when you hear the explosion, you will know that the food or drink you are reheating is ready. perhaps, beyond ready, though no need for a traditional kitchen timer. you just settle in with a good book, and when you hear that sudden burst, that familiar sound of something cracking, it startles you back into reality and you know it’s time. here are just a couple of recent examples:
a nice cup of coffee with cream
and then, a steaming bowl of tomato basil soup. (that now resembles a crime scene).
the applications are endless. you can use this with most any food item.
and while some may feel it may not be the best shortcut to take, it’s pretty much a failsafe system.
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Life is about timing. – Carl Lewis
I didn't have my glasses on.... 
I see a cookbook in your future.
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@breeda – yes, i can certainly see the potential
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I agree! Thank you for this lesson, I’ll definitely share your wisdom. 🙂
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it’s a family tradition, worth passing on
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I see you with gloves, spray and a dish-cloth 😉 How many times have done this…too many to mention, soup, hot chocolate, the best is lasagne heated up the cheese..the sauce..very pretty.
Had to come up for air from writing….. Love this, but sorry for your mess xx
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jen – yes, there is a fine art to it and i see you have mastered it as well )
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yes i fact I think I could sell some of the art pieces to our Gallery ;-)x
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indeed )
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Now this is a quality post. I am beyond impressed that after such an experience you had a mindset to photograph and write this story. Beth if ever anyone had a doubt that you are a true blogger, (and i am sure they haven’t) this alone is all the every need, see to be convinced for ever. I love you Beth, and this is one of the reasons why. 🙂
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tomnardone – thank you so much, and i now feel that i have some blog credibility with this statement from you. i take pics of most everything in life, every ‘event’ is a story in itself, just don’t always know what it will be at the time.
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Your credibility was established long before i came around Beth, but thanks all the same. I swear you crack me up, sometimes i dont even know why. HAHAHA
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that is the best compliment and is the same thing the doctor said to me when i was born. if ever i should marry again, i hope that line iis in the vows.
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Hey cameras are banned in the bedroom,
unless you know different of course? 😉 lol
Just kidding…
Andro xxxx
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each house has its own rules )
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Hey it’s not a rule that I would
adhere to, I was just saying 😉 lmao
Click, Click, Click 🙂
Andro xxxx
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My wife just saw the photo of your microwave. She couldn’t stop laughing. She asked me to thank you for posting such a traumatic event.
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thanks to both of you for sharing in a bit of the trauma. it makes it easier to bear. i see why you two are so well suited. )
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Haaaa. Love the quote. Perfect!
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thank you bs )
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The fire department has been out to my office on occasion when a bag of microwave popcorn wasn’t watched.
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yes, there is a lot of collateral things that can go along with this style of cooking. hmmm….the fire department…i do have a thing for firemen, perhaps i’ll have to kick it up a notch )
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On the other hand, you have fine taste in stand mixers. Love the sunny yellow Kitchen Aid!
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thanks rebecca, i love that mixer like it is another one of my children.
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I once set a tray full of crumbs from Long John Silvers on fire trying to reheat it in the microwave. What fun little devices for the amateur arsonist!
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this is so true and the scenarios we create are endless )
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I love it. Reminds of the time I put something in the microwave to thaw and then, proceeded to forget about it. Many weeks later, I went to use my microwave and imagine my surprise when I found what I had left there. It was so badly decomposed, I had no idea what it was to begin with it.
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totally understand
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How about using a thermonuclear suit with
attached breathing apparatus for your next
recipe? 🙂 Well either that or marry a chef 😉
Have a lovely rest of weekend my dear friend 🙂
Andro xxxx
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or a fireman? who cares if he can cook?
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True, he would have other things on his mind…
How do you mean what? Hey never mind, you
will find out soon, and pronto 😉
Just be careful how
you slide down his pole…
Sorry Beth, I couldn’t resist that one 🙂
Andro xxxx
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hahahahahaha I hope you had the CSI team in to the scene of the crime to dust for fingerprints!!!
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unfortunately, i knew quite well who the guilty party was )
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OMG *snort* that’s brilliant. The lengths that you go to for your art! 😀
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it would be considered performance art, but it is my real life instead.
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A least there’s a little colour to it – and the kitchen, ceiling, work-tops, floor… 🙂
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this is true, and i am always happy to have a bit of color in my life
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The microwave does seem to have a way of attracting messes. I wonder if that’s a design flaw that could be corrected… 🙂
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not sure if this can, and will, ever be corrected
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It’s a shame…
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Haha – I don’t know how many times an explosion or the smoke detector going off has told me that dinner’s ready (or actually that it’s time to go out to dinner!). 🙂
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yes, it is quite an effective system
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been there, done that! 😆
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seems to be a bit of a universal trend )
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The other test is that it can only be cooked if the smoke alarm goes off 🙂
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Oh dear. Yes, I can SO relate 🙂 You know you have to be really careful with heating water. Yeah, even water. If you heat water on it’s own in something glass in the microwave then add the coffee it can explode in your face. So never try that, ok.
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so, it sounds like you may have first hand knowledge leading this this advice )
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Actually no, thank goodness. I don’t drink coffee but I remember the warning being put out about it as quite a few people were badly burned. My microwave disasters are limited to reheating blunders and once in frustration I put a boiled egg in there (without the shell of course) just to get the yolk a little less runny and the whole darn thing still exploded. 😦
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it’s always something )
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Heh, I’ve done that a few times myself. As for the burned popcorn someone mentioned … wait till you’ve charred some birdseed that you were trying to sterilize. It was several days before I got the stench out of the house.
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ouch!
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I see you’ve got the power !! I wonder what would happen if you actually closed the door !! 😉 xox
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what a novel idea – thanks so much ralph, i’ll try that next time )
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The dreaded microwave disaster, yes I’ve had a few. Horrid to clean up.
B
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yes, the collateral damage is always the worst part of it all
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Lol so true 😀
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So that’s how you do it – and here I was poring over the instruction manual 🙂
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oh, no instruction manual needed at all, this is much quicker and easier )
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so true- it is “all” about timing. in theatre, in comedy, in that first “I love you…”
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indeed.
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My life story, summed up here! I am always guilty of blowing up foods in the microwave.
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one woman’s ‘blowing up’ is another’s ‘cooking’ )
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Laughing. LOVE THIS>
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ty, my daughters have grown up with this style of cooking and we all lived to tell –
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Better than Disney!
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and real –
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Eww. Also, is this really your stuff? Please tell me it isn’t. And if it is, I still like you. 🙂
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Don’t tell Martha Stewart… but, I have an ‘extra smart tip’ if you want a couple MORE minutes to finish that chapter…add an extra “0” to your input cook time! That way you finish the exciting part of the thing you were reading (hopefully), OR your catnap, etc. BEFORE you spend extraordinary time and attention on the deep cleaning project you need to get to in the kitchen…pretty cool, huh?
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great idea!
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as a food blogger, I’m going to advise you to find another method of knowing when it’s done 😉 lol, are those pictures of your microwave?
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you may be on to something liz, and yes, that is my actual microwave, the scene of numerous ‘cooking’ crimes.
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Yikes! And I thought these things only happened to me. I’m glad I’m in good company. 🙂
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ah i think there are many of us out there jill )
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I’ve done that with boiled eggs and ground beef (not together). Both were a stuck-on calamity. Thanks for showing me I’m not the only one who makes microwave chaos.
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we are sisters in this )
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Appreciate your liking “new lease of life,” ksbeth. Thanks very much and best to you always.
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Thank you for liking “split personality,” ksbeth. Thankful for your continued support. I’m sure you’ll have some delicious recipes ready for Thanksgiving. Hope you have a happy holiday!
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yw and i have backups if need be )
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Great article. I learn some thing totally new and challenging on web sites I stumbleupon on a normal basis. It is often beneficial to study material from various other writers and use something from various other websites.Great post. %KW%
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