was odd or "wrong".

My whole world is turning upside down

Yes. Sometimes I just want a warm to hot glass of water when it's the cold season. 4myAmuzumament

random thought, i think i read somewhere that it is actually more dangerous to microwave water than to boil it.

something about, in the microwave the water doesnt boil, just gets superheated. so it could be extremely hot, but you wouldnt be able to judge it.

whereas on the stove it boils and you can tell its done.

something like that.

sounds like the lazy and slobbish thing to do

Storm_Marine

sounds like the lazy and slobbish thing to do

Storm_Marine

Did until I bought an electric kettle. SaintLeonidas

same

Yes... many times.  I think it's pretty common.  

I've just found out that it's apparently a Canadian and American thing yet no one I know has done such a thing. It's basically the lazy way of boiling water but it seems so wrong I don't want to try.

Have you done this

 

 

Aljosa23

Yeah it works well. However, the water can get super heated and not actually show like it boils and then when you move the water it explodes.

Yeah it works well. However, the water can get super heated and not actually show like it boils and then when you move the water it explodes.

GummiRaccoon

......will try

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Yeah it works well. However, the water can get super heated and not actually show like it boils and then when you move the water it explodes.

Aljosa23

......will try

It's actually pretty hard to replicate.  basically the dish has to be undisturbed and without significant flaws.  So a glass dish will be more likely for this to happen.

Good use of H2O in the microwave; small cup of water when re-heating pizza or pretty much anything that is bready. Helps retain moisture in the food, making it less dry.

Good use of H2O in the microwave; small cup of water when re-heating pizza or pretty much anything that is bready. Helps retain moisture in the food, making it less dry.

shellcase86

Is this true?

Good use of H2O in the microwave; small cup of water when re-heating pizza or pretty much anything that is bready. Helps retain moisture in the food, making it less dry.

shellcase86

Is this true?

konvikt_17

yeah, thats what my family does

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Good use of H2O in the microwave; small cup of water when re-heating pizza or pretty much anything that is bready. Helps retain moisture in the food, making it less dry.

wolverine4262

Is this true?

konvikt_17

yeah, thats what my family does

Chocolate with water WTF! thats gross, why dont you people use milk with it...mr_chalupa

A lot of hot chocolate is made for water and contains some of its own milk. That kind often doesn't mix well with milk.

I microwave it for ramen

i do it when i make hot chocolate.

konvikt_17

Do it for oatmeal and hot chocolate. Pasta I use the stove.

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i do it when i make hot chocolate.

The-Apostle

Trick question? Sure, many times.

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i do it when i make hot chocolate.

The-Apostle

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[QUOTE="shellcase86"] yeah, biscuits

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Is this true?

mr_chalupa

yeah, thats what my family does

enjoy diabeetus

huh, learn something new everyday.

i dont actually make hot cocoa often, always just default to water. ive had it with milk a couple times, but didnt taste too much a diffrence.

Yeah, I have. Mostly, I'll get it really hot in the microwave in a cup so I can pour it into a cup o' noodles or something. Much quicker. 

No, not on its own. I can't say the thought to do so has ever occurred to me.

I've just found out that it's apparently a Canadian and American thing yet no one I know has done such a thing. It's basically the lazy way of boiling water but it seems so wrong I don't want to try.

Have you done this

 

 

Aljosa23

This is the dumbest thing I read all day.

sounds like the lazy and slobbish thing to do

Storm_Marine

second dumbest thing I've read all day

Another thought. Chocolate with water WTF! thats gross, why dont you people use milk with it...mr_chalupa

You've never made hot choclate?

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i do it when i make hot chocolate.

wolverine4262

Yeah...just try making some of the powdered hot choclate with milk and see how that works out.

Shit won't even mix.

Good to see so far nobody fell into sharing that phony new age science about microwaved water killing plants. Anyhow, microwave is the lazy way to make things, I always used to use microwave from making microwave popcorn, burritos, and whatnot. In more recent years I've taken to cooking things in the oven, my microwave burritos stay crispy and are nice and hot, instead of that limp outcome of microwaving things, I also find stove-top cooked popcorn to be much better, pizzas are better out of the oven. I have a stove-top kettle for heating water and I prefer that over microwaving water for tea and those instant cappuccinos. I reheat my leftovers in the oven. Still use a microwave though for things like making instant noodles that are designed to be cooked in microwave (where using boiling water doesn't work).lamprey263

[QUOTE="wolverine4262"][QUOTE="The-Apostle"] Eeewwww... I prefer milk over water for hot chocolate. It's creamier that way!Jebus213

Yeah...just try making some of the powdered hot choclate with milk and see how that works out.

Shit won't even mix.