I just burnt a potato in the microwave!

[RedxPanda]

I feel so foolish. I read a thing on the internet (of course I'll stick to the trusty cookbook from now on) about how to make baked potatoes in the microwave.

Quote from site:
"A very simple but excellent method is in the microwave...I know what
your thinking but please give it a shot. Spray a large plastic bag, I
use the ones the potatoes are in from the grocery store, with olive
oil or vegetable spray, sprinkle the potatoes with salt, place them in
the plastic bag , place the bag of potatoes in the microwave and tuck
the open end of the bag underneath the potatoes and nuke them for 15
to 20 minutes"

I thought- how convenient! It would save me some time in the afternoons when I get home from work. I decided to give it a try today to see how it would work. Luckily I tried it with only one potato... I think maybe my microwave is more powerful than I thought it was!!! That and i put it in for 20 mins without really realizing that she probably cooks way more than 1 or two spuds, but before i knew it I smelled smoke and when I got to the microwave i stopped it and opened it carefully and more smoke poured out and the fire alarm went off! so embarrasing, I don't know why I was so ******** while doing this, but i figure if anything I'm a lesson to everyone out there. It smells like I'm living in a brushfire! Very fitting for Central FL.

I guess thats what I get for being lazy this afternoon! I was watching Ellen as well so I was distracted from the kitchen hehe

I'm sooo embarrassed please tell me others here have had cooking mishaps, where maybe common sense escaped you too? At least we all have a place to confess our mistakes! I needed to get this off my brain. Although, with the smell of smoke everywhere i don't think I'll be forgetting it anytime soon. Also Dbf is coming home in 10 minutes, I won't here the end of this for a week! or a month!

 

[Quinn222]

I once cooked a canned ham and left the plastic wrap on it. I'd never seen a canned ham, my mom didn't cook them. I took it out of the can and just didn't realise it was plastic wrapped. It looked beautiful too. I glazed it, put the pineapple on it and everything. You'd never know I'd later become a chef

 

[luvdzne]

I cannot cook popcorn in the microwave without it burning. Black smoke always comes billowing out of the bag, smells up the whole house
Now on the other hand dd7 makes a perfect bag of microwave popcorn. She doesn't have the patients to wait until the time is up and stops it just before it gets to the burning stage

 

[camreesmom]

DD7 tried cooking her own ramen noodles in the microwave. She only put them in for 2 minutes.....the problem was she didn't put ANY water in the bowl first! I was in the bathroom and the other kids came in hollering about the black smoke. That was 2 1/2 weeks ago and we still haven't gotten the smell out of the microwave or kitchen. Any ideas????

 

[cteddiesgirl]

My mom once burned eggs in the microwave. Actually, they exploded. lol
She was trying to boil them and they didn't like the microwave.