We blew up two potatoes in the microwave last night. It wasn't cool.

[HopeHoops]

Smoke came out of the front and the back. I immediately grabbed a newspaper and started fanning the smoke detector (I hate that sound, although it did save my life one time). The potatoes were beyond saving. We put in two more for a lower time and finished them in the oven. They were good, but I hate wasting food. The house STILL smells like burnt potatoes!!!

[phantom power]

1. Yeah, that is never cool...

except in the special case where there is a youtube video available, which is somewhat cool.

[HopeHoops]

3. The camera wasn't running. And no, it wasn't cool, like at all. "SPLORT!"

They exploded.

[madinmaryland]

2. How do you blow up spuds??

Just use the potato button.

[HopeHoops]

4. I'm sure you are aware that they come in different sizes. We picked the wrong time.

"BOOM!" The nuke-ya-wave survived and we made others (finishing them in the oven). Those were good. The first two were a disaster.

[petronius]

5. The potato button!? Gawddamm pampered kids these days! Back in my day,

the microwave didn't have no new-fangled potato button. You had to type in a time, and then choose a power setting. And we liked it that way!

[madinmaryland]

15. *snort* Back in my day,

There was something called an oven that you turned to 425, wrapped the spuds in Al-foil and baked them for one hour. Better yet, do them on a charcoal grill!1!

[IcyPeas]

6. did you forget to poke some holes in them with a fork?

[HopeHoops]

7. Nope. They were poked and soaked - they just blew up.

Go figure.

[elleng]

13. Damn. Now I'll be afraid of nuking potatoes!

[HopeHoops]

17. Baking from the start is the best. My wife likes to soften them up in the nuke-box.

It just didn't work out well last night. I think the taters may have been a little old. At any rate, they exploded.

[bluesbassman]

8. Most likely Idaho spuds reacting to the Romney defeat.

[HopeHoops]

9. Actually, I think they came from Maine. I'm not sure. They still exploded.

We had them wrapped in wax paper so the damage was minimal. I hate when that happens.

[pintobean]

10. Anyone seen taterguy today?

[HappyMe]

12. LOL!

No, I don't believe I have.

[madinmaryland]

16. taterguy is immune to that, due to the taterguy exception!!

[HopeHoops]

18. Yeah. He was melting in my microwave. Why?

[elleng]

11. Forget to prick them???

[HopeHoops]

19. Nope. Well stabbed and well soaked. They just exploded.

[geardaddy]

14. Is that a euphemism for farts or summink?

[HopeHoops]

20. No, just exploding spuds.

[nolabear]

21. My husband blew up a microwave once.

He put in one of those crabcakes that, unbeknownst to him, was sitting in a little metal crab shaped dish and then the whole thing dipped in batter. I heard a "WHOOMPH!!" and he came out looking like something out of The Little Rascals, hair standing up and eyes bugging out. Microwave was a GONER.

[HopeHoops]

23. We had one commit suicide about 12 years ago. Lightening storm on the inside of it.

I'd heard about that before but never witnessed it. I fully understand the Little Rascals reference. That's some scary shit!!! Don't EVER, EVER, EVER use the timer function on a microwave. If we hadn't been there at the time, the house would have been toast - literally.

[Taverner]

22. Licking the walls of a microwave is never fun

Even when you put cheez whiz on your tongue when you do it...

Wait, you didn't do that?

Um...

[HopeHoops]

24. Licking? Hell, CLEANING the walls is never fun. That's especially true with an office microwave.

Those things can get too disgusting to even warm your coffee up in.

But I do have a confession to make. In the community college cafeteria (I took classes while I was in high school), I put a mustard package in a microwave and turned it on. The thing popped a small hole that made it spin like a pinwheel with an animated cartoon slide whistle type sound as it spewed its contents all over the interior - and no, I didn't clean it up. I feel sorry for whoever had to, but hey, I was stoned at the time. I also had a friend (female) who nuked a mouse that was in the trap (already dead) - that was gross, but we still laughed. We were quite drunk at the time.

Hmm. I think I see a pattern here.

[struggle4progress]

25. I microwave medium and large potatoes as follows:

(1) poke holes in the skin

(2) give potatoes two (2) minutes on high

(3) let them rest a minute to equilibrate

(4) poke with finger

(5) if potatoes are still hard, goto step (2)

[Recovered Repug]

26. This is a prime example of what's wrong with the world today.

Now people are turning microwaves into weapons of mash destruction.

[HopeHoops]

27. (groan)

[BlueMan Votes]

28. the way i microwave potatoes involves triple-wrapping them in saran wrap...

and then use the baked potato setting on the microwave.

works for any size potato- the plastic inflates like a balloon, and when they stop cooking- the plastic contracts, and it's like they've been shrink wrapped.

[texanwitch]

29. It happens.

I had a bowl of chili blow up.

I had small plate over the bowl.

It was messy.

Things happen.