Is it poisonous to heat up a cup o' noodles in the microwave in the styrofoam container it comes with?
86500
Stryne highly toxic. Espcially heated. Release gases when heated. We all will find out in 10 years or so when a new cancer pop up
242469
No, it's not dangerous at all. Even the answer about sperm cells is rediculous. There's no harm in it, aside from the computer getting hot, which will likely happen if you use it for a while. But I'm guessing you have the common sense to move it if it gets to hot. Falling asleep with it on your lap shouldn't be a problem either. Regardless of anything you've heard, it's not harmful in any way.
19985
Ar e you talking about a microwave oven?  It is very dangerous to put metal in microwaves.  The radiation used in a microwave is designed to be a specific wavelength that is preferentially absorbed by water.  But meatl can greb all wavelengths, and via the photoelectric effect, it can turn the microwave photons into electrical sparks that could start a fire.
98850
Yes. It will superheat and have a violent reaction when something touches it.
445525
I think back on the years actions and think of how much crap I recycle, and that if we didn't care so much about packaging that I wouldn't have do recycle so damn much.  Why is there a piece of tagboard wrapped around my styrofoam cup o noodles?  NOT NECESSARY!  The cup tells all I need to know.  Inside is Beef Flavored Sodium and fried noodles.  NUF SAID.  Toys should be vacuum packed in bright red plastic.  Recyclable- that's it, no box, instruction sheet, tag, insert, sparkly logo.  Packaging pisses me off.  But I love Earth Day.
290286
I always open mine first.  That way, if it says "You will soon choke to death on a noodle," I'll be forwarned.
787727
Yes. You should not even have one in the house. Microwaved water will not sprout a seed.
178179
no.... it smells terrible! you can burn the shuckes.
165006
It is not dangerous if you take the obvious precautions.\nHere in the damp and chilly UK this method has often been used.\nBut, good news, you don't have to leave the door open. Why not cook things at the same time.\nIf you think about it, all the heat of a closed oven does eventually escape anyway - so why not use it.
898045
If you mean an aqueous solution of AN, then all it's gonna do it splatter, not explode.\n\nIf you mean you are trying to boil AN, not an aqueous solution, then you are correct, that is insane.\n\nUsually AN will decompose into nitrous oxide when heated.
1134224
It's safe, yes, provided you rinse them well...more to keep the flavor from tasting like joy or dawn....look at it this way, the plate or bowl you are going to put the fruit on was washed by the same soap - and it hasn't killed ya yet =)
1144572
Microwaves heat food by exciting water molecules.  Anything with watermolecules will get hot plate for example or food
84313
Yes, it is good advice.  You want the soup to simmer gently, not boil furiously. The flavors will blend better.  You won't be in danger of the pot boiling over on the stove and making a mess.  And your soup won't burn. \n\nGood luck with your soup!  Bon appetit!
325711
Despite popular belief microwaves do not cook from the inside out like people think they do... They just have the tendency to cook all of the meat at once.  Which is fortuante if you are ever going to be cooked inside of one.  \n\nUnlike an oven you would not just burn to death over a long period of time and die painfuly. You would die much quicker.  The microwaves would go in to your head and heat you brain (as well as cause all sort of havock on your synapes) and kill you much quicker.  as for blowing up or sizzleing... the same as when you put chicken or steak in to a micro wave... you would just cook.  I supose that your blood might boil and you might burst (like how a hot dog will some times get a split in it).  \n\nBut here is a tip, take off your jewlery.  The microwaves will case a huge ammount of current to flow through rings and watches.  For a moment you will look like you control lightning, but it will be helping fry you on the inside.  \n\nBut i say leave in your ear rings... they might help you die even quicker.\n\noh, and cats are very simular to humans if some one wants to find experimental evidence... But you should probly shave it first
796130
you don't wnt the cookware to chemically react with acids and such in the food.\n\nAt the least, it would make the food taste different, at the worst, it could be poisonous..
120719
yes, you should keep the door open for a while and clean it often or leave a piece of dry charcol for an hour.\ntry this recipe i just tried it is GREAT it cleans like magic and leaves the microwave smelling good too\n1 Cup water \n1 Fresh lemon sliced \n  \n1. Boil a cup of water with lemon slices in your dirty microwave for 20 seconds.   \n2. This will loosen the hardened food particles inside and your microwave will look brand NEW!
240544
Absolutely, yes.  PURIFIED water can become super-heated in the microwave -- that is, above boiling temperature but not actually boiling.  Tap water has minute particle in it that will facilitate the normal boiling process. Purified water does not, or it doesn't have enough.  When the surface is broken with a fork or spoon, for example, the built-up heat energy (that should have been causing the water to boil) will then pop causing the water to explode out of the container.