Carrots \SPARK/ in Microwave!?

[Sketcher]

My wife slices up baby carrots and warms them in the microwave AND THEY SPARK!!

If she doesn't slice them, just leaves them whole - they don't spark.

It's happened nearly every time she's prepared them. They're just baby carrots, no additives.

Anybody hear of that happening or seen it yourself? :Q

 

[Anubis]

if you take a grape and cut it almost in half. leaving some of teh skin connected. place it wet side down in the micorwave. a spark will arch from hump to hump. its really neat

 

[DanFungus]

Originally posted by: TheEvil1
if you take a grape and cut it almost in half. leaving some of teh skin connected. place it wet side down in the micorwave. a spark will arch from hump to hump. its really neat

yeah, it's neat
link of what it looks like

 

[element]

hmm high mineral content in them thar things or whut?

 

[glugglug]

If you really want to see sparks in the microwave, try cooking some grapes. The malic acid in grape juice reflects the microwaves just like tin foil. Only messier because the grape juice sprays all over the place.

The juice spraying out the hole in back of the grape propels it across the microwave making the sport of
Grape Racing possible.

Other "non-microwavable" foods:
Strawberry poptarts - similar reason, more flammable.
Smores poptarts said "non-microwavable" on the package for awhile but they changed that so now the microwave directions say to cook it for 3 seconds. If you cook them for 45 seconds or so like a normal poptart, they explode and make a nice mess. These things heat up really fast.

 

[Sketcher]

Originally posted by: TheEvil1
if you take a grape and cut it almost in half. leaving some of teh skin connected. place it wet side down in the micorwave. a spark will arch from hump to hump. its really neat

HOLY GRAPE!! I just tried the GRAPE! Nothing happened for a few seconds - then BLAM!! bright flames!!

<-----------------\Checks the expiration date on the Fire Extinguisher and starts rummaging through the fridge for more "experimental" subjects

Alright - I'm trying the "Grape Racing" mentioned by glugglug :Q

 

[Sketcher]

Well, the "Grape Racing" wasn't much of a race. Took four grapes get any decent "propelled" movement.

<-----\In trouble now for ruining the fruit salad

 

[Czar]

cool, I tried that grape fruit thing and it worked

 

[chiwawa626]

I heard if you put a lightbulb in the microwave it will light up, but i also hear its quite dangerous.

 

Put a hamster in the microwave.

 

[chiwawa626]

/me waits till mom leaves the house...

 

[brxndxn]

Put a hamster in the microwave.

Yea.. hamster in the microwave is awesome!



Once, I left a poptart on the counter and tons of ants crawled over it by the next day. So, I took the poptart off the plate and put the plate in the microwave with the 100 or so ants that were on it. I microwaved those suckers for like 10 minutes but nothing happened..

I guess the ants were too small for the microwaves? I have no clue.. but the ants were fine.. So I just washed them down the sink.

 

[KingNothing]

Originally posted by: brxndxn

Put a hamster in the microwave.

Yea.. hamster in the microwave is awesome!



Once, I left a poptart on the counter and tons of ants crawled over it by the next day. So, I took the poptart off the plate and put the plate in the microwave with the 100 or so ants that were on it. I microwaved those suckers for like 10 minutes but nothing happened..

I guess the ants were too small for the microwaves? I have no clue.. but the ants were fine.. So I just washed them down the sink.

My guess would be the ants didn't have enough water in their bodies for the microwaves to heat up.